The new issue of the KFA presidential election is 'candidate qualification'...Jeong Mong-gyu reignited the "License of the Literature Department" and Heo Jung-moo reignited the "age risk."
The new issue of the KFA presidential election is 'candidate qualification'...Jeong Mong-gyu reignited the "License of the Literature Department" and Heo Jung-moo reignited the "age risk."
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The election for the 55th president of the Korea Football Association (KFA) has returned to square one. All schedules have been "reset" as all members of the KFA's election steering committee resigned.
"The election schedule was canceled as all members of the election management committee expressed their intention to resign," the KFA said on the 10th. "We will discuss the overall matters of the future election process, including the reorganization of the election management committee, and announce it again soon."
This is the second postponement of the election. The three-way race between Chung Mong-gyu, who challenged his fourth consecutive term, Huh Jung-moo, former coach of the Korean national soccer team, and Shin Moon-seon, a visiting professor at Myongji University, was suspended after the court cited Huh's request for provisional injunction against the election, which he said was an "unfair and uncertain election," and the resignation of the members of the election management committee failed to accept the announcement on Sunday.
In the end, the entire process must be followed again. The formation of an election management committee is the beginning of an election. Only when the election management committee is set up can the schedule be organized, including voting date, voter lottery, and candidate registration, and the election can be held after confirming the voter's vote. The new chairman's term starts from July 21, but the soccer community predicts that elections will be difficult this month considering the complicated system and Lunar New Year's holidays.
As a result, a new issue has surfaced. Controversy over the eligibility of candidates has become inevitable due to mounting demands that the election management committee be reorganized and newly registered. Notably, attention is drawn to the positions and actions of Chairman Chung and former coach Huh, who are classified as two major candidates. The two have their own risks.
Chung should solve the problem he received from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Due to the controversy sparked by the appointment of national team coach Hong Myung-bo last year, the ministry started a specific inspection of the KFA, and recommended certain executives including Chung to take measures beyond the suspension of qualifications. Since then, the ministry has rejected the KFA's objection to the specific inspection results, making Chung even more precarious.
According to the ministry's guidelines, the KFA must report the results of its action within one to two months, but individual disciplinary action must be finalized within one month. Unless Chung takes legal action, the outcome should be delivered by March 3 at the latest. The pan-night camp is pressing ahead with Chung, stressing that the ministry's disciplinary action is the reason for disqualification of executives.
In addition, there are voices calling for the ruling on Huh's age to be made again. Huh's camp is handing over all the reasons attributable to the election debacle to the KFA, but the argument that the KFA's articles of association should be strictly applied now that the composition of the election management committee needs to be completely redrawn. This is because candidate registration takes place after the formation of the new election management committee. 스포츠토토
All these issues stem from the KFA's articles of association, which states that candidates must be under 70 years of age as of election day according to Article 23 (elections for president)-2 (registration of candidates for election). Heo previously said that he would support good soccer players (if their age becomes an issue). In addition, Article 29 (reasons for disqualification of executives) of the articles of association stipulates that a person who is suspected of various irregularities cannot become an executive. These are areas that require clear inspection.