Allegado a López, encargado de transparencia; duplican funciones en el Senado
Allegado a López, encargado de transparencia; duplican funciones en el Senado
The Mexican Senate consolidated the power of a political ally close to the chamber’s leader by granting him exclusive control over transparency and data protection. This administrative centralization eliminates independent oversight mechanisms, concentrating critical functions that were previously distributed among multiple committees into a single figure trusted by the legislative leadership. The statutory restructuring leaves intact the formal requirements for handling requests and review processes, although these links to the former federal body no longer exist in practice. By maintaining references to abolished laws and authorities, the Senate demonstrates a disconnect between its internal regulatory framework and the current institutional reality, creating an appearance of regulatory continuity while emptying accountability of its substantive content. This case is relevant to open data because it exemplifies how political changes can undermine the integrity of open data. By merging the comptroller’s office with the transparency authority under a single political command, the independence necessary to ensure public access to information is reduced, increasing the risk of opacity and diminishing trust in the availability of verifiable and impartial government data.
Source: excelsior.com.mxPublished on 2025-04-17