President of Mexico takes over from secretary of anti-corruption portfolio

(Reuters) – The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, on Monday appointed an auditor of the country’s oversight body as the new secretary of the Public Function to replace Irma Sandoval, in the second change in his cabinet after the midterm elections on June 6.

Roberto Salcedo currently serves as Undersecretary of Control and Fight against Corruption and has been a special auditor of the Superior Audit of the Federation (ASF) for 18 years.

«I made the decision to replace Irma Eréndira Sandoval Ballesteros with Roberto Salcedo Aquino in the position of Secretary of Public Function. The policy of zero corruption and zero impunity will continue. We will never fail the people », López Obrador wrote on his Twitter account.

A few weeks ago, the Secretary of the Treasury, Arturo Herrera, said that he will resign from his position between mid and late July, after the president nominated him to relieve the current governor of the central bank when his term ends at the end of this anus.