President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador He highlighted that during the first three months of this year 2022, the most significant thing has been the decrease in the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is true that another external cause, the invasion of Russia a Ukraine, is producing economic and humanitarian disruptions; but being unfortunate that warnothing caused us so much sadness and pain and nothing damaged as the pandemic that we suffered in the last 2 years, however, with the support of the pueblo and with the imaginationthe work and honesty of public servants we are getting ahead and living times of hope Y transformation“, stated the President of the Republic in his quarterly report.
President Lopez Obrador stressed that in times of political normality “the office of the ruler is not so complicated, the difficult but at the same time sublime thing is to do it well in periods of adversity and we have demonstrated with our blessed idealism that the difficult is achieved and that the impossible when the least is tried or faced”.
Mexico continues its way out of the economic crisis
President Lopez Obrador highlighted the advance of 21 million workers registered in the IMSS, which he described as a “historic figure”; as well as the average salary of 14 thousand 470 pesos per month and the increase in the minimum wage of 71 percent since he took office.
He mentioned the strengthening of the peso once morest the dollar; a 5 percent increase in the national economy, “regarding the same as the United States”; inflation lower than that of the neighboring country and a debt lower than that of previous six-year terms. He highlighted that the interest rate is lower than the one that was active when he began his six-year term.
He described the renewal of the T-MEC as a success and assured that now Mexico is one of the “most attractive countries in the world” for investment.
López Obrador stressed that the inauguration of the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), “an emblematic work of great quality with savings of 120 billion pesos,” was completed.
“Very soon we will know who is who” with discussion of the Electricity Reform
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador He stressed that when the Electricity Reform is discussed on Sunday in San Lázaro, it will be known “who is who” among the legislators.
He announced that, in the event that two-thirds of the votes in favor of the minutes for its approval are not achieved, an initiative will be sent the following Monday to modify the mining law “to establish that lithium, a strategic mineral for future development, coveted by foreign corporations and governments, will only be exploited by the Mexican State and would remain the absolute property of the people and the nation.”
Medical care and medicines will be guaranteed for the population
After the pandemic, a plan will be implemented to guarantee medical care and medicines to the Mexican population, assured the president, and made it clear that there is no “budget ceiling” to do so.
We are applying IMSS Welfare, which consists of improving facilities, having enough general practitioners, specialists, and health personnel, and all the time there will be doctors in health centers on weekends,” he commented.
The president explained that the population will be guaranteed clinical tests and medicines, and health professionals will be regularized.
The expansion of national educational coverage continues
In terms of education, López Obrador assured that the expansion of national coverage continues, and announced that an agreement will be reached with the unions and teachers’ incomes will increase in real terms.
“Fortunately” the underlying causes of insecurity are addressed
President Lopez Obrador stressed that its strategy to combat insecurity and violence in Mexico continues with attention to the underlying problem, that is, improving the opportunities for young people to prevent them from joining organized crime.
Thanks to our convictions and perseverance in how to understand and deal with violence, we have made progress in living free from fear and fear in environments characterized by justice and peace,” he said.
The president assured that “fortunately” programs focused on benefiting the unemployed, workers, peasants and older adults began to be applied.
If we had not acted, as we did from the beginning, we would possibly not now have the slight decrease in homicides that increased year following year, that is why even when we work every day attending in a coordinated manner with the professionalism, honesty of the Armed Forces Despite all that, the most important thing has been paying attention to the demands and needs of the people, it may take us longer to pacify the country, but we must attend to the bottom line,” he said.
He explained that in terms of security, fuel theft was reduced by 95 percent; homicides at 3.5 percent; vehicle theft by 40 percent; kidnapping in 41 percent; home burglary at 29 percent; business robbery at 23 percent; pedestrian robbery in 22 percent and public transport robbery in 33 percent.
He pointed out that they have only presented an increase in femicide, “which was not classified before as it is now”; robbery to individual public transport.
This has been carried out without the involvement of the forces in massacres, without extrajudicial arrests, as was the case before,” he explained.
Revocation of Mandate reaffirmed the sovereignty of the people
Regarding the Mandate Revocation process, President López Obrador stressed that it is an exercise that “reaffirms the sovereignty of the people and forces the ruler not only to command, but to obey and serve. I appreciate the trust and support of the people.”
Without the support of the people, we might not resist the attack on the legacy that our heroes left us and from which the best lessons of work, justice, dignity and love for others emanate. In the time that we lack, two and a half years, a little less, I hope that, as has been the case up to now, with the support of the people, we continue walking towards the welfare state that allows us to live free of misery. We have the task of guaranteeing social welfare, that no one is born in Mexico sentenced to miserywithout justice or a future, that the widest possibilities open up to climb the social ladder without abandoning our identity and that the right to happiness become a reality”, he commented.
He highlighted the importance of promoting the “revolution of consciences, which is the most important thing to face the reactionary thinking of our opponents; so that the conquests of our people become reversible, that nothing goes backwards and the best guarantee is the change of mentality of our people because they are in charge of defending those conquests for their benefit, not forgetting that the world does not live on bread alone well-being is necessary for man”.
With information from López-Dóriga Digital