A controversial effort by Mexico’s president to reshape the nation’s research funding and governance system has reached a chaotic conclusion that clears the way for the bill to become law.
Many scientists strongly oppose the measure, saying it will tighten government control over science. But it was approved in a rapid-fire series of votes last week, including one on 29 April when senators from the ruling party abandoned their chamber because of a protest and passed the measure after just 14 minutes of debate, with no opposition lawmakers present.
One that has drawn notice eliminates a semi-independent panel that helps the government set research priorities and includes a relatively wide range of representatives from the public and private sectors. It would be replaced by a new group with a narrower membership that sits beneath a new agency, the National Council for the Humanities, Sciences, Technologies and Innovation , which will replace Conacyt.
In a statement after the vote, Conacyt defended the measure, calling it “an historic milestone” that will protect “the human right to science and knowledge” and help address “urgent national problems.” It rejected charges that the law would centralize power and said “it does not disdain research done at private universities.”
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