MEXICO CITY.— Although public opinion has shown sustained support for the government of President López Obrador, which was confirmed at the polls during the 2024 electoral process, it also provides evidence that Corruption and impunity remain unchanged as problems in public life of the country.
This Tuesday, the organization Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity (MCCI) announced the results of its National Survey on Corruption and Impunitywhich has been in the works for six years, and which has made it possible to document and demonstrate a change in the Mexican political scene and in the opinion of its citizens.
The document notes that, in this period, there was a transformation in public opinionwhich has not been accompanied by substantive changes in public action to reduce corruption and impunity, which remained stable throughout the six-year term.
The study of citizen opinion, prepared in collaboration with the polling firm Becerra Mizuno and Associatesshows that the main problems in Mexico during the last six-year term were insecurity and corruption.
Three characteristics reflect the perception of corruption in our country during the six years of the administration that is ending.
- 8 out of 10 people considered that acts of corruption occur very frequently in the country.
- Half of those surveyed believed that corruption had increased compared to the previous year.
- On average, 1 in 10 people reported that an authority asked them for a bribe or kickback.
Although the incidence of corruption in the country has changed little, the problem has been effectively politicized to benefit the public narrative of the government in power, the study notes.
AMLO won the narrative on corruption
In the program “In the morning”from the journalist Ciro Gomez Leyva, Maria Amparo Casarpresident of the MCCI organization, explained that the survey has been conducted for six years.
“Corruption continues to appear,” explained María Amparo, adding that the second most important problem for Mexicans is corruption, after insecurity.
The results of the survey show that corruption “has not changed,” said the president of MCCI.
“Even though the same respondents are telling you that they experience corruption on a daily basis, since 2018 compared to the Peña Nieto administration, they experience it the same, there is the same corruption, there is the same impunity,” said María Amparo Casar.
He added, “I think that here we have to say and recognize that Andrés Manuel López Obrador won the narrative on corruption“.
The MCCI president pointed out that President López Obrador “won the narrative even though impunity is brutal, even though people tell you that they don’t report crimes because it doesn’t make any sense.”
Perception of corruption
According to the results of the survey, in terms of perception of corruption, on average during the six-year term 8 out of 10 of those surveyed considered that In Mexico, acts of corruption are always carried out or almost always. This trend remained close to 90% in the first four years of the administration.
In the results, a relevant change in this year’s edition is that the retrospective evaluation of corruption suggests that 55% consider that corruption increased in the last year, the highest level of perception in the six-year term.
In 2024, 47% of respondents expect corruption to decrease next year. Although the perception of corruption remains, the incoming administration is expected to reduce the problem.
Corruption allegations
As regards reporting, only 6% have made a complaint for corruption in the last year. This confirms the six-year trend of a low level of reporting, associated by the majority of respondents as a useless act.
Citizens’ trust
In it ranking In terms of citizen confidence, the survey shows that community institutions, such as schools and small businesses, continue to be perceived as having less corruption. Closely following are military institutions such as the Navy and the Army, which throughout the measurements of the six-year term have remained among those evaluated as those with the least corruption.
Over the past six years, the institutions consistently perceived as having the worst corruption were political parties, prisons and police forces. The case of Pemex stands out, which began as one of the institutions perceived as having the worst corruption; however, it ended the six-year term as the institution with the greatest improvement in public perception.
When comparing the social actors that citizens trust to combat corruption, it is clear that, compared to the government, citizens and civil society are seen as more trustworthy. On the contrary, the media and business are seen as less trustworthy than the government to carry out tasks related to corruption.
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2024-08-28 10:21:58
