Overview
- The initiative entered the Senate, was sent to the Constitutional Points and Legislative Studies committees led by Óscar Cantón Zetina and Enrique Inzunza, and is slated for committee approval Tuesday followed by a plenary vote Wednesday.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said the measure will not seek repayment of past amounts but will cut pensions once approved, citing examples dropping to about 70,000 pesos monthly, and she argued ordinary amparos would not apply to a constitutional change.
- The proposal limits pensions for trust personnel in decentralized agencies, state-owned companies, development banks and related public trusts to no more than 50% of the president’s remuneration, with explicit exclusions for base unionized workers and no inclusion of the armed forces.
- Legal specialists warned affected retirees could challenge the change before the Supreme Court on retroactivity grounds, though one expert judged the chances of success uncertain.
- The government grounds the cap in Articles 127 and 134 and Supreme Court precedents and points to outsized payouts, including data showing thousands of former Luz y Fuerza workers receiving 100,000 to 1,000,000 pesos a month.