With banners, fans to protest at Olten's home over his ‘board win’ | OneFootball

The supporters’ collective known as ‘Bonde dos Brabos’ held a protest on Wednesday morning (3) in front of the building where São Paulo’s Deliberative Council president, Olten Ayres de Abreu, lives.

The reason for the demonstration is obvious: the election within the body that ultimately confirmed Olten’s stay as president by 120 votes to 118, rejecting the Ethics Committee’s recommendation that he be temporarily removed from the position for 120 days.

According to the ‘Arquibancada Tricolor’ outlet, the supporters “displayed banners with strong criticism” of Olten. Among the messages shown were phrases such as “criminal management” and “the omission will be remembered, the traitors will be held accountable.”

Also according to the outlet, the building’s security called the Military Police to remove the supporters from the site, at the request of bothered residents.

A splinter group from Independente, the Tricolor’s biggest organized supporters’ group, ‘Bonde dos Brabos’ has been gaining notoriety for protesting against the Morumbi club’s management. They were present, for example, at meetings that culminated in former president Julio Casares’s resignation. And in May they went to the entrance of the Barra Funda training center to protest football executive Rui Costa after the defeat in the derby against rivals Corinthians.

THE CONTROVERSIAL VOTE

São Paulo’s Deliberative Council rejected, by 120 votes to 118, the extension for another four months of Olten Ayres de Abreu Júnior’s temporary removal from the presidency of the body.

The razor-thin margin did not prevent the decision from having a negative impact on social media, where supporters reacted with heavy criticism of Olten, the Council, and the opposition, whose members were decisive in blocking the measure.

With the result, the official returns to the position after nearly three weeks away.

Olten had voluntarily stepped aside on May 14, after an agreement with the Council’s vice president, João Farias Júnior, and the ethics committee chairman, Antônio Maria Patiño Zorz, to guarantee time for the presentation of his defense.

After analyzing the case, the committee recommended preventive removal until the end of the investigation, but the proposal has now been overturned by the council members.

The vote, however, does not amount to an acquittal. The reckless management case is still ongoing in the ethics committee, which may recommend Olten’s expulsion from São Paulo’s membership rolls, the most severe internal punishment available.

The Council is also expected to examine a permanent suspension in the future, though no date has yet been set.

The complaint against Olten was filed in April by club president Harry Massis Júnior, based on an accusation of reckless management during the processing of a proposed bylaws reform.

The project, originally presented by former president Júlio Casares in December, provided for a reduction of the qualified quorum for structural decisions, such as transforming the club into a SAF. The legislative committee issued an unfavorable opinion in April, but before that, Olten had created a new committee to deal with broader changes to the bylaws.

For Massis, the move represented a breach of the bylaws by reopening an issue that had already been rejected. The crisis picked up new chapters throughout the process. In the middle of it, Olten even removed the members of the ethics committee who were conducting the investigation, but the decision was annulled by Farias, and the members returned to their posts.

On May 7, the Civil Police opened an investigation into alleged false statements related to an opinion issued by the club’s Advisory Council, broadening the scope of the investigations involving the official.

It is still not clear what Olten’s next steps will be, but it is possible that his return will lead the legislative committee to resume work on the bylaws reform, which has been on hold by Massis since early May. It is also unknown whether he will again seek to remove the ethics committee.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.