The Extraordinary General Meeting (AGE) scheduled for September 19, 2026 could change central rules of Corinthians politics just weeks before the election that will renew the Board and the Deliberative Council. The most visible point is opening the presidential vote to part of Fiel Torcedor, but the agenda is broader: it changes the size and election method of the Council, shortens the membership waiting period, creates the possibility of a runoff, changes rules for the Ethics Council, the Advisory Council and financial statements, and alters how terms assumed because of a vacancy are treated.
The main difference from versions of the reform that circulated since 2025 is that the September AGE was not called to approve the entire preliminary draft. The base text was rejected by the Deliberative Council at the end of April. After that, council members voted on specific proposals. The current notice takes only ten points to the members - points that, according to August coverage, actually advanced in the Council and represent changes from the statute currently in force.
There is also an important caveat: the meeting remains surrounded by a legal dispute. The previous AGE, scheduled for June 20, was suspended by the São Paulo Court of Justice. In August, the same three council members who challenged that notice went back to court to try to stop the September 19 meeting, and Deliberative Council president Romeu Tuma Júnior filed a response seeking to keep the new vote on the calendar. As of August 24, the meeting remained scheduled in the sources consulted, but a later decision could change the calendar or the procedure.
Who will be able to vote at the September 19 AGE
The voting right under discussion for Fiel Torcedor does not mean that every member of the program will be able to vote on the reform itself. The change still has to be approved. For the September 19 AGE, the notice keeps as voters members of the club's social membership who are over 18, have been admitted for more than five years and are in good standing under the statute. Members in the "militante" category and dependents do not vote, voting cannot be exercised by proxy, and the member's financial status must meet the statute's requirements. Voting is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Parque São Jorge, using printed ballots.
This distinction is essential. Fiel Torcedor appears on the agenda as a possible new electoral group for choosing the Board, not as an automatic electorate for the AGE that will decide whether to create that right. A supporter who is only a Fiel Torcedor member, without also meeting the current requirements of the club's social membership, does not gain the right to vote on September 19 merely because the issue is on the ballot.
The waiting period of more than five years is itself one of the points that could change. The proposal approved by the Council reduces the period to three years. Therefore, members who have not yet reached the current waiting period may benefit in later meetings if the amendment takes effect, but they should not be confused with the electorate formed under the rule in force for this AGE. Because the reform is under litigation, the final list of voters still depends on the rules valid on voting day and on any court decision.
What changes in the 10 points if members approve them
1. Fiel Torcedor gains the right to vote for the Board
The first point gives a football member affiliated with Fiel Torcedor the right to take part in the Board election. The proposal approved by the Council provides for a transition as early as 2026: members who have contributed to the program during the previous four years will be allowed to vote, without being charged the special fee in this first election.
For later elections, the full requirements established for the football member will apply, including the special fee. The 2026 effect is therefore exceptional: the participation history already accumulated in Fiel Torcedor is used to allow part of the fan base to enter the presidential electorate immediately.
The electoral scope approved by the Council is aimed at choosing the Board. By itself, the measure does not give Fiel Torcedor members the right to elect the Deliberative Council or automatic participation in any General Meeting.
2. The Deliberative Council shrinks from 300 to 200 members
The current Deliberative Council has 300 members, with 100 life members and 200 elected members. The proposal that prevailed in the Council reduces the total to 200, with 50 life members and 150 elected members.
In practice, the reform cuts the size of the club's main political body by one third. That changes the number of seats at stake, the relative weight of each election and the ratio between life members and representatives chosen by the membership.
Because terms are already in progress and a renewal election is scheduled for November, implementing the reduction depends on the transition rule and the applicable electoral regulation. The direction of the change is defined, but the adjustment of existing seats must follow the final text incorporated into the statute.
3. The Council election moves from slates to individual candidates
Another point changes how elected members of the Deliberative Council are chosen. The approved option was an individual plurality system, with no slates used to distribute seats proportionally.
Under the wording released after the Council vote, each member may vote for up to five candidates, and the candidates with the most votes fill the available seats. This reduces the mechanical effect of slates and increases the importance of each candidate's individual performance.
