Overview

• At a federalized spending forum, Miguel Hidalgo mayor Mauricio Tabe urged deputies to reinstate FAIS for municipalities and scrap the formula he argues shifted resources away from local governments.
• Tabe claimed municipalities have lost more than 20 billion pesos over two years and warned the approach could continue into 2026, constraining maintenance and basic works like roads, electrification and drainage.
• SHCP official Fernando Baca stated there has been no cut to municipal transfers and projected local governments will have resources equivalent to 3.8% of GDP.
• Baca said public entities for the governance of indigenous transfers are being defined and that the municipal tax structure is under review, with a strong federal revenue year expected.
• PT deputy Martha Araceli Cruz Jiménez questioned FAISPIAM’s results, said it operates with about 10% of FAIS and noted that in Oaxaca funds go to neighborhoods with indigenous populations; no governors attended the session, according to deputy Daniel Andrade citing weather.