Retrocesos en la nueva ley de transparencia: la clasificación de información en los casos de corrupción acreditados

The recent constitutional reform in Mexico has dismantled the National Transparency System and abolished the National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Personal Data Protection (INAI). Although the Senate approved new secondary laws to regulate access to information, these modifications represent a significant institutional setback. The centrality of this change lies in the restructuring of the legal framework that guarantees transparency, directly affecting citizens’ ability to demand accountability from the State. The most critical aspect of this new legislation is the introduction of the requirement of “proven corruption cases” as the sole condition for declassifying information. Unlike the current regulations, which allowed access to documents related to corruption even while investigations were ongoing, the new rule mandates waiting for a final sanction or a prior determination by a competent authority. This creates a bureaucratic barrier that prevents access to *prima facie* information, severely limiting transparency in situations where corruption is still under judicial or administrative review. This restriction is highly relevant to the *open data* movement because it undermines the principle of maximum disclosure and weakens citizen oversight. While precedents set by the Supreme Court established that access to such information did not constitute prejudgment, the new legal doctrine reverses this logic, favoring secrecy over transparency. In practice, this keeps essential data on major pending scandals hidden, discouraging open access and compromising the integrity of the public data ecosystem necessary for a healthy democracy.

Source: anticorrupcion.nexos.com.mx
Published on 2025-03-07

Retrocesos en la nueva ley de transparencia: la clasificación de información en los casos de corrupción acreditados

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