The Mexican Chamber of Construction Industry (CMIC) denounced that Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) owes more than 7 billion pesos to Salina Cruz, Veracruz, Coatzacoalcos, Poza Rica, Tampico and Ciudad del Carmen construction companies.
“On Pemex’s theme, it is very delicate, and we owe us more than 3 billion registered pesos, there are many companies that do not want to give their information because they are in a dynamic where they want to hire again, but there is debt that is not registered because it is not estimated or invoiced or deepened and this leads us to approximately 7 billion pesos,” said Luis Méndez Jaled, president of the CMIC during the presentation of the presentation plan In Mexico.
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Pemex’s debt with construction companies is already generated a social problem in southern Mexico, so it is important to be addressed, he said.
The president of the CMIC recalled that they are looking for a meeting with the Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo so that Pemex make a payment plan for their suppliers.
“With what I stay is that today the construction companies are going through problems very delicate due to the lack of payment of Pemex,” said the businessman.
“We have said it, some are about to bankrupt because not all the construction companies are large,” said the manager.
The manager added that when a visit was made a few days ago to Coatzacoalcos, there was a cry of all entrepreneurs about Pemex’s debts, as well as the Villahermosa industrialists also have that problem on the radar.
The builder pointed out that he will make other visits to learn more in Detail of Pemex’s debt in the Veracruz and Ciudad del Carmen industry.
“Pemex’s debt is a serious and serious problem for CMIC affiliated companies, so a prompt resolution is expected, he said.
The business representative said that there are no new debt debts to the builders, but most have more than 12 months old and there were also companies had not reported debts.
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“It is not that the debt has increased, but that the demand has increased and people are getting closer to ask the CMIC for help,” said Luis Méndez Jaled.
The manager said that there are many families who are about to be unemployed since entrepreneurs can no longer sustain their operations.
The president of the CMIC proposed to Petróleos Mexicanos to pay their debts every month with the construction companies, as well as incentives and condomation of taxes to the companies that have not charged for their services contracted by the oil company.
“There must be momentary tax for the payment in which the payment is regularized,” he concluded.
