Análise da adequação dos sítios de internet dos Ministérios Públicos estaduais às normas de transparência ativa

Abstract

Public transparency, an expression of the principle of publicity in the public administration, is instrumental for the regular functioning of democracy and for the realization of the republican ideal, enabling social control and the construction of a culture of accountability of state power, one of its instruments being the access to information laws, which have become more widespread around the world after the expansion of the internet. After ten years have passed since the entry into force of the Access to Information Law in Brazil, it is time to assess the degree to which the active and passive transparency rules introduced by the law are actually being complied with by state entities. The Public Prosecutor's Office (Ministerio Publico), as an overseer of the legal order, defender of social and diffuse interests, and guardian of the effective respect of public authorities to the rights guaranteed in the Constitution, is legitimized to supervise the compliance to the rules of transparency and access to information by the organs of State. For this reason, it has a primary duty to set an example in complying with these same rules with regard to the information under its responsibility. The present work seeks to evaluate the degree to which the Public Prosecutor’s Offices (Ministerios Publicos) of the states are complying with the rules of active transparency, particularly regarding the disclosure of the detailed remuneration of their members and servants, through research carried out on their internet websites.