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Ramírez Cuéllar’s proposal is widely criticized

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Alfonso Ramírez Cuéllar became Morena’s president earlier this year - Photo: Diego Simón Sánchez/EL UNIVERSAL
19/05/2020 |09:35
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Ramírez Cuéllar’s proposal is widely criticized

The proposal made by Morena’s national leader, Alfonso Ramírez Cuéllar , which established that the INEGI should have constitutional faculties to measure wealth was widely criticized. Fellow Morena members criticized Cuéllar’s proposal. To diffuse the situation, Ricardo Monreal said the ruling party is not planning to propose new initiatives regarding the INEGI or the SAT .

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