The municipal president said he is in favor of the revision to the Fiscal Coordination Agreement for Jalisco.
José Miguel Gómez López during the last Popular Consultation of the Fiscal Pact on November 27 and 28, 2021. Photo: Archive.
Editorial Staff.- José Miguel Gómez López, the municipal president of Jocotepec, said he supports the revision of the Fiscal Coordination Agreement for Jalisco sent by the Jalisco Executive and approved by the State Congress. He said the municipality contributes much more than it receives.
Gómez López said of all the taxes Jocotepec contributes to the federation each year, only 15 million pesos are returned to the public budget. Jocotepec has 195 million pesos in expenses per year (almost US$10 million).
He also said that Jocotepec is one of the municipalities most affected by the current fiscal pact. With more than 200,000 hectares producing berries, among other economic activities that “generate an extraordinary amount of resources,” the amount returned to the municipality is irregular.
Gómez López said that by “refusing to sign” the Fiscal Pact agreement the worst scenario would be a budget cut and “we would still be better off.”
Jalisco is not seeking to withdraw from the Fiscal Pact but to establish a new distribution scheme for taxes generated in the states. This is based on the size of the resources that each entity contributes to the national economy according to its economic strength, needs and current challenges. The Government of Jalisco has a new and balanced vision of what should be fairly distributed to each state.
At the end of last year, a referendum was held in the state regarding a revision of the Fiscal Pact, but it did not have the required minimum participation to become binding. The southeast region had only 25.40 percent of citizen participation, while 33 percent was needed.
Translated by Mary Woods
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