Reaction of the Korean Sports Council"Welcome to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism...We will also request the Board of Audit and Inspection for an audit of the Ministry of Culture

Sep 13, 2024

The Korea Sports Association (Chairman Lee Ki-heung) welcomed the decision announced by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) to request a public audit by the Board of Audit and Inspection.

The Korean Sports Council said on the 13th that it welcomes the Ministry of Culture's request for a public interest audit by the Board of Audit and Inspection of the Korean Sports Council and will actively cooperate with the audit.

On the 12th, the previous day, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that it had requested a public interest audit by the Board of Audit and Inspection. "Despite being a public institution, the Korean Olympic Committee has been criticized for many controversies and problems in the overall operation of the organization, including improper operation of the observation team for the Paris Olympics, exclusive distribution rights contract for sponsors, excessive private contracts that may violate the National Contract Act, unilateral cancellation of the Paris Olympic Team, improper operation of the Korea House for the Paris Olympics, lax use of its own budget, poor management of subsidized projects and unfair sports processing committee."We hope that the Board of Audit and Inspection will thoroughly check whether there were any illegal or unfair matters in the overall operation of the Korea Sports Association and draw up future-oriented improvement measures to provide an opportunity for the Korea Sports Association, a public institution, to regain public trust." he once said.

On the 13th, a day later, the Korea Sports Council made an official position. While welcoming and actively cooperating with the audit, it is also in a position to request an audit of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, a higher-level agency and management supervisory agency. The Korean Sports Council made it clear that it will request a formal audit of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism by requesting a formal audit of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in accordance with the necessary procedures to submit a public interest audit request submitted to the President's Office during the Korean Sports and Olympic Games on January 16 to ensure fair and balanced audits by the Board of Audit and Inspection.

The Korean Sports Association has continuously raised questions about the unfair performance of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, including the transfer of the living sports budget to local governments contrary to the purpose of the 2016 Sports Organization Integration and National Sports Promotion Act, excessive intervention and deliberate delay in the execution of the project budget determined by the National Assembly, the provision of causes of inefficiency due to duplication and conflict between sports organizations, the forced separation of the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC), and frequent delays in approval of amendments to the articles of association"We intend to actively improve the areas to be improved through a neutral and balanced audit by the Board of Audit and Inspection, and to establish a future-oriented and developing relationship between the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Sports Council through corrective measures for areas that have hindered the development of the sports community due to excessive or unfair administrative measures by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism."

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