President Hipolito Mejia sent to the Chamber of Deputies a law that obliges government officers to prepare a detailed inventory of their assets and debts at the time of taking office. The new law that would replace Law 82 of December 1979 would place upon the government officer the responsibility of proving where an increase in assets has come from two years after leaving office if this is questioned by another citizen. At the present time, the responsibility to prove corruption is on a third party, not the government officer. The new law was recently motivated by legal advisor to the Executive Branch Guido Gómez Mazara who said that government officers are declaring assets projecting what they plan to steal while in government.
