The Draft Expenditure Budget of the Federation for the next year has generated controversy by disarming the Federal Security Cabinet amid the wave of violence generated by organized crime in the country. Despite a general increase in the budget amounting to 9 trillion 302 billion pesos compared to 9 trillion 66 billion of the current year, significant cuts have been made to different Secretariats.
The Secretariat of National Defense is cut by more than 108 billion pesos, decreasing from 259,433 million to only 151,994 million for the next year. The Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection is reduced by more than 35 billion pesos, decreasing from 105,838 million to 70,422 million. Meanwhile, the Secretariat of the Navy experiences a cut of more than 6 billion, decreasing from 71,888 million to 65,888 million pesos.
Other notable cuts affect different secretariats, such as Health, Environment, Energy, Tourism, and others. Secretariats like Interior, Foreign Relations, Labor, Finance, Agriculture, and Economy will also see their budgets reduced for the next year.
In contrast, the Judicial and Legislative Powers experience increases in their resources for 2025. The Judicial Power, including the Supreme Court, the Federal Judiciary Council, and the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Power of the Federation, registers increases in their respective budgets. The Legislative Power, encompassing the Senate, Chamber of Deputies, and Superior Audit of the Federation, also sees an increase in resources.
The National Electoral Institute (INE) requests a significant increase in its budget for the first election of judges, magistrates, and ministers. The Attorney General's Office also benefits from a budget increase. Other executive bodies, such as Infrastructure and Communications, Public Education, Welfare, and the newly appointed Secretariat of Anticorruption and Good Governance, will receive greater resources for the next year.
In contrast, autonomous bodies face the possibility of disappearance, merger, or budget reduction. Institutions such as Inegi, the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT), the Federal Commission of Competition (Cofece), and the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) maintain their current budget amid uncertainties about their future.
