Overview
- The Finance Secretariat’s 2026 spending plan submitted to the Veracruz Congress includes a reported 25% salary hike for Governor Rocío Nahle and her cabinet, with some officials citing a 17% adjustment.
- If approved, Nahle’s nominal monthly pay would rise from 67,800 to 84,750 pesos, an increase of 16,950 pesos, while cabinet secretaries would see monthly raises between 11,000 and 16,000 pesos.
- Nahle said she was unaware of the specific increase and suggested it stems from a broader adjustment for bureaucratic and trusted staff after initially claiming it was not in the budget.
- The proposal remains pending before a Congress reported to have a morenista majority that will decide whether to ratify the adjustments.
- State PAN official Adrián Gabriel Hernández condemned the timing, citing security and health problems and recent floods that left thousands affected and dozens of families bereaved.