Ponto de situação sobre o acesso à informação em Moçambique: o caso da Assembléia da República

Abstract

The present work is a reflection on access to information in Mozambique, since, with the approval of Law 34/2014: law on the right to information - LDI, which defines access to information of public interest as a fundamental right for a better democratic participation of citizens. In this way, citizens can request from public institutions, in particular, all the information they want for the purposes of consultation and dissemination within constitutional limits. Faced with this reality, the following research question arises: what is the situation of the Assembly of the Republic regarding access to information? The research seeks to describe, question and clarify the level of openness and transparency of the Assembly of the Republic. The methodology adopted in the present research is hypothetical-deductive. It is an applied research, regarding the objectives, it is descriptive, it has a qualitative approach, for the accomplishment of the research it was through the use of the bibliographical research. In direct observation to give a shared appreciation to the problem of the present research, we sought to determine the degree of precision of the relations of the answers to our questions, which contributed to verify the falsity or veracity of the hypotheses raised for this research. For this, a survey of the opinions of Civil Society Organizations – CSOs was carried out through semi-structured interviews. The research results showed that the Assembly of the Republic does not promote a culture of openness about access to information at the heart of transparency, on the other hand, during data collection there were obstacles to clarifying the mechanisms that the Assembly of the Republic - ARM uses the means to make information of public interest accessible, on this point, it has an official page https://www.parlamento.mz/#. However, it does not include public interest information (accountability, expenses, contracts, reports). This makes it difficult for most Mozambicans to have access to information.