People's Mañanera October 28

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. Previous press conference summaries are available here.

24.70 billion pesos for water in Guadalajara, without debt or privatization
“We do not agree with the private operation of the water system,” President Claudia Sheinbaum declared. The 24.70 billion peso (US$1.32 billion) investment will improve water supply for 30 years, without raising rates and avoiding the need to commit up to 56 billion pesos (US$3 billion) from Jalisco.

Mexican Government Calls for Audit of More Than 20 Years of INE Contracts
“We are going to put an end to electoral ‘coyotes.’” The President proposed strengthening Talleres Gráficos, ensuring contract transparency and penalizing irregularities. Sheinbaum indicated that in relation to the changes in the Federal Electoral Institute (INE), “the 2027 elections are not in question.”

Sheinbaum to Le Pen: Mexico brings honesty, solidarity, and fraternity to the table
“She is misinformed,” replied the President, in response to comments by far right French leader Marine Le Pen. Sheinbaum said that “the ‘Mexicanization’ that should reach the whole world is that of the values of the Mexican people.”

Lie Detector

It is not true that Guadalupe Taddei was appointed president of the INE by Morena
It is not true that IMSS Modality 40 was suspended or eliminated because the government ran out of money
It is not true that IMSS doctors earn 10,000 pesos (US$535) a month and that Cuban doctors in Mexico earn more than their Mexican counterparts
It is not true that mammogram coverage in Mexico “is minimal and insufficient”
It is not true that the amendments to the Federal Criminal Code and the Federal Law on the Protection of Industrial Property “are a step toward censorship”