{"id":2294,"date":"2025-09-30T10:14:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/?post_type=press&p=2294"},"modified":"2025-09-30T10:14:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:14:16","slug":"la-comision-de-etica-adopta-una-reforma-importante-para-cerrar-la-laguna-legal-de-los-lobbystas","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/es\/press\/ethics-commission-adopts-major-reform-to-close-the-lobbyist-loophole\/","title":{"rendered":"La Comisi\u00f3n de \u00c9tica adopta una reforma importante para cerrar la brecha legal que afecta a los grupos de presi\u00f3n"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2294","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":" Today the Rhode Island Ethics Commission voted to amend the Code of Ethics to close a loophole that allows public officials and employees to take unlimited gifts from lobbyists. The Commission did this at the request of Common Cause Rhode Island which filed a petition to close the loophole. This is the first time since 2012 that the Commission has voted to strengthen the state\u2019s ethics laws.","featured_image":"","press_type":146,"authors":"","related_issues":[426,106],"related_work":false,"location":42},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Providencia, Rhode Island\u00a0<\/strong>Hoy, la Comisi\u00f3n de \u00c9tica de Rhode Island vot\u00f3 a favor de enmendar el C\u00f3digo de \u00c9tica para cerrar una laguna legal que permite a funcionarios y empleados p\u00fablicos aceptar obsequios ilimitados de cabilderos. La Comisi\u00f3n actu\u00f3 a petici\u00f3n de Common Cause Rhode Island, que present\u00f3 una petici\u00f3n para cerrar dicha laguna. Esta es la primera vez desde 2012 que la Comisi\u00f3n vota a favor de fortalecer las leyes de \u00e9tica del estado. "Este es un buen paso hacia un gobierno m\u00e1s \u00e9tico en Rhode Island".\u00a0dijo John Marion, director ejecutivo de Common Cause Rhode Island.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cAgradecemos a la Comisi\u00f3n por tomar esta importante medida para fortalecer nuestras leyes de \u00e9tica y reducir la influencia de intereses especiales en la pol\u00edtica de Rhode Island\u201d. En diciembre de 2024,\u00a0Common Cause Rhode Island present\u00f3 una petici\u00f3n a la Comisi\u00f3n de \u00c9tica de Rhode Island<\/a>\u00a0Para, entre otras cosas, incluir categ\u00f3ricamente a los cabilderos registrados entre aquellos cuyos obsequios est\u00e1n limitados a los funcionarios y empleados p\u00fablicos. Antes del cambio de hoy, los obsequios solo estaban limitados si proven\u00edan de una persona interesada, ya que podr\u00edan beneficiarse econ\u00f3micamente de las decisiones tomadas por el empleado o funcionario p\u00fablico. Common Cause Rhode Island considera que los obsequios de los cabilderos constituyen un conflicto de intereses, independientemente de si el cabildero o su empleador se benefician econ\u00f3micamente.\r\n

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