Corinthians board president calls new assembly to vote on reforms | OneFootball

Corinthians’ Deliberative Council (CD) has called an Extraordinary General Assembly for next September 19, with the aim of submitting ten topics related to the club’s bylaws reform to members. The vote will be held in person, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Parque São Jorge, the club’s social headquarters.

According to the notice published last Monday (17) and signed by Romeu Tuma Junior, president of the CD, members over 18 who joined more than five years ago may take part, provided they are in full enjoyment of their statutory rights. The notice excludes militant members and dependents of any category from the call.

Romeu Tuma Júnior, president of Corinthians’ Deliberative Council — Photo: José Manoel Idalgo/Agência Corinthians

The assembly will specifically address ten bylaw reform topics that were voted on separately by the CD. On the ballot, members may choose to approve or reject the set of resolutions previously approved by the body.

Reform process went through 11 public hearings

The notice states that the Deliberative Council recognized the need to amend the bylaws in a meeting held on November 24, 2025, a condition provided for in the bylaws themselves so that the General Assembly could be called specifically to deliberate on the reform.

Before the vote, 11 public hearings were held on the subject. The document emphasizes that the meetings were called by unanimous decision of the plenary and were open to council members, members, and supporters, with the purpose of discussing, criticizing, and presenting suggestions, corrections, and improvements to the draft proposal.

At the meetings on April 29, May 4, and May 11, 2026, the Deliberative Council rejected the reform’s base text and began analyzing individually the topics highlighted by the Bylaws Reform Committee. According to the notice, these points were not part of the base text and were submitted separately for consideration by the plenary, which chose and approved the alternatives presented for each of them.

The Reform Committee was responsible for consolidating the project after analyzing the contributions received in the public hearings and by email. The notice also states that there was institutional dialogue with the Advisory Council (Cori) and the Fiscal Council on the topics that will be submitted to the members.

Ten highlighted items will be put to a vote

The General Assembly will therefore not vote on a single full reform text. The notice establishes that members must deliberate on the ten changes already previously approved by the Council. They are:

1. Football member with voting rights

The first point deals with the possibility of granting voting rights to members linked to Fiel Torcedor in the choice of the club’s president. Considered one of the most urgent reform issues for expanding democratic participation at Timão, the matter is among the highlights that will be submitted directly to the decision of the membership.

2. Composition of the Deliberative Council

The second topic involves the composition of the Deliberative Council, the body responsible for a series of oversight and deliberative functions within the club’s institutional structure.

3. Electoral system for the Deliberative Council

Members will also vote on the electoral system used to form the Deliberative Council, a topic that may change the way council members are chosen by Corinthians members.

4. Waiting period for a member to vote in the General Assembly

The proposal also addresses the minimum membership time required for a member to have the right to participate in General Assembly votes. This topic is different from the general condition established in the notice itself for participation in the September Assembly, which requires, for this vote, membership of more than five years.

5. Number of rounds in the election of the board

Among the topics submitted to members is also the definition of the number of rounds in the elections for Corinthians president. Under the current bylaws, the vote is held in a single round.

6. Election of the members of the Ethics Council

The reform includes changes to how members of the Ethics Council are chosen, and it may come to include independent members. The proposal will be submitted for approval or rejection by the members.

7. Administrative independence of the Deliberative Council

The issue of the Deliberative Council’s administrative independence will also be submitted to the assembly, which should change the bylaw rules related to the body’s structure and functioning.

8. Limitation of ex officio members of the Advisory Council

Members will also vote on a proposal to establish a limitation on the so-called ex officio members of the Advisory Council (Cori). Currently, all former presidents of the club and of the CD are considered ex officio members of the body.

9. Frequency of financial statements

The reform also includes a change regarding how often the club’s financial statements are disclosed, a topic directly related to the monitoring of financial information and management transparency.

10. New 12-month term for mandates resulting from vacancies and transition rule

Finally, a proposal will be put to a vote establishing a new 12-month term for mandates resulting from vacancies, accompanied by a transition rule related to the bylaw change.

The ten highlighted items are expressly listed in the notice and will be submitted to members’ vote on a single ballot, with the corresponding options for each proposal. The document also states that the ballot model will be made available in due course.

If the changes are approved, the text will be incorporated into the current bylaws and later sent for registration at the registry office. The proposals will also be sent to the email addresses registered by members with the club’s secretary and made available on Corinthians’ official website, accompanied by a simplified summary.

Assembly comes after cancellation of previous meeting

The notice also refers to the cancellation of the Extraordinary General Assembly previously called, mentioning the existence of a judicial dispute related to whether or not that meeting should be held, especially because of the terms of the notice that had later been revoked.

The president of the Deliberative Council states that there is no obstacle related to electoral timing for the consideration of the proposals. According to the document, the changes under review are not considered electoral rules subject to the annuality principle, and the Deliberative Council itself had decided, in November 2025, to apply the new rules as early as the 2026 elections.

The notice also presents the reform as a measure related to member participation, institutional transparency, democratic legitimacy, and club governance. The document also cites the problems Corinthians is currently facing and mentions a moral, institutional, and credibility crisis, in addition to referring to an independent audit warning about risks to the club’s continuity.

With the call, it will now be up to the eligible voting members to decide whether they approve or reject each of the ten changes submitted to the General Assembly. The vote may represent one of the main changes to Corinthians’ bylaw structure in the last 18 years.

The club’s last bylaws reform took place in 2008, when relevant changes were implemented, including the adoption of direct elections for the presidency by the members and the end of the possibility of reelection. Since then, new proposals to update the bylaw text have been discussed internally, but none has managed to move forward in a concrete way.

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