His return came on the same day opposition lawmakers continued to protest in the Senate, after senators from Lopez Obrador’s Morena party refused to approve appointments to the national data agency.
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The transparency agency may not function for more than a month due to a lack of committee members. Lopez Obrador came out Friday and said the company would be dissolved to save money.
“That the Federal Comptroller’s Office, which belongs to the branch of government, the legislative branch, assume this service and that this firm disappears. Stop playing with appearances,” Lopez Obrador said.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador resumed press conferences after recovering from COVID-19 and promised the national transparency firm to relent in his first press conference since his return. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
Formally known as the Institute for Access to Information and Transparency, or INAI, the government-funded company is autonomous and makes a decision about what data the government will have to disclose to the public. Its autonomy aims to ensure that no branch of government can spare it public access to data.
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With only 4 members on the committee lately, there are seven, but it can function with five, the institute cannot make decisions.
Lopez Obrador’s Morena lawmakers voted Thursday night against approving the appointment of a fifth committee member, prompting opposition senators to stand in front of the speakers’ podium with banners reading “INAI now!”and “Appointments to INAI Now!”
A head of Morena’s delegation in the Senate, César Cravioto, noticed slaps and applause from opposition deputies in an attempt to tear down the banners.
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After the fight, it’s unclear whether the Senate will be able to meet Friday in the Senate chamber.