Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador officially handed over control of the Maya train, the president’s priority project in the country’s southeast, to the army in December, to the army on Monday.
“There is already a resolution, the commissioning of the company under the management of Fonatur has already been formalized (National Tourism Development Fund) Tren Maya for everything related to the construction of 1554 kilometers of tracks, the acquisition of trains, stations, garages, workshops, for everything related to the Maya train,” the head said.
At the morning press conference, the president announced that General Oscar David Lozano Aguila would become the new CEO of Mayan Train.
In addition, Javier May, CEO of Fonatur, the public organization that has so far been in charge of the project, will leave his post to nominate the ruling Movement of National Revival (Morena) for governor of Tabasco, home of López Obrador. state.
Required justified that the Armed Forces run public works such as the Maya Train in the face of the growing power he granted them during his reign, including the tasks of public safety, construction work, and the management of airports and customs.
“Why are we going to leave this job in the custody of the Ministry of Defense? Because this work, like others, is funded by public investment, this is not a debt, these are not those mechanisms of public-private association, no. State budget funds and people’s money are being invested,” he said.
“Maya Train” with an investment of between $15,000 and $20,000 million. This is the iconic work of López Obrador. for five states in the southeast of the country: Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco and Yucatan.
“How can we ensure that there is a good, honest administration, that there is no waste, and that they do not want to deliver the Maya Train to individuals in the future? We must leave this to a serious, responsible institution that represents the nation, which represents Mexico, in this case the Ministry of National Defense,” he said.
López Obrador recalled that the train is designed to promote tourism in the area.on which the popular city of Cancun is located, and also serves to transport local residents and goods.
“There are five states that will have growth opportunities like never before, we must not forget that the southeast has been abandoned for 40 years,” he commented.
According to Efe.
Source: La Opinion
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