They have failed “Milo” (Ermilo Barrera Novelo), Dafne López Martínez and other interlocutors of the state government those whom he sought Business Coordinating Council (CCE) Yucatán to have a dialogue with him Governor Joaquín Díaz Mena about the rejection of increase in the Payroll Tax (ISN) in 2026.
The president of Coparmex Mérida, Emilio Blanco del Villar, reported that the State CCE has not officially made any request for a hearing to the governorThat is, they did not make a written request to Díaz Mena to grant them a meeting.
They try to dialogue with the head of the state Executive through his first-level officials who are close: Barrera Novelo, Secretary of Economy and Labor; López Martínez, general coordinator of advisors, and other officials whose names he did not disclose.
Did the CCE officially and officially make the request for a hearing with the governor?
It’s a great question. I think it was a mistake. We have managed everything through social networks and through his interlocutors, he acknowledged.
I think it would be worth sending a formal letter saying, “Mr. Governor, we request a hearing.” That’s a good point.
The business leader said that “Milo” collaborates very well with the business sector, but it was emphasized that it is not noticeable in this dispute between the government and the private sector.
“We have sought dialogue through various interlocutors and ‘Milo’ is obviously one of them, with Dafne López, by all means,” he said.
And how do you interpret this closure?
It’s been days since we made the public request, they already expressed it on social networks… I imagine that the governor will be doing a deep analysis, because suddenly he can’t say ‘well, ok, okay.’ He must be doing a serious and in-depth analysis, he indicated.
Is there hope then?
There is always hope, Blanco del Villar reiterated. I believe that at least the governor, because we have sat down with him on other issues, is not with the vision of hurting the business sector.
At the press conference they also asked about the meeting of the CCE with Governor Díaz Mena in the supervision of dredging in the deep sea port and apparently there was a good relationship.
“There was a very cordial relationship between the business sector,” responded José Enrique Molina Casares, president of Canaco Mérida.
“We are definitely the main stakeholders in infrastructure developments such as the port of Progreso, energy, gas. We have communication with the different secretaries, of course, in our different chambers and we collaborate throughout this year.”
“The issue here is that we need a dialogue for this type of adjustments that are called or increases in this specific tax, which is the Payroll Tax,” continued the leader of the merchants.
“On this (issue) we do not agree, it does draw our attention, we do express concern, because it is a direct impact on the productivity of Yucatán.”
Molina Casares stated that the meetings with the governor were about other topics, although not specifically about the ISN.
Claudia González Góngora, president of the CCE and Canirac Yucatán, also stressed that the ISN did not know about this issue at that time regarding the supervision of dredging in the deep-sea port, until hours before the Executive Branch handed over the economic package to the State Congress.
Similar scenario
The closing of ranks of the private sector before the raises the ISN recalled a similar scenario that occurred in 2010.
That year the State Congress approved tax increases and the contracting of more debt government of Ivonne Ortega Pachecoso the business community gave an ultimatum to the state administration, at that time led by figures such as Raúl Casares G. Cantón and Jorge Caamal Burgos. Read the note here.
Manager of the PRI
Ayer Rafael Echazarreta Torres, leader of the PRI in Mérida, on his social networks he said that the increase in Payroll Tax It is a counterproductive fiscal measure that punishes the creation of formal employment and slows down investment. “It is perceived as a demonstration of the government’s lack of capacity.”