Corinthians council votes on expelling members over office invasion | OneFootball

Corinthians’ Deliberative Council (DC) will meet again on the night of this Monday (8) at Parque São Jorge to continue the trial of those involved in the attempt to retake power led by former president Augusto Melo in May 2025. On the agenda is a vote on the possible expulsion of four councilors from the club’s membership due to the invasion of the presidency floor that took place on May 31 of last year.

The session is a continuation of the meeting that began last week, when the councilors decided to remove Augusto Melo from Corinthians’ membership roster. At the time, the review of four other cases related to the same episode was also scheduled, but the trial was postponed after councilor Maria Angela de Sousa Ocampos, first secretary of the Deliberative Council, requested a delay, citing family issues so as not to be submitted to a vote at that moment.

Moment of the invasion of the Corinthians presidency floor, on May 31, 2025. Photo: Reproduction

Now, the members of the deliberative body will analyze the situation of Maria Angela, Mario Mello Junior, Paulo Juricic, and Ronaldo Fernandez Tomé. According to reporting by Central do Timão, the other councilors involved in the episode will not be submitted to a plenary trial, as the Ethics Committee recommended only less severe punishments.

Carlos Eduardo Melo Silva, Rodrigo Simonini Gonzalez, and Wanderson Contrera Salles received a recommendation of six-month suspension, while Marcos Coelho Abdo and Paulo Rogerio Pinheiro Junior were punished with a three-month suspension. Meanwhile, Laercio Ferreira Victoria, Leandro Olmedila, and Peterson Ruan Aiello do Couto Ramos were sanctioned with a warning.

As previously revealed by the report, Corinthians’ Ethics and Discipline Committee issued an opinion in favor of the expulsion of Augusto Melo, Maria Angela, and councilors Mario Mello Junior, Paulo Juricic, and Ronaldo Fernandez Tomé, who also make up the disciplinary panel itself.

Understand the case

The episode that gave rise to the disciplinary proceedings took place on May 31, 2025. On that date, Augusto Melo tried to reassume the Corinthians presidency after councilor Maria Angela de Sousa Ocampos claimed to have taken control of the Deliberative Council and annulled the impeachment vote that had resulted in the removal of the then-president.

The initiative was backed by political allies of the former president, who went to the presidency floor at Parque São Jorge. However, then-acting president Osmar Stabile refused to leave the position and maintained that he was still legitimately leading the club’s administration. Romeu Tuma Junior, president of the DC, also did not recognize the alleged change in the body’s leadership. Without institutional backing, Augusto Melo’s attempted return failed, but it triggered a series of disciplinary proceedings against those who took part in the action.

The investigations conducted by the Ethics Committee were based, among other elements, on footage captured by the social club’s surveillance cameras, which identified the participation of councilors and members in the events of that day.

Moment of political instability

This Monday’s vote takes place amid one of the most turbulent periods in Corinthians politics in recent years. In just one week, the club’s three most recent former presidents left Corinthians’ membership roster. Augusto Melo and Andrés Sanchez were removed by decision of the Deliberative Council, while Duilio Monteiro Alves resigned his membership before his disciplinary case could be reviewed by the club’s internal bodies.

The atmosphere of institutional tension also involves the current administration. Recently, members and councilors filed two impeachment requests against president Osmar Stabile over alleged administrative irregularities. In addition, vice president Armando Mendonça, who was criminally charged by the Public Prosecutor’s Office in the case involving Nike sports equipment, is also the target of a request for immediate precautionary removal.

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