After security concerns, Corinthians council may delay statute vote | OneFootball

By Larissa Beppler and Henrique Vigliotti | Central do Timão Newsroom

The vote on the proposal to reform Corinthians’ bylaws, scheduled for this Wednesday (29) at Parque São Jorge, may be postponed again. According to reporting by Central do Timão, council members approached club president Osmar Stábile and acting president of the Deliberative Council Leonardo Pantaleão to express concern about holding the session on the same day the club is expected to receive a large flow of fans for a Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) playoff game.

Corinthians Basketball will host Unifacisa at 7 p.m. (Brasília time) at Wlamir Marques Gymnasium, located inside the black-and-white club’s social complex, a circumstance that should increase the circulation of members and fans on club premises. Given this context, some council members said they do not feel safe attending the session and voting on the matter under the planned conditions. Because of this, Stábile and Pantaleão spoke in recent hours and began evaluating the possibility of rescheduling the meeting.

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As of the time this story was published, however, the meeting officially remains on schedule. Internally, Pantaleão is analyzing the bylaw-based options and the bureaucratic procedures required for a possible revocation of the notice convening the meeting and the subsequent publication of a new call, a procedure that requires advance notice.

Still according to the reporting, there is a strong possibility that the session will be rescheduled, precisely because of the concern expressed by some council members, a factor that could empty the chamber and compromise the representativeness of the decision.

*Updated at 4 p.m.: After this story was published, Leonardo Pantaleão confirmed to Central do Timão that he decided to keep the vote scheduled for this Wednesday. According to the acting president of the Deliberative Council, there is no other nearby available date to hold the session that will address the club’s bylaw guidelines.

The call for this Wednesday’s session was Pantaleão’s first act at the head of the Deliberative Council. He took over the body on an interim basis after Romeu Tuma Júnior took a leave of absence from the position.

The move came after the courts temporarily suspended the General Assembly previously called by Tuma, who had decided to submit the bylaw reform proposal directly to the members.

With the judicial decision, conduct of the process returned to the Deliberative Council, and Pantaleão chose to put the matter back on the agenda for the council members’ initial consideration, a stage prior to any possible referral for a vote by the membership.

What the reform proposes

Under discussion at the club since February 2024, the bylaw reform proposal seeks to promote structural changes in Corinthians’ governance. Among the main points under debate are compliance with the General Sports Law, administrative modernization, and changes to the electoral system.

One of the central issues is the expansion of the electoral college, with the inclusion of participation mechanisms linked to the Fiel Torcedor program. The change was discussed and unanimously approved in a public hearing, but was later questioned by some council members.

Initially scheduled for March, the vote faced internal resistance and successive political objections, and was ultimately interrupted by a court decision in April, which intensified the dispute between internal club groups and the Deliberative Council.

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