April 5 marked the deadline for public servants to present their declaration of private assets but as of April 3, only 50% of the approximately 20,000 servers, including the highest and elected authorities and other officials, had completed the transparency process reports La Estrella.

The National Authority for Transparency and Access to Information (Antai), which is the guarantor of the law requiring  Public servants to declare their private interests is working with inadequate budgets and has only $2.9 million and 69 people to review and verify the statements of 20,000 highest elected authorities which leave the door wide open for backsliders.

The institution suffered a cut of $3 million from the budget, of $6 million, that it had requested

Of the 71 deputies, 39 have presented their declaration of private interests. And less than half of their substitutes –31– had completed it. The recently approved Law 316 of conflicts of interest, obliges them to present it in the first 30 days after having assumed office and to renew it every year.

The mayors and corregimiento representatives are not in a better condition. Of  81 mayors 10 have delivered the document. So had 16 deputy mayors. Of the 701 representatives, 153 have done so. 26 alternate representatives complied with the procedure.52% –10– of the ministers have complied with the declaration of interests. 89% –17– of the vice ministers have also done so.

The 9 magistrates of the Supreme Court (CSJ) have complied with the presentation of their declaration of private interests. The regulation’s greatest imperfection lies in the fact that the declaration of interests of the "high-ranking" servants will not be public.