Palmeiras board in chaos as Leila Pereira rows with councillor

On Tuesday (16), the Palmeiras Deliberative Council met to approve the club's budget for the 2025 season. The meeting, however, was also marked by a dispute between a council member and president Leila Pereira .

NOSSO PALESTRA found that opposition council member José Corona Neto made harsh criticisms of the Palmeiras president's work this season, such as the high amount spent on signings to build the squad and the possibility raised of changing the bylaws to allow for a third presidential term.

Additionally, the council member stated that Leila Pereira inherited a championship-winning squad assembled by former director Alexandre Mattos and former president Maurício Galiotte.

After José Corona's speech, the president was given the right to respond and stated that she would not accept being disrespected and would seek legal means to take action against the council member in court.

The meeting included a heated exchange between Palmeiras president and José Corona Neto, who had to be restrained by security and was removed from the event.

In 2014, José Corona Neto was involved in controversy when he criticized Paulo Nobre's administration through cell phone messages. The expulsion of the council member was discussed within the Deliberative Council at the time.

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