The curtain opens: the list of the privileged
The Anti-Corruption Secretariat has just released the names. It’s like someone turned on the lights in the middle of a private function. There they are, in large letters, the former workers of public organizations who continue to collect fortunes from the treasury.
José Ángel Gurría, former Secretary of the Treasury, heads the payroll with 120,685 pesos per month for his Nafin pension. Óscar Espinosa Villarreal, former head of the DF Department, receives 33,400 pesos. But they are just the tip of the iceberg.
“Some pensions even exceed the salary of the President of the Republic,” warned Raquel Buenrostro, head of the agency.
In extreme cases, he said, they reach more than a million pesos per month. Imagine: a single former official receiving in one year what many families do not see in a lifetime.
The show continues: what now?
President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed the data and announced the inevitable: a constitutional reform to eliminate these perks. The Senate has already taken the first step by unanimously approving a limit of about 70 thousand pesos per month for pensions in organizations such as Pemex and CFE.
But here is the detail that many overlook: the measure does not affect former officials of Secretariats of State or military personnel. Political theater always has actors protected behind the scenes.
My father taught me that politics affects daily life. While these golden pensions continue to flow, there are hospitals without medicines and schools with leaks. The real drama is not in the speeches, but in these lists where the future of the country is at stake.
