Julieta del Río Venegas, commissioner of the National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (Inai), criticized the accusations made by the Government of Mexico against Maria Amparo Casarthis when considering that It is an ‘unheard of’ fact and violates the law.
“It’s unheard of. They are personal and sensitive data. They are violating the General Law on Protection of Personal Data Held by Obligated Subjects and are exposing people,” declared Julieta del Río.
Through a statement released in X, Inai explained that the presidency has the obligation to ‘protect the personal information that it possesses’, as established in the General Law on Protection of Personal Data Held by Obligated Subjects.
The accusation against María Amparo Casar indicates that has illegally collected a pension of 124,948 pesos per month after the death of her husband, Carlos Fernando Márquez Padilla. It is also assumed that she received a economical support for funeral expenses and payment of life insurance.
Furthermore, the official considers that the writer’s personal details Maria Amparo Casar were disclosed in an “inappropriate manner”since it was done without his consent.
Given this situation, the Inai commissioner ordered to immediately begin an investigation and will remain attentive to the complaints that the people involved could present.
“It breaches the duty of confidentiality and is violating the law in several ways. This should be due to a complaint from the affected people, but also the Inai should initiate an ex officio investigation immediately,” he added.
“At the same time, both can be done, but the Inai, ex officio, must act,” the official concluded.
What did María Amparo Casar respond?
The writer María Amparo Casar launched herself against President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, considering that uses the government apparatus to ‘slander and defame people’ and revealed that the payment of his pension Due to widowhood, he was suspended since last February.
“It is not the first time that he has mentioned this case, I have a count (…), he has defamed me and mentioned my name more than 60 times so far this six-year term,” accused the president of MCCI in an interview with Ciro Gómez Leyva.
“You can imagine how painful it is for me (to relive this case) and now it turns out that I went from being a victim of injustice (…) and now I have become the criminal,” she added.
In response, María Amparo Casar explained that on page 100 of the book Thank youa work that was written by the president Lopez Obrador“a bunch of lies” is mentioned.
“Say what I met with Bernardo Bátiz to ask him to alter the minutes (…) so that he could collect the insurance and then the pension,” he accused.
“Now it turns out that according to him, I went with Bátiz, I used my influence and got them to change the minutes of the Attorney General’s Office. I have never attended (…) in my 40 years of professional career (…). That his strong point is not revenge, I question that,” the writer concluded.
