Citizens' Initiative #Ley3de3 Demands Laws to End Corruption in Mexico Transparency International
go to original March 18, 2016

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Update: Citizen Groups Deliver Petition for Public Official "3x3" Reporting of Taxes, Assets, Investments (Mexico Voices)

Mexican citizens are not waiting any longer for their politicians to draft new laws against corruption. They have taken on the job themselves.

Mexicans have the right to propose changes to the Constitution or laws if the proposal is backed with at least 120,000 signatures. If that is the case, the Congress has to discuss the bill and vote on it.

A diverse group of organizations, including Transparencia Mexicana, got together to come up with a proposal that could strengthen the fight against corruption in the country.

The campaign has now collected 291,467 signatures in 40 cities across Mexico and abroad, and will be delivering the final count to the Senate where the new anti-corruption legislation will be debated.

Citizens’ Initiative: #Ley3de3 (Law 3 out of 3) is proposing public servants disclose their assets, interests and tax-payments. It proposes stronger sanctions for those public servants and enterprises or individuals involved in corruption and mandates government to create anonymous and safe channels to denounce corruption, among other actions.

A summary of the proposed law can be found here (in Spanish)

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