São Paulo FC Council Votes Tonight on Impeaching President Julio Casares

Overview

• The council is scheduled to vote this evening, with the threshold set at 75% of the 255 councilors to approve suspension.
• If the council approves impeachment, vice-president Harry Massis Junior would assume the mandate on an interim basis.
• The deliberative council's president, Olten Ayres, would be responsible for convening the members' assembly to confirm or overturn the removal.
• Civil Police are pursuing a criminal inquiry into the club's management, citing roughly R$1.5 million in cash deposits to Casares and probing cash withdrawals from club accounts, with SPFC treated as a victim.
• Audio published by ge alleged profit-sharing from illicit use of a Morumbi suite by directors who then took leave, while Casares's lawyer denies wrongdoing and the club hired forensic experts to document expenses.