The Montevideo government, in charge of the Frente Amplio party, Carolina Cosse, has already responded to 459 of 468 requests for reports, which have included a total of 1,601 questions, despite the fact that mayors of the multicolored coalition of the Departmental Board (JDM) decided to carry out a impeachment of the mayor for not attending the room in a call.
The right-wing legislators argue that Cosse and his government are not transparent, and that is why they decided to use a constitutional tool to question the mayor.
In 2021 alone, a total of 234 requests for reports were sent to the IM, which were answered in full, according to the same capital administration.
And so far in 2022, 234 requests have been received, of which 225 were answered. Only 9 remain unanswered and would still be within the legal deadline for it.
According to the latest report of the National Index of Transparency and Access to Information (Intai)the Montevideo City Hall ranks 8th out of 228 public bodies that were evaluated by the level of compliance with the practices and obligations of transparency and access to information.
Citizens also ask
In addition to the requests that have been made from the JDM, citizens also have access to the tool to be able to raise their questions, for the sake of transparency.
In 2020, the IM’s Access to Public Information Area received 1,841 requests, of which 1,841 were answered, representing 98.41% satisfaction. 31 were not answered under the concept of “positive silence”, explained the commune in a statement, 7 were denied due to the confidentiality of what was asked, and seven due to the inaccuracy of the information consulted. None left unanswered by secrecy.
In 2021, 2,159 requests were received, of which 2,136 were answered in that period. implied reach 98.93% in the degree of compliance.
Three of them were denied due to confidentiality, and four due to non-existence of the requested information, none due to reserve or secrecy.
The data for 2022 has not yet been processed.
