Financial Risk:
High
Score:
36/100
Asset Disposals
Q24
17/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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Within SEDENA, the General Directorate of Administration is responsible for supervising the processes and managing the income from the disposal of assets, as well…
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SEDENA does not always publish information on planned disposals. There are few documents available and journalistic reports that allow the public to know the…
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Very little is known about the results of disposals within SEDENA. The General Balance of the National Bank of the Army, Air Force, and…
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Q25
25/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
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The Superior Audit of the Federation (ASF), an organ of the Chamber of Deputies, is in charge of supervising public resources, including the disposals…
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There is no information that allows us to demonstrate that the Executive branch or the military have exerted undue influence on the ASF’s audits…
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There is no information to demonstrate that ASF has audited SEDENA on asset disposals. Therefore, there are no public reports. [1] [2]
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Secret Budgets
Q26
100/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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Official information indicates that in 2017 and 2018, 0.07% of the Federation’s Expenditure Budget was allocated to Intelligence expenses in order to preserve National…
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Q27
NEI/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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There is no evidence to show whether the legislature has received information on spending on secret budgets. As the items are secret, they have…
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Q28
13/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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There is no evidence that legislators receive audit reports about secret items in the budget, and as such, press reports signal that these were…
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The debate over audit reports, in general, is minimal. The Surveillance Commission of the Superior Audit of the Chamber Federation (which performs an analysis…
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Q29
0/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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Legislation does not expressly mention off-budget expenditures, to either permit or prohibit. As such, it is likely that there are defence-related expenses not included…
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Officially unbudgeted military expenditures are not recorded in the budget. [1] [2
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There is no information that shows the frequency with which military expenditures are not budgeted. [1] [2] As such, it is not possible to…
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Q30
38/100
Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?
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There are regulations and guidelines for the request for information, which is applicable to the defence sector. This stipulates, among others: the way in…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. There is a framework to classify reserved informationas that information whose publication compromises national…
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According to the General Law on Transparency and Access to information, there exists a legal obligation for SEDENA to provide detailed information and make…
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Q31
50/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
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SEDENA has commercial companies such as shops, farms, sports centers, restaurants, military funeral services, and hotels dependent on the group, [1] as well as…
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Banjército annually formulates its financial programs, general budgets of expenses and investments, as well as its operational programmes according to the guidelines, measures and…
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Military-owned Businesses
Q32
50/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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Q33
25/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
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Although the General Law of Administrative Responsibilities prohibits public servants from using their employment, position or commission to obtain any benefit, [1] it is…
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There is no information on defence employees who participate in private companies. However, it is known from investigations that Army deserters have joined the…
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Actual Military Spending
Q77
44/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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The Federal Government proactively publishes the spending exerted by each federal government institution through the SHCyP. In this Public Account, it can be seen…
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The SHCP publishes the information related to the planning and exercise of public resources by dependency through the Budget Transparency platform. [1] However, the…
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The Congress receives and annually reviews the Public Account of the Federal Government, through the Superior Audit of the Federation. It receives it no…
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In the Public Statement it is possible to find information by dependency on the differences between the published and the actual budget. [1] [2]…
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