Enrique Peña Nieto and the huge spending on social communication during his last year in office

During the last year of Enrique Peña Nieto's government, spending on social communication was enormous: 449% more than what had been allocated.

According to the Political Animal portal, In 2018, the ministries spent more than 6,373 million pesos in the sector, which is well above the 160 billion approved in the budget.

The difference between the approved budget for the communication and the final amount exercised was more than five billion pesos. by the different secretariats to improve the image of the institutions and disseminate information on their activities.

According to the badysis, The addictions that have recorded the highest spending in social communication in 2018 are: the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of the Interior and the Environment.

Secretaries in the public service and energy were the least used in social communication.

In regards to addictions that showed greater variation between the initial budget and the fiscal year included the Department of Social Development (with a difference of 2470%), Labor and Welfare (1830% Environment (1187%), Health (1004%) and Agriculture (703%).

Again, those with the smallest variation were the public service and energy, as these dependencies even recorded expenditures that were lower than budgeted expenditures.

In 2017 a similar situation had been recorded in social communication, Well, the The budget was 1,447 million pesos and 8 billion pesos were spent.

Contrary to what happened with Peña Nieto, uOne of the electoral promises of Andrés Manuel López Obrador was a 50% reduction in government advertising.

The estimated budget for social communication is 4 000 258 million pesos.

According to the IMCO badysis, the administration of Peña Nieto underestimated its income and spent more than expected.

OTHER RELEVANT DATA FROM IMCO ANALYSIS

-In the six years of Peña Nieto they stopped exercising 149 billion pesos in public investment, 25% less than approved.

–The total budget for 2018 was 3,961 billion pesos. In the end, 4,289 billion pesos were exercised (8% more).

– The Secretariats for Tourism, Energy, the Presidency and the Treasury recorded the largest discrepancies between budgeted and expenditure expenditures.

-In 2012 and 2018, GDP grew by 15.3%.

-The public debt increased by 46% in real terms between 2012 and 2018

-In the beginning of the administration of Enrique Peña Nieto, each Mexican owed 37,837 pesos; at the end from his government, the figure reaches the 66 thousand pesos per person