Overview
- The Chamber of Deputies’ water commission began four days of public hearings to review the president’s Ley General de Aguas and reforms to the 1992 statute, with roughly 430 organizations and experts registered to speak.
- Former Conagua director José Luis Luege and other specialists object to changing regional bodies’ authority by substituting “expedir” with “participar,” arguing it would centralize concession and permit decisions in Conagua’s central offices.
- Agricultural leaders and regional officials caution that scrapping transmission of rights and tightening renewal windows could trigger legal uncertainty and possible social unrest, calling for differentiated treatment and workable prórroga procedures.
- Participants pressed for legal certainty, non‑retroactivity, transparency and investment incentives, noting the reforms touch a stock of some 538,000 concessions and raising concerns over transitional rules and administrative capacity.
- Morena leader Ricardo Monreal said legislators will incorporate input from the hearings and aim to finish a modified draft in the first days of December before sending it to the Senate.