When questioned about an alleged purchase of face masks and medical supplies by the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) during the pandemic through “favoritism”, the president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador He replied that he is not a “rat”, as he was linked to the companies that obtained the contracts.
at your conference this monday morning in the National Palace, López Obrador asked the director of the IMSS, Zoe Robledowhich clarifies the indications of “cronyism” and “favoritism” in the delivery of contracts.
“I don’t have anyone close, provider. I am not a rat,” said President López Obrador.
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AMLO: They have to learn to stop stealing
In the Treasury Room, the President also stated that “now there is no impunity for anyone” and “they have to learn to stop stealing.”
“They dedicated themselves to looting, stealing, and there was impunity and now there is no impunity for anyone and this has to change and it doesn’t matter if they get angry; that they go to steal further away, but when I say further away, it is on another planet.
“The robbery is over, you have to learn to stop stealing, it is no longer the same and it applies to everyone; municipal presidents, governors, president of the Republic, all public servants and influencers and businessmen linked to power, who did not pay taxes and abused, not anymore.
“We are going to have a better society and we are going to lay the foundations for transformation and it is in everyone’s interest,” said López Obrador.
He also declared that the governor of Veracruz, Cuitláhuac Gracía, “has not changed and has resisted the temptations of power.”
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