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Sheinbaum asks for review of audit report on 2025 Public Account; denies irregularities are from her first year
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Sheinbaum asks for review of audit report on 2025 Public Account; denies irregularities are from her first year

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum has called for a detailed review of the Superior Audit Office's (ASF) Public Account 2025 report.
  • The ASF reported alleged irregularities exceeding 600 million pesos and filed 21 criminal complaints.
  • Sheinbaum clarified the audit covers the final months of 2024, not her current administration's first year, and noted that entities have a chance to address findings before formal complaints are filed.

President Claudia Sheinbaum has urged a thorough examination of the Superior Audit Office's (ASF) Public Account 2025 report, which details alleged financial irregularities totaling over 600 million pesos and has led to 21 criminal complaints filed with the Attorney General's Office.

The auditor to Congress has those powers to send an initiative and it was approved by Congress, the initiative that the new Auditor of the Federation proposed. We must remember that he was elected unanimously by all political parties.

— Claudia SheinbaumPresident Sheinbaum commented on the auditor's powers and unanimous election by Congress.

During a press conference, Sheinbaum highlighted that the ASF's superior auditor possesses the legal authority to file complaints, a power granted by a reform initiated by the auditor himself and approved by Congress. She emphasized that the auditor was unanimously elected by all political parties, suggesting a broad consensus behind his office's actions.

We have to see where complaints are filed, it was just presented yesterday, I didn't have the details.

— Claudia SheinbaumSheinbaum stated she needed to review the report's details before commenting further.

Sheinbaum explained that the report had just been released and that a comprehensive assessment requires understanding the specifics of the observations before forming a final judgment. She noted that the audit process includes a phase where federal agencies, entities, and state governments can resolve issues raised by the ASF before the responsibility processes are concluded.

A result is presented and then the entities, the states, the federative entities or any secretariat of the federal government where there is an observation, have time to resolve those observations. If they cannot be resolved, then the Audit itself files complaints, whether criminal or before the Superior Administrative Justice Court for the administrative sanctions that it may be requesting.

— Claudia SheinbaumSheinbaum explained the process for addressing audit findings.

Addressing concerns about the timing of the irregularities, Sheinbaum clarified that the audit pertains to the 2024 Public Account, which encompasses only the final months of her government's term, rather than the full 2025 fiscal year. She deferred definitive conclusions until after she has personally reviewed the report's contents, stating, "We are going to review it before communicating in more detail. It was just presented yesterday."

No, it's not 25 yet, it's still 24, which is, let's say, the last months that corresponded to us.

— Claudia SheinbaumSheinbaum clarified the audit period covered by the report.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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