Dragões da Real backs Pinotti in manifesto, calls on São Paulo council | OneFootball

One of São Paulo’s main organized supporter groups, Dragões da Real, released a manifesto this Wednesday (15) in support of council members Vinícius Pinotti and Fábio Mariz.

The letter comes after Olten Ayres de Abreu, president of São Paulo’s Deliberative Council, scheduled for next Thursday the 23rd the start of the review and vote on the Ethics Committee’s opinion, which could suspend both of them for one year.

The Council’s decision will determine whether Pinotti and Mariz will be punished or acquitted in the case involving the leak of an audio recording that triggered the VIP Box Scandal. The initial complaint was sent to the Ethics Committee by Douglas Schwartzmann, a former director and former council member expelled from the club for his role in the case, after he secretly negotiated a space at Morumbi for a concert by Colombian singer Shakira in February last year.

“The actions of council members Vinícius Pinotti and Fábio Mariz de Oliveira, in obtaining audio recordings that revealed improper conduct by former council members Mara Casares and Douglas Schwartzmann, represented a decisive step toward the necessary punishments,” the text says.

“Vinicius and Fabio worked for the good of the club, exercised their rights as São Paulo citizens, and represented its more than 22 million supporters,” it adds.

In the Ethics Committee’s final opinion, signed by rapporteur Antonio Patiño Zorz and backed by other committee members, the body found in favor of the disciplinary complaint. The decision states that there was a violation of institutional duties and damage to the club’s image stemming from the way the audio recordings were obtained and disclosed.

“We at Dragões da Real express our support for Vinícius Pinotti and Fábio Mariz de Oliveira for not withholding evidence in the need to clarify the truth, for the good of SPFC,” the text says.

“We stress that all support expressed here is based exclusively on facts related to the club, with no connection whatsoever to political positions or endorsements,” it adds.

According to the final report, the council members were found to have acted in coordination with third parties to obtain material involving the so-called “VIP box case,” in addition to discussing strategies for selectively disclosing the content to the press. The committee understood that the conduct went beyond the limits of a legitimate complaint and caused institutional harm to São Paulo.

“More than just support, we urge SPFC council members to REJECT, on April 23, the opinion of the Deliberative Council’s Ethics Committee that recommends the suspension of the aforementioned council members. Stay strong, Vinicius and Fábio!”

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