Overview
- On January 14, São Paulo’s appeals court rejected the club’s challenge and maintained the lower-court order for hybrid voting.
- The council will meet Friday at 6:30 p.m. Brasília time at Morumbi, with participation allowed either in person or online.
- The court affirmed that at least 75% of councilors must be present to open the session and that removal requires two-thirds of votes.
- The impeachment process was initiated with a petition signed by 57 councilors, and the judiciary declined to lower the approval threshold sought by the opposition.
- If provisional removal is approved, a members’ assembly must be called within 30 days to ratify by simple majority; Casares is under Polícia Civil inquiry and maintains he will prove his innocence.