Tuma eyes Corinthians statute reform finished by year-end | OneFootball

The reform of the Corinthians statute continues to be debated. The President of the club's Deliberative Council, Romeu Tuma Júnior, detailed in a press conference on Monday, the council's schedule for the continuation of the Timão's statutory reform schedule.

In a recent press conference, Tuma had already stated that he would continue the debate on the reform of the statute after the General Assembly of Members, which decided on the definitive dismissal of now former president Augusto Melo. On Monday, he reaffirmed his statement and discussed the next steps.

"The reform committee will complete its work in September and present the preliminary project to me and the presidency of the Council. In October, we will proceed according to the initial project. We will have a month for all analyses to be made and a broader debate with some groups, leaders, collectives we have out there, including to establish voting methods. We have some proposals, for example: vote of the loyal fan, individual election of councilors or in slates, the issue of the use of corporate card - which has never been regulated -, the issue of regulation of relatives of councilors both for professional performance and at the base and as club employees, a question of regulation of fans with the club", said the director.

"[There are] some issues that can be entrenched clauses in the statute, so that we don't have this problem of each new administration wanting to change the statute on issues that we think are very important. A very deep reform in the administrative issue, some locks in the financial issue. Today, Corinthians raises R$ 1 billion per year, and just in personnel expenses, it revolves around R$ 500 million. This is very high. We need to have a regulation and some of these clauses need to be entrenched", he continued.

As explained by Romeu Tuma Jr., as soon as the text is ready, the Council will deliberate the approval of the new statute so that, subsequently, it can be voted on in a General Assembly, with the presence of the associates. If approved, it will come into effect immediately.

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The president of the black and white Deliberative Council wants the statutory reform to be voted on by the members as early as December of this year so that the new statute will take effect at the beginning of 2026.

"We need to have a regulation so that these clauses do not keep changing with each administration, because if not we will be spinning our wheels. These are clauses that we will have to build politically. We will have to establish a rule for this vote, and this work will be done in the month of October. We will coordinate this work so that we already have a direction given, and that this vote takes place in November in the plenary of the Council, and in December we hope to conclude this reform with a vote in the General Assembly of the Associates", Tuma projected.

The preliminary project for the statutory reform has already been duly completed. Throughout last year, there were a series of public hearings and meetings with all the club's slates and with fans from all the organized groups, including the Gaviões da Fiel. Everyone presented proposals that were contemplated by the Deliberative Council for the elaboration of the new statute, which is in an advanced stage.

"This reform was completed in August of last year, but we could not proceed for known reasons. But there was a positive side. Several problems arose that had not been thought of, and they ended up alerting us that they also need to be taken care of in an effective way. We hope that in 2026 we will have a reformed statute, which will already be valid for the next elections and administrations", he concluded.

WILL THE LOYAL FAN BE ABLE TO VOTE?

The right to vote for club members is one of the main agendas of the Corinthians' statutory reform. It was, indeed, the proposal presented by the Gaviões da Fiel to the president of the Deliberative Council, Romeu Tuma Júnior.

The request was met in the preliminary project, but some points still need to be discussed. The councilors discuss whether they will create a new plan for the Loyal Fan program or establish rules to define which member-fan will have the right to participate in the elections. Such as, from what age a member can vote, how many years of compliance to have the right, among other criteria.

Tuma, however, dodged when he was directly questioned about the matter. The president of the Deliberative Council stated that, in his understanding, the fan already participates "actively" in the club's political life.

"I think that in one way or another, the fan already participates in our political life. An example is our reform, all the time, meeting with the fans, we held a public hearing. Two things that are sometimes overlooked: organized fans and fans in general. There are 200, 300 thousand people in organized groups. The Corinthians fan, in general, are 30 million. We have a collective that has helped in the reform, that has contributed with conversations, developing a project, even though this phase has already passed", he said.

"In this October movement, we will build some adjustments. They are just fans, some are not even members. We receive messages, we have collected all the proposals. We have welcomed and sent to the committee, or saved for this moment, because they are interesting things. We have formed groups outside the club, members who are studying. Corporate governance model with operational tripod, booklets, credit card usage policy. Statutorily they are not called to vote, but they actively participate in the club's political life. There will be proposals, we will try to take them to vote, but who will decide are the associates in general. We are going to create a female quota for councilors, we have a very small representation of councilors. Loyal fan, we will take it to vote. It was a commitment of mine. We are already living a moment that is necessary", concluded the CD president.

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