Associations of trust retirees from Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) urged Mexican legislators on Sunday to act with sensitivity and historical responsibility on the secondary laws of the pension reform, warning of risks like retroactivity and legal uncertainty. They stated that any transformation must expand rights rather than weaken them.
Associations of trust retirees from Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) issued a public statement addressed to the public and the Chamber of Deputies. They called for avoiding changes to already granted retirement conditions, as these would affect consolidated rights and violate the principle of non-retroactivity of the law.
They warned that the rules workers used to plan their lives cannot be unilaterally altered after their working life ends. They also noted that discretionary adjustments to established benefits would break the principle of legality and leave retirees vulnerable to public power. “Today it is us, tomorrow it could be any other sector,” they stated.
They accused the Secretaría Anticorrupción y Buen Gobierno of disseminating false information on March 13 about exorbitant pensions, including retirees' identities, which created misinformation and violated personal data protection principles.
The reform, proposed by President Claudia Sheinbaum and approved by the Chambers of Deputies and Senators, amends article 127 of the Constitution to cap trust personnel pensions at half the remuneration of the federal Executive's head. It covers public companies like Pemex, with exclusions for Armed Forces and voluntary contributions. Its transitory provisions call for adjusting existing pensions to the new cap.
To date, the reform needs ratification by at least half plus one of the state legislatures to take effect and enable secondary laws.
