MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president vowed Monday to review all remaining government oversight and regulatory agencies before leaving office on Sept. 30, saying they are “useless” and too costly.
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“There are many things that are wasteful and useless,” President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said. “All the so-called freelancers have to go. “
He vowed to send a bill to Congress to eliminate the federal anti-monopoly commission and agencies regulating telecommunications, the energy market and access to government information.
The president accused the antitrust commission of trying to block his efforts to strengthen state oil and power companies. He said the data company handles too many data requests from the public.
It’s not clear that López Obrador has the votes in Congress to make those changes. Most agencies are enshrined in the Constitution, and amending it requires a two-thirds vote.
López Obrador’s aversion to any form of control, coupled with the separation of powers, is one of the characteristics of his administration.
He sought to cut the judiciary’s budget and eliminate the environmental impact on the needs of government projects. He slashed the election watchdog organization’s budget and sought to restrict its powers to enforce election rules.
López Obrador already spoke of his preference for external control bodies in 2020.
The watchdog groups were created by Lopez Obrador’s predecessors, often to regulate areas that were once state-dominated, like the oil and electricity industries. Those sectors were opened to private competition, something Lopez Obrador also opposes.
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