Popular demands related to sports in the National Constituent Assembly of Brazil

• Main Authors: Felipe Canan, Fernando Augusto Starepravo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2019-12-01
• Series: Revista de Investigações Constitucionais
• Subjects: federal constitution; public policy; democracy; right to sport; popular participation.
• Online Access: https://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/article/view/65472

The objective was to analyze the popular suggestions related to sports and sports democratization made to the last Brazilian National Constituent Assembly, registered in the Computer Support System to the Constituent, electronic platform created to subsidize the construction of the Constitution of 1988. These suggestions represented the only form of true direct democracy in the constituent process. This is a descriptive article, with data collected in the year 2017. The sum of 415 (32%) from a total of 1,289 popular suggestions related to the theme "sport" were analyzed. In general, the majority of the suggestions requested more state support for sports, while many suggestions were not appropriate for a national constitution, and approximately 24% of the suggestions more objectively called for sports democratization. Although these suggestions could inform constituents about popular demands regarding sports, there was prioritization of the demands raised by entities representing the organized sports sector.