Ouvidoria parlamentar municipal como instrumento de controle social e uso da razão pública

Abstract

The theme of this article is: Municipal Parliamentary Ombudsman as an instrument of social control and use of public reason, where the implementation of municipal parliamentary ombudsman, in the field of Municipal Councils, helps to seek direct communication between the Legislative Power and the community, where this tool emerges as a way of guaranteeing the community its role as a development agent, capable of expressing its wishes and collaborating for institutional changes. In view of this, this article presents the problem of how the ombudsmen act in the control and inspection of the acts of the Municipal Legislative Power and, as a general objective, to establish a discussion about the parliamentary ombudsman of the Municipal Chambers of Councillors, from the perspective of an instrument of control and use of public reason, and as specific objectives to understand the concept of the public ombudsman system and its history, and to highlight the role of implementing the law on access to information regarding municipal parliamentary ombudsman offices. Thus, the present study uses a qualitative methodology, where data collection was carried out through a bibliographic investigation with several authors who helped in the conduct of this study. Therefore, the results showed that the ombudsmen become a channel of great significance in the face of preventing and combating corruption, as they receive and follow up on reports of corruption, fraud, in addition to acts harmful to the treasury, such as nepotism and conflict of interests, made by public agents, contractors and bidders. Thus, the ombudsman assumes a strategic role, as it is a legitimate channel of communication between citizens and public authorities.