Corinthians council backs reforms, allows Stabile to run, two-round election endorsed | OneFootball

Corinthians’ Deliberative Council backed a raft of statute reforms at Parque São Jorge, including allowing Osmar Stabile to run for president this year and introducing a two-round ballot. The decisions do not take immediate effect, they will be considered by a future General Assembly.

According to Meu Timao, 81 councillors attended and 76 voted, under 30 per cent of the total. Lifetime member Miriam Athiê said the meeting was deliberately thinned out by some lifetime councillors citing a quorum issue, which she argued was not required.

The council voted to cut the body to 200 members, 50 lifetime and 150 triennial, and to move to individual candidacies for council seats. There will be no limit on re-election to the council. The next club president would be chosen in two rounds.

Quarterly publication of balance sheets was approved and the club board will handle council payments. A proposed manager role for Parque São Jorge was rejected and former Cori presidents will remain members. The waiting period for voting will drop to three years from five, and the 11-member Ethics Council will be chosen by the General Assembly.

The statute will carry no specific clause on Sociedade Anônima do Futebol, leaving any proposal to the club’s discretion. Council member Felipe Ezabella said only items approved by the council proceed to the General Assembly, noting this had already been set out in public notices.

Source: Meu Timao