Mexico's President-Elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has announced his team will submit the future of the new international airport of Mexico City (NAICM) to a popular consultation in October, potentially giving voters the power to decide its final location.
Summary
- President-elect Lopez Obrador said the new Mexico City’s airport final decision will come to the people
- The future Minister of Transport, Javier Jimenez, said the people will have access to pros and cons on the airport project so they can vote on it in October
- AMLO plans to conduct a poll or public consult so citizens can decide
- The National Electoral Institute preciously said organising a consult so soon is impossible
- The MIT said it won’t be viable to have the old and the new airport running simultaneously
