Officer delayed a plane because he could not take it | Chronic

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) of Mexico, Josefa González Blanco Ortiz Mena, resigned this Saturday to his post after baduming the responsibility of delaying the departure of a commercial aircraft to be able to approach it.

"At the beginning of a work visit, I caused a delay to the pbadengers who were traveling in the plane and to their crew, nothing justifies"explained González Blanco in the resignation letter addressed to President Andrés López Obrador.

The former public servant, the second of the Government of López Obrador his resignation is because he has no reason to have caused, last Friday, the delay of a commercial flight that should have waited until it arrives late at the airport.

For González Blanco Ortiz Mena, the "The real change requires that no one has privileges" and the personal benefit, even in the case of accomplishing entrusted tasks, should not be above the welfare of the majority.

"The transformation of Mexico begins with a personal conviction and the congruence of our actions, that's why I submitted my resignation"he remarked.

An Aeromexico flight that was to travel from Mexico City to Tijuana was delayed by 38 minutes to await the arrival of González Blanco, according to sources quoted by the press and dozens of comments from users on the reported social networks Notimex and EFE agencies.

By decision of López Obrador, the use of private planes for the same agent and his representatives was prohibited from the beginning of his term, but must now be mobilized on commercial flights.

The Gonzalez Blanco is the second resignation of a member of the government of Lopez Obrador. After this week, the general director of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) resigned before a Treasury qualified intervention in the institution's spending.