Sinaloa.- Questions about possible conflicts of interest with the Morena party between two of the aspiring state commissioner of Access to Public Information became the protagonists during the appearances for their election. With only three Members present, out of five of the Committee on Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Citizen Participation, the candidates for commissioners set out the reasons for their aspiration and answered the questions of the legislators and the public present, however, when questioned about the conflict of interest that might arise as supporters of Morena, Alfonso Páez and Sebastián Landa merely responded, while the president of the Commission, Cecilia Covarrubias, calmed the clarifying that questions should only be about transparency and not political issues.
Appearances
Increased citizen participation, strengthening transparency in public works and strengthening sanctions and disposition of information to citizens, were some of the central commitments that candidates José Ramón Bohón Sosa, José Alfredo Beltrán Estrada, Alfonso Páez Alvarez and Sebastián Landa Román exhibited in their participationThe aspirant and journalist José Alfredo Beltrán pointed out that this is the first time that the Legislative and Executive Powers allow the aspiration of a citizen of “walking” to a autonomous body, however, the questions in the round of questions made it common, that the selection process was not entirely legal. “Isn’t it a conflict of interest that Mr. Landa is part of the Transparency Commission and that Alfonso was Morena’s representative in the past election process?” asked one of the attendees. Faced with similar questions, José Ramón Bohón and Alfredo Beltrán were the only ones who answered, while the rest did not. The Morenist Deputy Cecilia Covarrubias clarified at the end of the appearances that the candidate selection process was adhered to the law and that the selected candidates are not part of any party.
I want to clarify that everything Congress has done through the Commission has been attached to the law; applicants have been evaluated in the same way
