Lee Ki-heung, chairman of the Korea Sports Council, did not attend the parliamentary inspection today...Chairman Chung Mong-gyu is present
Oct 24, 2024
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According to the National Assembly, Chairman Lee submitted a letter of reason for his absence, citing his attendance at the business agreement ceremony for the establishment of a youth sports complex in Namwon, Jeollabuk-do, at 4 p.m. The youth sports complex to be built in Namwon is a training facility dedicated to dream tree athletes, youth representatives, and national team candidates, and the establishment of a youth sports complex is part of the national task included in the first basic plan for sports promotion announced by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in December. In order to expand the base of the national team, it aims to create synergy with Jincheon Training Center by providing a stable training environment for the next generation of national teams.Chairman Lee met with Park Jung-ha, secretary of People's Power, and Lim Oh-kyung, secretary of the Democratic Party of Korea, at the National Assembly on the 23rd, the previous day and explained the reason for his absence.
Chairman Lee attended a parliamentary audit of a sports organization of the committee on the 22nd and responded to an intense question and answer until close to midnight. Amid the hot topic in the sports world, lawmakers from both ruling and opposition parties questioned and criticized the revision of the articles of association to abolish the restriction on the second term of the head of the sports organization, fairness in deliberating candidates for more than three consecutive terms, the overall operation of the Paris Olympics observers and Korea House, the suspicion of private contracts, excessive budget execution, politicization, and arbitrary operation of the sports competition in January. At the time of the National Assembly's pending questions last month, Chung Mong-kyu, president of the Korea Football Association, was under fire, but questions and criticism were focused on Chairman Lee as he did not attend the overseas business trip to observe the Under-17 World Cup in women's soccer.
In response to Chairman Lee's absence, members of the ruling party, including the ruling party, plan to have Chairman Lee attend the parliamentary inspection at 10 a.m. and file a complaint if he does not respond. As the audit schedule was set in September, it is judged to be a schedule that could have been adjusted sufficiently. While Chairman Lee announced his absence, Chung Mong-kyu, president of the Korea Football Association, who did not attend the parliamentary inspection on the 22nd, will attend the comprehensive audit.
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