The opposition's presidential candidate Strength and Heart for Mexico, Xochitl Galvezpromised this Wednesday that he will investigate the alleged corruption and complete the construction of the refinery 'Olmec' in Dos Bocas, a priority work of the president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
From a proselytizing event in Tabasco, López Obrador's home state where the refinery is located, the candidate denounced that in reality one of the president's megaprojects was not completed, denouncing that its cost was raised to commit a “robbery.”
Why hasn't it been finished? Because that refinery was robbed, it was going to cost 160,000 million pesos (about 9,473 million dollars) and it has already cost more than 400,000 million pesos (23,682.6 million dollars),”
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The candidate of the National Action Parties (PAN), Institutional Revolutionary Parties (PRI) and the Democratic Revolution (PRD) said that she will have to finish the development and commissioning of the Dos Bocas refinery because it is not yet fully operational.
“There is a refinery that they have not finished (in the López Obrador Administration) and that yours truly is going to have to finish it because they are very stupid (inept), they do not understand him,”
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The licensed senator also recalled that the Government announced its inauguration in June 2022, although it was not yet fully operational, then its full operation was anticipated in June 2023 and then in February 2024, but it still has not reached the promised potential.
In addition, he insisted that he will promote investigations into possible acts of corruption in the contracts for the construction of the refinery. 'Olmec' which, in his opinion, has had an extra cost that could have benefited contractors close to the president's children, as journalistic reports have indicated.
“We are going to audit what happened in our refinery, of course, whoever stole the money from the Dos Bocas refinery will not go unpunished, rest assured,”
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Gálvez, who is in second place in the polls prior to the presidential elections on June 2, will compete against Claudia Sheinbaum, from the official alliance Let's Keep Making History, current leader in the polls, and also the opponent of the Citizen Movement (MC). , Jorge Álvarez Máynez.
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