Editing Federal District (Brazil) (section)

==Government and politics==
[[File:Grades de proteção do Palácio do Buriti são retiradas (36832902423).jpg|thumb|Buriti Palace, seat of the government of the Federal District]]
[[File:Brasilia DF Brasil - Câmara Legislativa - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Headquarters of the Legislative Chamber of the Federal District]]

The politics and administration of the Federal District are distinguished from the other units of the federation in some particular points, as defined in the Brazilian Constitution of 1988:<ref name="Constituição" />

* The Federal District is governed by an [[organic law]], typical of municipalities, and not by a state constitution. It builds up the legislative powers reserved to states and municipalities, which are not forbidden by the [[Constitution of Brazil|Constitution]].
* The hybrid character of the Federal District is observable by its Legislative Chamber, a mixture of Municipal Chamber and Legislative Assembly.
* The Legislative Power of the Federal District is exercised by the [[Legislative Chamber of the Federal District|Legislative Chamber]], with 24 elected [[district deputy|district deputies]]; being that the head of the Executive Power is the [[governor]].

The Federal District is a [[Juridical person|legal entity of internal public law]], which is part of the political-administrative structure of Brazil, of a nature ''[[sui generis]]'', because it is neither a [[Federated state|state]] nor a [[municipality]], but a special entity that accumulates the legislative powers reserved to the states and the municipalities, as provided in art. 32, § 1º of the CF, which gives it a hybrid nature of state and municipality.<ref name="Constituição">{{cite web |url=http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Constituicao/ConstituicaoCompilado.htm |title=Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil de 1988 - Título III, Capítulo V: Do Distrito Federal e dos Territórios |editor=Governo do Brasil |date=1988 |access-date=4 August 2013}}</ref>

Article 32 of the [[Constitution of Brazil|1988 Brazilian Constitution]] expressly prohibits the Federal District from being divided into [[municipality|municipalities]], being considered one.<ref name="Constituição" /> The executive power of the Federal District was represented by the mayor of the Federal District until 1969, when the position was transformed into governor of the Federal District.<ref>{{cite book |language=pt |url=http://www.infobrasilia.com.br/bsb_h1p.htm#prefeitos |title= A História de Brasília |contribution= Prefeitos |publisher= Info Brasília |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100412115640/http://www.infobrasilia.com.br/bsb_h1p.htm#prefeitos |archive-date= 12 April 2010 |access-date= 17 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://noticias.terra.com.br/educacao/voce-sabia/por-que-brasilia-nao-tem-prefeito,7318859fd53ea310VgnCLD200000bbcceb0aRCRD.html |title=Por que Brasília não tem prefeito? |editor=Portal Terra |date=25 August 2010 |access-date=4 August 2013}}</ref>

The legislative power of the Federal District is represented by the [[Legislative Chamber of the Federal District]], whose nomenclature represents a mixture of [[legislative assembly]] (legislative power of the other units of the federation) and [[municipal chamber]] (legislative of the municipalities). The Legislative Chamber is made up of 24 district deputies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cl.df.gov.br/sobre-a-cldf |title=Sobre a Câmara Legislativa |editor=Câmara Legislativa do Distrito Federal |access-date=4 August 2013}}</ref>

The judicial power which serves the Federal District also serves federal territories. Brazil does not have territories currently, therefore, the [[Court of Justice of the Federal District and of the Territories]] only serves the Federal District.

Part of the budget of the Federal District Government comes from the Constitutional Fund of the Federal District. In 2012, the fund totaled 9.6 billion reais.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.portaldatransparencia.gov.br/PortalComprasDiretasOEUnidadeGestora.asp?Ano=2012&Valor=&CodigoOS=25000&NomeOS=MINISTERIO%20DA%20FAZENDA&ValorOS=26473976606247&CodigoOrgao=73901&NomeOrgao=FUNDO%20CONSTITUCIONAL%20DO%20DISTRITO%20FEDERAL-FCDF&ValorOrgao=962927173616 |title=Portal da Transparência - Fundo Constitucional do Distrito Federal |access-date=2019-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221143621/http://www.portaldatransparencia.gov.br/PortalComprasDiretasOEUnidadeGestora.asp?Ano=2012&Valor=&CodigoOS=25000&NomeOS=MINISTERIO%20DA%20FAZENDA&ValorOS=26473976606247&CodigoOrgao=73901&NomeOrgao=FUNDO%20CONSTITUCIONAL%20DO%20DISTRITO%20FEDERAL-FCDF&ValorOrgao=962927173616 |archive-date=2015-02-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> By 2015, the forecast was of 12.4 billion Reais, with more than half (6.4% of the total) billion for public security expenditures.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.seplan.df.gov.br/noticias/item/2511-c%C3%A2mara-legislativa-aprova-or%C3%A7amento-para-2015.html |title=Ao todo, o GDF poderá contar com um orçamento de R$ 37,2 bilhões para o próximo ano |access-date=2019-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221151436/http://www.seplan.df.gov.br/noticias/item/2511-c%C3%A2mara-legislativa-aprova-or%C3%A7amento-para-2015.html |archive-date=2015-02-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>