A atuação dos emedebistas no legislativo de Alagoinhas em tempos de ditadura militar (1967-1973)

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the performance of the councillors of the Movimento Democrático Brasileiro Brasileiro (MDB) councillors in Alagoinhas City Council, from 1967 to 1973, showing the participation and the role of the petty and middle bourgeoisie and the middle sectors of the of the municipality within the legislature. It was noted that among the members of the class of Alagoinhas, both MDB and ARENA party members, there was an ideological convergence for economic development based on industrialisation and the moral principles of the Military Dictatorship. In the two legislatures analysed, the presence of these two elements was clear and common among the elected parliamentarians. In addition, this study also aims to contribute to the understanding of how local political relations were institutionalised during the power struggles between the ruling class of Alagoinhas in two situations: the episode of the murder of the elected councillor by the MDB, the merchant Celso Magalhães Dantas, and the political influence of the governor, Antônio Carlos Magalhães, in the local political game. The reading of the minutes of the Ordinary and Extraordinary Meetings of the Alagoinhas City Council, together with Bahian and foreign periodicals and the SNI information documents, digitised and made available on the SIAN website, served as a fundamental basis for the construction of this research. These sources were considered indispensable in order to determine the historical contribution that a part of the writing of the political history of Alagoinhas can make to the historiography of Bahia and Brazil.