Overview
- Pablo Yanes, currently heading SECTEI, was appointed to lead the Secretariat of Planning, replacing Alejandro Encinas.
- Both appointees are slated to assume their new roles next week, with Yanes set to appear before the local Congress on Saturday still as education chief.
- Clara Brugada defended Yanes’s selection, saying he brings vision in urbanism and a commitment to democratic planning and metropolitan governance.
- Opposition lawmaker Olivia Garza of PAN criticized the choice, arguing Yanes lacks the technical background in urban planning and infrastructure required for the post.
- Pedro Moctezuma, a longtime UAM academic and former State of Mexico water secretary, will take over SECTEI as the administration readies the Plan General de Desarrollo consultation.