Court halts meeting on removing Romeu Tuma as Corinthians Council chief | OneFootball

On the afternoon of this Monday (6), the São Paulo courts granted the request of Corinthians Deliberative Council president Romeu Tuma Júnior and ordered the suspension of the effects of the extraordinary meeting of the body held on March 23. Called by club president Osmar Stabile, the session approved Tuma’s removal from the presidency of the Deliberative Council. The information was first reported by ge.globo and confirmed by Central do Timão.

Tuma’s request was based on four possible irregularities in the procedure that resulted in his removal from the presidency of the Deliberative Council. At the time, the Corinthians president called the extraordinary meeting alleging that Tuma had made threats and adopted actions that interfered with the work of the club’s executive board. To support the move, Stabile said he had documentary and testimonial evidence of the conduct attributed to the Council president.

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However, Antônio Manssur Filho, of the 2nd Civil Court of Tatuapé of the São Paulo Court of Justice (TJ-SP), accepted Tuma’s arguments, stating that there were indeed indications of illegality in the internal procedure adopted by the club. The ruling, to which Central do Timão had access, cited the very four points raised by Romeu Tuma, from the way the meeting was called, the failure to open a prior formal disciplinary proceeding, the way the meeting was conducted, as well as the absence of a statutory provision for the precautionary removal of the CD president.

The judge also states in the document that the calling of the meeting, made by the president of the board, did not comply with the procedure set out in Corinthians’ bylaws, since when the request is made by the club president, it must be sent to the board of the Deliberative Council, with the presidency of the body being responsible for calling the meeting within the stipulated period.

In addition, the judge highlights that no disciplinary proceeding was opened in the Ethics Committee (EC) before the measure was applied, something which, as stated in the ruling, violates article 32 of the bylaws, which provides for the right to a full defense and adversarial proceedings, as well as the Civil Code. Antônio Mansur also details doubts in the decision regarding how the meeting was conducted.

According to Romeu Tuma’s defense, it was closed by Maria Ângela de Sousa Ocampos, then first secretary of the CD, but was then reopened by the second secretary of the Deliberative Council (Denis Piovesan), something not provided for in the bylaws. Another justification given concerns the absence, in the bylaws, of any provision for the precautionary removal of the CD president by the plenary, which makes the validity of the meeting questionable.

Finally, in the annulment action, Romeu Tuma Júnior had requested the suspension, as an urgent protective measure, of the effects of the extraordinary meeting. After an initial analysis, the courts accepted the arguments presented by the CD president, who took a leave of absence from the position but has already returned to lead the body.

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