Incumbents settle it, rule out Massis for re-election | OneFootball

The political factions that make up São Paulo’s governing camp decided, in a meeting held on Wednesday night (30), that the current president, Harry Massis Júnior, will not run for reelection in the vote to be held at the end of the year.

Massis, who had served as vice president on Julio Casares’s ticket and took over the club after the former president’s resignation in January, had expressed a desire to remain in office, but did not receive the necessary backing from the pro-government blocs. The internal assessment is that the current president did not have the ideal political strength to face Marcelinho Portugal Gouvêa, a candidate already firmly established by the opposition (Salve o Tricolor Paulista).

Overview of the Governing Camp’s Names

With Massis leaving the electoral scene, the governing camp’s leaders have stepped up the search for a consensus candidate to be announced by next week:

Vinicius Medeiros (Favorite): Coordinator of the Legião Tricolor group (the club’s second-largest political force), Medeiros—who had previously been considered for the vice presidency in Adilson Alves Martins’s arrangement—has gained significant internal momentum and emerges as the strongest name to lead the Executive.

Alternative Names: Mário Braga and José Edgard Galvão remain in the running in the talks and are being kept as secondary options if there is no full consensus around Medeiros.

Board Slates and Visual Identity

At the same meeting, the pro-government groups defined the pillars of the campaign for the 100 vacant seats on the Deliberative Council:

Name of the Coalition: The allied base heading to the polls in the Council election will run under the name “São Paulo Ahead.”

Visual Identity: It was established that the official branding and campaign materials of the governing camp will use sky blue as their main reference color.

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