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    Taspaca Mcaas Ss apaia Mxiaa si ciz & Mak

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    A b s r A c

    akig a ag pi h a a iual mhaim a h dal lvl h di

    ivlvm axpay i h udg diiu i Mxi, hi al pp ha apa-

    y ad a ima i a pwul l mpw iz. Fi, h mhaim y

    whih axpay hav maagd iu udg alla i h ui a viwd ad

    h lva h mhaim h mxia a a ad. h, hi al aaly

    h xpi h Fdal Iu A Ima ad Daa P (IFAI), ad

    agu ha h a w mhaim hugh whih a ima a m a uull izhip: , y allwig hm ig h puli diui iu ha hwi

    wuld ud ad dly, y alig h a a uiv uul ima ha

    ailia h valua xpdiu. Fially, h paal di ha h apa-

    iy a ima a a l axpay a uggd: i) awa h pw h

    l, ii) lva, uul ad availailiy h ima, ad iii) a ivil iy ha u h

    ima adva udgay iu ha a i axpay.

    Angel TrinidAd ZAldvAr coMIssIoner, Fdal Iu A Ima ad DaaP, Mxi

    Accss ifmat asa nw T empw Ctzs

    h dcs Mak Pcss Aca Pubc rsucs:h ca Mxi

    MexiCo

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    Taspaca Mcaas Ss

    i h la ya, impa hag-

    hav ud i h Mxia plial

    ym: h way lv plial -

    i ad alla puli u ha

    dply ald. Duig dad, h

    pid had h al dii puli -

    u alla. day, h a may a-

    ivlvd i hi dii makig p.

    Lal gv, paliamay gup i c-

    g, ad plial pa hav gaid gw-

    ig pw dii v puli xpdiu,

    whil yig pm hi w agda

    ad i.

    Hwv, h agma h di-

    i makig p ha giv h ppu-

    iy iz ak pa i h alla

    puli u. ev hugh, axpay p-

    vid h u puli xpdiu, hy

    d hav h l ak pa i h di-

    i makig p lad i.1 Ad wh a

    udad h i axpay t

    ha hmlv?

    Dpi h lak a mal mhaim

    iz ak pa i h mula h

    yaly udg, hugh h a ima-

    law (Ley Federal de Transparencia y Acceso

    a la Inormacin Pblica Gubernamenal2) i-

    1 hi gad, h cu a (Al 31, aIV) ha i i a liga vy Mxia iu h puli xpdiu h Fda, ad h sa adMuiipaliy i whih hy id, i h ppal ad q-uial ma pvidd y law. ev hugh, i i ay a ha h igg pag dal u mm plum.

    2 h Ley Federal de Transparencia y Acceso a la Inor-macin Pblica Gubernamenal wa iialy pulihd 11h Ju 2002, i h Diario Oicial de la Federacin. nv-hl, h piiliy qu a imai -ga ya la.

    z g h piiliy qu ima

    au hw h gvm alla puli -

    u3. Wih ha ima, vy axpay-

    i al a hi pii wih h

    puli va.

    h mai agum h p aaly-

    i i ha h a imai law, i

    ully udd, ha h pial a

    mhaim iiz ilu puli

    xpdiu. I qu, h pup

    hi ay i hw hw a ima-

    i a a mhaim mpw iiz

    ad pvid hm wih l pa iipa

    i h allai puli u. rgad-

    ig hi agum, I pp ha h a

    w way y whih a imai

    m a mhaim h d d.

    Fi, wh a p qu a pu-

    li dum, h divulgai h du-

    m ha a idi : puli va

    may i plm ha w u-

    id m h iiz akd

    au hm. hi a a h way ha -

    u a allad. h ida hid hi

    agum i ha igl imai -

    qu a au a uaiv hag i h

    way puli ii pd axpay my

    y makig iu ha mhig i

    wkig pply.

    sd, a puli imai al-

    lw gvm ad axpay uild a

    puli imai uiv ha a u-

    ul a puli xpdiu ad, uh-

    m, pp hag h allai

    puli u. h y maizai hi

    imai uiv wuld a pwul

    l h ivil iy iluig puli

    xpdiu.

    I d dvlp h mai agum

    hi ay, i i uul viw m mha-im ha hav ud y axpay i h-

    ui iu h alla

    puli u. hi a hlp i udad-

    ig whh h mhaim wuld u-

    ul Mxi.

    3 h Ley Federal de Transparencia y Acceso a la Inor-macin Pblica Gubernamenala (Al 7) ha ima- gadig h udg ad xpdiu puli u ipuli ima y daul.

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    Accss ifmat as a nw T empw Ctzs h dcs Mak Pcss Aca Pubc rsucs:h ca Mxi

    Tapays a Pubcepu: Th TataMchasmsh dig au puli u i

    aiy. hi ma ha h gvm ha

    limid4 u lv ulimid plm.

    hu, i i ay hav pii ad d-

    id whih plm d lvd .

    Uually, m u a allad lv

    h plm ha a idd a piiy. I

    h w mhaim ha allwd axpay

    iu h dii pii, hy -

    aily wuld id i dig .

