Outraged: Diego Fernandes attacks opposition leader over help to Olten | OneFootball

Businessman and prospective investor in São Paulo, Diego Fernandes, once again publicly showed his dissatisfaction with the club’s politics.

The day after the Deliberative Council vote that kept Olten Ayres de Abreu as president of the body, the target of the tricolors’ most beloved playboy was Tricolor’s opposition.

Fernandes, who had already posted venting against the result of the vote, attacked one of the opposition’s leaders. In a video by Caio Forjaz explaining the reasons (see below), he strongly vented and made accusations against the group opposed to Julio Casares’ management.

“No way would there be a SAF with you! I sat at the table with you and your group at Paulistano. I remember how I was received by you, including people from your group who, when I asked for a confidential meeting, were the first to leak our meeting to Casares. Did you get your position?” he asked.

“You and your group of councilors are a disgrace to us São Paulo supporters,” he declared.

The post was deleted by Fernandes, but in response to a post about the matter made by a blog, Forjaz replied. “I regret the opportunism,” he summed up.

THE CONTROVERSIAL VOTE

São Paulo’s Deliberative Council rejected, by 120 votes to 118, the extension by another four months of the preventive suspension of Olten Ayres de Abreu Júnior from the presidency of the body.

The razor-thin margin did not stop the decision from sparking a negative reaction on social media, where fans responded with heavy criticism of Olten, the Council, and the opposition, whose members were decisive in blocking the measure.

With the result, the official returns to the position after nearly three weeks away.

Olten had voluntarily stepped aside on May 14, after an agreement with the vice president of the Council, João Farias Júnior, and the president of the ethics committee, Antônio Maria Patiño Zorz, to ensure time for the presentation of his defense.

After analyzing the case, the committee recommended preventive suspension until the end of the investigation, but the proposal has now been struck down by the councilors.

The vote, however, does not represent an acquittal. The reckless management case is still under way in the ethics committee, which may recommend Olten’s expulsion from São Paulo’s membership rolls, the most severe internal punishment.

The Council is also expected to analyze a definitive suspension in the future, though no date has been set.

The complaint against Olten was filed in April by club president Harry Massis Júnior, based on an accusation of reckless management during the processing of a proposed statutory reform.

The project, originally presented by former president Júlio Casares in December, provided for a reduction in the qualified quorum for structural decisions, such as turning the club into a SAF. The legislative committee issued an opinion against it in April, but before that, Olten had created a new committee to deal with broader changes to the bylaws.

For Massis, the measure represented a statutory violation by reopening an issue that had already been rejected. The crisis picked up new chapters throughout the process. In the midst of it, Olten even removed the members of the ethics committee who were conducting the investigation, but the decision was overturned by Farias, and the members returned to their posts.

On May 7, the Civil Police opened an investigation into alleged false representation related to an opinion from the club’s Advisory Council, broadening the scope of the investigations involving the official.

It is still not clear what Olten’s next steps will be, but it is possible that his return will lead the legislative committee to resume work on the statutory reform, which has been stalled by Massis since early May. It is also unknown whether he will again try to remove the ethics committee.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.