The change could significantly alter how political groups at Parque São Jorge organize themselves. Instead of building closed lists and competing for a proportional share of seats, groups will have to build individual candidacies capable of finishing among the most voted.
4. The waiting period for a member to vote in the General Meeting falls to three years
The Council approved reducing the waiting period to three years. Today, the statutory rule used in the AGE notice requires a longer period of membership to take part in the General Meeting.
If the new period is approved and is in force for the November electoral process, more members of the social club may meet the time requirement for participation in meetings. This effect is separate from the Fiel Torcedor rule: one change shortens the waiting period for people who already belong to the social membership, while the other allows football members
to vote in the choice of the Board.
For that reason, the reform could expand the 2026 electorate through two different paths. On one side, it brings part of Fiel Torcedor into the Board election. On the other, it shortens the waiting period required of social members, depending on how the consolidated wording is applied to the November election.
5. The presidential election may have two rounds
The approved proposal establishes a two-round Board election. A slate that receives 50% plus one of the valid votes wins in the first round. If no slate reaches an absolute majority, the two most-voted slates move on to a second vote, scheduled to take place 14 days later.
Today, the Corinthians presidential contest is decided in a single round. The new rule changes electoral strategy because it requires an absolute majority, not merely finishing ahead of the opponents.
For 2026, this point could produce a longer electoral calendar in November and increase the importance of alliances between the first and second rounds. It also reduces the chance that a slate can win with a minority share of the vote in a contest with three or more competitors.
6. The 11 Ethics Council members are chosen by the General Meeting
In the Deliberative Council vote, the proposal that the 11 members of the Ethics Council be elected by the General Meeting prevailed. The alternative providing for a mixed composition, with some elected and some hired members, received fewer votes.
The institutional effect is to move the selection of the ethics body to the vote of the members, reinforcing its electoral origin. This matters because the body reviews conduct and internal proceedings that can affect council members and club officials.
The specific process for registration, eligibility and voting for these names will depend on regulation of the electoral process, but the approved principle is selection by the General Meeting.
7. The Deliberative Council gains administrative and functional autonomy
The point described as administrative independence of the Deliberative Council arose from the debate over its own budget and structure. In the May vote, the option that prevailed requires the Executive Board to ensure operating conditions and funding for the other statutory bodies.
This does not amount to automatically reserving 0.25% of the club's entire budget for the Council. That was another option and it did not win. The approved change seeks to reduce the Council's operational dependence on the Board without fixing that percentage.
In practice, the Council gains a more explicit statutory basis for demanding the resources necessary to perform oversight, deliberation and administration of its structure.
8. The number of ex officio CORI members is capped
The reform also aims to limit the ex officio members of the Advisory Council, CORI. The objective is to prevent the body's automatic membership from growing indefinitely as new former presidents are added over time.
The summary of the notice released in August indicates a limit to the five most recent former presidents of the Board and the five most recent former presidents of the Deliberative Council. The same configuration had been the winning option in the detailed vote reported by ge in May.
The institutional effect is to reduce and make finite the group of members who enter CORI automatically because of offices held in the past, preventing continuous growth of this portion of the body.
9. Interim financial statements move to quarterly publication
The frequency of the interim financial statements was also put to a vote. Detailed records of the vote in ge and TMC show that quarterly publication prevailed. In the Council, this option received more votes than the bimonthly alternative.
This detail matters because some summary reports circulated mentioning bimonthly financial statements. The decision actually recorded in the vote on the highlighted items was quarterly publication.
If the AGE confirms the point, the duty to publish the interim financial statements will be expressly set at a quarterly frequency in the reformed text, regardless of internal accounting and oversight routines already in place.
10. Vacancy rules adopt a 12-month threshold, and the transition affects Osmar Stabile
The final point is the most technical and, at the same time, one of the most important for the 2026 election. The new rule considers that taking office because of a vacancy during the final year of the original term, with no more than 12 months remaining, does not amount to reelection and does not create ineligibility for the following election. If more than 12 months remain, holding the office counts toward the electoral restrictions established for that body.
