Transparência digital no âmbito da justiça eleitoral: uma análise do Tribunal Regional Eleitoral do Tocantins

Abstract

The Electoral Justice framework is established in the Federal Constitution, as well as the Lei de Acesso à Informação1 (LAI). In this way, the work now under examination questions whether the Portal da Transparência2 (PT) of Tocantins' Electoral Justice fulfills the objectives for which it was created, whether the information provided meets what the citizen is actually looking for and whether the content of the information searched by the user is easily understood. It is identified and discussed the adequacy of PT of the Electoral Justice of Tocantins to the requirements of the Conselho Nacional de Justiça3 (CNJ), regarding the fulfillment of the requirements of LAI. The justification for this research was to stimulate the search for clear and objective information through the PT of the Tocantins' Electoral Justice, as well as the reflection for an effective exercise of citizenship, allowing the citizen to monitor the functionality of this portal in an effective and transparent manner. The study analyzes LAI and assesses its adherence especially regarding the PT of Tocantins Electoral Justice. As a support tool, the annual questionnaire prepared by the CNJ was used. It was with this objective in perspective that the CNJ created the ranking da Transparência do Poder Judiciário4 , which aims to achieve, with objective data, to assess the degree of information that courts and councils provide citizens. In the 2nd edition, 2019, the items under evaluation were divided into categories within two groups: Active Transparency (TA) and Passive Transparency (TP). The survey assessed the level of Active and Passive Transparency. The work was divided into stages: theoretical and practical recognition (case study) of the object of study; analysis of the questionnaire or Evaluation and Scoring Table (TAP) of the information made available on the internet by the CNJ, comparative analysis of PT in relation to the Lei de Acesso à Informação (LAI); construction of a technical proposal to support PT, containing as appendices suggestions for improvements to the public portals managers. The work used bibliographical and documentary research. Data collection was based on the results of the questionnaire applied by the CNJ. The choice for the Content Analysis method was due to the very interpretative nature of this work. The research carried out followed a qualitative approach. The emphasis was on observing and analyzing the implementation stage of the Active and Passive Transparency categories within the scope of Electoral Justice, based on LAI. Considering its the purposes, the research had an exploratory and descriptive character. In this perspective, it is possible to assess the adequacy of PT of the Electoral Justice of Tocantins to the requirements of the CNJ, regarding the fulfillment of the requirements of LAI, especially considering the significant evolution of the Electoral Justice in the transparency ranking, making information available in an agile and fast way to public service user. In the 2019 edition of the transparency ranking, the information made available on the TRE-TO PT was checked by the CNJ and obtained an assessment of 90.16%. This demonstrates that the visibility policy implemented by TRE-TO has been shown to be effective and efficient.