Corinthians board hit by infighting as statute amendments filed

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·14 novembre 2025

Corinthians board hit by infighting as statute amendments filed

By Daniel Keppler / Central do Timão Editorial Team

The backstage of Parque São Jorge remains active around the reform of the social statute, whose draft was presented on October 27 by Romeu Tuma Júnior and Leonardo Pantaleão, respectively president and vice president of the Deliberative Council (CD), along with Dalton Gioia, president of the Corinthians statutory reform committee, at an event in Parque São Jorge.

On the occasion, Tuma hinted at the possibility of the text being adjusted through amendments to the plenary proposed by councilors – something that the Central do Timão detailed later. Since then, such adjustments have been made, with the CD president receiving representatives of slates and independent councilors interested in offering amendments.

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The editorial team found that, in recent weeks, the draft received some amendment proposals, including from councilors who are currently not linked to any slate. Parque São Jorge has been a place for studying the draft so that suggestions are suitable for the text and thus ready to be appreciated.

One of the councilors already heard in this process is Ubiratan Mendonça Júnior. He told the Central do Timão that he found no difficulties in formulating and presenting his suggestions to the CD, proposing amendments to the draft to create a Medical Directorate, responsible for managing occurrences and institutional representation in area matters, in addition to the establishment of a Transparency Committee, limiting the number of advisors per directorate, and creating a mechanism to protect club employees who are also members from political harassment in their work routine.

Furthermore, there is an expectation that the reform committee itself, as well as the Corinthians legal department and the Fiscal Council (CF), will collaborate with opinions, pointing out possible inconsistencies in the text, as many items were included and have connections with sections preserved from the document currently in force, whose wording dates from 2008 (with a mini-reform in 2022 that only changed some points related to tax issues).

On another front, finally, the CD opened a communication channel to receive amendment suggestions from fans, through the email estatuto@sccorinthians.com.br. The proposals sent must, necessarily, be based on applicable Brazilian legislation, point out any Portuguese, writing, or referral errors, identify inconsistencies or internal contradictions in the statutory text, or present general improvement suggestions.

Collectives also mobilize

Collectives of members and fans are also mobilizing to offer contributions. One of them is the Coletivo Família Corinthians, which maintains a legal team and is studying the draft to develop amendment suggestions. The Central do Timão found that the group will support initiatives around open voting on the project's voting by the CD and also regarding the prohibition of appointing a councilor's family member in the club.

Additionally, some proposals are expected to be presented to alter points of the draft, such as the extinction of lifetime councilors (or at least the prohibition of appointing new members), the end of ex-officio members in the Advisory Council (CORI), granting voting rights to Fiel Torcedor members in good standing for six years, reducing the monthly amount required for new members to acquire this right, as well as changes in the eligibility rules for the position of president and for councilors who were part of previous directorates.

The Coletivo Voz Corinthiana, which over the past few months gathered more than 1000 contributions from fans around a reform proposal, partially accepted by the club's statutory reform committee, is also conducting an analysis of the draft to propose plenary amendment suggestions.

Among the suggestions to be presented are adjustments in the approval process of a possible SAF, such as eliminating the requirement that the association maintains 51% control of the company, replacing it with management participation countermeasures and the right for football members to express opinions in decisions of the future society. Also included among the proposals are reducing to three years the period required to acquire voting rights, adjustments in the executive board election system, the end of ex-officio members of CORI, and reducing the number of lifetime councilors to 50, preserving the mandate of current members.

Internal controversies and next steps

This Thursday (13), there will be a new round of meetings between councilors to submit amendment suggestions to the reform draft. The expectation is that this process will continue until before the CD meeting, convened for the next 24th to vote on the amendments and the final text of the proposal.

The Central do Timão found that, although the mobilization around the proposal debate is significant, there are political currents in Parque São Jorge working in opposition to the draft. The main points of disagreement concern the requirement for open voting at the meeting on the 24th and the measures proposed in the document to prohibit relatives of directors from being club employees – including athletes.

Other groups, still, protest against an alleged rush by the CD to vote on the draft, with the vote being scheduled about a month after the document's presentation. According to these factions, more time would be needed to finalize the text to be appreciated by the councilors, in addition to submitting it to an opinion from the Advisory Council (CORI) – there are threats of judicialization of the meeting's convening on the 24th, as reported by the Central do Timão.

The interpretation of the draft's defenders, however, is that CORI would not have statutory authority to issue an opinion on the text. According to this interpretation, the body would only participate in its construction through alteration suggestions, as established by letter “M” of article 97 of the current statute:

“Art. 97- It is the responsibility of CORI:(…)M – Propose to the CD, with the respective indications, any alteration of this Statute”

Additionally, sources heard by the report recall that the installation of the Statute Reform Committee occurred in February 2024, after unanimous approval by the councilors, including those who now protest against the reform process. The argument is that the stages through which the text would pass until approval were known in advance for several months, not having been questioned once until now.

Another point of discussion, finally, concerns the General Assembly convened by Tuma for the next December 20. Opponents of the draft argue that the convening would be illegal, as the text has not yet been appreciated by the Deliberative Council. In response, supporters remind that the convening includes a condition, stating that the meeting of Parque São Jorge members will only occur if a new statute is approved by the councilors on November 24.

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