The Chamber is reviewing the Bill 4528/08, proposed by the Deputy Otavio Leite (PSDB-RJ), which obliges the candidates applying to elective mandates to register the programs and proposals defended by them at Electoral Justice. The register of the candidacies will be conditioned to the presentation of those documents.

According to the Bill, a specific and standardized form, published by the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) will be supplied for the register of electoral platforms and of what the candidate intends to make during the mandate.
The programs will later be published online by TSE.

In addition to that, the candidates to main elections (president, governors and mayors) will have to answer to a form with questions elaborated by representatives of civil society on the elections. Those forms will also be available to public consultation.

For Otavio Leite, the implementation of the public register should encourage candidates to formulate their proposals with more responsibility. Its intention, according to the congressman, is to “demand the programmatic coherence that has been forgotten long ago, and even obviously disrespected in political history”.

Procedure
The bill is being processed together with the Bill 3458/04, by the Deputy Carlos Hauly (PSDB-PR), which defines electoral-responsibility rules for those occupying major positions. The texts will be analyzed by the Committee on the Constitution and Justice and Citizenship before following to the House Floor.

Report - Marcello Larcher
Editing - Newton Araújo
Translation – Positive Idiomas Ltda