São Paulo advisory board stands against impeachment of Julio Casares | OneFootball

By Marcelo Baseggio

In a meeting on Tuesday afternoon, the Advisory Council of São Paulo reviewed the impeachment request of President Julio Casares and, by a large majority, opposed the removal of the leader following the series of scandals revealed in recent days. The meeting lasted about two and a half hours.

Nine of the 12 members of São Paulo's Advisory Council, composed of former presidents, attended the meeting. The potential impeachment of Casares was rejected by eight votes to one. The current tricolor president, a member of the Council, also attended the meeting and defended himself against the recent accusations.

Only José Carlos Ferreira Alves was in favor of the impeachment of Julio Casares, while the other members were against it. The opinion of São Paulo's Advisory Council is merely advisory and does not directly interfere with the impeachment process, which still needs to be followed by the Deliberative Council. However, the debate may influence the votes of the council members.

In a statement, São Paulo's Advisory Council based its decision on the lack of material evidence against President Julio Casares, who claimed innocence. “From a strictly legal standpoint, there is no material evidence to justify a favorable opinion for presidential impeachment,” says a part of the document.

The process of Casares' removal will still be analyzed by São Paulo's Deliberative Council. For the impeachment to proceed, at least 171 favorable votes from council members are needed. It is worth noting that the voting date has not yet been set.

Fans Hostile to Casares

Two fans who were in front of the building where the meeting was held protested against Casares. The São Paulo supporters carried a banner with the words “criminal management” and harassed the tricolor president's car as he left the location.

Earlier on Tuesday, the main organized fan groups of São Paulo spoke out for the first time with strong statements and demanded Casares' resignation.

Read the full statement from São Paulo's Advisory Council:

“The Advisory Council of SPFC, after examining the “impeachment” request of the Club's President submitted by the Deliberative Council and signed by 57 council members and two UOL reports, after hearing President Júlio Casares, decided by majority vote that:

1 – The accusations lack material evidence, specifically against the President, who claimed innocence.

2 – The General Secretary of the Council, in his book “Impeachment in the 1988 Constitution” – Cejup Edition – Beiem do Pará – 1992) showed through the use of this institute in Brazil and abroad, that the decision of the Collegiate (parliament), when using it, has an initial legal basis, but its final decision is political, that is, whether the accused person has the conditions or not to continue leading the Country, the provincial or municipal federative unit under their leadership.

3 – Despite the seriousness of the moment, in the absence of material evidence or behavior that has not already been habitually used in the Club's management, it is understood that, from a strictly legal standpoint, there are no material evidence elements to justify a favorable opinion for presidential impeachment“.

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