Overview
- The Budget and Public Accounts Commission approved the 2026 expenditure bill 39–15, advancing a 10.193 trillion‑peso plan to a plenary debate set to start on November 4.
- The committee text states that 82.4% of spending is already locked into mandatory items, with 1.57 trillion pesos for debt service and 1.70 trillion for pensions and retirements.
- Morena leaders signaled reallocations of roughly 17 billion pesos from the Judiciary and autonomous bodies such as the INE toward education, culture, environment, infrastructure and rural programs.
- A circulated annex showed a 9.53% increase in deputies’ net annual pay, yet the Chamber’s secretary general said the diet remains unchanged and that no salary or benefits increase will occur.
- Sectoral shifts highlighted in the dictamen include a reported 5.8% overall rise for health with a new Ramo 56 for IMSS‑Bienestar and a 6.4% increase for education, while opposition blocs press for more funding to municipal security and criticize higher indebtedness.