This work analyzes the relation between the right to information and
the exercising of citizenship, within the scope of the dissemination
of legislative information. The study traces a parallel between the
coverage by private media and by the public media maintained by
the Chamber of Deputies. The creation of a specifi c communication
system for the dissemination of legislative information is based on
the presupposition that the internal dynamics of the private media
do not favor the exercising of citizenship. In addition to the right to
information, the right to opinion is emphasized as a basic element
for the exercising of freedom of expression, for the consolidation of
representative democracy and as an indispensable mechanism for
the citizens’ enlightenment
