As demandas de cidadãos e a atuação dos vereadores do município de Feliz - RS

Abstract

This article aims to identify, from the perspective of the councilors of the Municipality of Feliz, the citizens' perception about the attributions of the members of the Legislative, and how this perception impacts their performance. The Municipal Organic Law and the Internal Regulations of the local Chamber establish the list of powers of the councilors, among which there are no executive functions. Even so, it is suggested that councilors often receive demands of this nature and base their actions on them. Through qualitative, descriptive research, with semi-structured interviews applied to 11 full and alternate councilors, we sought to identify which demands prevail and how the councilor reacts to these demands. Adopted some techniques of the methodology of content analysis by Bardin (1977), demands from individuals (80% of the cases) remained highlighted, of an executive nature and a solution dependent on institutions external to the City Council, and regarding the actions of councilors, reactions typical of the representation model based on the provision of services to voters, as previously demonstrated by Almeida and Lopez (2011).