Senate removes public information; refers to transparency platform

Senate removes public information; refers to transparency platform

The Senate of the Republic removed from public access and ceased updating all transparent information regarding its administrative and budgetary management accumulated over the past ten years, including the handling of more than ten billion pesos. This action has taken critical data off its own website, such as payroll records, contracts, travel expenses, and financial breakdowns of parliamentary groups, replacing direct access with a redirect to the National Transparency Platform. The institution justifies this change as compliance with instructions from the federal Executive Branch, although current legislation requires legislative bodies to keep information accessible, updated, and easily interpretable on their own websites. By relying exclusively on the national platform, continuous consultation is hindered and essential information on accountability is obscured, constituting a violation of the principles of transparency and access to public information, which mandate proactive and detailed publication of resources. This case is relevant to open data because it demonstrates how centralizing or hiding data in secondary portals, rather than maintaining open and structured repositories within institutions, complicates citizen oversight and independent analysis. The disappearance of historical records and the lack of clear explanations regarding expenditures erode public trust and contradict modern open government standards, which require information to be available immediately, in an understandable format, and without technical barriers that prevent its public use.

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