El acceso a la información publica como garantia de la democracia en el estado de derecho

Abstract

The importance of the evolution that democracy has experienced has been highlighted for a long time, within a framework of freedom, where citizens are able to judge public affairs with the purpose of generating a balance in terms of the political forces. Within this context, information has become an angular point of a democratic system, contributing to citizen participation to combat corruption, carry out the principle of transparency, publicity, accountability in public management and therefore improve the quality of democratic states. In order to respond to the stated objectives, the research will be carried out understanding a methodological process, where the documentary method will be applied, because it is the result of the collection and analysis of information found in books, legal bodies, journal articles and newspapers, and information found on Internet sites related to the right of access to public information, citizen participation, social control, democracy, corruption and other issues related to the object of study. The inductive - deductive method and the legal exegetical method were used, through which it is possible to interpret the different principles, laws and international instruments, in order to know what is the nature and scope of the right that was studied. and be able to establish the respective conclusions.