Ambassador Ken Salazar supports AMLO to make changes in the Mexican electricity sector

The US Ambassador to MexicoKen Salazarsaid President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was “right” to propose changes in electricity, as laws “should always be reformed on the basis of doctrine.”

During a visit to the Chamber of Deputiesthe US diplomat argued that Mexico has been a since 2013 a energy reformand “President López Obrador is right, he is right to say ‘we are going to make changes for the good of the people’, so this process that now exists, which the President proposed, his reasons must be understood,” he said.

And while the official declined to comment on possible U.S. government concerns over the electric reform proposed by President López Obrador, he recalled that when he was a senator in his country, he promoted changes in energy issues, so, in his experience, the Laws need changes.

“I did not come to talk about the electricity reform today, I did not come to talk about it, I make a comment about the reform, but I did not come to this Chamber today to talk about it. The remark is that laws must always be reformed, to learn from experience. I was one of the authors of the Energy and Renewable Energy Acts in the United States, as a senator in 2005, 2006, 2007, many years ago, and these laws need to be revised and reformed, because over time the experience it gives us is a great learning experience, ”the U.S. ambassador told the House of Representatives.

Similarly, Ken Salazar welcomed the process of analyzing the initiative of electric reform what’s going on in the forums Open Parliamentsince, he said, “in the forums held here in the Chamber, even more (the subject) is understood.”

bilateral relationship

Regarding his visit to the San Lázaro Legislature, the United States Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar stated that he had met with several delegates to discuss the relationship between Mexico and the United States, as both Joe Biden and López Obrador, “are linked to the same vision that the power of the world, of democracy, of the well-being of the people here exists, between Mexico, the United States and Canada.”

He explained that the issues to be discussed with legislators in strengthening the two way relationship after the meeting that took place in the White House on 18 November, in which it was decided to work together on mainly security, arms trade, health and migration.

“I came to talk about that relationship, because in this year of the Two Hundred Years (from the beginning of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United States). So, the history of our people, of the United States, of Mexico, we are going to set it up in a way to celebrate it, for what it was, for the pain that the relationship had, but also for a future where we are one town.

“In the end, we are going to be very close, because since the people are one people, the economy will also be one,” he said.

On his visit, the Ambassador Salazar He also visited the plenary hall of San Lázaro and had private meetings with the president of the Chamber of DeputiesSergio Gutiérrez Luna, with the Coordinator of Morena, Ignacio Mier, and with the President of the Political Coordinating Council (Jucopo), Ruben Moreira Valdez.

During the conversation with Gutiérrez Luna, it was agreed with Ambassador Salazar to visualize issues that may be of interest in the legislative field, for which they left open the possibility that members of the Mexican Congress will visit Washington soon, and that US lawmakers agree with the visit. our country.

Gutiérrez Luna stressed that the meeting took place in a cordial atmosphere, in which both endorsed the respect on which the bilateral relationship between the two nations is based.

While, Ignatius Mier He explained that the meeting with the ambassador was courteous. “He told me that he met different characters from the public life of Mexico, it was a very cordial meeting, just as he imagined it,” he stressed.

The deputy denied that the issue of the constitutional reform in energy matters had been addressed and that this visit had an impact on its approval.

Rubén Moreirawho also serves as coordinator of the PRI Parliamentary Group, said that the US Ambassador’s visit to Mexico, Ken Salazarto the Chamber of Deputies, acted as a courtesy, so he attended with the representation of a brother town.

At the end of the meeting with the diplomat, the parliamentary leader stated in statements to the press that general issues and the friendship between the two nations had been addressed.

He also reported that the American representative during his tour of the Legislative Palace was surprised by the size of the room and by the good spirit among the legislators.

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