Politics: Anti-graft System’s First Steps

MEXICO - Report 11 Mar 2015 by Guillermo Valdes and Esteban Manteca

Executive Summary On February 26, the Chamber of Deputies approved by an overwhelming majority constitutional amendments proposed by the National Action Party for achieving a more effective anti-corruption system. If adopted in its present form, the reform would mark a major step in the right direction for fighting corruption as it also entails a break from past practice in which just a pair of largely toothless public agencies were involved. It anticipates a more complete system that would be empowered to investigate possible violations of the law and to deem the proper punishment for thos...

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