(CNN Spanish) – The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is looking for what destination to give the presidential plane he considers to be excessively expensive. In his usual morning conference he shared 5 proposals this Friday, including raffling the plane among Mexicans.
According to the president, each one could buy a lottery ticket for the equivalent of 25 dollars. “A raffle. 500 pesos. Six million little dogs. The National Lottery Let’s see what I explain: we are talking about options. I am transmitting information, people will decide what is best, ”said the president.
The proposal quickly generated comments, especially humorous, among users of social networks to become a trend on Twitter.
Another alternative that the Government explores is to deliver the plane to U.S in exchange for medical equipment to supply the poorest hospitals. “The United States government was formally informed that we are requesting an exchange to take place, that the plane is delivered in exchange for giving us the equivalent in money in medical equipment: ambulances, tomographs, lightning equipment x, everything we need in hospitals, said López Obrador.
The president of Mexico also spoke about the possibility of several companies joining as a kind of society to keep the plane, but that option does not seem so simple to the president, who said that “this is not easy because, if the president Do not use it, because which company uses such an airplane? The truth was that this was an excess. This should not have been done. They shouldn’t have bought this plane. Not even the most rich of the world and extravagant have those planes. ”
It occurs to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador that the Mexican Air Force could rent for hours the presidential plane to those interested in using a BOEING 787 Dreamliner, purchased during the government of Felipe Calderón.
Since the beginning of his presidency, on December 1, 2018, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has traveled in commercial airplanes.
It is a Boeing 787 Dreamliner with capacity for 80 passengers and flight autonomy of up to 20 hours. The Government of Felipe Calderón bought it in 2012 for US $ 212 million, but today it costs US $ 130 million.
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