Suspended Election for President of the Football Association for the First Time...Will it affect Chung Mong-gyu's fourth term
Suspended Election for President of the Football Association for the First Time...Will it affect Chung Mong-gyu's fourth term
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The suspension of the election to select the 55th president of the Korea Football Association also put a brake on Chairman Chung Mong-gyu's bid for a fourth term.
On the previous day, the Seoul Central District Court's Civil Affairs Department 50 (Chief Judge Lim Hae-jeong) decided to cite Huh Jung-moo's application for a provisional injunction against the Korea Football Association's presidential election ban.
Candidate Huh applied for a provisional injunction against the chairman's election to the Seoul Central District Court on the 30th of last month, and the court judged that "there is a serious procedural violation that can be admitted to have significantly violated the fairness of the election and thereby affected the election process."
He added that the majority of the electors were formed through a lottery process where transparency and fairness were not confirmed, and that the committee could not confirm whether it was organized in accordance with the articles of association and election management regulations because it did not disclose who was appointed as a member of the election management committee.
In addition, the number of 21 votes excluded from the electors with three candidates running is likely to affect the decision of candidates to go to the runoff election if there is no majority vote in the first round.
At the same time, the court said that if the election is held, a subsequent dispute is likely to be triggered over its effectiveness, and considering these points comprehensively, the need to preserve the application for provisional injunction is also clarified.
The election for the president of the Korea Football Association, which was scheduled on the 8th, was suspended due to the court's provisional injunction.
The Korea Football Association also immediately said, "We inform you that the election date for the president of the association will be temporarily postponed," adding, "We will announce it as soon as the schedule is established."
Chung Mong-kyu, the current chairman, a visiting professor of sports record analysis at the Graduate School of Records and Information Science in Shinmun-seonji University, and Huh Jung-moo, the former national team coach (Lee Sang-soon).
Chung is believed to have the upper hand in the presidential election of the Korea Football Association, which will be held in a primary election for the first time in 12 years, despite criticism from soccer fans and political circles.
However, the court's citation for the provisional disposition is expected to have a significant impact on the election situation.
Although the general theory is that Chairman Chung is still likely, there is also a prospect that if the association's election management committee resolves the part pointed out by the court and then draws up a new edition, it will flow in an unknown direction.
Candidate Heo, who was considered Chung's rival, was also on the verge of being disadvantaged by the provisional citation.
Heo, who was born on January 13, 1955, cannot run if the election date, which is readjusted according to the regulations (candidates must be under the age of 70 on the day of the election), exceeds the 13th.
Candidate Heo's side said, "Since it is a previously registered candidate, we have to apply for preservation," but it is unlikely that the election management committee will accept it. 메이저사이트
In this regard, Huh also said, "I knew that I could be disadvantaged by the age limit, but I thought more about the purpose of running for office, saying that I would reform the unfairness and opacity of the Korea Football Association. I applied for an injunction at the risk of any future disadvantages."