Fidelity to the Party: A Marriage of Interests?

Authors

  • Gutemberg Alves Araújo Universidade Tiradentes
  • Kelly Anne Ferreira Santos universidade tiradentes
  • Maurício Gentil Monteiro Universidade Tiradentes

Keywords:

Judicial Activism, Political Party Fidelity, Representative Democracy

Abstract

Due to Resolution 22.610 of the 25th October 2007 by the High Election Court, a set of transformations has emerged under the heading of fidelity to the party. Infidelity is punished, except where change in the party has the justifications listed in the above-mentioned resolution. If this does not occur, the parliamentarian loses his seat for which he was elected. Since incumbency belongs to the political party and to preserve the trust given to the ballot, the institute of political party fidelity was recovered to eliminate the ideological and party crisis which exists within the context of abundant political parties. With references to the 1967 Federal Constitution and instigated by Consultation Demands 1398 and 1407, the Brazilian Election Court regulated party representation written in the Constitution and strengthened the party-members binomial.

Author Biographies

Gutemberg Alves Araújo, Universidade Tiradentes

Acadêmico do curso de Direito da Universidade Tiradentes - UNIT, Aracaju, SE; bolsista do PROBIC-UNIT.

Kelly Anne Ferreira Santos, universidade tiradentes

Acadêmica do curso de Direito da Universidade Tiradentes - UNIT, Aracaju, SE; bolsista do PROBIC-UNIT.

Maurício Gentil Monteiro, Universidade Tiradentes

Advogado; Mestre e Docente do curso de Direito da Universidade Tiradentes – UNIT, Aracaju, SE e orientador de grupos de pesquisa na área de Ciências Sociais e Aplicadas na mesma instituição

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Published

2014-05-19

How to Cite

Araújo, G. A., Santos, K. A. F., & Monteiro, M. G. (2014). Fidelity to the Party: A Marriage of Interests?. Iniciação Científica Cesumar, 16(1). Retrieved from https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/iccesumar/article/view/3402

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2014): Temática: Direito

Section

Publicações Temáticas

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