Yesterday, the Federation Expenditure Budget Project for 2025 was presented, leaving out two of the priority projects for Jalisco that were promised in the campaign by Claudia Sheinbaum: the start of the construction of Line 5 of the Light Rail and the work for the sanitation of the Santiago River.
The Budget of Expenses It will still be discussed in the Chambers, with the intention of the official bench to approve it on December 15.
Pablo Lemus, elected governor of Jalisco, pointed out that “sadly we see that the State was relegated in the budget allocation for 2025. There is no money for issues as important as the sanitation of the Santiago River or mobility projects for the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area.”
“There is a minimum fund for the El Zapotillo Dam system and the national fund for the recovery of roads is frankly insufficient: 10 billion are allocated for the entire countrywhen only in Jalisco are those 10 billion required to recover the main federal highways that have been converted into a road of craters. “You don’t see the commitment or affection for the people of Jalisco!” criticized the governor-elect.
In that sense, he highlighted that “we will seek the support of the Jalisco representative Mery Gómez Pozos, president of the Budget Commission, and of all the legislators of Jalisco in the federal Legislature, without distinction of party colors. “We are going to fight so that Jalisco gets what it deserves.”
He wants the State to do well
In this regard, Mary Gómez Pozos responded that “there is no institutional approach by the State Government to know its priorities, but without a doubt, as a Jalisco native I will always seek that Jalisco “Let’s do well.”
“From my position, my interest is to ensure that all Mexicans do well, regardless of the color of the party that governs their states or municipalities,” said Mery Gómez Pozos.
He stressed that the Budget Commission will carry out a responsible and in-depth analysis “to ensure that the spending carried out by the Federation, States and municipalities responds to the needs of the majority of Jalisco residents.”
“The President made specific commitments during her visits to Jalisco, and she will fulfill those commitments in her administration. From the Commission that I head, we are going to materialize it,” he noted.
He added that the budget includes “the rehabilitation of new highways and roads, hydraulic infrastructure, infrastructure to improve connectivity between regions, protection of social programs that are already constitutional rights, and all this with healthy public finances and a debt at levels low compared to other similar economies.”
Regarding the budget that the University of Guadalajara will have, Mery Gómez Pozos pointed out that: “We will comply with the President’s commitment to prioritize the budget for public universities. The analysis will begin next week in working groups to discuss specific topics such as education and support for public universities. And we will have an opinion approved in committee by December 11, hoping to approve the economic package by December 15 at the latest.”
The president of the Budget Commission promises that Claudia Sheinbaum will fulfill the specific commitments she made with Jalisco. SPECIAL
They will advocate for the reallocation of resources
There are multiple projects in the State that will seek a reallocation in order to be realized, authorities acknowledge, a task that will not be easy to accomplish in any case.
In infrastructure for Jaliscothe project budgetary It only provides 66 million pesos for the continuation of the adaptations of the El Zapotillo Damwhich are part of the reservoir work and the construction of the El Zapotillo-El Salto and El Salto-La Red-Calderón aqueduct, for the comprehensive water supply for the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area.
133.6 million are also allocated for the installation of four autotransformers of the “Guadalajara Industrial” project.as part of the federal “CFE Consolidated” program, although no further details are given.
Claudia Salas, federal representative for Jaliscoexplained that there is an opportunity to generate dialogues from all fronts to reallocate resources to priority projects in the State.
“This project comes in good time because, since it is an election year, we have until December 31 to approve it. We will do a lot of analysis and reflection, we will be very insistent that the projects that Jalisco needs can come,” he points out.
However, In the discussions of the budgets of the last administration of former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the reallocations accepted by Morena and allies in the legislative chambers were minimal.
An interview was requested with the deputy for Morena, Favio Castellanos, but until the closing of this edition he did not respond.
Agencies that won and lost with the Budget
They win
- CFE: A budget of 545,471 million pesos (MDP) was proposed for the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) during 2025, which represents an annual increase of 6% in real terms.
- IMSS e ATE: The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) will have a budget of 481 thousand 083 million pesos by 2025, 1.3% higher than the current year. The Institute of Security and Social Services for State Workers (ISSTE) will have a budget of 81 thousand 687.20 million pesos, 2.7 percent more than in 2024.
- AIFA: Although it has already reached its break-even point in terms of passengers, it will still require strong support to stay afloat, for which it will receive a subsidy of 924 million pesos in the budget.
They lose
- Pemex: The federal government plans to cut 7.5% in Pemex’s programmable spending. It allocates 464,255 million pesos for the oil company, less than the 501,936 million pesos that were approved for 2024.
- Passenger trains: President Claudia Sheinbaum had proposed 150 billion pesos for the expansion of the railway system, although in the end it will remain at 132 thousand 962.5 million pesos, with priority on finishing the Mexico-Toluca route and beginning the works of Mexico-Querétaro and AIFA-Pachuca.
- Culture: The budget projected by the SHCP is 12 thousand 081 million 496 thousand 999 pesos. This is 27.9% less than the 2024 budget and the lowest since 2015.
- Defense: 151,995 million pesos are contemplated for the Secretariat of National Defense (Defense), which represents a decrease of 43.8% compared to the 270,465 million pesos approved for 2024.
- Semar: 65 thousand 888.7 million pesos are projected for 2025, this is 12.1% less compared to the 74 thousand 994 million pesos for this year.
- SSPC: The Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), headed by Omar García Harfuch, will have 70 thousand million pesos against the 110 billion pesos that were approved for the current year.
The Government prioritizes support for social programs and the Welfare Secretariat
The 2025 Federation Expenditure Budget, sent by President Claudia Sheinbaum to the Chamber of Deputies, stipulates an increase of 6.6% in real terms for the Secretary of Welfare compared to the previous year.
With this, the fund for social development, which is located in Branch 20, would increase from 543 thousand 933 million pesos (MDP) to 579 thousand 883 MDPthat is, 35 thousand 950 MDP more compared to the previous year.
The pension for older adults, whose registry is made up of more than 12 million beneficiaries, considers resources of 483 thousand 427 million pesos, which is equivalent to 83.36 percent of the total budget assigned to the Ministry of Welfare.
With the 2025 Economic Package, the new Women’s Welfare pension would have a starting 15 thousand million pesos to cover the first stage of support for 1.2 million beneficiaries aged 63 and 64.
The new Casa por Casa Salud program, which seeks to provide medical care to older adults and people with permanent disabilities, will have two billion pesos available.
The pension for People with Permanent Disabilities will be allocated 28,961 MDP; while the Support program for the Well-being of Girls and Boys, Children of Working Mothers, will have three thousand 185 million pesos.
The program for People in Social or Natural Emergency 489 million 876 pesos.
The Secretary of the Treasury, Rogelio Ramírez de la O, indicated that the priority will be social programs and investment in infrastructure. “The Budget Project reaffirms the Government’s commitment to the lowest-income sectors in 2025, we will continue to prioritize social programs that have a direct impact on the well-being and quality of life of millions of Mexicans.”
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