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Internally considered by opposition groups as a potential candidate for the position of vice president of São Paulo Futebol Clube, council member Carlos Sadi has become the center of a political crisis at the club. During an interview broadcast live on the São Paulo Digital channel on August 26, the official made elitist and prejudiced remarks, triggering negative reactions behind the scenes at Morumbi and putting his possible candidacy at risk.

Remarks about social profile and council members

During the broadcast, Sadi criticized the change in the structure and profile of those involved in São Paulo’s politics, linking the club to an elitist view of the institution.

“São Paulo has lost its glamour. ‘Oh, but are you nostalgic?’ No. I’m not nostalgic. If I didn’t have glamour, I’d support Corinthians and live in Itaquera, sorry. I really am elitist, sorry. I’m not trying to offend anyone, but I was raised in the São Paulo FC of Paulo Planet Buarque, of Francisco de Assis Malta. Now you’ve brought in the lower clergy to work in here, man. Sorry, you married a woman from Paraisópolis and now her whole family is living with you, do you understand?”

In another part of the interview, while commenting on the progress of the statutory reform he supported, the official made derogatory comparisons when referring to the behavior and age of colleagues on the Deliberative Council:

“We have 23 [in the political group], but there are some Methuselahs and I don’t know whether they vote or not. I talk to these guys and they don’t answer, I don’t know whether they voted or not. It’s like those caiçaras who work for me in Guarujá—I don’t know whether they showed up at my house to work or not because they don’t report back.”

Political fallout and apology

The remarks were poorly received among council members and political leaders. Contacted about the matter, coordinators of the blocs that make up the opposition expressed discomfort with the episode, assessing that the fallout harms efforts to put together an electoral ticket.

Asked to comment on the case, Carlos Sadi claimed he had been misunderstood and described the matter as settled:

The official said his intention was to criticize the current administration for diminishing the club’s historical stature. “It was a mistake. I was misunderstood, the world has changed. What I meant was that the people who took over the club did not grasp the history and the size of the club, but I did not express myself well. Matter closed,” he said.

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