Corinthians' statute reform vote suspended | OneFootball

The vote on the draft statute reform of Corinthians, which was scheduled to take place this Monday at Parque São Jorge during a meeting of the Deliberative Council, has been suspended.

The plenary unanimously voted that the club needs a change in its constitution. However, members of the DC argued that more time is needed to discuss some terms of the project.

According to Gazeta Esportiva, Jorge Kalil, Vinicius Cascone, Paulo Pedro, and Felipe Ezabella were among those who requested, through motions signed by other council members, that the debate be expanded. Thus, the Council decided to postpone the vote and set a new schedule.

Ten public hearings have been scheduled to discuss the topics of the project. At the end of this process, the new statute will be voted on by the DC in February 2026 and, subsequently, will go to the General Assembly of members. Therefore, the process is expected to be concluded only in March of next year.

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See Corinthians' statement:

“The Presidency of the Deliberative Council of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista informs that, on the night of this Monday (24), the DC plenary session hosted discussions about the Statute reform and concluded with the postponement of the vote scheduled for this date, with the planned opening of broader debates on the articles to be voted on by the lifetime and triennial Council members and, subsequently, by the General Assembly of members.

It is worth noting that the Draft Project that was to be put to a vote was prepared based on more than 30 proposals received by the DC from April 2024 to September 2025. After that, numerous contributions were still received from slates, council members, organized supporter groups, club members, and collectives who engaged and presented ideas for modernization and improvements to the Corinthians Statute.

After negotiations between the Statute Reform Commission and council members, the President of the Deliberative Council, Romeu Tuma Júnior, proposed that new debates be held in public hearings starting December 1, maintaining a permanent session with a schedule distributed on the following dates: 12/4, 12/8, 12/16, 1/21, 1/23, 1/26, 1/29, 2/2, and 2/4.

In these sessions, without the mandatory attendance of the entire DC body, the reform proposals will be discussed in pre-determined blocks of thematic agendas. Specialists and external guests may participate to enrich the debate. The registration process and the specific topics for the aforementioned dates will be made available on the official Corinthians website later this week.

The intention is for the statutory reform vote to be held by the Deliberative Council in February 2026. The General Assembly of members, initially scheduled for 12/20/2025, has been canceled and should be held in March 2026 – however, with the guarantee, already approved by the plenary today, that everything decided will be implemented for the next elections and, in the case of the Football Member vote, at the latest for the 2030 election (depending on the amendment approved regarding the duration of future administrations).”

Internal Divergence

This internal divergence had already been brewing behind the scenes at Parque São Jorge for a few weeks. The president of the Corinthians Deliberative Council, Romeu Tuma Júnior, insisted that the DC vote on the new statute by the end of this month.

However, members of Cori (Advisory Council) argued that the vote should be canceled, precisely so that there would be more time to discuss some topics. Romeu Tuma had already publicly expressed his desire to conclude the process by December of this year, but had to give in.

Main Topics

The main topics of the Corinthians statutory reform include:

The Statute Reform Commission has been working on the text since last year. The draft was prepared based on internal debates and suggestions from organized external movements, such as the Gaviões da Fiel themselves, who supported the right to vote for Fiel Torcedor.

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