Sustainable Territorial Development

Sectoral administration as a limitation

Abstract

The Political Constitution of the United Mexican States in its article 49 states that "the Supreme Power of the Federation is divided for its exercise into Legislative, Executive and Judicial and that two or more of these powers cannot be combined in a single individual." However, it is also true that the Executive is granted, in addition to its political function that refers to its relationship with the other two Powers, a second, administrative function. In other words, it has the power to organize the entire administrative structure of government with the purpose of providing the provision of services, among other responsibilities. This principle of administrative organization described for the federal level is replicated at the state and municipal levels. In such a way that Secretaries and Agencies are created to address various specific issues of a sector, such is the case of the Secretary of Economy, Tourism, Communications, Security and many more. This article supports the hypothesis that since the allocation and distribution of financial resources is distributed based on the administrative structure, a sense of planning is encouraged by each sector or agency, but that, in most cases, the pursuit of sectoral objectives constitutes a limitation for the sustainable territorial development of the country.