Corinthians board to choose interim president and vice Monday | OneFootball

This Monday, 25th, Corinthians will hold an extraordinary election to choose the new president of the board, after the impeachment of Augusto Melo. The vote will be indirect, conducted by the Deliberative Council, and the winner will serve a stopgap term until December 2026, when the previous administration would have ended. At the same occasion, the new vice-president of the body will also be elected.

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Who votes and who can run

The vote will be held exclusively by the club's Deliberative Council, made up of lifelong and triennial councilors, totaling 299 voters.

To run for election, the candidate needs to be a lifelong councilor or have been elected at least twice to the Council, in addition to not having definitive criminal convictions in the last eight years. Registrations were closed last Friday, 22.

Candidates

The interim president Osmar Stabile, 1st vice on Augusto Melo's ticket and who took over the position after his removal and subsequent impeachment, will be one of the competitors.

Stabile's main adversary should be lifelong councilor Antonio Roque Citadini, recently retired from the Court of Accounts of the State of São Paulo (TCE) and former vice-president of football for Corinthians between 2001 and 2004, during Alberto Dualib's administration.

Another approved candidacy is that of André Castro, councilor elected by the Preto no Branco ticket, in his second term. He gained notoriety by promising a billion-dollar contribution to the club, if elected, presenting as his main proposal a letter of intent from GSP Banco de Fomento Mercantil LTDA. According to the councilor, the financial institution would be interested in investing up to 1 billion dollars (about R$ 5.4 billion) in the club's coffers.

Location and operation of the election

The councilors will meet at Parque São Jorge, the club's social headquarters, starting at 6 pm, to elect the new president, who will serve a stopgap term until December 2026. If Stabile is confirmed in the position, he will remain as president, with Armando Mendonça as vice. If another candidate wins, Stabile will return to the position of 1st vice-president, while Mendonça will continue as 2nd vice.

Election for vice-president of the Deliberative Council

On the same date, the councilors will also elect the new vice-president of the Deliberative Council, replacing Roberson de Medeiros, who resigned from the position. The dispute is restricted to councilors with a term in the current management of the board. The vice-president of the Council also assumes the presidency of the Ethics Committee, a strategic position in the club's internal politics.

Among the competitors are Rodrigo Bittar, triennial councilor by the 82 ticket and current member of the Ethics Committee, Leonardo Pantaleão, legal superintendent of Corinthians, and Peterson Ruan Aiello do Couto Ramos, ally of Augusto Melo who participated in the attempt to retake the presidency of the former president on May 31 of this year.

The position will be decisive in the coming months, as the Ethics Committee is expected to soon receive the opinion of the Justice Committee on the case of corporate cards, in addition to analyzing other administrative processes resulting from the impeachment of Augusto Melo.

Stay tuned

This Monday's election will not only define the leadership of the board until 2026, but will also shake up the internal political scene, with the choice of the vice-president of the Deliberative Council, a key position for decisions on ethics, oversight, and governance of the club.

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