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Querétaro Lawmakers Advance Budget Overhaul, Full Vote Set for Monday

Morena’s majority seeks a reorientation that favors social spending after rejecting the governor’s draft.

Overview

  • Late Saturday, the Planning and Budget Commission reported near-unanimous approval of negotiated changes that deputies say redirect roughly 1 billion pesos within the 2026 plan.
  • Proposed shifts include 20 million pesos for indigenous programs, 30 million for disability supports, about 470 million for municipal works in the semidesert and mountain regions, and a contingency pool of up to 100 million.
  • Committee negotiators said they removed a proposed 141‑peso charge that had been pitched to help fund a contingency mechanism and had drawn criticism from opposition legislators.
  • Morena-PVEM-PT deputies argue the governor’s original proposal favored administrative structures, lacked transparency, and shortchanged municipalities aligned with the Fourth Transformation.
  • Federal deputy Luis Humberto Fernández met with local allies to coordinate the reorientation push before Monday’s plenary vote, as talks continued over priorities and regional allocations.