The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador , assured that the publication of the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF), where it is declared as issues of “national security” carrying out projects and emblematic infrastructure works of your Government, serves to “expedite procedures” and not to avoid accountability.
“It is an agreement to streamline procedures and that due to bureaucratic procedures, the works that can be given confidence to institutions and companies do not stop. The Mayan Train is working so that the procedures they have to do to carry out the works are more expeditious and that they have time to present all the documentation in the understanding that the companies, the agencies of the federal government are governed by principles of environmental protection, justice, and that companies have to be given facilities and trust ”, he said from the National Palace.
The decree, published in the evening edition of the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on Monday, indicates that are of “public interest and national security” the carrying out of projects and works by the Government of Mexico that due to their characteristics, nature, complexity and magnitude are considered “priority and / or strategic for national development.”
These projects, he points out, cover the sectors of communications, telecommunications, customs, border, h hydraulic, water, environment, tourism, health, railways, railways in all its energy modalities, ports, airports, among others.
In this way, The Mexican president could prevent his emblematic projects such as the Felipe Ángeles Airport, the Mayan Train and the Dos Bocas Refinery, from being stopped by injunctions .
The agreement, which consists of three articles and is signed by López Obrador, argues that Mexico requires infrastructure to promote its development in an inclusive manner and bring opportunities to the most lagging regions.
In addition, it specifies that it is published in order for the current administration to continue “with the route aimed at promoting and consolidating the projects that will lead us as a Nation to achieve economic growth and thereby achieve social welfare.”
The agreement will enter into force this Tuesday and instructs the dependencies and entities of the Administration Federal Public ion to grant provisional authorization to the presentation and / or obtain the opinions, permits or licenses necessary to start the projects or works, and thereby guarantee their timely execution, the expected social benefit and the exercise of the authorized budgets.
It also states that the provisional authorization will be issued within a maximum period of five business days from the corresponding request.
“After this period has elapsed without an express provisional authorization being issued, it will be considered resolved in a positive sense”, explains the document.
The provisional authorization will be valid for one year, counted from its issuance, period in which the definitive authorization must be obtained, in accordance with the applicable provisions .
With information from Efe.
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