FLAMENGO AND FLUMINENSE UNITE AND WILL COLLECT WATER FOR VICTIMS OF THE RAINS IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL

Luiz Eduardo Baptista will launch his candidacy for the presidency of Flamengonext Monday (9). Among the news that will be released, in addition to the Government Plan, are the names of some possible vice-presidents who will join your board in case of victory. One of the names is already known: Flávio Willeman, who could resume his position as legal vice-president of the club.

Flávio Willeman was even approached to be a presidential candidate by the opposition, he chose to support BAP . The leader's name was also mentioned to occupy the position of general VP on the ticket, in addition to being listed as presidential candidate for the Deliberative Council.

Flávio Willeman is a lawyer , with a PhD in Law from the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) and a master’s degree from Universidade Cândido Mendes. He has served as Attorney for the State of Rio de Janeiro since 2000 and was appointed deputy attorney general of the State in 2021.

Flávio was legal vice-president of Flamengo during the two terms of Eduardo Bandeira de Mello (2013 - 2018). During his management, Mais Querido faced more than 500 labor actions, a number that was reduced to just 52 when he left office.

In addition to Luiz Eduardo Baptista, Maurício Gomes de Mattos, Wallim Vasconcelos, Pedro Paulo and José Carlos Peruano are also candidates for the presidency of Flamengo. Voting will take place on December 9th.

At the end of July the Flamengo acquired the land from Gasologista to begin construction of its new stadium. However, the former president of Mais Querido, Márcio Braga, fears that Rubro-Negro's new home will harm the club. During the launch of Mengo's presidential candidate Maurício Gomes de Mattos, Márcio raised his tone and issued warnings about possible damage that the work at the Gasometer could cause.

"What they are planning for us at Flamengo is unacceptable. They are deceiving us. What is happening in Flamengo is dangerous. Secondly, they are not deceiving. : we cannot dream of a stadium without an economic and financial project for its construction", said Márcio Braga.

"The other day, at the Deliberative Council meeting, (Rodrigo) Tostes came close to me and he said that Flamengo will not be able to handle this. Look at the danger we are experiencing. All of this, have no doubt about what I am saying, a situation is being prepared that will make Flamengo unviable for the construction of the stadium and the transformation of the club into a club. SAF. That's what they want, but Maurício won't let that happen", added the former president.

Last Thursday night (last Thursday night () 5), Maurício Gomes de Mattos launched the "Mengão Maior" ticket, at an event at AABB da Lagoa, in Rio de Janeiro, close to the Gávea headquarters. Furthermore, who was also present at the event was the former representative of Flamengo: Eduardo Bandeira de Mello.

In addition to Maurício , Rodrigo Dunshee, Luiz Eduardo Baptista, Wallim Vasconcelos, Pedro Paulo and José Carlos Peruano are also candidates for the presidency of Flamengo. Voting will take place on December 9th.

In recent weeks, Rio Grande do Sul has been affected by heavy rains and large floods. In this way, the whole of Brazil has mobilized in favor of the victims by collecting supplies, money and clothes. Thus, the Flamengo joined the NGO Ação da Cidadania and the club's sponsors to help.

In this way, the parties involved organized an auction with 30 shirts used by the athletes or prepared for the Mais Queridoagainst Corinthians. The action ended with more than R$ 126 thousand raised and donated to the NGO Ação da Cidadania.

Due to the floods that affect the entire In the state of Rio Grande do Sul, clubs from Série A of the Brasileirão came together and sent a request to the CBF for the championship to be stopped. In this way, the entity responded to the requests and stopped two rounds of the competition.

Thus, Flamengowill have a few weeks free to train. Highlighting that only the Brasileirão was suspended, while the Copa do Brasil, Libertadores and Sudamericana have their rounds normalized.

It is worth highlighting that, according to the Civil Defense survey released on Sunday (19), the number of deaths from the floods exceeded 155. Furthermore, there are still approximately 89 missing and 806 injured in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.