The Badminton Association presidential election is on the verge of being canceled again. At the general meeting of the House of Representatives, the election management committee voted to dismiss it, and it is inevitable to restart the origin

Jan 20, 2025

A panoramic view of the 2024 General Assembly of Delegates. Photo courtesy of the Badminton Korea Association

The election for the chairman of the Badminton Korea Association, which had a acting disturbance, is in big turmoil again.

According to Sports Chosun coverage on the 20th, the Badminton Association held an extraordinary general meeting of the National Assembly later in the day and voted to dismiss the election management committee, which formed the 32nd presidential election. As a result, it is unclear whether the election, which was postponed once and was scheduled to be held at the Sunshine Hotel in Daejeon on the 23rd, will be held normally.

Following Choi Seung-tak, former president of the Daegu Badminton Association, Jeon Kyung-hoon, former president of the Korea Federation of Business Badminton, and Kim Tae-kyu, chairman of the association, who restored his candidacy through legal action, will participate in the election as No. 4 in the order of No. 1 to No. 3.

It was a series of twists and turns. The election date, which was originally scheduled for the 16th, has been temporarily postponed to the court's decision to cite Chairman Kim's request for a provisional injunction of 'Suspension of invalidity of candidate registration' (15th). This is because the election management committee (at least seven members) had to be reorganized as three election committee members, who were revealed to be unqualified during the court hearing, were dismissed.

No. 1 and No. 2 Choi Seung-tak, former president of the Daegu City Association (left), and Jeon Kyung-hoon, former president of the Badminton Association.

The election management committee decided to continue the election schedule on the 17th by filling in the three candidates for vacancies appointed in advance through a resolution of the board of directors on the 17th and setting the election date as the 23rd, but Chairman Kim's preference is to choose between 4 and 10.

Since then, there has been a dispute over fairness. Although the association notified each candidate of the normalized election management committee's decision, it did not post a notice on its website. Rather, some delegates met the requirements for the convening of an extraordinary general meeting (more than a third of 21 financial members) and demanded an extraordinary general meeting on the agenda of 'Discussion of Appropriateness of Election Management Committee Decision'.

Some officials in charge of the association's secretariat have raised suspicions that they are interfering in unfair elections, such as delaying the announcement of the election schedule because they are wary of certain candidates.

No. 3 and 4 Professor Kim Dong-moon (left), Chairman Kim Taek-gyu.

As such complaints poured out, the association announced that it would not make a final decision at an extraordinary general meeting on the 20th until the evening of the 19th. At the same time, Chairman Kim also issued a statement saying he would participate in the election by accepting the reorganized election management committee's decision. Afterwards, the association issued additional announcements and released a collection of pledges of four candidates whose preferences were confirmed along with the date and place of the election. On the 23rd, it became a fait accompli to hold an election.

However, the extraordinary general meeting attended by 13 delegates was put on hold. As Chairman Kim's application for provisional injunction was cited, a vote was held on whether to dismiss the election management committee in response to the opinion that holding the election as decided by the existing election management committee would lead to legal disputes, such as invalidation of the election itself. As a result, there is a growing concern that the election on the 23rd will be postponed again because the election management committee has to start from the ground up, such as having to appoint a new election management committee.

At the same time, controversy over the legality of the extraordinary general meeting is expected to arise significantly.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.