    Puli budg a aily udd a

    a z-um gam5: h iz h ag i

    dmid, ah dlla ha m g i

    a dlla ha m l l. A xampl

    a hlp illua h pi. I, xampl,

    u a hudd dlla a allad

    aal uiy, h dlla a

    allad pvy du. hi i why i

    i lva axpay imd au

    hw muh my i alu ad lav

    m i allad hi pii.

    h a di hi au h la-

    hip w puli p ad h

    dmia puli xpdiu pii.

    F h agum hi al, i i ay

    add h hm: puli pii, i

    gup ad alld Pk bal mhaim.

    I ha widly agud ha h alla

    puli u a ai x

    v p6. h al agum i

    ha i v, i a paula mm, hw a

    a wy au a pi plm, pli-

    ia, kig ia hi plial upp

    4 I aum limid u, i h udg i lavly

    xd. Alhugh i i pil w my m aialiu, h i a maximum amu, dmid y -mi ad lgal ida.

    5 h iua i whih di play ia i a a-gi x i whih h addial ha hmiv, aily impli a xp ah, akw a z-um gam. A lai xampl i ha a ,i whih h wi iv h ak, ad h l, l xalyh am amu.

    6 A a xampl, : ska, sua y chiph Wlzi,opii-Pliy Dyami: Puli P ad Puli expdi-u i h Uid Kigdm, i: Britsh Journal o Politcal Science(2005), 35: p. 665-689.

    i h x l, will alla u

    h v . h ky lm

    hi mhaim i ha v mu p-

    iv pliia dii: i my dpuy d

    id my , I will v him

    h x m h u cg. H, i i

    ail hik ha i ay mmuiy wh

    h mai v i h lak halh

    vi, h puli fial i hag will alla

    a igg pp puli u puli

    halh. A all, h wa kp ad ia

    plial upp hi x mia.

    hi i a idi mhaim iz i

    hi l a v iu puli xpdi-

    u. I d i i a pi m

    axpay iu puli xpdiu; i i

    ad h pliia i gai ap-

    pval, ad, ulmaly, v. suh idi

    mhaim will h uj h p-

    aalyi. rah, hi pap will u di-

    mhaim availal iz.

    Amg h a ha gag i di

    mhaim a i gup. I advad

    dmai uh gup aly y i-

    u udg ga7 pm hi

    pp i. ev hugh, h gup

    a md y pliia u y ax-

    pay, hy gally pm h i

    ai ui , ad h

    gula axpay. h, avi i- gup a a l gula iz

    iu puli xpdiu.

    A m v di mhaim

    iz i wha plial i all Pk

    7 h alhli vag iduy i h Uid sa,ha mak pu a du i h udg h am-paig agai h ump alhl, wuld uh axampl.

    The access o inormaton law,

    i ully undersood, has he

    poental o be a mechanism

    or citzens o infuence

    public expendiure

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    Taspaca Mcaas Ss

    bal8. I i i paulai xpdi-

    u, hi i, h dipi h alla-

    ig a paula gup gi. A

    xampl will uul udad hi mh-

    aim. L imagi ha a gma m

    Flida aim ia h puli udg

    uidiz ag pdu i hi a, kwig

    ha hi uld hlp him ata m v i

    h x l. Ah a wuld a -

    gwma wh wa alla u

    uild a idg mmuia h w mai

    w i h dii. I h h pj

    a appvd, hy a idd Pk bal.

    hi kid xpdiu a idd

    if i i a mi , au i

    paula a h xp -

    u ha uld allad puli gd

    ha a igg um axpay. Hw-

    v, Pk bal i h m v

    mhaim ha iz a u iu

    h alla puli ud. h ky lm

    mak Pk bal v i h piil-

    iy l f ial. ha i hw gm

    m piv hi dii i.

    I h Mxia a, h -l lgila-

    i idd y h cu. I ui

    wh l i pmitd, a iadqua d-

    ii y a gma a au hi upp-

    da hi upp, whih a vu-

    ally lad l l. I h Uid sa,

    Pk bal i a v mhaim au

    gm a aligd wih hi pa-

    , u wih hi l p9. I

    Mxi, hwv, iual mhaim ha

    allw v wad puih hi g-

    ma hi havi d xi.10hu, Pk

    8 s: Kh A. shpl ad bay r. Wiga, PlialP h Pk bal: A Galiza, AmericanJournal o Politcal Science Vl. 25, n. 1 (1981), pp. 96-111.

    9 A pav i idd diiplid wih hipay, wh h h alway v i lk wih h hmm hi pay, gadl wha h p v- wh k him cg migh . hi d ma hah pav d v i lk mm. A p-av will v i lk wih i pay wh dig i agai h p h la i hi dii.

    10 I hi gad, i ha d ha [...] a agum immdia l h lgila i ha i allw likauailiy iz y givig hm h ailiy wad puih h ipav. I pliymak a hav a m-m i wih h puli, hy mu ly hm [ ay i -. Huma Dvlpm rp Mxi, 2011.UNDP, p.180.

    bal a a ual l i h Mxi-

    a a ga a mhaim axpay

    iu puli u alla

    Giv ha h did adial mha-

    im a a v mhaim

    Mxia axpay, a ima -

    u a w ppuiy iu puli

    xpdiu.

