A report about the delivering of social programs during this year given to the local Congress, reveals that among January and February the state’s administration distributed more than the half of the social supports from three different programs aimed to groups whose votes will be key on the elections of June 4th to choose a new governor: women (who represent 50% of the electoral roll); youth over 18 years old (30%); and ancient people, where the “strong” vote of the PRI is focused on.

These programs that were profusely distributed before the start of the campaigns are: Futuro en Grande (Big Future; these are scholarships for students); and Gente Grande (Big People; groceries for ancient people in different ways).

In the case of the “Mujeres que Logran en Grande” program (Women who Achieve in Large), by the end of February, the government of the state had already distributed 25.35% out of the whole year’s resources, this means that from the budget of 894,019,537 pesos scheduled for that program in 2017, the government had already delivered by February 28th a total of 226,663,602.50 pesos.

The most “dramatic” case of the intensification of social programs in the State of Mexico in a previous period to the campaigns, is the one of the program called “Gente Grande” for which it was launched in only 60 days, the 88.26% of the annual resources assigned to that program.

Another case is about the “Futuro en Grande” program. For that program, 70 million pesos were planned, and the administration of the governor Eruviel Ávila used between January and February, 44,752,950 pesos, that means 63.93% of the program’s budget.

This report delivered to the 59th Local Legislature, responds to an obligation of the Governor of the State of Mexico to give a usual reference about the use of resources and how the social programs are evolving till February of 2017.

According to such report, a sum of 11 social programs include a total budget of 4,114,327,860.33 pesos. These programs, besides the ones already mentioned, are: Seguridad Alimentaria (Food Safety), which has a financial backup for this year of 465 million pesos; Por mi Comunidad (For my Community), it has 50 million pesos; Por una Infancia en Grande (For a Great Childhood) has 75,868,322 pesos; 4x1 para Migrantes (4x1 for Migrants), it has 7 million pesos; Mujeres que Logran en Grande has 894,019,537 pesos; Gente Grande has a backup of 2,400 million pesos; and Adultos en Grande (Adults in Large), which has 10 million pesos.

Additionally, it is the program Apadrina Un Niño Indígena (Godfather a Native Child), which has 64,640,000 pesos to distribute in supports; Jóvenes que Logran en Grande (Youth that Achieves Big) which has 67,800,000 pesos; and the program Vivienda Indígena en Grande (Big Native Dwelling), that has 10 million pesos.


Staff The Observer