{"id":6789,"date":"2020-11-20T23:57:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T23:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civicspaceguardian.directoriolegislativo.org\/?p=6789"},"modified":"2020-11-23T22:26:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T22:26:45","slug":"new-iaip-commissioners-appointed-by-president-bukele-keep-their-asset-information-hidden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civicspaceguardian.directoriolegislativo.org\/index.php\/2020\/11\/20\/new-iaip-commissioners-appointed-by-president-bukele-keep-their-asset-information-hidden\/","title":{"rendered":"New IAIP commissioners appointed by President Bukele keep their asset information hidden"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6789\" class=\"elementor elementor-6789\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d8e2477 pos-absolute 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src=\"https:\/\/civicspaceguardian.directoriolegislativo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/salvador.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/civicspaceguardian.directoriolegislativo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/salvador.png 512w, https:\/\/civicspaceguardian.directoriolegislativo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/salvador-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/civicspaceguardian.directoriolegislativo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/salvador-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/civicspaceguardian.directoriolegislativo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/salvador-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14c34c36 elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column\" data-id=\"14c34c36\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap  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protection of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/alertas.directoriolegislativo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/constitucion-ELS.pdf#page=53\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Article 240<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Constitution and in line with the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/alertas.directoriolegislativo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ley-de-Enriquecimiento-Ilicito-ELS.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illicit Enrichment Law<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The three IAIP commissioners who voted in favor of keeping this information confidential, including its president, had been appointed by Bukele in the last three months, in a process that civil society considered &#8220;irregular&#8221; and &#8220;not very transparent.&#8221; Commissioner Liduvina Escobar, who voted against, considered the decision a &#8220;setback in the right of access to public information and the principle of maximum publicity.&#8221; The president of the IAIP, Ricardo G\u00f3mez Guerrero, explained that the decision will have an impact on any official or former official that is investigated by the Probity Section. After announcing its decision, the Ministry of Finance increased the IAIP budget by $ 250,000, which members of the opposition see as reward for backtracking on the case. In view of this, an <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/alertas.directoriolegislativo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mauricio-Vargas-reforma-IAIP-ELS.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">opposition deputy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/alertas.directoriolegislativo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Leonardo-Bonilla-reforma-IAIP-ELS.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">non-partisan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> legislator presented <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/alertas.directoriolegislativo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mauricio-Vargas-informacion-reservada-presupuesto-ELS.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">three<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bills seeking to strengthen the independence of the IAIP and increase the breadth of documentation that must be publicly accessible.<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21e8d52e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-id=\"21e8d52e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-486cadfd elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-id=\"486cadfd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Salvador Impact | Negative Civicus Rating | Obstructed The Supreme Court, for its part, had ratified its decision to keep the addenda to Bukele&#8217;s patrimonial declarations secret during his term as mayor of Cuscatl\u00e1n under the protection of Article 240 of the Constitution and in line with the Illicit Enrichment Law. 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