FC Porto: security and legal troubles for members facing expulsion 🧐 | OneFootball

The Ordinary General Assembly of FC Porto, scheduled for May 22, includes on its agenda the voting on the appeals filed by Fernando Madureira, Sandra Madureira, Vítor Catão, and Vítor Aleixo (father) against their expulsion as club members, penalties imposed by the Fiscal and Disciplinary Council following the incidents that occurred at the General Assembly on November 13, 2023.

Except for Fernando Madureira, who is detained under Operation Pretoriano, the other defendants may attend the members' meeting.

Given the possibility of tension inside the Dragão Arena, FC Porto has prepared a security setup similar to the one implemented on January 18 of this year – the date of the General Assembly that resulted in the six-month suspensions of Fernando Saul and Manuel Barros, known as Manel do Bombo, as club members. This means there will be no police forces inside the pavilion, and the General Assembly Board will handle security with its own means, although the authorities, namely the PSP, are informed about the event.

The presence of Sandra Madureira, Vítor Catão, and Vítor Aleixo (father) at the General Assembly is due to the current absence of judicial restrictions, not because they have served the one-and-a-half-year ban from sports venues imposed by the São João Novo Court. It is important to clarify this point.

The sentence issued under Operation Pretoriano stipulated that if the case became final within 30 days after the verdict was read, the bans would be enforceable and thus served by the three. However, it was foreseen that if this did not occur, the measures prohibiting entry into sports venues would be suspended – a situation that arose due to the appeals filed by both the defense and the Public Prosecutor's Office, preventing the finalization of the case. Consequently, Sandra Madureira, Vítor Catão, and Vítor Aleixo (father) are, for now, free to enter stadiums and other sports venues; the one-and-a-half-year ban will only be applied when the decision is definitive. In addition to the ongoing appeals in the Court of Appeal, those involved can still challenge the decisions, if unfavorable, at the Supreme Court and, ultimately, at the Constitutional Court.

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