06/17/16 The Wall Street Journal
MEXICO CITY—The Mexican Congress drew complaints from the country’s business leaders after legislators extended to government contractors disclosure requirements aimed at eliminating graft in the public sector.
A bill submitted by public petition as part of a broad anticorruption overhaul requires public servants to make public their assets, interests and proof of tax filings, although a new independent anticorruption body would have the power to protect information that could affect the private life of public servants.
In passing the bill, however, legislators introduced a clause that would require government contractors to submit the same information to new anticorruption authorities.
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