PEOPLE’S MAÑANERA JUNE 4

ByMexico Solidarity

Every day, President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a morning presidential press conference and Mexico Solidarity Media posts English language summaries, translated by Mexico Solidarity’s Pedro Gellert Frank. Previous press conference summaries are available here.

Progress in Infrastructure

Minister of Infrastructure, Communications, and Transportation Jesús Esteva reported on progress in ongoing projects:

  • Sinaloa Highway (San Ignacio–Tayoltita): nearing completion.
  • Chiapas Highway (Puente de Oro): 80% complete.
  • Quintana Roo Highway (Puente Nichupté): 79% complete.

The priority infrastructure projects were also presented:

  • Cuautla–Tlapa highway: 385 km spanning Morelos, Puebla, and Guerrero, with an investment of more than 13.65 billion pesos (US$700 million).
  • Tamazunchale–Huejutla highway: 96 km in San Luis Potosí and Hidalgo.
  • Bavispe–Nuevo Casas Grandes highway: 67 km in Sonora and Chihuahua.

The projected public investment in road infrastructure amounts to over 53.31 billion pesos (US$2.72 billion) in 2025 and more than 372.80 billion pesos (US19.02 billion) between 2025 and 2030.

Judicial Election: Historic Results

The President expressed her satisfaction with the election of Hugo Aguilar Ortíz as the next Supreme Court Chief Justice, highlighting that he is an indigenous Mixtec lawyer from Oaxaca, with extensive knowledge in the field, modest, simple, intelligent, and socially sensitive.

Results of the judicial election for Supreme Court justices:

  • Lenia Batres: 5,744,290 votes
  • Hugo Aguilar Ortíz: 6,078,082 votes

The participation of more than 13 million voters was highlighted, emphasizing that the new Supreme Court Chief Justice obtained more than 6 million votes, an unprecedented development in the country’s judicial history.

Bilateral Relations and International Trade

President Claudia Sheinbaum described the U.S. government’s decision to increase tariffs on steel and aluminum to 50% as unfair.

She announced that she will meet with the Steel and Aluminum Industrial Chambers on Wednesday to evaluate the measures to be taken. In addition, Minister of Economy Marcelo Ebrard will hold a meeting on Friday with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to seek an agreement.

The President reaffirmed the collaboration between the governments of Mexico and the United States and said that if Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits Mexico, the goal will be to finalize a comprehensive agreement on collaboration and coordination on security and other issues.

Sheinbaum Insists on Dialogue with the CNTE: “We will never repress”

The President reaffirmed that dialogue with the National Teachers’ Coordinating Committee (CNTE) remains open, although there is still no final decision on the part of the dissident teachers. She reiterated that, despite the differences, the police will not be deployed and that the way to resolve the conflict is through agreements. Today at 11 a.m., the CNTE was scheduled to meet again at the Ministry of the Interior.

Lie Detector Test

During this segment, various fake news related to the judicial election were debunked:

  • It is not true that the judicial election was a failure due to the participation of only 13 million voters.
  • It is not true that it lacks legitimacy due to the use of personally written or instructive fold-out candidate guides many citizens used when voting.
  • It is not true that the UN ordered the cancellation of the judicial election in Mexico.
  • It is not true that the judicial election eliminated the category of “judicial career”.
  • It is not true that the National Electoral Institute (INE) decided not to cancel the leftover ballots.
  • It is not true that the government offered 800 million pesos (US$40.82 million) to the CNTE Oaxaca.
  • It is not true that Shell is withdrawing from Mexico.