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Taspaca Mcaas Ss apaia Mxiaa si ciz & Mak
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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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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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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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