Today, the Government of Jalisco announced in a morning press conference that they presented an initiative for the entity to abandon the fiscal pact after denouncing the mismanagement of public resources by the Federal Government. In light of these statements, which have had a great response on social media and in the press, it has been the owner of Grupo Salinas, Ricardo Salinas Pliego, who has also come out to express his support for the governor of Jalisco and his intention to abandon the fiscal pact.
It was through a message on his X account -formerly Twitter- that the businessman also expressed his discontent towards the Federal Government, and even suggested that if Jalisco were to leave the fiscal pact, it was very likely that the entity that could follow in its footsteps would be Nuevo León:
“If Jalisco abandons the “fiscal pact” in the face of overwhelming corruption and the misuse of public resources by a gang of thieves who believe that the country is theirs, who will follow and why Nuevo León?”, said Salinas Pliego accompanied by the repost of the press conference held by the Government of Jalisco this morning.
What is the fiscal pact in Mexico and what does it consist of?
The so-called fiscal pact in Mexico is an agreement between the Federal Government and the federative entities on the distribution of fiscal income and the allocation of public resources; in other words, who is in charge of collecting taxes and how they are distributed.
The Federation distributes the resources collected to each of the states. To calculate how much each entity is entitled to, formulas established in the fiscal pact are used that take into account variables such as population size or poverty level.
Over the years, the Fiscal Pact in Mexico has been the subject of reforms and even criticism because some consider that it has not managed to reduce inequalities between entities and that the distribution of resources does not always adjust to the real needs of each state.
The support shown by Ricardo Salinas Pliego for Jalisco’s exit from the fiscal pact occurs in the midst of a controversy over the multimillion-dollar debt that his companies have with the Tax Administration Service (SAT). According to data provided by the head of the SAT, Antonio Martínez Dagnino, during a morning conference, the businessman’s debt rises to more than $63 billion pesos.
Source: informador
