President Felipe Calderon's top anti-corruption official on Saturday announced a six-point plan to tackle the bribes, kickbacks and theft from government coffers that plague Mexico.
Secretary German Martinez, of the Public Administration Department, said the plan will include anti-corruption education programs, better disclosure of government activities and a uniform system to revise spending in all government departments.
Martinez said he signed a measure banning government officials from receiving official gifts worth more than US$50 (€35) in the run up to Christmas.
"Corruption is an insult to the poorest Mexicans," Martinez said in a news conference. "It is an issue of equality and as such it is a priority issue for President Calderon."
Mexicans consider that the rot of corruption continues to be one of the nation's worst problems, despite periodical anti-corruption drives.
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