Arturo Sánchez Jiménez
La Jornada Newspaper
Saturday, November 22, 2025, p. 11
For the third time in a row, the lack of quorum prevented the second ordinary session of the year of the Coordinating Committee of the National Anti-Corruption System (SNA) from taking place, which shows the paralysis of the body in charge of coordinating national policy in that area. Among the absences was that of the Anti-Corruption and Good Government Secretariat.
After confirming the lack of sufficient attendance in a session that would be virtual, Vania Pérez Morales, president of the Citizen Participation Committee, the Coordinating Committee and the SNA itself, condemned the institutional snub. He stated: “I express my deep concern about the lack of quorum for the third consecutive time”, and warned that the repeated absence of the member institutions violates the mandate of the Constitution; he also maintained that each empty chair symbolizes a direct failure of the State to coordinate, deliberate, make decisions and be accountable.
According to the law, the Coordinating Committee must meet every quarter, but so far in 2025 it has only done so on February 7. The meeting that was supposed to take place yesterday had already been postponed twice and was frustrated again. Among the pending issues are the call for the annual session of the national system and the approval of the 2025 work plan.
Pérez Morales regretted that non-compliance not only delays technical decisions, but also directly affects the State’s ability to confront corruption. “This is not an agenda problem,” he insisted, “but rather a failure to comply with constitutional and legal obligations that weakens the national anti-corruption policy.”
The president of the SNA also emphasized that the institutional crisis coincides with the statements of President Sheinbaum last week, who maintained that the system “is not functioning fully” and requires a profound design review. Pérez Morales seconded: “In the coming days we are going to start work to launch a reform that strengthens the SNA and eliminates the vices that we see today.”
