Tag Archives: Institute of access to public information

The final blow to the Institute of Access to public Information?

LA PRENSA GRAFICA reports that president Bukele has ordered the dismissal of one of the last critical members of the Institute of Access to Public Information (IAIP, in Spanish), Liduvina Escobar:   The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, ordered the removal of the commissioner of the Institute for Access to Public Information (IAIP), Liduvina […]

Bukele’s probity declaration to remain private?

EL FARO reports: With the majority vote of three commissioners recently elected by Nayib Bukele and who were elected less than 3 months ago, the Institute of Access to Public Information (IAIP) revoked a resolution of its own from last June. As the highest authority on access to public information, the IAIP had ordered the […]

ARPAS on the 2021 proposed Budget

The Salvadoran Government gave a proposed budget for 2021 on September 30th, this is ARPAS assessment about it:   The presentation took place amid exacerbations of the permanent tension between the government and the Legislative Assembly, this time due to the refusal of the Minister of Finance, Alejandro Zelaya, to explain the use of the […]

Institute of Access to Public Information shares citizens’ information with Bukele’s government

A report of Jessica Avalos for FACTUM In the first half of June 2019, the Institute of Access to Public Information sent reports to the Presidential House that contained personal data of information requestors. Following the suspension of this exchange, the president of the Institute authorized the transfer of information requests’ stadistical data. The other […]