Independente chief blasts rivals over Olten help: “No election if it falls” | OneFootball

The controversial vote that prevented the preventive removal of Olten Ayres de Abreu from the presidency of the Deliberative Council continues to spark outbursts. This time, the one who spoke out was Henrique Gomes, known as Baby, the main leader of Independente, São Paulo’s largest organized supporters’ group.

Through his social media, Baby mainly attacked opposition councilors. As AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR revealed, it was thanks to the votes of those who do not support Harry Massis’s administration that Olten secured his “victory”.

“Where are SPFC’s saviors now? Those councilors who openly said they were the club’s salvation? So, they voted for Olten Ayres de Abreu to remain president of the Council? Seriously, did these guys manage to fool the fans once again? So, wasn’t the organized supporters’ group the one that was bought off? So, hadn’t Casares and Dedé been expelled? They got voting rights for the first time in history and voted together, ruling group and opposition! LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL,” wrote the Independente leader.

In an aggressive tone, Baby said that “war has been declared against these guys.” “They want to see SPFC in Série B,” he said.

“The truth is this: the worse the club is doing, both on the field and financially, the better it is for those who want to take power. If the ruling group does not give in to what the political groups want, they join forces to obtain power,” he added.

Baby also took aim at president Harry Massis for failing to bring about the expected peace and unity at the club.

“Serves Massis right! If he had kicked that worm Rui Costa out, maybe he would have had the club’s 22 million fans by his side! Nothing happens by chance, he chose to believe Rui Costa and politically died clinging to him! The fans were never the villains or to blame! They tried to divide the supporters, pushed them away from the stadium, and tried to split the organized supporters from the club’s decent fans! The shot these opportunists fired backfired on them; the war is against the club’s system of perpetuation,” he said.

“Opposition and ruling group, we will not forget, the election is coming, and if SPFC goes to Série B, there won’t even be an election in this shit,” concluded Baby, who also posted an image of opposition councilors hugging, among others, Julio Casares.

THE CONTROVERSIAL VOTE

São Paulo’s Deliberative Council rejected, by 120 votes to 118, the extension for another four months of the preventive removal of Olten Ayres de Abreu Júnior from the presidency of the body.

The razor-thin margin did not stop the decision from having negative repercussions on social media, where fans reacted with heavy criticism of Olten, the Council, and the opposition, whose members were decisive in blocking the measure.

With the result, the executive returns to office after nearly three weeks away.

Olten had stepped down voluntarily on May 14, after an agreement with the Council’s vice president, João Farias Júnior, and the president of the ethics committee, Antônio Maria Patiño Zorz, to guarantee time for the presentation of his defense.

After analyzing the case, the committee recommended preventive removal until the end of the investigation, but the proposal has now been overturned by the councilors.

The vote, however, does not represent an acquittal. The case for reckless management is still moving forward in the ethics committee, which may recommend Olten’s expulsion from São Paulo’s membership rolls, the most severe internal punishment.

The Council is also expected to analyze a definitive suspension in the future, though no date has been set.

The complaint against Olten was filed in April by club president Harry Massis Júnior, based on an accusation of reckless management during the processing of a proposed bylaws reform.

The proposal, originally presented by former president Júlio Casares in December, provided for a reduction in the qualified quorum for structural decisions, such as the club’s transformation into an SAF. The legislative committee issued an opinion against it in April, but before that, Olten had created a new committee to deal with broader changes to the bylaws.

For Massis, the measure represented a breach of the bylaws by reopening a matter that had already been rejected. The crisis picked up new chapters throughout the process. In the middle of it, Olten even removed the members of the ethics committee who were conducting the investigation, but the decision was overturned by Farias, and the members returned to their posts.

On May 7, the Civil Police opened an investigation to look into alleged ideological falsehood linked to an opinion from the club’s Advisory Council, expanding the scope of the investigations involving the executive.

It is still not clear what Olten’s next steps will be, but it is possible that his return will lead the legislative committee to resume work on the bylaws reform, which has been stalled by Massis since early May. It is also unknown whether he will once again try to remove the ethics committee.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.