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Former INAI commissioner alleges legal violations over Octavio Romero asset declaration secrecy

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Former INAI commissioner Julieta Del Río Venegas said the decision to classify Octavio Romero’s asset declaration as confidential violates transparency laws and the Constitution.
  • She urged the Secretariat for Anti-Corruption and Good Government to review the classification and said a review appeal should be filed.
  • The dispute concerns the disclosure of Romero’s income, properties, bank accounts, vehicles and business income, subject to legally protected privacy exemptions.

Former INAI commissioner Julieta Del Río Venegas has accused authorities of violating Mexican law by classifying the asset declaration of Octavio Romero, head of Infonavit, as confidential.

In posts on social media, Del Río said asset and interest declarations must be public and cannot be withheld at an authority’s discretion. She pointed to Article 29 of the General Law of Administrative Responsibilities, which says such declarations are public except for information that could affect private life or protected personal data under the Constitution.

She also cited the General Transparency Law, saying authorities should protect only information that the law requires to remain confidential. “The asset declaration is public, not reserved at discretion,” Del Río wrote. “Article 29 of the General Law of Administrative Responsibilities establishes that asset and interest declarations are public, except for sections that could affect private life or personal data protected by the Constitution.”

The asset declaration is public, not reserved at discretion. Article 29 of the General Law of Administrative Responsibilities establishes that asset and interest declarations are public, except for sections that could affect private life or personal data protected by the Constitution.

· Julieta Del Río VenegasThe former INAI commissioner argued that Mexican law requires officials’ asset declarations to be public, subject to privacy protections.

Del Río said a review appeal should be available because of what she described as several violations, including the improper classification of all the information and a breach of the principle of maximum disclosure. She also alleged that the decision lacked proper legal grounds and justification, contrary to Article 6 of the Constitution and the transparency law.

El Universal reported that Romero, after taking over as Infonavit director general, ordered all information in his asset declaration classified as confidential, including his income, properties, bank accounts and other financial details. On July 13, the institute’s Transparency Committee also agreed to withhold information about the number, make and value of vehicles he owns, as well as income from companies. Romero previously served as director general of Pemex during the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

This goes against the maximum disclosure they argue for so much.

· Julieta Del Río VenegasDel Río criticized the decision to classify Romero’s declaration as confidential.
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