Mexico's President, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, reaffirmed her commitment to the nation's energy future and announced that her government will continue strengthening Pemex (Mexican Petroleum) and the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE). We know that the nation's energy future requires vision, innovation, responsibility, and a long-term perspective of our sovereignty. In our six-year term, as we committed, we have major goals: one, to continue advancing the strengthening of Pemex and the Federal Electricity Commission as public enterprises, and the other: to guarantee Mexico's energy sovereignty by advancing with a lower environmental impact. We are clear that guaranteeing the energy production the country needs means strengthening sovereignty. Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano was named head of the Oil Consultative Commission, which was announced at the official event for the 88th Anniversary of the Oil Expropriation. According to President Claudia Sheinbaum, this commission will serve to make decisions on the country's energy vision. The Oil Consultative Commission will be oriented towards the strategic analysis of trends, conditions, and national and international perspectives of the hydrocarbons industry, in order to issue opinions and recommendations that support decision-making, according to a government communiqué. Cárdenas Solórzano, 91, was Head of Government of the Federal District (1997-1999) and a presidential candidate on three occasions (1988, 1994, and 2000). Therefore, the call to advance in energy sovereignty acquires enormous relevance every day; at this moment, it means advancing in energy sovereignty, increasing national production of natural gas, which is the next objective, and renewable energy sources, in addition to continuing to maintain oil production and its processing. Likewise, we will continue to promote the development of renewable energy sources. Although we have significantly reduced the import of gasoline, thanks to the construction of the Dos Bocas refinery, the acquisition of the Deer Park refinery, and the rescue of the other 6 refineries in the system, we still import 75 percent of the natural gas we consume. This fuel powers our electricity generation plants and our factories.
