{"id":51872,"date":"2022-02-10T18:44:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T18:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/observatorio-democracia.pt\/sobre-o-observatorio\/"},"modified":"2022-07-12T13:19:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T13:19:33","slug":"sobre-o-observatorio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/observatorio-democracia.pt\/en\/sobre-o-observatorio\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"51872\" class=\"elementor elementor-51872 elementor-49780\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-228fd80 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"228fd80\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b814c9e\" data-id=\"b814c9e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9166cd2 elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9166cd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Presentation of the Observatory<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fd1e2c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fd1e2c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2506161\" data-id=\"2506161\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b8e6f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b8e6f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In a liberal and representative democracy, like the Portuguese one and others from our geocultural area, especially within the European Union, the democratic government (which embodies the citizens in its decision-making process) is exercised in a representative manner, according to the keystones of the constitutional architecture of any liberal democracy (Constitution and fundamental human rights, namely political and social; rule of law; separation of powers; regular free and fair elections; vertical accountability, from the elected candidates towards their electorate, and horizontal accountability, this is, between the different sovereign bodies; full political sovereignty of all elected representatives, within the boundaries of the constitutional architecture, the rule of law and the fundamental human rights).<\/p><p>As such, the sovereign delegates its sovereignty towards the elected representatives &#8211; at the various government levels, who should govern in accordance with people\u2019s preferences (at least, the majority of the voters) and be held accountable for their use of power in regular elections.<\/p><p>The democratic political representation refers to the integration of citizens in the political and decision-making processes, thus pinpointing the linkage between the electorate, the elected representatives, and the formulation and implementation of public policy. The argument that public policies should reflect the will of at least the majority of the voters constitutes a fundamental principle in any successful liberal and representative democracy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-135c22e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"135c22e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-37fbd6a\" data-id=\"37fbd6a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04ca05c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04ca05c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Andr\u00e9 Freire<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c732561 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c732561\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Observatory&#8217;s Director<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a062729 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a062729\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0b8122\" data-id=\"b0b8122\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35d3875 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"35d3875\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presentation of the Observatory In a liberal and representative democracy, like the Portuguese one and others from our geocultural area, especially within the European Union, the democratic government (which embodies the citizens in its decision-making process) is exercised in a representative manner, according to the keystones of the constitutional architecture of any liberal democracy (Constitution&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51872","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>About us | Observatory of Democracy ISCTE Portugal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Get to know the Observatory of Democracy and Political Representation, ISCTE Portugal. 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