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Opposition senators demand transparency over Infonavit chief’s assets and removal of ‘protective cloak’

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Opposition senators in Mexico demanded that Infonavit director Octavio Romero Oropeza make his assets, income and wealth declaration public.
  • PAN and PRI lawmakers linked the decision to classify his declaration as confidential to his ties with former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Morena.
  • Senator Gina Campuzano called for investigations into Romero Oropeza’s tenure at Pemex and his current management of Infonavit, which oversees the savings of millions of workers.

Mexico’s opposition says a “protective cloak” is shielding Octavio Romero Oropeza, the director of Infonavit, after his declaration of assets was reserved and classified as confidential. PAN and PRI senators are demanding that he disclose his wealth and face investigations into both his current post and his earlier management of Petróleos Mexicanos.

The lawmakers’ accusations followed a report by EL UNIVERSAL revealing the restricted status of Romero Oropeza’s declaration. They described him as a close ally of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and accused him of serving as one of the former president’s financial operators.

Morena has rewarded corruption, and Octavio Romero Oropeza is a clear example of this.

· Gina CampuzanoThe PAN senator criticized Morena’s treatment of Romero Oropeza.

PAN Senator Gina Campuzano said Morena had rewarded corruption and called Romero Oropeza a clear example. She said his time at Pemex was surrounded by scandals, including alleged nepotism involving relatives on the payroll, tolerance of corruption and a failure to act against “fiscal huachicol,” a term used in the article for fuel-related tax fraud.

No way he did not know. And what was the consequence? Investigating him? Holding him accountable? No. They removed him from Pemex and rewarded him by sending him to Infonavit.

· Gina CampuzanoShe criticized the lack of accountability for Romero Oropeza’s time at Pemex.

“Morena has rewarded corruption, and Octavio Romero Oropeza is a clear example of this,” Campuzano said. She questioned why Romero Oropeza was not investigated or held accountable before being moved from Pemex to Infonavit, an institution that manages the savings of millions of Mexican workers.

Campuzano urged the Infonavit director to publish his declaration, arguing that anyone with nothing to hide should make their assets public. She also called for a close review of his Pemex record and his current work at Infonavit, saying the same standards should apply to him as to other Morena figures under scrutiny. The supplied article ends during her statement.

If he has nothing to hide, let him make his asset declaration public.

· Gina CampuzanoShe called on the Infonavit director to disclose his wealth.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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