Organização interna dos partidos políticos no município de Salvador/BA: do estatuto ao financiamento

Abstract

The study initially seeks to analyse whether, within the framework of the eight (08) dominant parties in the last three elections in the municipality of Salvador - Bahia, there is formal provision, via statute, for more participatory, inclusive and representative actions by analysing the access and participation of members in deliberative processes: the selection of leaders and candidates and the distribution of financial resources from public funds to candidates. In a second step, the research sought to draw up an organisational profile of each party selected through the way each of them distributed public resources among their candidates for the position of councillor in the 2020 municipal elections. From a theoretical point of view, the research is generally linked to studies on political parties. It addresses the discussion of internal party organisation, party organisation and institutionalisation in Panebianco; the process of selecting leaders and candidates; and finally, it highlights the importance of analysing the distribution of collective and selective incentives, especially public financial incentives. The methodology used was a qualitative analysis of statutes and resolutions and a quantitative analysis of the structure of party organisations and public funding data. It relied on research into bibliographical sources and on the websites and panels of the Electoral Court. Based on these research sources, the work analysed the formal criteria for: i) access and participation of members in deliberative processes; ii) the choice of body leaders (provisional and definitive) and candidates for the position of councillor; and iii) the distribution of public financial resources among candidates for the position of councillor. The work also analysed the distribution of financial resources from public funds to candidates for the position of councillor in the 2020 elections. The research concluded that these organisations include measures in their statutes to promote a participatory intra-party environment to a degree that is still very incipient, such as the foreseeability of participation in meetings and in processes for choosing leaders of party bodies and delegates for representation at Party Conventions. It was also observed that although the party bodies did not distribute the public financial resources, they had available among the candidates in an isonomic way, with the Special Campaign Financing Fund, in general there was a relatively broad distribution of public resources, at least in terms of covering the total number of candidates, disregarding the individual amounts of the transfers.