The full chamber of the Mexico State Congress referred to committee, on August 14, the bill replacing the Infoem, the state's autonomous transparency body, with a decentralized arrangement under the state comptroller's office, according to Milenio.
The bill, submitted by Governor Delfina Gómez on August 11, creates Transparencia Mexiquense as a decentralized administrative body attached to the Secretariat of the Comptroller, with technical, operational, financial, and management autonomy, reported La Jornada. The dissolution of the institute was mandated by a state constitutional reform approved last October; the new law defines the design of its replacement. The new body assumes the functions currently held by the Infoem, whose annual budget exceeds 250 million pesos and whose staff totals more than 150 workers. The redesign responds to the federal mandate to harmonize local laws with the constitutional reform on organizational simplification, with a deadline of no later than June, noted Milenio, and envisions integrating the new authority into the State Anti-Corruption System.
Under the proposed structure, Transparencia Mexiquense handles transparency matters for the Executive Branch and municipalities; the Legislative and Judicial branches remain under their own internal comptrollerships, and autonomous bodies under their internal controls, La Jornada clarified. Deputy Gerardo Pliego, who is driving the bill, said the redesign aims to "guarantee effective and timely access to information, strengthening the principle of accountability at the municipal level, which has historically been the most opaque." Appointment of the head of the new body rests with the governor, La Jornada added. While the committee ruling advances, the Infoem continues operating and resolving information requests, the same source indicated.
The joint committees will meet on August 18 to draft the ruling, with the floor vote scheduled for August 20, reported Plana Mayor. The model adopted by Mexico State will serve as a reference for other states, which must harmonize their own local legislation before June. The vote will determine the severance of the institute's 150 workers and the launch of the new body.
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