Bombshell: Cardinals push to bring São Paulo elections forward | OneFootball

The report made by the portal ‘Globo Esporte‘, stating that two former directors of São Paulo were removed and are being investigated for allegedly illegally selling tickets for Morumbi suites during a show in the first quarter, seems to have been the trigger for central figures in São Paulo's politics to move against Julio Casares remaining as president.

The first move against Casares came early. After the complaint against Douglas Schwartzmann, responsible for the club's youth categories, and Mara Casares, the president's ex-wife and cultural and events director, the opposition bloc of Tricolor issued an official note this Monday (15) requesting the removal of the leader from his position.

The second, more discreet, has been developing throughout the day. Information initially released by journalist Ramoni Artico and confirmed by AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR indicates that measures will be taken at the Board of Directors meeting scheduled for next Wednesday (17).

Cardinals publicly opposed to Casares want immediate removal. Meetings have taken place in this regard, but they hit a wall with Harry Massis Júnior, vice-president, who declared to the group that he is against taking over the presidency. “Bluntly, he said: if Casares leaves, he will also leave,” he stated.

It was then that Olten Ayres de Abreu was called. If Massis does not take over in the event of Casares's removal, he, the president of the Board of Directors, will sit in the club's top chair.

However, Abreu is one of the few allies Casares has left within the club at the end of this year.

The leader of São Paulo's main supervisory body has another solution besides Casares's removal that could please everyone: to bring forward the elections, initially scheduled to take place only at the end of 2026.

At least five sources consulted by AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR this afternoon have shown support for the measure and assure that it will be discussed this Wednesday.

At this moment, leaders of political groups, including the opposition, are debating the issue. The consensus is that the early elections would happen in the first semester, preferably during the break in the Brazilian football calendar for the World Cup. But there is no consensus among the parties on this date.

Casares is on the sidelines of these conversations. The president was at the club this Sunday (14) and, as revealed by ‘UOL‘, discussed the leak of the audios in a closed emergency meeting with directors, such as José Eduardo Martins (communication) and CEO Márcio Carlomagno, mentioned in the complaint.

“Internally, the episode is treated as one of the most delicate institutional crises of the current administration, with significant potential political impact,” says the portal.

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