They slammed AMLO for confessing his cabinet supported Texcoco airport: ‘Do what you want, blame the people’

Opposition figures and critics of President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) again launched against him for the controversy which involved the cancellation of the international airport of New Mexico (NAIM), In Texcocoto give birth to the international airport Felipe Angeles (AIFA), in Saint Lucia.

And it is that during a press conference on February 16, the Mexican chief executive confessed that three former members of his own cabinet – whom he described as “very good professionals” and “worthy of trust” — would have recommended it not cancel the construction of the Texcoco airport.

He was the former head of the office of the presidency, Alfonso Romowith Carlos Urzua and Javier Jimenez Espriuformer secretaries of finance and transportation respectively, who determined by an opinion (requested by AMLO) that the work of the NAICM should continue, while López Obrador was still president-elect.

“They gave me the notice in the afternoon and the three agreed that we should continue with Texcoco airport. I went home and did not sleep that night because I wasn’t convinced.”

This sleepless night, Andrés Manuel recounted, led to a private conversation with Jiménez Espriú in front of whom he expressed his disagreement with the triple opinion because of the high cost it would entail and the time it would entail. And so AMLO proposed to hold the public consultation during which voters decided put an end to the pharaonic work.

“A very good person (Jiménez Espriú) said to me: ‘What are we doing?’ (…) There we made the decision to say: ‘Well, we will leave the last word to the people. We’re going to call a consultation to see what people think. (…) And look, the consultation is done and people say: ‘No to Texcoco airport. Yes to Felipe Angeles. People pulled us out of the hole,” he commented.

As expected, this admission reignited the attacks on López Obrador and the major works aimed at reducing the saturation of the Mexico City International Airport (AICM). Benito Juarez.

Of course, the criticism was joined by controversy influencer Chumel Torreswho through his account Twitter blamed the Tabasco man for not only ignoring the three former federal Cabinet officials, but also for having “blame peoplefor port cancellation.

Don’t listen to the experts, do what you want. Blame people. How awful it all is now.”

For his part, the journalist and fierce critic of the current administration, Hector de Mauleon, wondered about the price that “this sleepless night” by López Obrador would have cost the public. Therefore, he called the situation “really delusional”.

“And approximately how much damage did this sleepless night leave the country? It’s really delirious. The demagogue is painted full length.

In the same vein – concerning the budget which would have required the work to be stopped – it is that the controversial former President of the Republic, Vicente Renardwas launched against the current head of the Mexican executive, whom he accused of “madto “deceive again and again” the public.

“Another boost from Lopez. Lying, cheating again and again. This lure alone has cost you and me hundreds of millions of dollars. Tomorrow they will be needed for your children and my grandchildren. There is no way with this madman,” he wrote on his Twitter account. Twitter.

Recall that a report by the Federation’s Senior Audit (AIS) published in February 2021 estimated that the cancellation of Texcoco airport was around 332 million pesos. A resolution that earned the agency a strong response from AMLO, followed by a correction from the Court of Auditors for allegedly finding “inconsistencies” in the document.

Thus, a few months later, the ASF determined that the early termination of NAIM had cost 113,327 million pesos.