In the first instance, the citizen consultation is in violation of Article 35 of the Constitution, since it was not called by the Congress of the Union, it deals with income and expenses of the State and was not carried out on the same day of the federal election day, in addition to the fact that there is a Federal Law of Popular Consultation that regulates the procedure, which was not taken into account. This will generate, in addition to controversy and political confrontations, considerable repercussions on the country’s economy and international relations, so we must ask ourselves: what are the legal implications of this result? This consultation took place last October and the winning option was to build two runways in Santa Lucia (where a military base is currently located) and to rehabilitate the AICM and the Toluca International Airport, resulting in the cancellation of the NAIM project in Texcoco. It is important to mention that this project is the most observed public works project in the country and the first to adopt the open data standard, i.e., the data and contracting documents are available to the general public.Īccording to Mexico’s president-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the project is excessively costly and has a high environmental impact, in addition to the fact that the project’s schedule indicates 2020 as the opening year, for which he proposed a citizen consultation to define the future of the NAIM. Work on the new Texcoco airport began in 2014, which implied a large investment and the generation of employment opportunities. Due to the high passenger demand and the need to increase the airport infrastructure in Mexico, and considering the lack of space for the expansion of the current Mexico City International Airport (AICM), the Mexican government was forced to search for viable sites for the construction of the NAIM, through the preparation of technical and feasibility studies, which pointed to the Federal Zone of Texcoco as the most admissible option.
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