Mexico has extensive provisions regarding the misuse of administrative resources. The Federal Code of Electoral Institutions and Procedures (COFIPE) forbids the use of social programs and of federal, state, municipal, or Federal District resources in order to induce or coerce citizens to vote for or against any political party or candidate from the start of the campaign to the elections. In April 2013, the head of Mexico's Social Development department dismissed seven officials after some were mentioned in taped discussions about using anti-poverty programs (i.e. providing small monthly stipends to poor families and handing out government-supplied wheelchairs) to promote the governing party in the 2013 local elections.