Xochitl Gálvez promises to investigate alleged corruption at the Dos Bocas refinery

Presidential candidate

From a proselytizing event in Tabasco, López Obrador’s home state and where the refinery is located, the Fuerza y ​​Corazon por México candidate denounced what he said was not actually completing one of the president’s megaprojects, denouncing that its The cost was increased to a commit. Robbery.”

“Why isn’t this over? Because that refinery was looted, it was going to cost 160,000 million pesos and its cost has already exceeded 400,000 million pesos,” Xochitl Gálvez said.

The PAN, PRI and PRD candidates said they must complete the development and commissioning of the Dos Bocas refinery as it is not yet fully operational.

“There is a refinery that they (in the López Obrador administration) have not completed and your servant has to finish it because they are so stupid (incompetent), they do not understand that,” he expressed.

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The licensed senator also reminded that the government had announced its inauguration in June 2022, although it was not yet fully operational, then its full operation was expected in June 2023 and then in February 2024, But it still has not reached the promised potential.

Furthermore, he stressed that he would promote an investigation into possible acts of corruption in contracts for the construction of the “Olmeca” refinery that, in his opinion, had led to cost overruns that could have benefited contractors close to the President’s children. As he said. Journalistic report.

“We are going to audit what happened in our refinery, definitely, whoever stole money from the Dos Bocas refinery will not be spared, rest assured,” Xochitl Galvez said.

Gálvez, who is in second place in the polls ahead of the presidential election on June 2, will compete against Claudia Sheinbaum from the Sigismo Hazando Historia coalition, the current leader in the polls, and also a rival of the Civic Movement (MC). Jorge Alvarez Menez.

With information from EFE

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