The first week of May was marked by the confrontation between President Claudia Sheinbaum and former president Ernesto Zedillo, who starred in an intense exchange of accusations and statements in which they addressed issues such as judicial reform, the judicial reform, the life pension for former presidents and even the fobaproa scandal.
Both politicians engaged in a strong debate that throughout the days intensified, to the degree that the matter came to the country’s prosecutor, Alejandro Gertz Manero, whom the president requested to investigate whether they exist Open investigations against the ex -president and its alleged links with organized crime.
The harsh criticism of Zedillo against the judicial election
It all started last Monday, April 28, when Zedillo Ponce de León said in an essay published in the magazine Free lyrics that “in Mexico democracy died” after the approval of the reform of the Judiciary.
The economist, who ruled Mexico from 1994 to the year 2000, questioned the judicial election by pointing out that “no democratic country thus chooses his judges.” He considered that this process “offers nothing to improve the state’s ability to impart justice” and even pointed to the current government of Manipulate the selection of candidates.
“The Government has determined most candidates, without ensuring that they are really people who meet professional and ethical qualifications to impart justice,” he warns in the essay.
Sheinbaum reacted to Zedillo’s opinions the next day. During his morning conference, he recalled the economic crisis caused by the former president During his six -year period and assured that on April 30 he would present the alleged corruption of the fobaproa.
“Now it turns out that Zedillo is the paladin of democracy “the president replied. “Millions of families lost everything, businessmen were rescued and not the people, converted private debts in public debt that is still being paid,” he said.
The pension of 143 thousand pesos per month of Ernesto Zedillo
During the morning conference of April 29, Sheinbaum said that he would ask the bank of Mexico (Banxico) to investigate the life pension charged by former president Ernesto Zedillo, which amounts to the 143 thousand pesos per month.
The president explained that Banxico has the power to investigate the case, since Zedillo worked for a company that “benefited” when she was ruler. “The Bank of Mexico that informed us of the life pension, who works. I don’t know now, right? But I worked in a company that benefited himself,” he said from the National Palace.
In response to these statements, Zedillo said that the president reacted “exactly” as did her successor, former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, with insults and not with arguments.
“President Sheinbaum has reacted exactly the same way to my article: with Calumnias and Insultsin no way with arguments about the points by an exposed server, ”he wrote in a letter.
From the judicial reform to the Fobaproa case
Already for Thursday, May 1, The discussion between Sheinbaum and Zedillo He climbed the direct accusations, to the degree that Pabló Gómez, head of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), presented details on how the Fobaproa case in the Zedillo Sexenio operated and affected Mexico.
“The Fobaproa began operating, anchoring the banks that had collection difficulties, a huge amount of credits, private debts began to cover. This was not the function, it was a kind of insurance to protect bank savings,” Gomez said.
He added that they were 73 thousand 775 million, 429 thousand 262 pesos the total amount of money Through this contingency fund. Shortly after, Morena’s bench in the Senate proposed to review the performance of former president Ernesto Zedillo in the banking crisis.
Finally, on Friday Sheinbaum terminated his confrontation with the PRI not before describing as “authoritarian” the administration of Zedillo in the 90s, in which he highlighted repression of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) and the White Aguas Massacre.