The change comes with a transition rule designed to prevent retroactive application of the new criterion to vacancies that occurred before the reform is approved. According to coverage of the Council vote, it was precisely this transitional treatment that preserved Osmar Stabile's possibility of contesting the 2026 election.
Stabile assumed the presidency during the vacancy opened in Augusto Melo's administration and was later chosen in an indirect election to complete the term through the end of 2026. The current statute uses an 18-month parameter and has generated differing interpretations of his eligibility. The new wording seeks to establish a 12-month criterion for future cases, while the transition prevents that new limit from being applied retroactively to the case already under way.
This does not mean that approval by the AGE elects Stabile, nor does it automatically eliminate any challenge to the registration of his candidacy. The political effect is to allow him to present himself as eligible under the transition rule approved by the Council, subject to the final wording, the electoral process and any challenges.
What was left out of the current agenda
The list of ten points helps distinguish the September AGE from earlier versions of the reform. Turning the football operation into a SAF appeared in the debates and in the preliminary draft, but it does not reach the current meeting as a new statutory authorization approved by the Council. In the vote on the highlighted items, maintaining the existing situation prevailed.
The creation of an executive manager position for Parque São Jorge also did not become a change. The proposal was rejected. Unlimited reelection of council members likewise does not appear among the ten points because the vote kept the existing situation, without producing a change that had to be incorporated as new text.
This explains why older reports mention 15 items, SAF, a manager and other alternatives, while the August notice presents ten points. What reached the AGE is a slice of the process, not the complete preliminary draft and not every option discussed by the Council.
How approval could change the November 2026 election
If the ten points are approved, the November election could be different on four fronts at the same time. The Board election gains new voters from Fiel Torcedor. The social membership may have its waiting period reduced to three years. The presidential contest may require a runoff. And the Deliberative Council election combines fewer seats with individual candidacies.
In addition, the vacancy and transition rule directly affects who may run for president because it opens a path for Osmar Stabile to seek a full term after occupying the office during the period in which he replaced Augusto Melo.
That is why the reform has an immediate effect even without rewriting the entire statute. The ten points are concentrated precisely in electoral rules, the composition of internal bodies and governance mechanisms that may still be used in the 2026 cycle.
Implementation, however, requires more than the result of the September 19 ballot. The club will have to consolidate the approved wording in the statute, submit it for registration, adjust the electoral regulation, define Fiel Torcedor registration and proof requirements, organize the Council's new system and comply with any court decisions. The final text published after the AGE will be decisive for transition details and for the practical application of the new rules.
The meeting may still face further judicial intervention
The 2026 history calls for caution with any statement that the reform is already guaranteed. One meeting was scheduled for April and suspended. Another was called for June 20 and was also blocked by the São Paulo Court of Justice, in a case challenging the process and the form of the notice.
On August 18, Romeu Tuma Júnior scheduled the new AGE for September 19 with a narrower subject: only the ten points approved by the Council. Days later, council members Ademir de Carvalho Benedito, Alexandre Husni and Guilherme Gonçalves Strenger again requested suspension. Tuma responded to the São Paulo Court of Justice arguing that the new notice has a reduced scope and a different cause from the previous meeting.
As of August 24, the coverage consulted still kept the AGE on the calendar. The correct reading is therefore: the ten points have been called for a vote on September 19, but whether the meeting takes place and what effects it produces depend on no later court order suspending or modifying the procedure.
What to watch after September 19
If the meeting takes place and approves the points, the most important document will no longer be the old preliminary draft but the consolidated statutory wording after the vote. That document will show the final transition details, who enters the electorate, how the Council seats will be handled, what registration requirements will apply to Fiel Torcedor and how the club will organize a possible runoff.
It will also be necessary to follow the Electoral Commission and the acts regulating the November election. The reform can change the institutional rules of the game, but practical implementation depends on the calendar, registrations and operating rules Corinthians publishes afterward.
The central point is that the September 19 AGE will not decide an entirely new statute. It will decide ten specific amendments. If approved, they could produce one of the biggest recent changes in electoral participation at the club: extending the vote to part of Fiel Torcedor, shortening the membership waiting period, reshaping the Council election and size, creating a runoff and redefining governance rules with an impact as early as 2026.
