Mexico: Incorporation of the Secretary of Anti-corruption and Good Governance, replacing the Secretary of Public Administration

22 Oct 2024    1 minute read
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In brief

On 17 October 2024, president Claudia Sheinbaum and the head of the Secretary of Public Administration announced a new model for preventing and combating corruption with the transformation of the Secretary of Public Administration into the Secretary of Anti-Corruption and Good Government. This new entity will focus on the prevention of corruption by strengthening public management through modernization, transparency and collaboration with different sectors.

This new model proposes moving from a corrective approach to a preventive one, combating corruption from the root.

Contents

  1. Ten key pillars for the prevention and combat of corruption
  2. Transparency
  3. Transversality and results

Ten key pillars for the prevention and combat of corruption

According to president Sheinbaum's announcement, the new Secretary of Anti-Corruption and Good Government will work closely with the public, private and social sectors, and will implement the following preventive pillars of corruption:

  • Dignify the career of public officials through education and training
  • Preventive accompaniment to institutions and shielding priority programs from their beginning
  • Modernize the public administration to inhibit corruption
  • Consolidate transparent public procurement at fair prices
  • Proactive transparency
  • Involve civil society and the private sector in the fight against corruption
  • Emphasis on the Internal Control Bodies in areas of greater impact and relevance
  • Strengthen the culture of whistleblowing, guaranteeing confidentiality
  • Conduct investigations to inhibit corruption
  • Combat impunity, promoting and convincing the public that violating the law is more expensive than complying with it (imposing economic sanctions)

Transparency

Additionally, efforts will be made to amend the General Law of Transparency and Access to Public Information to prevent the new Anti-Corruption Secretary from being judged and party in procedures related to transparency matters, by providing jurisdiction to the Administrative Courts. 

The objective of proactive transparency is:

  • Do more with less, less bureaucracy and more efficiency 
  • Open data and of easy access policies
  • Better accountability and having more trust in public institutions    

Transversality and results

The new Anti-Corruption Secretary will have influence in all government agencies and will seek to achieve the following results in the first 100 days of the implementation of the new model:

  • Restructure of the Federal Public Administration
  • Support to strategic projects and programs
  • Present a bill to reform the Acquisitions Law and Public Works Law
  • Direct communication between public purchasers and companies, to eliminate "middle man"
  • Recovery of Compranet's information, for citizen consultation
Contact Information
Reynaldo Vizcarra-Mendez
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México City
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Jonathan Edward Adams
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México City
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Milka Samantha López-Tapia
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México City
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