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Budget Dispute Escalates in Mexico City, Opposition Demands Double Security Spending

Mexico City's ruling party prepares to vote on the 2026 budget, while the opposition PAN party criticizes the proposal as "inefficient" and demands doubled security funding. The mayor of one district claims the current proposals do not match economic reality.


Budget Dispute Escalates in Mexico City, Opposition Demands Double Security Spending

The deputy stated: "We will be and we will do it from PAN" and added that his party "is not going to give up on proposing a Law of Income that addresses the reality of the economy and the public finances of the capital." In this way, the economic discussions that will take place this Saturday and Monday at the Palace of Donceles are being brought forward, when the ruling party will try to approve a series of initiatives that have not yet been dealt with and the economic package for next year. Without Brugada, CDMX began the works of the first Utopía in Cuauhtémoc. In this context, Atayde was not the only one to stoke criticism against the project drafted by Juan Pablo de Botton. The mayor of Miguel Hidalgo, Mauricio Tabe, demanded that funds for security be doubled to strengthen the finances and the work of the demarcations in the fight against crime. "It is deficient, technically and fiscally questionable and represents risks for the capital," fired the deputy. As anticipated by LPO, the ruling party is betting on approving without major setbacks the economic package of the head of Government, Clara Brugada, during the last ordinary session of the current legislative period, which will take place this Monday. "It proposes prudence and austerity in the exercise of expenditure, efficiency in the management of financing and strengthening revenues to boost economic growth and investment in the city," he assured. Amid the budget negotiations, Tabe demands doubling the funds for security. For his part, the PAN coordinator fired that the revenues presented by the secretary "do not correspond to the economic reality" of the capital and denounced that the ruling party "underestimates" the Law of Income to allow the administration headed by the head of Government, Clara Brugada, to use economic resources without controls or accountability. "Deputies have to assign more budget so that we can double our capabilities in units and security elements," he declared. "The City deserves clarity and deserves proposals." The coordinator of the PAN's parliamentary group, Andrés Atayde, deepened his party's criticisms of the 2026 economic package that this Thursday was presented in the local Congress by the Secretary of Administration and Finance, Juan Pablo de Botton. In this context, this Thursday, Juan Pablo de Botton presented and defended the initiative by ensuring that it will allow for a 7.5% increase in revenues, which will bring the total budget to 313,385 million pesos.

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