Tax reform, “only by consensus”: Sheinbaum

Acapulco, Gro. Consolidate the projects of the current administration and on this basis develop a series of national systems that allow planning investment and growth “with well-being and sustainable,” Claudia Sheinbaum, candidate of the Let’s Keep Making History coalition, proposed in front of bankers.

The former head of government of Mexico City spoke out in favor of maintaining the participation of the Army in the operation of private companies and the construction of emblematic works; increase public income with technology and, if a tax reform is considered, that it be by consensus.

During her participation in the 87th Banking Convention, the candidate from Morena, PVEM and PT for the presidency considered that “there are still opportunities to increase public income,” through accelerating digitalization in the Tax Administration Service and customs. “For now we are not thinking about a tax reform and if we were to think about one it would be by consensus,” she stressed in response to an express question.

Sheinbaum was the third and last contender for the presidency of the Republic who appeared before the public at the 87th Banking Convention. The reception by the bankers, more than 80 percent men, was lukewarm, with brief and even non-existent applause from a considerable part of the audience. For 20 minutes she spoke from start to finish without being interrupted by strident applause, as happened with the candidate of the PRI, PAN and PRD, Xóchitl Gálvez.

In a first 20-minute presentation, Sheinbaum initially thanked the country’s financial leadership for holding its convention in Acapulco, as a “show of solidarity” towards the port; He presented his vision and economic projects that at all times point to the continuity of an economic model based on “shared prosperity,” as he called the design of the current administration.

Without referring once to her opponents, as happened with Gálvez, who began her presentation in front of bankers with attacks on the current president Andrés Manuel López Obrador and “Sheinbaum”, the former head of government of Mexico City recovered the data economic of the current administration, foreign direct investment, strengthening of the peso and poverty reduction.

He emphasized that the “solid situation of our economy” comes from macroeconomic discipline, prioritizing the internal market through increases in the minimum wage and social supports.

Asked about “polarization” in the country, she said that there are different ways of looking at it. “Let’s see how the banks have done, they have done very well despite the pandemic.” Yes, she pointed out, “a product of her work, but also of the economic situation of the country”; and the same has happened with large non-financial companies, she emphasized.

He recovered the solidity data that the Mexican banks have reported, but, he considered, there is a need to accelerate financing, especially for small and medium-sized companies.

Sheinbaum also pledged to respect the autonomy of the Bank of Mexico and maintain the financial responsibility of the current government. He assured that the public deficit and debt will not increase “in a significant way”; and the difference in income versus spending, which this year will be 5.9 percent of GDP, is a one-time situation, due to the resource that is being applied in the “major strategic works” of this administration.

When asked about the participation of the armed forces in the construction of public works, Sheinbaum considered that “for now it is like this, we must keep it like this for now.” Despite criticism from the construction industry, he considered how accelerated the growth of construction has been, that the private initiative is also participating. “What has been built so far could not have been built without the conjunction of both.”

On security issues, he stressed that the policy is aimed at addressing the causes, consolidating the National Guard as a community police force, and strengthening intelligence and investigation, improving coordination between police and prosecutors and continuing to work on tracking financial flows and intelligence. to attack crime.

At the end of her participation, Sheinbaum left escorted by bankers and Francisco Cervantes, president of the Business Coordinating Council (CCE). Daniel Becker, president of Banco Mifel, and José de Jesús Rodríguez, from Canaco, even sang him a fragment of Lifetime by Emmanuel. Deputy Antonio Pérez Garibay interrupted the performance with the chorus “president, president.”

Julio Carranza, president of the Association of Banks of Mexico (ABM), also intercepted her with a request: “Claudia, some bankers want to take photos with you.” The candidate returned to the auditorium to take a photo with the businessmen.

Later, outside a space reserved for the Morena candidate, a group of businessmen and part of their team waited. The candidate of Fuerza y ​​Corazón por México, Xóchitl Gálvez, passed a few meters away, without crossing Sheinbaum, and stopped waiting for someone to follow her.

On several occasions the PAN member turned to see if anyone was following her. Nobody did it. In the end, she left the premises and got into her truck to continue with her agenda in Acapulco, where she had two more events scheduled.