Accused of gender-based violence, convicted of refusing to use a mouthpiece, arrested for “disturbing public order” and even threatened with death, Gerardo Fernández Noroña has caused controversy for decades. The Labor Party (PT) MP has a long political career, but who is he and how much does he currently earn?
“I am a free man of humble origin who loves life, who gives his solidarity and support to those who need it. I am a man of the left, a social fighter, an activist, bookseller and libertarian,” he describes in his Facebook page.
Noroña assures his more than a million followers who is “a Mexican who is outraged for the situation in his country “and maintains that his real ambition is to achieve a process of transformation. The former presidential candidate has given something to talk about for more than 30 years, here we tell you a little about the its history.
Who is Fernández Noroña?
Born on March 19, 1960 in the then Federal District, Noroña was already considered a “leader” from his high school studies to higher education, at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Azcapotzalco, where he graduated in Sociology , as he was part of several student societies.
Nevertheless, it was not until 1988 that penetrated in the Mexican policy like candidate to federal deputy by Divided to Socialist Mexican and was united to National Democratic Front (DFN), before this one evolved and it became the PRD.
Her political career was surrounded by protests and demonstrationsAmong them is a front of the National Palace, where he was thrown to the ground to prevent the departure of the then president Ernesto Zedillo. “Jo I went to bed as a limit outside so that his vehicle would not come out, and he went to get me up. I didn’t see him and I still slapped him with my hand, so de ‘don’t touch me‘. I later saw that he was the President“, He explained to MILLENNIUM a couple of years ago.
Within the ranks of PRD, it was fundator of the base movement Insurgents (Mobi), ssecretary of Communication, diffusion and propaganda of the National Congress of the party (CEN); as well as organizer of campaign in the CEN election process. Nevertheless, when Alexander Encinas was not chosen like national leader of PRD in 2008, Noroña decided to resign to the party to show its disagreement.
Although the now federal deputy sued for alleged electoral fraud against Andrés Manuel López Obrador in 2006, the petitioner he has not always agreed with the ideas and policies of the current President. Nevertheless, its nonconformity with the government dates from the mandate of Felipe Calderón, six-year period during which it had several confrontations with the Presidential Staff to hold protests in official acts that even earned him arrests for disturbing public order.
Similarly, during the last report of government of Enrique Peña Nieto in National Palace, Noroña faced federal police when he tried to enter the event, which was highly protected by security elements.
For 2016, he decided to run for the presidency of the Republic, but the following year gave up the idea to give rise to his “Left-wing fighting brother,” Lopez Obrador, and did not divide voters, he said. But during a forum which he had in Sao Paulo in 2018, express their intentions to participate in the next presidential election.
How much do you earn?
According to the Budget of Expenditures of the Federation (PEF) for 2021, the federal deputies earn a base salary of 105 thousand 378 pesos per month, plus 294,000 879 pesos in benefits, among which are contributions to social security, 1 solidarity saving and New Year’s bonus. all this adds up to a total of one million 559,000 415 pesos a year.
But by subtracting the withholding of income tax, equivalent to 408,000 677 pesos, Noroña’s profits decrease to a total of one million 150 thousand 738 per year.
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