Romeu Tuma Júnior hits back at Cori, backs full vote on Corinthians statute reform | OneFootball

Romeu Tuma Júnior, president of Corinthians’ Conselho Deliberativo, hit back at the Conselho de Orientação over its challenge to a full vote on statute reform. According to Meu Timao, his response was issued on Friday.

He said the Cori paper was drafted without the Deliberative Council’s participation and criticised its timing. He added the memo leaked to the press before formal receipt, prompting him to publish his reply.

Cori proposed keeping the 2008 statute and debating only a handful of priorities, a line set at a meeting Tuma said he was not invited to.

He argued the reform was built over two years with public hearings, embeds modern governance and aligns Corinthians with the Lei Geral do Esporte and CBF financial fair play.

Tuma said the window for new submissions had shut and that Cori knew the timetable, calling late attempts to change course a lapse of memory or a late move. He also questioned why only six topics were prioritised, citing Fiel Torcedor voting and female representation among them.

He added he would not heed requests from any specific group to alter the vote, and said resistance to Fiel Torcedor voting came from other councillors, not from him.

Tuma requested Cori’s minutes, attendance and audio for transparency after the memo’s circulation. The reform has mobilised fans after a November 2025 postponement, Gaviões da Fiel have called a protest at Parque São Jorge, while Voz Corinthiana criticised Cori, calling the leak strategic on the day Jesse Lingard was unveiled.

Source: Meu Timao