This Tuesday (30), the Court of Rio reestablished the effects of the court decision that determined the holding of new elections for the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). By two votes to one, the 19th Civil Chamber of the Court of Justice was favorable to the appeal for an internal appeal filed by the Public Ministry of Rio Janeiro (MPRJ). The public civil action, filed by the MPRJ in 2017, demonstrated that the entity disrespected Law 9,615 (Pelé Law), by holding a meeting for statutory reform, on March 23, 2017, without respecting the mandatory call of representatives of the clubs of the series A and B of the Brazilian Football Championship.
Effectively, the changes that modified the entity's electoral rules are null and void. With that, according to the Justice, a new meeting should be held, within a period of 30 days, to discuss these matters. In addition to the 27 federations, the member clubs of the Electoral College will have to be called: those of the first division, pursuant to Article 22, Paragraph 4, I and II, of the 2015 Statute, which was in force at the time - the inclusion of those from second division occurred precisely because of the electoral change that took place in March 2017.
Maneuver
For the MPRJ, the CBF carried out a maneuver to approve the new statute, providing for different criteria for valuing votes that prevent clubs from constituting a majority in elections. According to the action, in the deliberative assembly the clubs of the second division gained voting power (weight 1). However, a clause came to define that in general assemblies of an electoral nature, each vote of the member federations has a weight of three. The votes of clubs in the first division now have weight two. Before, they all had weight one.
According to the action, with the inclusion of Serie B teams, adapting, finally, the CBF Statute to the precepts of the Pelé Law, for the first time, football clubs could achieve a majority of votes, against federations and , thus, increase participation in sport management. If the changes in the value of votes had not been adopted, the 20 clubs in the first division, added to the 20 in the second division, would reach a total of 40 votes. Meanwhile, the federations would remain with 27.
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