Noemi Berenice Luna Ayala, from the opposition PAN party, speaks as Congress members hold signs during a debate on the constitutional reform through which Morena ruling party and allies aim to dissolve several independent authorities, at the congress in Mexico City, Mexico November 20, 2024, REUTERS/Luis Cortes
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's lower house of Congress approved on Wednesday a measure to abolish most of the autonomous bodies that regulate some economic sectors and ensure government transparency, a reform that could worsen tension with the U.S. and hit credit ratings.
The measure is among the constitutional reforms presented in February by former President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and backed by current President Claudia Sheinbaum, aimed at cutting public spending by centralizing the state apparatus.
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