Mexico’s presidential jet has been bought to Tajikistan, the federal government mentioned on Thursday, seemingly closing the ultimate chapter on a political saga that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador used repeatedly to assail the excesses of his predecessors.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, centre left, waves earlier than a press convention in 2020 in regards to the luxurious non-public jet.Credit score: AP
Lopez Obrador introduced in a publish on Twitter that the agreed sale value for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner utilized by his predecessor Enrique Peña Nieto – however by no means by him – was about 1.66 billion pesos ($138 million).
In a video accompanying the publish, the president mentioned the sale demonstrated how Mexican politics has modified below his management.
“It’s vital that everybody is aware of how individuals thought earlier than, how the authorities acted, like little pharaohs,” he mentioned, sitting in a excessive leather-backed seat, flanked by officers.
“Not anymore.”
Extra particulars of the sale of the airplane to the Central Asian nation can be disclosed subsequent week, together with what he described because the plane’s exorbitant upkeep prices.
The jet proved arduous to promote because it was configured to hold solely 80 individuals and has a full presidential suite with a personal tub. Credit score: AP
One of many officers with the president, Jorge Mendoza, head of nationwide improvement financial institution Banobras, mentioned the Tajikistan state council that bought the airplane has about 10 days to take possession of it.
