Football Association's Last Chance to Be Fair
Football Association's Last Chance to Be Fair
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The election for the president of the Korea Football Association has been temporarily suspended. On the 7th, the Civil Agreement Division 50 of the Seoul Central District Court cited Huh Jung-moo's request for an injunction to ban the election of the president of the Korea Football Association.
Candidate Heo pointed out the unfair election management of the Korea Football Association. According to the current regulations, the Korea Football Association organizes the electors by random lottery, where there are no observers. The electors are being set up in an opaque manner. It is also pointed out that the election is conducted only offline. Considering the characteristics of the K-League, which has winter training, online voting is absolutely necessary.
Article 25 (4) of the regulation on election management for the president of the Korea Football Association reads, "Despite paragraph (2) (in-person voting), voting and counting can be carried out using electronic methods such as the online voting system of the Central Election Commission." Although there are regulations that allow the introduction of electronic voting depending on circumstances, the Korea Football Association did not take advantage of them. Due to the decision of the Korea Football Association, professional soccer leaders and athletes participating in winter training were virtually excluded from the current election system.
Due to the KFA's tightening of election guidance, the candidates could not run their campaigns smoothly. The KFA formed the Election Management Committee on Dec. 12 last year. It was just 27 days before the election. Heo claimed that he was pressed for time and that his campaign had not gone well.
The number of electors is also problematic. The current electoral college consisted of 173 people, 21 fewer than the 194 people specified in the regulation. "If there is no majority vote in the first round, 21 votes will likely have a significant impact on the final round of voting," the court said. The court judged that procedural illegality of the Korea Football Association will affect the outcome of the election.
Perhaps, this is the last chance for the KFA to correct the situation. The Culture, Sports and Tourism Ministry announced the results of a special audit on the KFA on Nov. 5 last year. The ministry investigated the controversy over preferential treatment in the process of appointing the national team coach, related issues related to the Cheonan Football Center, and payment of advisory fees for part-time executives. At the time, the ministry demanded censure (disciplinary action), corrective action, and caution, and informed the KFA to come up with reasonable improvement measures.
Rather than reflecting on itself, the KFA immediately protested. It applied for a retrial on seven inappropriate cases. The ministry rejected the KFA's request for a retrial at the audit committee. Contrary to the KFA's claim, the violations they committed were admitted as they were. 토토사이트
Will it be similar this time? The Korea Football Association was pointed out by the court that there was a procedural defect. This time, it is time to accept the criticism and reflect on it. The Korea Football Association announced that it will hold an election for the president of the Korea Football Association on the 23rd. As numerous issues have been raised, it is expected that the election should be held by acknowledging them and supplementing regulations.