Corinthians lifetime members push to limit amendments in statute reform

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·15 de noviembre de 2025

Corinthians lifetime members push to limit amendments in statute reform

By Daniel Keppler / Central do Timão Editorial Team

The reform of Corinthians' bylaws continues to be the subject of debate at Parque São Jorge. The draft text produced by the responsible committee was presented on October 27 and has since received proposals for corrections from the committee itself and the club's legal department, as well as requests for changes to articles through amendments suggested by council members, associates, and fans.

But while this work is underway, aiming for the vote on the amendments and the final project text in the Deliberative Council (CD) on the 24th, a political faction within the club is working to ensure that the conclusion of the statutory reform is, in practice, quite different from what is outlined in the schedule presented in September by CD president Romeu Tuma Júnior.

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Central do Timão has learned that Corinthians' lifetime council members are orchestrating a movement to render the draft text presented in October unfeasible, replacing it with an alternative method for reforming the current bylaws.

According to the proposal, which is being discussed at Parque São Jorge and in internal WhatsApp groups, Corinthians' political groups, including the lifetime members themselves, would select a limited number of items to modify in the current bylaws, with a cap of seven to eight possible changes to the set of Corinthians' rules.

However, the idea has been criticized by political groups within the club. One of the arguments against it is that the current bylaws date back to 2008, with only one change related to tax issues made in 2022. According to those opposed to the lifetime members' idea, the current text is too outdated, including in terms of legislation, requiring more changes than just seven or eight items.

Furthermore, opponents of the idea point out the risk of creating an incoherent text by making "grafted" changes to the bylaws. The argument is that the entire set of articles follows a narrative line, with various points of the document interconnected, so that changing certain items requires a series of other items to also change, so that the text maintains normative consistency.

Finally, the timing of the proposal is also criticized, as it was made one year and nine months after the establishment of the statutory reform committee, which in the meantime produced a draft with ideas coming even from lifetime council members. There are suspicions that the attempt to render the text unfeasible is due to unpopular topics among part of the CD, such as the loss of position upon accepting a role in the board, the prohibition of hiring relatives by the club, and the intention to promote an open vote on the 24th.

Central do Timão has found that a possible outcome for the impasse revolves around producing a final text that, even if using as a starting point the seven or eight changes indicated by this new approach, must also address other issues considered essential, such as the right to vote for Fiel Torcedor members, all necessary legal adjustments (including to the General Sports Law), diversity policies, and the package of rules on compliance, governance, good financial practices, and holding directors accountable for reckless or fraudulent management.

In this arrangement, amendments suggested in the draft that address topics other than those mentioned above would be discussed at a later date, to be integrated (or not) into the newly approved bylaws. Finally, there is still the possibility that such an arrangement will not gain traction among council members—in this case, the tendency is for the vote on the 24th to return to what Tuma proposed in October during the document's presentation, with the draft being divided into topics to be voted on one by one by the council members.

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