After weeks of speculation, Nuevo León Governor Samuel García announced Ulises Carlín as the new interim head of the State Treasury following a private meeting with his cabinet. In parallel, the governor confirmed that he vetoed the budget proposed by the local congress, which cut nearly 20 billion pesos in current spending and included an inconvenient resource distribution for the Cantera Palace. This is accompanied by recent statements from President Claudia Sheibaum regarding the controversial reconduction: 'The 25% budget remains, there has been no agreement in the Nuevo León Congress for the approval of the budget... only state congresses, and in the federal case, have the power to approve budgets... if there is no agreement, we continue to work with the previous budget.' The new call for dialogue must be accompanied by clear signals to reach an agreement and have a balanced budget... we believe we must go step by step: step one is to have a Budget, and step two is the appointment of the new Treasurer,' he stated. In the opposition, there are doubts about Carlín's entry into the cabinet: There is direct communication since the Jaime Rodríguez sexenio, but they consider that he became a 'political' profile after his approach to Samuel. The local congress maintains its intention to have a 2026 Budget in the coming days. 'The first thing we have to do is fix the budget issue, because I believe the Treasurer goes hand in hand,' said the PAN leader, Carlos de la Fuente. Meanwhile, the PRI coordinator in Congress, Heriberto Treviño, declared: 'Good intentions are no longer enough.' Now, the opposition believes it can condition said legislation in exchange for Carlín's arrival. 'We have a World Cup on top, we don't want to fight, the last thing people want is to see a fight again, people want to see us pulling together,' said Samuel. Alongside this situation, the Secretary of Government, Miguel Flores Serna, also urged dialogue with opposition deputies to achieve a new budget, despite not publishing the one approved by PRI and PAN: 'We are a government of open doors... we will continue working to move forward on all issues, including any renegotiation or possible agreement they want to reach, we are ready and open.' However, as LPO anticipated, the opposition coordinators conditioned Carlín's entry into the cabinet in exchange for approving a budget for the current year. On the other hand, he will also receive 2.5 billion as a bonus for the 2026 World Cup. The expenditure of up to 10 billion pesos in federal resources will be the limiting factor for Governor Samuel García's budgetary support. 'I really want to pull together with the Congress this year.' 'Everything is possible, with a negotiation... 28 votes are needed.' To understand, the new official can only operate in the Treasury for three months if he is not ratified by the local congress. Unlike last year, Morena rules out an intervention from the Ministry of the Interior. The permanent session was scheduled even since December and it was rumored that it could be executed on January 7, but it has not even been installed and they seek to do it in parallel with an agreement with the Executive by next week at the latest. The most critical turning point in the negotiations remains the electoral reform and avoiding a gender quota. They assure that at the end of December the increase of almost 11% in federal participations was confirmed - which translates to 7.5 billion pesos -, this for allegedly collaborating in the transfer of vital liquid in the face of the historical debt with the United States. 'I was forced, it's not a whim or a caprice, it's just good vibes.'
