🇲🇽Will Mexico's president be able to cut top government salaries? | Al Jazeera English

4,439 views · Published 23 December 2018 · 2:21 · Indexed 3 October 2026

Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2018 · News & Politics

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When Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico's new president, was running for office, his vow to curb the salaries of top government officials, including his own, was unsurprisingly very popular.

Now he is in power, he is finding it difficult to deliver on those promises.


Al Jazeera's John Holman reports from Mexico City.

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