Mexican senate passes proposal to abolish autonomous bodies

Mexico votes to end watchdog agencies, critics question gov't transparency

The Mexican Senate passed a proposal to get rid of several independent watchdog organizations. While supporters said it will help reduce corruption and waste, critics said the country’s president is trying to eliminate a checks and balances system. Mexico’s transition to democracy in 2000 led to the adoption of seven watchdog agencies including the National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data, known …

Goodbye INAI: Senate approves elimination of Mexico's watchdog agencies

The Senate on Thursday approved a controversial constitutional bill that seeks to eliminate seven watchdog agencies including the national transparency agency. Senators with the ruling Morena party and its allies voted in favor of the bill, while opposition lawmakers opposed it. Morena party senators and their allies hold posters showing expenditures of autonomous agencies, which the ruling alliance accused of corruption and inefficiency. (Galo …

As Mexico advances plan to dissolve watchdog agencies, critics cry foul

The proposal passed both houses of Mexico’s Congress, leading critics to fear weakened government transparency.

Mexico to eliminate 7 independent regulatory, oversight agencies. What does it mean for the future?

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Senate has voted to eliminate seven independent regulatory and oversight agencies. Critics say it is a massive move to cement the ruling party’s power and avoid outside scrutiny. President Claudia Sheinbaum calls it a money-saving measure. She says the agencies’ functions — which include freedom of information requests, anti-monopoly enforcement and energy-market regulation — can be done more cheaply by the government…

Mexican Legislators Approve Elimination of Regulatory Agencies

These agencies’ tasks will largely be folded into existing ministries, heightening concerns that government-run firms would be favored to dominate in key sectors of the economy.

Mexican senate passes proposal to abolish autonomous bodies

Mexico's Senate on Thursday passed a measure to abolish the autonomous bodies that regulate some economic sectors and ensure government transparency, a reform that has sparked outcry from the opposition and industry.