Deputy from the National Action Party (PAN) in the Mexico City Congress, Olivia Garza, demanded the total replacement of the public consultation for the General Development Plan (PGD), accusing the Mexico City Government of turning the exercise into a “farce,” a “staged event,” and a deliberate simulation. As president of the Planning Commission, the legislator warned that the process lacks social legitimacy and is riddled with inconsistencies, even documented in the government's own official reports. The Mexico City Institute of Democratic Planning and Prospectus reported 787 participatory encounters; however, only 694 are registered on the official platform, leaving 93 events unverified. This is compounded by the fact that 486 workshops held at PILARES must be discarded, as—according to the Government itself—these spaces did not discuss the content of the General Development Plan but rather general community issues. Another irregularity pointed out is the inconsistency in participation figures. While the official report states 98,500 surveys from minors, the Mexico City City Government had previously reported 120,000. This implies the disappearance of over 21,000 records without a clear explanation. “We are facing inflated, inconsistent, and manipulated figures,” accused the legislator, who backed the demand from neighborhood organizations and indigenous peoples to repeat the consultation. Total opacity: citizen proposals are not public The deputy also denounced a lack of transparency in the process, as although more than 12,000 citizen proposals and 107 technical documents are reported, these cannot be publicly accessed. This, she said, violates the Law on the Planning System, which mandates the transparency of all information. “Hiding the technical memory and citizen proposals is not only illegal, it betrays the principle of maximum publicity.” Olivia Garza The Government consulted a draft, not the final plan Garza recalled that the Mexico City City Government itself acknowledged that what was put to consultation was a draft and not the final document of the General Development Plan, which—she assured—invalidates the exercise. “The Government is trying to skip stages and carry out a legislative sneak attack. The final project must be consulted, not a manipulated preliminary version.” Olivia Garza PAN warns of “institutional fraud” Finally, the legislator made a call to halt what she classified as an imposition. “From PAN, we will not allow this institutional fraud to be consolidated. Mexico City cannot be built on lies or simulated processes,” she concluded.
