Corinthians board suspends Statute vote, launches public hearing schedule | OneFootball

On the evening of this Monday (24th), the Corinthians Deliberative Council (CD) met at the São Jorge Park Theater to continue the process of reforming the statute, but the meeting did not progress to a definitive vote. The council members did not even deliberate on the draft and the amendments presented since the proposal was disclosed last month.

The expectation was for the plenary to vote on the text this Monday, but disagreements among the club's political groups led to a redefinition of the procedure, and the session was suspended so that debates could continue in the coming months. In recent weeks, some council members and the Advisory Council (Cori) have criticized both the content of the draft and the process conducted by the CD presidency.

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Cori itself issued an official note last week requesting the cancellation of the meeting, so that “careful analyses of the procedures adopted and the content of the proposed changes in relation to current legislation” could be carried out. A request with the same objective, signed by a group of triennial and lifetime council members, was also filed and forwarded to CD President Romeu Tuma Júnior.

In the request, the council members asked that no deliberation on the proposal be made at this Monday's meeting and advocated for the creation of a formal calendar of public hearings, with weekly debates organized by thematic blocks. In light of the request and also on the recommendation of the Statute Reform Committee, the CD president called the plenary to position itself on the holding of the hearings and the continuation of the procedure. The proposal was approved unanimously.

The intention is to deepen the discussion of the entire draft, which addresses topics such as voting rights for the Fiel Torcedor, rules for the possible establishment of a SAF, compliance with the General Sports Law, professionalization of the board with the inclusion of a CEO, implementation of a job and salary plan, creation of a transparency portal, and changes in the electoral model and the composition of the club's supervisory bodies.

The suspended meeting is expected to resume in December, still within the same deliberative process, as provided by the current statute, a practice already adopted previously, including during the impeachment process of former president Augusto Melo.

Defined Calendar and Electoral Implication

After the suspension of the meeting, the council members defined the calendar for public hearings, which may include the participation of interested members and specialists. The meetings will take place on December 1st, 4th, 8th, and 16th, still in 2025, with a resumption on January 21st, 26th, and 29th, as well as February 2nd, 4th, and 9th, 2026. Attendance will not be mandatory, and each session will record points of consensus.

Once the cycle of thematic debates is concluded, the final vote on the draft by the Council is scheduled for February 2026, after Carnival. Once approved, the text will be submitted for consideration at a general assembly of members. Initially scheduled for December 20th, the AGE was canceled and rescheduled for March 2026, on a date yet to be defined.

In this context, the reform may include a transitional provision to ensure the application of changes, such as the voting rights of the Fiel Torcedor, in the next election, as the statutory update would need to be approved by 2025 to take effect in the 2026 elections.

The FT vote, incidentally, was one of the points of greatest political mobilization throughout the process. The Reform Committee itself presented an amendment proposing that members of the program could vote by paying 30% of the social membership fee, without the need to acquire a proprietary title.

Next Steps

With various points under discussion, the outcome of the statutory reform will depend on the progress of public hearings and the upcoming sessions of the Deliberative Council. The process may lead to the full or partial approval of the text, substantial changes, or even potential judicialization, a possibility considered by groups dissatisfied with the procedure, and will have direct repercussions on the governance and management model of Corinthians in the coming years.

The current statute, approved in 2008, has not undergone comprehensive revisions since then. Before the suspension of the meeting tonight, the Council also voted and approved the need for its amendment.

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