Managing the Coronavirus Pandemic in a Centralised Federal System

José María Serna de la Garza
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This chapter examines the actions and decisions that federal, state, and municipal actors took during the Covid-19 pandemic within the applicable constitutional and legislative framework. It identifies what can be learnt about Mexico’s federal system by analysing the behaviour of the different levels of government. The argument made is that, in spite of a centralised federal system, states and municipalities played a significant role in combating Covid-19, thus reinvigorating that system. During the period from 18 March to 31 October 2020, it was possible to observe key federal issues play out in regard to the distribution of powers and responsibilities and intergovernmental relations. Although the federal government has broad legal powers in the fields of health and education, and in matters relating to the reopening of the economy, several governors, in spite of those powers, took the initiative to decide when to shut down their states’ economies and schools and adopted public health measures contrary to federal guidelines. The displeasure of states with the current fiscal arrangements also came to the surface, with calls for ʼnew federalism’ and a ʼnew fiscal pact’. © 2022 selection and editorial matter, Nico Steytler.
在中央联邦系统中管理冠状病毒大流行
本章审查了联邦、州和市行为体在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间在适用的宪法和立法框架内采取的行动和决定。它通过分析不同级别政府的行为,确定了可以从墨西哥联邦体系中学到什么。他们的论点是,尽管是中央集权的联邦体系,但各州和市政府在抗击Covid-19方面发挥了重要作用,从而使该体系重新焕发活力。在2020年3月18日至10月31日期间,可以观察到在权力和责任分配以及政府间关系方面发生的关键联邦问题。尽管联邦政府在卫生和教育领域以及与重新开放经济有关的事项上拥有广泛的法律权力,但一些州长不顾这些权力,主动决定何时关闭本州的经济和学校,并采取违反联邦指导方针的公共卫生措施。各州对当前财政安排的不满也浮出水面,呼吁建立ʼnew联邦制和ʼnew财政协定。©2022选择和编辑事项,Nico Steytler。
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