Former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador continues to generate controversy eight months after leaving office.
Now, former President Ernesto Zedillo challenged President Claudia Sheinbaum to clarify the costly retirement benefits AMLO enjoys.
After leaving the Mexican Presidency on September 30, 2024, the Tabasco native retired from public life and had previously begun processing his retirement through the ISSSTE (National Institute of Statistics and Census).
How much does AMLO receive in his pension?
According to a request from El Universal to the ISSSTE (National Institute of Statistics and Census), López Obrador receives a monthly pension lower than what he earned as president, whose salary was around 130,000 pesos per month.
According to the report, file number 330017124008302, AMLO receives a monthly pension of 21,659.40 pesos upon his retirement.
This is based on the number of weeks he has contributed, his age, or at least 10 years of service, so that his monthly payment is equivalent to the average basic salary.
Previously, López Obrador announced that he would request his retirement from the ISSSTE (National Institute of Indigenous Peoples), the National Consumer Institute, during which he held positions at the National Indigenous Institute, the National Consumer Institute, as head of government of the Federal District, and later as president of Mexico.
In addition to these 21,659.40 pesos, there is the Welfare Pension for Older Adults, aimed at Mexicans over 65, which currently contributes 6,200 pesos every two months.
That is, AMLO receives approximately 24,759 pesos per month, corresponding to his ISSSTE pension and his Welfare Pension.
He also has other income, such as royalties from his 17 books, including “¡Gracias!”, his most recent.
In 2024, he announced that this latest book, published on February 9 of that same year, received an advance of 3 million pesos, although he also revealed that he had to pay 1 million in taxes.
Zedillo questions AMLO’s income
In a letter published by Azucena Uresti, Zedillo once again responded to President Sheinbaum after she questioned the pension he receives from the Bank of Mexico and also challenged her to report López Obrador’s benefits.
“Given the president’s insidious and illegal reference to my pension from the Bank of Mexico, I demand that she clarify in detail the legal basis and cost of the enormous benefits López Obrador enjoys in his simulated retirement at the expense of the public treasury,” he said in a letter shared by Azucena Uresti.
Source: politico.mx
