President Andrés Manuel López Obrador once again criticized Supreme Court Chief Justice Norma Piña and the national president of the PAN, Marko Cortés, for attempting to violate the independence of the Federal Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) by trying to influence the allocation of proportional representation seats in Congress, through an appeal filed before the country’s highest court.
The President acknowledged Justice Juan Luis González Alcántara Carrancá for recusing himself from ruling on the PAN’s complaint before the Supreme Court against the qualified majority held by Morena and allied parties in the Chamber of Deputies. He indicated that it is the Electoral Tribunal which is the government authority authorized to determine, as the final decision maker, the due allocation of congressional deputy and senatorial seats corresponding to proportional representation.
President López Obrador clarified that the relationship with the U.S. and Canadian governments continues. However, he said that there is a pause in relations with the embassies of those countries due to their interference in matters that only concern Mexicans.
The President indicated that he agreed with President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum that she sign a decree so that the fiscal stimuli and the approval of uniform reduced fuel prices for the northern border areas of the country continue.
In the Who’s Who in Lies segment, it was reported that:
-It is false that spending on education decreased during López Obrador’s administration. In 2024, the Ministry of Public Education (SEP) budget increased 35.1% with respect to 2018 and 5.5% with regard to 2023.
-A false narrative is making the rounds about an “economic catastrophe” that could result from Morena and its allied parties receiving a 2/3 majority in the Chamber of Deputies and from the approval of the Judicial Reform. The peso continues to be the second most appreciated currency against the dollar; Mexico’s credit rating is stable; Mexico’s international reserves are at an all-time high of US$22.7 billion; and Mexico is the 12th largest economy in the world.
