This week the legislative process culminated in the disappearance of the National Institute of Transparency, Access to Public Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI), the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT), the Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE). , the National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH), the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Coneval) and the National Commission for the Continuous Improvement of Education (Betteredu). Some of them, like Coneval, have asked that the rights of their workers be guaranteed.
Those who remain in the uncertainty
According to data from the National Transparency Platform (PNT) and the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP), the deputies allocated 3,000 million pesos to pay the salaries and benefits of their 4,285 workers by 2024.
The salaries and benefits of workers range from 300,000 pesos per year to 2.6 million pesos per year, for the commissioners of the INAI, Mejoredu, presidents of the IFT or directors of Coneval.
By 2025, The bodies requested 2,826 million pesos from the Chamber of Deputies to cover with these payments, 200 million pesos less than what they received in 2024. But if these institutions disappear, it is not specified if the resources will be sent to the agencies to cover the payment of salaries and benefits of workers.
For example, with the disappearance of the National Hydrocarbons Commission and the Energy Regulatory Commissionthe functions of both will focus on the Secretary of Energy, Therefore, it will have the powers to carry out technical and economic regulation and the power to sanction energy and hydrocarbon matters, but it is not explained whether this agency will have the powers 372 million to pay the salaries of the 832 workers that both commissions have together.
The functions of the INAI will be assumed by the Ministry of Public Function. This autonomous body currently has 849 workers and will receive 778 million pesos to pay the salaries of these people in 2024.
He Coneval It will also be eliminated and its actions, such as poverty measurement and evaluation of social programs, will pass into the hands of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). This organ has 187 workers and pays a payroll of 151 million pesos annual.
The IFT and COFECE also disappear. They both have 1,876 workers and pay 1,574 million pesos annually in salaries and benefits to the people who work in them.
To cover the functions of these a new organization will be created in order to prevent Mexico from facing economic sanctions within the framework of the T-MEC. This will have technical and operational independence”; in addition, it will have legal personality and its own assets, but will depend directly on the government.
