They criticized the mayor of Veracruz on social networks for "escaping" the Super Bowl

Fernando Yunes, Municipal President of Veracruz, has received strong criticism from social networks A photograph was published where he appears in Atlanta, United States, celebrating the Super Bowl.

The mayor –who is the son of Miguel Ángel Yunes, former governor of Veracruz– He is surrounded by former colleagues of his father in the public administration.

In the picture appear José Antonio Menéndez Galarza, former private secretary of his father, and Juan Carlos Saldaña, former Secretary for Civil Protection of the State.

The mayor, wearing a cap "Patriotas", is in the company of 8 people and a friend holds the tickets to enter the NFL final which took place on Sunday, February 3rd.

After the broadcast of the photo on social networks, the veracruzanos tundieron to his mayor: they questioned their responsibility to the city and the main port of the state and the origin and use of resources buy the ticket for the Super Bowl.

The citizens said that the mayor only takes advantage of his position to walk because a few weeks before the Super Bowl, in January, he went to Seville, Spain, participate in the Global Forum of Local Governments.

In view of the situation, the trustee of Veracruz, Alma Aida Lamadrid, said that Mayor Fernando Yunes and other members of the Government they had taken their first vacation period from Saturday 2nd to Monday 4th February.

"Different officials have taken their holidays as prescribed by law," he said. "These are holidays from the first half vacation period, and he decided to take them at this time and welcome them with regard to their agenda. "

He claimed that during the absence of Yunes, no incidents were reported in the municipality.. "The city continues to walk, without incident, they continue their race".

Afterwards, Mayor Yunes appeared during the inauguration of the works in the city, where the media asked him about his presence at the Super Bowl.

Yunes did not want to give details about it and only replied: "Nothing, I have nothing to say, I do not have to ask permission for anything, to make my life what I have to do on weekends, "he replied.

This one it is not the first time that the population complains of the luxury of its mayor, who took office on January 1, 2018.

Last November, during the reopening of the regional hospital, where his father was also present, he was seen wearing a jacket of the creator Ermenegildo Zegna worth 67,000 pesos.

In another public act in the presence of a Hublot Big Bang 45 mm watch valued at 280 000 pesos. This shocked the population because it contrasts with the poverty in which most people live in Veracruz.

For this kind of situation, he was called "junior mayor". His father, who completed his term as governor in 2018, was designated by the state's population as one of the most corrupt rulers.

In the National Survey on Quality and Impact on Government conducted by the National Institute of Geography and History in 2017, 95% of the population reported perceiving that bribery in their entity was very common.