Mexico is not a puppet of economic power, assures AMLO

The government of Mexico is not a puppet of the economic power groups. With the business sector, they sought to have a relationship of respect and unity to move the country forward, but with Ricardo Salinas Pliego it was not possible after he rejected the agreement with the Tax Administration Service (SAT) to settle his debt and prevent The case would be resolved in court, said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

The owner of Elektra owes around 24 billion pesos to the treasury and rejected the agreement to only cover 14 billion.

The president highlighted that the final ruling is still pending in the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation. There was a very good relationship with Salinas Pliego and it was sought to be that way with everyone, with respect, because we need unity to move the country forward.

The rules were set from the beginning, he indicated yesterday in the morning conference. He recalled that when the business advisory group was formed, he proposed to them that there would be joint work without influence and there would be no more tax remissions.

In the case of Calica, we did not want confrontation. We offered them 8 to 10 billion pesos, without taking into account the damage they had already caused with the exploitation of materials. There was no agreement due to the arrogance of the company and the United States senators, thinking that we are a colony.

Ricardo Salinas will sue the President

Ricardo Salinas Pliego, president of Grupo Salinas, controller of Elektra, announced last night that he will file a lawsuit against President López Obrador, who has four days left in his government.

The businessman maintained that the President has lied about Elektra’s tax debts and accused López Obrador of having breached an agreement to pay taxes – the same accusation that the president made regarding Salinas.

“I publicly remind him (AMLO)… that we were willing to pay 7,600 million pesos… we made a first payment of 2,600 million.” According to Salinas, SAT officials did not include debts from 2008 to 2013 in that agreement; They only took the payment as part of the 2013 liabilities and this prevented Supreme Court Minister Luis María Aguilar from resolving the case. “It was because of the SAT that our file was in Minister Aguilar’s drawer for months.

Due to these lies and non-compliance, we decided to sue the president, demanding in accordance with the law that he respect what we had agreed upon, he stated.