Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) will not be privatized, on the contrary, it will be modernized, presidential candidate Xochitl Galvez Ruiz promised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On a visit to the state of Campeche, she assured oil workers and former employees of the state-run company that, if she wins the next elections, her government will not privatize Pemex. Instead, she clarified it will be modernized with \u201ccutting-edge\u201d technology to compete globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon’t you let anyone tell you that we are going to privatize Pemex\u201d, she said raising her voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe want to modernize Pemex, which lost 800 billion pesos in refining because of ineptness, corruption, and stupidity,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She warned that the current administration is putting the country’s finances at risk as a result of mismanagement of oil finances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Galvez Ruiz, candidate for the \u201cForce and Heart for Mexico\u201d coalition has been on a campaign rally in the Mexican Southeast region since last weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This morning, she also stated that the current administration has already privatized Pemex and mentioned that the President\u2019s children have turned the company into a private business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey turned it into a private business of the President’s children and his godfather, Octavio Romero\u2019s,\u201d accused the candidate, referring to the oil company CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fair transition for Pemex employees<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the Energy Meeting event, held in Campeche, Galvez Ruiz assured that oil will keep being important for petrochemical industry and, for a time, for gasoline. In addition, she criticized that in the current federal administration an \u201cobsession\u201d with crude oil refining persists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, she urged to transit to clean energy, so she spoke out for a fair transition for Pemex employees in this process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c[A] fair transition is required that allows Pemex employees to adapt to new technologies so that they do not lose their jobs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The candidate also expressed that it is necessary for the state-run oil company to bet on other markets to be able to emerge out of its financial problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c[You have to] understand that they also have to bet on new markets that allow them to get this company afloat,\u201d she declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Galvez Ruiz is on a rally in the states of Campeche and Yucat\u00e1n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yesterday, in Ciudad del Carmen, the presidential candidate reaffirmed her commitment to promoting the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, in order to contribute to the fight against climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She also considered that an energy transition must also ensure that the inequality gap that persists in Mexico is closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA just transition means that no family will lose its income, that workers will receive support and training so that they keep being actors in the energy sector,\u201d she considered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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