The monumental legislative disaster that nobody wants to see
The official numbers are so outrageous that they are almost laughable. The Chamber of Deputies closes its second year with a lag of 88.93% in initiatives. Of more than five thousand registered proposals, only 271 have been approved.
“Only 271 have been approved, which represents about 5% of the total”
Translation: for every twenty ideas that reach San Lázaro, one survives. The rest get lost in the bureaucratic labyrinth.
Where are the other 4,540?
That’s the juicy thing. Four thousand five hundred and forty initiatives remain pending in committees. That is, they sleep eternally while the deputies… well, do whatever they do.
Forty-two were discarded. Two hundred and fifty-two withdrawals. But the real scandal is those thousands of files gathering dust.
What did they manage to approve? The predictable: reforms promoted by the Executive. Changes to the Judiciary, disappearance of autonomous bodies, adjustments in security and social programs.
The priority for the government passes quickly like a bullet. The rest waits seated.
The report speaks of “saturation in legislative work” and questions the “efficiency of Congress.” That is calling institutional crisis with nice words.
More than four thousand citizen, opposition or even own proposals await ruling. Meanwhile, the legislative machine only processes what is convenient for power.
Does anyone remember when they promised to speed up procedures? I do. And here we are.
