Corinthians council chaos ends session, statute reform to Assembly | OneFootball

The meeting of the Corinthians Deliberative Council intended for voting on the Statute reform ended in turmoil at Parque São Jorge on Monday night (9), and was adjourned by the president of the body without the proposals being analyzed. As a result, the text will go directly to the club's General Assembly of members.

Romeu Tuma Júnior opened the session by giving the floor to president Osmar Stabile, who began a series of accusations against the president of the Council. The Corinthians president claimed there was “aggressive interference” in the management by Tuma, citing the sending of dozens of weekly official letters and alleged deliberate leaks to the press.

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“I’m going to bring up a difficult situation, but I have to bring it to the Council, instead of taking it to the press. We have been going through a tough situation in the administration due to constant interference from the president of the Deliberative Council. He tries, at every moment, to interfere in the management,” said Stabile.

The president also claimed to have been the target of a direct threat from Tuma during a dinner last Friday. According to him, the official allegedly said: “Either you do what I want, or I’m going to f*** you.”

Pedro Luis Soares, who currently holds the position of Legal Affairs Director at the club, took the podium at Stabile’s invitation to report to the councilors his version of the episode, aligning himself with Osmar’s account. According to him, the incident took place during an informal dinner at Parque São Jorge.

Tuma then accused the current management of having rehired Aldair Borges, a security guard mentioned in statements given to the Civil Police for allegedly allowing fans to invade Parque São Jorge in January 2025, as reported by UOL this Monday. At the time, there was great turmoil after the suspension of the Council meeting that was to vote on the impeachment of then-president Augusto Melo. The president of the Deliberative Council added that he would take the case to the press if Stabile did not take any action.

“I cannot manage Corinthians with people treating me this way. It’s very regrettable. I have a witness here, besides other interferences. Besides that, I have these documents constantly sent, every week, requesting information about the decisions I’m making. I make decisions in the best way for Corinthians. I want to say the following: the interference is constant,” reiterated Stabile.

“The one who manages Corinthians is the president. You [Tuma] don’t have to know everything that happens. I do not accept this interference, having to always respond to 30, 40, 50 points. I can’t accept this, folks. We are running Corinthians the best way we can, with the support of all of you, and I can’t accept this kind of interference,” the president continued.

“He got involved with the Public Prosecutor’s Office. The Public Prosecutor’s Office itself said that the one who manages Corinthians is president Osmar Stabile, and not you, president of the Deliberative Council. The Public Prosecutor’s Office itself said this. I can’t accept it. The president of the Council wants to manage Corinthians. We will not accept it. I can’t accept it and I don’t accept it,” concluded the president, to applause in the plenary.

Romeu Tuma Júnior classified Stabile’s accounts as “fables” and “inventions,” stating that his actions are limited to rigorous oversight in the face of serious problems at the club.

After Osmar Stabile’s speech, Tuma was questioned by some councilors, including Hailton do Santos Cunha, Rubens Gomes, Alexandre Husni, and Jorge Kalil, who also made accusations against the president of the Council. Faced with the general confusion in the plenary, the official decided to end the meeting.

Tuma closed the session by stating that he would invoke article 45 of the current Corinthians Statute and forward the text of the reform directly to the General Assembly for a vote by the members.

The debate around the statutory reform intensified last week after a statement from the Corinthians Guidance Council (CORI). The body recommended that the Deliberative Council hold a partial vote on the project, prioritizing only the most urgent topics and using the current statute as a basis. The recommendation provoked immediate reactions from different sectors of the club, including collectives such as Voz Corinthiana, which attributed the recommendation to the fact that Tuma had agreed to hold an open and nominal vote in the Council.

What Article 45 of the Statute Says

Article 45 of the Corinthians Statute deals with the situations in which the General Assembly of members must meet and the powers it may exercise at these meetings. It establishes two types of convocation: ordinary and extraordinary.

Section II provides that the General Assembly may be convened extraordinarily, at any time, to approve changes to the Statute, provided that the Deliberative Council has previously recognized the need for the change. This condition was met at a meeting held on November 24, 2025, when the Deliberative Council unanimously approved the need for statutory amendment.

There is no provision in the Statute that requires the Deliberative Council to previously approve the text of the reform before it is considered by the General Assembly. Thus, it is up to the president of the Deliberative Council to call the General Assembly in the coming days, respecting the statutory notice period, so that the members can deliberate on the reform proposal.

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