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Julio Casares was elected the new president of São Paulo tonight (12). The candidate defeated Roberto Natel in the dispute and will take office on January 1, 2021, with a term of office until December 2023. He will replace Carlos Augusto Barros e Silva, Leco, in office. His alternate will be Harry Massis Junior.
Casares received 155 votes from the 251 members of the Deliberative Council. Among them, the vote of the representative of Leco. Roberto Natel had 78 votes in the presidential race. There were 17 abstentions and one white vote in the São Paulo electoral process.
The election in Morumbi began at 10:30 am (Brasilia time) and ended at 4:00 pm (Brasilia time). The first count was for the Presidency of the Deliberative Council. Olten Ayres Abreu Junior won the contest with Marcelo Marcucci Portugal Gouvêa and took office 153-80. There was still a white vote.
Olten Ayres de Abreu Júnior is the new president of the São Paulo Deliberative Council
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When he took office immediately after the elections, Olten Ayres spoke and was responsible for monitoring the polls. He proclaimed the three elected to the Board of Directors – Adilson Alves Martins (163 votes), Vinícius Medeiros (151 votes) and José Alberto Rodrigues (147 votes) – and also had the responsibility of announcing the winner of the dispute to the executive presidency.
Judicialization of the election
Before the election that took place today, the General Meeting of Partners took place on November 28. On that occasion, 100 new members were elected to the Deliberative Council, 74 of whom were linked to Casares and 26 to the Natel group.
After the disclosure of the result, Roberto Natel entered requesting a recount of votes from the São Paulo board of directors, but received a negative response. A group linked to the then candidate, with four partners (Alberto Carlos Ferreira, Carlos Norberto Canata, Clóvis Gomes Botelho and Eduardo Minc) called the court to request the vote recount.
Yesterday afternoon (11), the Court of Justice of the State of São Paulo (TJ-SP) took a position on the action and determined the preservation of equipment, documents, ballots and data related to the General Meeting of Members for an expert opinion that will evaluate possible errors in the vote count. The other requests for associates in the process were rejected by Judge Mónica Lima Pereira.
Even today, a group linked to Roberto Natel tried to annul the claim through the courts. However, the request was rejected by the Court of Justice of the State of São Paulo (TJ-SP).
