Pantaleão takes Stabile impeachment bid to Corinthians ethics panel | OneFootball

By Tiago Salazar

Leonardo Pantaleão, acting president of Corinthians’ Deliberative Council following the leave of absence of Romeu Tuma Júnior, forwarded the request for the impeachment of president Osmar Stabile to the club council’s Ethics and Discipline Committee on Wednesday afternoon.

In the order, which Gazeta Esportiva had access to, Pantaleão finds the request admissible based on articles 106 and 107 of the club’s Bylaws. The lawyer understands that the request made by members and councilors earlier on Wednesday meets the formal requirements necessary to open the protocol, since it presents legal grounds for doing so and follows the process provided for in the bylaws.

“On the substantive level, it is also observed that the facts reported were articulated in such a way as to, in theory, correspond to situations contemplated in article 106 of the Bylaws, notably those related to the allegation of potential harm to the association’s assets, the alleged violation of bylaw rules, and the possible characterization of irregular or reckless management acts,” says an excerpt from the text.

Pantaleão, as interim president of the Deliberative Council, authorized the continuation of the process and, in accordance with Article 107 of the club’s Bylaws, forwarded the case to the Ethics Committee.

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Next steps

The Ethics Committee must now conduct the process collectively, following the bylaw procedure “rigorously.” The body will be responsible for determining whether there are grounds for Stabile’s removal and, in the end, issuing an opinion.

President Osmar Stabile will be notified to present his defense “within the period established by the bylaws, as well as in the other subsequent procedural stages, with full observance of the principles of adversarial proceedings and full defense rights.”

The Bylaws establish a period of five days for Osmar Stabile to be informed of the case, in addition to another ten days, counted from receipt of the notice, to present his defense to the Ethics Committee.

After the collective decision and the opinion is sent to the Deliberative Council, the process will be up to Pantaleão, who will analyze the document and decide whether or not to place the case on the agenda for deliberation in the council’s plenary session.

The opinion of the Ethics and Discipline Committee, it is worth noting, is merely advisory. In this regard, the councilors are not obliged to accept the body’s suggestion and are entitled to cast dissenting votes.

If the Council approves Stabile’s possible removal, it will then be up to the members to decide whether or not to ratify the decision at the General Assembly of Members.

Understand the case

A group of Corinthians members and councilors filed a request with the Deliberative Council earlier on Wednesday seeking the impeachment of president Osmar Stabile. The initiative also asks that the executive be placed on preventive leave while the facts pointed out in the document are analyzed by the internal bodies.

According to the authors of the request, the board allegedly committed violations of Corinthians’ Bylaws and current sports legislation. The text filed with the Deliberative Council argues that decisions made by the club’s top leadership would put the club’s assets and institutional credibility at risk.

The central point of the challenge involves an agreement formalized at the beginning of 2026 between Corinthians and the Office of the Attorney General of the National Treasury (PGFN). The negotiation aimed to restructure the club’s tax debt to the federal government, estimated at around R$ 1.2 billion.

Also according to the document, the board allegedly offered the set of properties at the club’s social headquarters, Parque São Jorge, as collateral in the agreement with the PGFN. The site is valued at approximately R$ 602 million.

The councilors who signed the request claim that this decision was made without following the procedure required by Corinthians’ Bylaws, which provide for approval by a qualified majority of the Council at a meeting convened specifically for that purpose. In the group’s assessment, the procedure adopted would constitute a serious violation of the internal rules.

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