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Article: CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES' VOTE TO REMOVE EDUCATION SUBSIDIES FOR MEXICO CITY BRINGS ACTS OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE BY PRD.
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- SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico
- Article date:
- October 20, 2004
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In a controversial decision, the Chamber of Deputies voted in mid-October to amend Article 122 of the Mexican Constitution to remove 9 billion pesos (US$784 million) annually in special educational subsidies for the Mexico City government. The vote was preceded by acts of civil disobedience by local and federal legislators from the center-left Partido de la Revolucion Democratica (PRD), which disrupted proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies.
The subsidies had been provided as part of the financing structure created for the Federal District, which includes the area within the city limits of Mexico City. The public school system in the Mexican capital remained in ...