The Electoral Public Prosecution Service and indigenous peoples

Abstract

This article problematizes the role of the Electoral Public Prosecution Service in defending the political rights of indigenous peoples in the electoral context, with the objective of researching the institutional performance of the agency, respecting the protagonism and autonomy of traditional peoples, with a view to ensuring the right to vote, political inclusion and candidacies of indigenous people. To this end, it investigates the integrationist policy to which indigenous peoples were subjected based on the guardianship regime established in the Indian Statute (Law No. 6.001/1973) and identifies the current obstacles faced by indigenous peoples in Brazilian elections. It then analyzes the legislation applicable to the Electoral Public Prosecution Service in defending the political rights of traditional peoples, based on a constitutional reading that enshrines the fundamental right to difference from a legal-electoral perspective. The methodological approach used in the research is qualitative, with the adoption of bibliographic and documentary procedures.