Augusto Melo ally bids for Corinthians vice-president role | OneFootball

The election for the vice-presidency of the Deliberative Council (CD) of Corinthians has a new candidate. An ally of the ousted president Augusto Melo, Peterson Ruan Aitello Do Couto Ramos has registered and will be one of the three contenders in the electoral race.

Corinthians confirmed the candidates who will run for the position this Friday. As anticipated by Gazeta Esportiva, besides Peterson, Leonardo Pantaleão, the club's Superintendent of Legal Affairs, and Rodrigo Vicente Bittar, a counselor and member of the Ethics Committee, will also contest the election.

Renato Ramires, a member of the slate 11 (Faithful Musketeers) who had his name announced by the political group, was dissuaded from participating in the election. As also revealed by the report, allies of Osmar Stabile tried to convince Renato to withdraw his candidacy – and they succeeded.

Peterson Ruan is a counselor at Corinthians and a strong ally of Augusto Melo, who was impeached on August 9. He even filed several lawsuits to help the ousted leader regain power in the club, but was defeated in almost all attempts.

A recent example was the petition, signed by Peterson and other allied counselors of Augusto, filed against the president of the Deliberative Council, Romeu Tuma Júnior, the current interim president of the club, Osmar Stabile, and against Corinthians itself. The legal defeat came on June 11.

More recently, in late July, Peterson filed a new request to try to overturn Augusto Melo's impeachment, which was approved at the time only by the Council, but saw the request denied by the 1st Chamber of Private Law of the São Paulo Court of Justice.

The election is scheduled for next Monday at Parque São Jorge. Besides defining the new vice of the CD, the meeting will also choose the club president until the end of 2026, when Augusto Melo's term, who was removed from office, would end.

FUNCTIONS OF THE CD VICE

The candidate elected as vice of the Deliberative Council will consequently become the president of the Ethics Committee.

The person who assumes the role will be responsible for leading investigations and suggesting consequences regarding the cases on the Ethics Committee's table. Currently, there are about 26 cases under investigation by the body, including the expenses of former president Andrés Sanchez with the club's corporate card and requests for the expulsion of the ousted president Augusto Melo.

The case of the receipts and invoices of alleged personal expenses during Duilio Monteiro Alves' administration, which, for now, have not yet been sent to Ethics, can also be investigated if the body receives requests for such.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

Corinthians also confirmed, through an official note, who the three candidates for the club's presidency for the interim term will be. The winner of the election will assume the position until the end of 2026, when Augusto Melo's term, who was removed from office, would end.

Officially running for the presidency of Corinthians are: Osmar Stabile, the current interim president; Antônio Roque Citadini, a counselor who has already been vice-president and football director of the club; and the counselor André Castro, who promises a $1 billion investment (about R$ 5.3 billion).

The registration deadline ended at 5 PM (Brasília time) this Friday.

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