Andres
Manuel Lopez Obrador's leftist Morena party told teleSUR that the
United States imposed President Enrique Peña Nieto on Mexico and
have been pressuring him to privatize the country's state-owned oil
companies Pemex and Federal Electricity Commission in order to pave
the way for their multinationals to control the nation's oil and
energy sectors.
“The
U.S. imposed Peña Nieto on Mexico as they knew he would push forward
reforms that would see both Pemex and the CFE privatized for their
own benefit,” Morena party official Elisa Sanchez told teleSUR.
“Of course, Peña Nieto and his allies in government are
complying with Washington's demands seeking personal benefits as
well.”
Pemex was
partially privatized to line the pockets of government officials as
they look to sell off chunks of the business to private investors,
mainly from the United States, according to Sanchez of the National
Regeneration Movement, which is headed by two-time presidential
candidate Lopez Obrador, a harsh critic of Peña Nieto's intentions
to privatize both companies.
Pemex
announced on Tuesday that it had set up lines of credit with Mexico's
development banks to improve liquidity and start paying back billions
of dollars in debt to suppliers, as the firm seeks to repair finances
it says were severely diminished by the drop in crude oil prices.
The oil
giant, which is one of the federal government’s main sources of
revenue, deferred debt repayments to dozens of suppliers last year
and has now racked up debt to the tune of 47 billion Mexican pesos or
US$2.8 billion. So far, it has only paid back aabout US$1.5 billion
to its creditors.
Sanchez,
however, said it is all a farse stating that, “Neither company
is truly in debt or in financial crises ... Peña Nieto's government
is manipulating the financial situation of both companies to justify
privatization. Basically, they've ransacked the money or disappeared
to speed up privatization.”
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