Confirmed last weekend the impeachment of the president of Corinthians, the club’s political figures seek to understand the scenario that presents itself. They also try to understand exactly where they are stepping and use the uncertainty about the date of the new election to justify the indefinition in their position.
What is concrete is that Augusto Melo was a president removed from the dismissed president. Although it contested the impediment itself and the corruption accusations that motivated it, it is out. Now, the Deliberative Council must meet to elect a tampon plate, which will direct the association by the end of 2026, when the term of Augusto would end.
The terrain is maid, even with regard to deadlines. The wording of article 108 of the Statute Alvinegro – which deals with the possibility of vacancy of the position of President – has gaps, which offers the Chairman of the Council, Romeu Tuma Júnior, malleability in conducting the calendar.
“I haven’t marked it yet, okay, okay,” said Tuma, asked about the information that the claim – only with votes of the counselors – had been scheduled for August 25.
When it occurs, Osmar Stabile will be one of the candidates. First vice president of Augusto Melo, the businessman was interimly assumed the presidency in May, when the chair holder was dismissed by the Council for 176 votes to 57.
Stabile was a decorative vice or, in his own word, “scanned”. The businessman joined Augusto’s plate in the election, but, in fact, never effectively participated in the management.
Since the removal of Melo-referred to at the General Meeting of the partners, by 1,413 votes at 620-several political groups assume the presidency now for the term of office, amid a serious financial crisis, can make it difficult for the next full term, from 2027 to 2030.
“We expect to mark the new election,” said Antonio Roque Citadini, named as a possible Stabile opponent. “I hope for the definition of the date. Name depends on the electoral assessment.”
Citadini is an illustrative figure in the design of alvinegra politics. In Corinthians, especially in an election restricted to counselors, without the participation of other partners, the concepts of situation and opposition are turbid.
Roque was a candidate for president in 2015 and 2018, with Stabile as deputy on his plate in both attempts. Now it appears as an alternative to Stabile for not agreeing with the election of the president of the prevented president.
Citadini has historically positioned himself against the group entitled Renewal and Transparency, headed by Andrés Sanchez, who commanded Corinthians from 2007 to 2023. Now, the information that Citadini is the candidate of Andrés – like him, was leader during part of the reign of Alberto Dualib, president from 1993 to 2007.
“I’m not talking about Corinthians,” answered Andrés, sought by the report. “Forget me, please.”
Investigated by the Public Prosecution Service for the use of the club’s corporate card for personal spending – he said he was confused and returned $ 15,000 to the Alvinegros coffers – he reacted to his way when asked about the alleged support to Citadini, old opponent. “Are you crazy? I don’t declare support for anyone!”
In this scenario, while friends and not so friends argue the possibilities, Corinthians deals with a debt in their $ 2.5 billion. The team, 13th place in the Brazilian Championship, is prevented from hiring, a punishment from FIFA (International Football Federation) for default. The salaries often have been paid late.
“We got in to get ready, to organize. The financial was disorganized,” said Stabile, who was startled by short -term debt and anticipated funds. “What did we do? We organized.”
He wants to continue this work and has the support of relevant characters from Alvinegra politics, such as Paulo Garcia and Flávio Adauto. Others, such as Sérgio Alvarenga, still evaluate whether they support the interim president or launch their own.
Everyone expects tuma to announce the date of the election.
