José Carlos Peres suffers impeachment and is no longer president of Santos | Saints

The club members approved, by a large majority, the accusation of the director in a general meeting this Sunday, in Vila Belmiro. With that, the Fish will continue to be commanded by Vice President Orlando Rollo until the end of this year, when the term of the current administration ends.

Peres was already provisionally dismissed since September 28 by decision of the Deliberative Council. The trustee was charged with reckless management for irregularities in the 2019 accounts (see more details below).

The vote was as follows:

• In favor of the impeachment of Peres: 1,005
• Against the accusation of Peres: 69
• White: 2
• Null: 2
• Total: 1,078 voters

Faced with the decision of the associates, fans linked to an organized crowd protested in front of Vila Belmiro asking for Peres to leave. The protesters circumvented the protocols against Covid-19 and flocked to the gate of the stadium.

Peres had faced two impeachment trials in his first year in office in 2018, when he was accused, among other things, of holding a sports agency company responsible even after taking office.

Both requests were approved by the Council, but Santos’ partners prevented Peres from being indicted in a general assembly, a different result than this Sunday.

Santos closed the 2019 numbers with a surplus of R $ 23.5 million, the positive balance was boosted and went to nothing with the sale of Rodrygo to Real Madrid.

At the beginning of June, however, the Fiscal Council of Santos issued a report pointing out several statutory irregularities in the financial statements, such as commissions paid for the transfer of Bruno Henrique to Flamengo, use of a corporate card for personal reasons by President José Carlos Peres, plus a difference. between budgeted and spent.

The alleged hiring of a law firm to defend Pedro Doria, a former member of the Management Committee, was also cited by the Supervisory Board in a personal case. The leader, however, denies it.

These complaints were referred and analyzed by the Survey and Survey Commission, which recommended the impeachment of Peres.

Peres had disapproved of accounts in his first two years of management – 2019 and 2018, when the club registered a deficit of R $ 77 million. This year, the financial situation remains difficult due to the pandemic. Until September 2020, Peixe registered a deficit of almost R $ 60 million.

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