São Paulo FC Councilors File Impeachment Request Against President Julio Casares

Overview

• A formally submitted petition seeks an extraordinary Deliberative Council meeting to debate Casares’s removal, with reports citing 57 to 58 signatures including about 13 from pro-administration groups.
• Council president Olten Ayres has up to 30 days to convene the session, and a two-thirds majority of the 255 councilors would be required for provisional removal before a members’ assembly vote.
• Terra reports that 22 former allies also signed a separate document urging Casares’s ouster, bringing the number of councilors on record for removal to at least 80.
• The push follows ge/Globo Esporte reporting on leaked audio about alleged resale of the Morumbi VIP box 3A for a Shakira concert, after which directors Douglas Schwartzmann and Mara Casares took leave and Mara stepped away from the council.
• The Public Prosecutor’s Office requested a Civil Police inquiry into the scheme, and club rules state vice-president Harry Massis Junior would assume the presidency if Casares is removed until the scheduled 2026 election.