The Tabasco politician who is recovering after being infected with COVID for the second time added that Mexican businessmen such as Carlos Slim, Carlos Hank and Ricardo Salinas Pliego have enough capital to buy the bank.
“I am pleased that Ricardo Salinas Pliego has expressed his interest in buying it, he already has Banco Azteca and I think he has sufficient resources to do so. The same could be thought of Carlos Slim, of Inbursa, of Carlos Hank Gonzalez, of Banorte, of another José Javier Garza Calderón, from Nuevo León, sent me a message that they could also meet with other investors to buy the bank,” he explained.
The president said that another benefit of Banamex’s buyer(s) being Mexican is that the profits will stay in the country.
“It usually happens that bank profits, when the shareholders are foreigners, are not reinvested in our country,” said López Obrador.
López Obrador assured that the banks have generated good profits in recent years thanks to the fact that there has been an “equal floor”, there has been no influence and confidence in the country.
The president highlighted that with the sale of Banamex the operation will generate billions of pesos to the public coffers through taxes.
“Billions of pesos would enter the public treasury for the development of the country, so that this budget continues to be allocated to the well-being of the people,” he added.
In the video, the president took the opportunity to talk about the outflow of foreign capital and assured that it is not true that there is capital flight, on the contrary, investment from abroad is arriving.