    Accss ifmat: A T ifluc Pubc epuI 2002, wh h Ley Federal de Transparen-

    cia y Acceso a la Inormacin Pblica Guber-

    namenal wa ad i Mxi, a i

    ama k pla wihi h puli

    admiia11. epially, puli ima

    ha iaigly ivd a h ppy

    iz, ah ha a a pgav pli-

    ia. civil va i Mxi a iu

    ig vd aly. Hwv, apa m

    ha, a ima ha pd piili-

    ha a wh xpld.

    Amg h vi ha h IFAI (Fd-

    al Iu A Ima ad

    Daa P) ha lvd, h a may

    a lad puli u alla. h

    IFAI ha h mada lv vi

    lad a puli ima. Wh a

    p qu ima a dal y

    dpam, ad h ima i did,

    h iz ha h igh ak h IFAI viw

    h dii. eah a i aigd a cm-

    mii wh udi h a ad p a

    pj h h cmmii, whih a

    a) j h appal au i i ay

    law upd i; ) m h dii

    h dpam y whih h qu

    wa mad; ) vk mdiy h dii

    ad qui h dpam y allwh id pay a h qud

    ima. h, all cmmii v ad

    did i h ima i mad puli i

    11 A llaal i wha I hav alld a il admii-av m, pmd y h la Ly Fdal d apa-ia y A a la Imai Plia Guamal. s: ii-dad Zaldva, gl, La ransparencia y el acceso a la inormacincomo poltca pblica y su impaco en la sociedad y el gobierno ,Migul gl Pa, 2006.

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    Taspaca Mcaas Ss

    1. h p iz awa h pw-

    h l a hi dipal. A d,

    igl ima qu a hav

    a maj impa. Hwv, hi hap-

    p, ppl mu xi hi igh wih

    awa i implia. h hal-

    lg ializig h igh a

    puli ima u i Mxi,

    ad i ligh h xpd av, i ig-

    ia m ga.

    2. h ima pvidd y h gv-

    m d lva ad uul,

    ly h applia, u ay i-

    z. Ply uud -maagal

    daaa a litl valu h u.

    Ima a ly m a gui i-

    um h puli i i ha ai l-

    va h puli. I hi gad, David

    eav a p gvm avi m

    caada- mphaizd duig h VIII na-

    al Wk apay15, ha h

    a h quim daa -

    idd p: i) h daa a ly -

    idd xi, i i i pil idx h

    daa ad aily ah wihi h daa; ii)

    h daa i ly uul, i i m i l-

    i ma, ad iii) h lgal amwk

    ha allw h u h daa, a ly

    h a daa d mpw h

    iz. h p h di

    (piiliy idxig ad ah, l-

    i ma, ad u) i wha w ma

    y lva ad uul daa16.

    3. A ivil iy ha ala h ima-

    aid hugh h law i a puh

    axpay i. I h h -

    di w giv, h igh h a

    ima wuld ha i apaiy a

    a mhaim ha mpw iz givig

    idividual l iu h diiu- puli u. A a qu,

    h hallg apay i Mxi

    pially h IFAIi gh h

    av-md di.

    15 h VIII naal Wk apay k pla duigh wk spm, 2011.

    16 Ima availal a: hp://.iai.g.mx/dwlad/PAneL6VersIon.pd

    I hi vi, h igh a i-

    ma ah i ull pal a a l

    mpw iz, h x p axpay

    will h di iu v h dii

    wha i a piiy i puli xpdiu. axpay-

    hav h igh kw h a vy dl-

    la ha h gvm pd. h hallg

    h uu i d way pvid iz

    wih iual mhaim iu h

    diiu ad alla puli u,

    i ada wih hi ad i.

    I h a uh mhaim, whih

    wuld h y d idiv idual pa-

    ipa i h alla puli u,

    apay ad a puli ima

    p a widw ppuiy iz

    ad ivil iy pla hi pii h

    puli agda. h piili md

    h dv at i d gh

    h igh a ima ad i u-

    ul ad lva a a puli l.

    rfcs

    eav, David, sgaphi vi h

    Pal: apay: a w ga, hp://

    .iai.g.mx/dwlad/2Davideav.pd

    Uid na Dvlpm Pgam,

    Huma Dvlpm rp Mxi,

    UNDP, 2011, hp://hd.udp.g//p/

    aial/laiamiahaia/mxi/

    nHDr_Mxi_2011.pd

    shpl, K.A. ad b. r. Wiga,

    Plial P h Pk bal:

    A Galiza,American Journal o Politcal

    Science, Vl. 25, n. 1, pp. 96-111, 1981.

    ska, s. ad c. Wlzi, opii-PliyDyami: Puli P ad Puli

    expdiu i h Uid Kigdm, Britsh

    Journal o Politcal Science, Vl. 35: p. 665-

    689, 2005.

    iidad Zaldva, A., La apaia y l

    a a la imai m pla plia

    y u impa la idad y l gi,

    Mexico: Miguel ngel Porra, 2006.

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