Ante la desaparición del Itei, se está perdiendo un avance de 20 años

The Transparency Institute of Jalisco is celebrating two decades that have radically transformed the relationship between citizens and the State, shifting from a culture of official secrecy to a normalized demand for accountability. The institution’s main legacy is not merely the resolution of information requests, but a profound change in social awareness regarding access to information and data protection, establishing a visible precedent of governmental openness that has permeated the administrative structures of the country. However, this trajectory is threatened by the recent constitutional reform that eliminates autonomous guarantee bodies, a measure that the current president considers a serious setback. By transferring these functions to internal control organs, a conflict of interest arises in which government authorities act as both judge and party, increasing discretion and weakening the impartiality necessary to effectively sanction administrative opacity, thereby compromising the historical independence achieved. This article is relevant to the field of open data because it illustrates the critical tension between the technical institutional framework of transparency and the political structures that support it. The disappearance of autonomous entities suggests that the future of transparency will depend less on external legal mechanisms and more on civil society’s capacity to directly monitor authorities. This implies that the sustainability of open data and accountability will require more active and vigilant citizen monitoring in the absence of independent supervisors.

Source: milenio.com
Published on 2025-09-30

Ante la desaparición del Itei, se está perdiendo un avance de 20 años

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