President Andrés Manuel López Obrador assured that his government is “closing the year very well” in the economic and financial sphere, as he stated that there are no debts and providers are being paid, and announced that pensions for the elderly and adults will be advanced. minors with disabilities to cope with the economic crisis generated by the Covid.
In this sense, at a press conference, the Head of the Federal Executive announced that, as has been done since the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic, economic support for the elderly and for people with disabilities will be advanced from January.
“They are going to start and deliver the support for next year, they already have the authorized resources, all the support, older adults, children with disabilities, all the scholarships, as of January they have resources. So, we will have from January to start dispersing these funds for welfare.
“It is the same pension, to advance it, now that it is required, a little what happened with the most difficult moments of the pandemic, because also now we are not in such a good situation regarding the pandemic, but there were very difficult moments and advanced support for older adults, the same we are going to do now, this is going to help them a lot in every way, “he said.
He announced that an agreement was reached with the companies Minsa and Maseca to prevent the price of tortilla from increasing in January of next year, and announced that today at his conference it will be detailed which products will increase in price in 2021, but noted that among these The tortilla and gasoline are not found.
The President pointed out that among the challenges of his administration for next year are the well-being of the population, the fight against corruption, and public security, and pointed out that the first thing is to continue promoting justice in Mexico.
The President trusted that he will maintain the confidence of the people, because he will not fail the people of Mexico, this in the face of political alliances, in the face of the next elections.
“Love pays with love,” he said and presented the Morning Consult survey, conducted in December, on how people perceive their leaders.
“We are in second place as the best evaluated government, of a certain number of countries,” said the President.
In describing his position in the Morning Consult survey, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador highlighted his name from among various world leaders such as Jair Bolsonaro, president of Brazil; Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; Emmanuel Macron, from France or Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany.