The senator commented: 'The table has no authority to validate budgets, but above all, it cannot be used politically to pressure the deputies, who in their sovereign capacity must decide the budget for Nuevo León.' From Palacio de Cantera, it was suggested that corporations such as Fuerza Civil, the State Prosecutor's Office, and even the National Guard endorse the 2026 Budget proposal issued in November, even referring to the ISN increase, a situation that troubles entrepreneurs. 'The Secretaries of Security have no authority to endorse budget approvals and have no power to negotiate in any table... the channel for the budget is the Congress,' declared the mayor. He also noted that negotiations should not take place in any table, despite the fact that the Secretary of Government, Miguel Flores, called opposition deputies to structure the proposal in private. After the state government ensured that security authorities endorse the 2026 Budget proposal, the mayor of Escobedo, Andrés Mijes, criticized that these officials have no competence to address the Fiscal Package and backed the local Congress in the negotiation. As president of the Metropolitan Table, he asked the state government 'not to politicize' the resources for the coming year. 'As president of the Metropolitan Table, I requested the State Government not to politicize security, it is the people who approve the budget through Congress,' he added. The mayor of Escobedo joins the MORENA current that is openly—or at times only distantly—opposed to Palacio de Cantera. This narrative is promoted at the federal level and by the national leader of MORENA, Luisa Alcalde, who previously asked the red faction to vote against the budget. On the other hand, Senator Waldo Fernández also joined the crossfire against MC for involving security authorities in the negotiation of the budget bill.
