Raúl Jalil's administration came under pressure in the provincial legislature for keeping public resources in financial investments while teacher arrears and unmet needs persist. Deputies Mamerto Acuña, Natalia Herrera and Javier Galán turned an accounting dispute into a direct challenge over state priorities.
Herrera said some teachers have waited four months, six months and even more than a year for pending payments. She contrasted those delays with a 240-billion-peso surplus, 182 billion pesos in time deposits and 11.6 billion pesos in national Treasury transfers, excluding specific federal programs.
The legislator connected those figures with rent, food and utility bills workers cannot cover. She also cited retired teachers still awaiting payment and others delaying retirement to preserve their claim. Her argument placed provincial liquidity against delayed labor income.
Galán took the same question to residents seeking work or help with food and electricity costs. He asked why funds exist for some decisions but not others and challenged the official success narrative of the Poncho Festival, which reported 1.7 million attendees.
Acuña opened the controversy by arguing that a 150-billion-peso revenue advance and a 45-billion-peso loan, presented as resources for public works, remained invested in the financial system. He did not reject investments themselves, but their use while health, education and infrastructure needs remain.
The dispute now concerns not only returns but the duration and purpose of investments involving hundreds of billions of pesos. The opposition placed figures and individual cases on the record; the provincial executive must next explain where the money is and how it connects with delayed payments and projects.
