The Senate Governorate Commission unanimously ratified Rosa Elizabeth Islands Arredondo as vice president of the Governing Board of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), during a session in which the PAN demanded that the agency do not let press and Keep your autonomy.
Arredondo islands declared that it will be conducted with transparency, independence and commitment. In addition, he stressed that INEGI’s institutional design guarantees its autonomy. This characteristic is not an option, since the Constitution establishes that the Institute has technical and management autonomy. To this, it is added that decisions are approved in various collegiate bodies, he explained.
The official added that the experience of its workers, whose trajectory is located on average between 18 and 20 years, gives the institute an almost unwavering fortress.
Before the senators, he stated that his operation for the budgetary variation is not at risk, but it forces to review the annual work program.
The above after the PRI senator Claudia Anaya, asked how the Inegi will fulfill her obligations after the reduction recorded in her budget.
PAN Marko Cortés said that the institution must remain autonomous and demand that the authorities allocate the resources that allow them to do their job.
It is unacceptable that the Government intends to spend a huge amount of money on putting judges who have palpated in the National Palace, but removes the appeal for INEGI
he emphasized.
Arredondo Islands is a teacher and doctor in economics from the College of Mexico and has held various positions within the Institute, including the Coordinator of Advisors and Director of Analysis and Integration. It is expected that this Thursday will ratify its designation in the Plenary of the Senate.