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1 results foundAuthor: Meyer, Maureen Title: Mexico's National Anti-Corruption System: A Historic Opportunity in the Fight Against Corruption Summary: Widespread corruption will be a key issue as Mexicans head to the polls this July in what will be the country’s biggest elections ever, with voters casting ballots for a new president, a new federal Congress, nine governors, and representatives for nearly 2,800 political positions at the state and local level. At least 14 former or current governors are currently under investigation for corruption, some of them for colluding with the organized crime groups that are largely responsible for Mexico's rising violence. In 2017, Mexico placed last among OECD countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, with an overall ranking of 135 out of 180 countries, putting it in the company of Honduras, Paraguay, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and others. Although all of the presidential candidates have made comments about how they will combat corruption, a nascent structure for doing so already exists. A landmark anti-corruption reform package that created a National Anti-Corruption System (Sistema Nacional Anticorrupción, SNA) and laid the foundation for a tougher and more comprehensive approach to combating corruption entered into force in July 2016. The implementation of the system will be an important element of Mexico’s transition from the federal Attorney General’s Office (Procuraduría General de la República, PGR) to a new, autonomous National Prosecutor’s Office (Fiscalía General de la República), which will be separate from the executive branch and better equipped to carry out serious and impartial investigations into government misconduct. While President Enrique Peña Nieto’s administration has not demonstrated the political will needed to make this system effective (having attempted to block several important anti-corruption probes from moving forward), the next Mexican government will be able to build upon this existing framework. The degree to which this happens, as well as the extent to which the incoming federal government commits to effectively implementing the new Fiscalía General and to supporting anti-corruption efforts at the state level, will be clear indicators of whether Mexico will at last be able to turn the tide on the rising number of corruption and criminal collusion cases that have shaken the country in recent years. Details: Washington, DC: WOLA, 2018. 16p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed January 14, 2019 at: https://www.wola.org/analysis/wola-report-mexico-national-anti-corruption-system/ Year: 2018 Country: Mexico URL: https://www.wola.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ENGL-Corruption-Report.pdf Shelf Number: 154197 Keywords: Anti-Corruption Combating Corruption Corruption Election Mexico National Anti-Corruption System Organized Crime Political Will |