A legitimação do estado democrático de direito por meio da participação democrática: mecanismos de atuação direita do cidadão contribuinte no orçamento público

Abstract

This paper intends to do a search about constitutional theories and political theories so that we can justify a higher participation of the citizen-taxpayer in the discussions about the public accounts. The claim for greater inclusion of citizens in the dicuss about the public budget is fundamented in a need to legitimize the power of taxation in popular sovereignty, since it is in open crisis of legitimacy caused, among other reasons, by the crisis of government´s representation. The indicative of this crisis of representation is observed mainly by the verification, by the people, that the public services essential for the safety of fundamental rights are poorly provided, jeopardizing public trust in the government. It should be noted that an expansion of democratic participation must be in accordance with the limits of the Constitution and must therefore be made by institutional means, so that the two pillars on which stands the Brazilian state, which are the law and democracy, are balanced, which shows that there is an urgency in creating laws and instruments that enable of clearing the channels for communication between representatives and represented in order that it is possible to approach the concretion of the purposes of the Democratic State of Law.