Professor Kim Dong-moon's direct shot at running for president of the Badminton Association encourages the association's poor administration unfair election
Jan 20, 2025
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Professor Kim held a press conference at the main building of the Korea Sports Association in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 20th and said, `We cannot shake the suspicion that the Badminton Korea Association is conducting the presidential election in an opaque and unfair manner.' The association's employees are wary of certain candidates and caused confusion due to its inexperienced administration by delaying the postponed election date", he pointed out.
The recent election for the president of the Badminton Association has been crippled. It was originally planned to be held at the Sunshine Hotel in Daejeon on the 16th, but it was temporarily postponed following the court's decision to cite the application for provisional injunction a day before the election.
The move came after the Seoul Eastern District Court, which heard Chairman Kim Tae-kyu's injunction against the nullification of candidate registration, acknowledged that three unqualified persons (political parties) were included among the seven members of the election management committee and cited Kim's application in part.
Since then, the association has newly formed an election management committee on the 17th and has decided to hold an election on the 23rd and notified each candidate. As Chairman Kim became eligible to run again, a total of four candidates were Choi Seung-tak, former president of the Daegu Badminton Association, Jeon Kyung-hoon, former president of the Korea Federation of Business Badminton, and Kim Dong-moon, professor of Wonkwang University.
In the process, Professor Kim argues that the association is interfering in the presidential election and undermining the fairness of the election. Professor Kim said "It was very confusing because the association did not officially notify each candidate and the electors after the association decided to postpone it temporarily. Even though the new election date was confirmed on the 23rd, it was announced through the media only on the evening of the 19th without informing it in time."
The association then did not announce the election day on its official website. The electors were informed only today, and some were yet to receive relevant information"For this reason, some of the electors expressed their distrust of the association."
Professor Kim also argued that there is a problem with the composition of the electors. The association announced that only the incumbent electors could vote as of Election Day (23rd) because the presidential election was delayed from 16th to 23rd.
In response, Professor Kim said, `Some people lost their qualifications as electors because their terms ended within a week. The election rules for the Badminton Association president say they should be in office, but the election should guarantee all the right to vote for the electors set up as of the 16th, the existing election day, considering that it has been postponed due to reasons attributable to the association.
Professor Kim also expressed doubts about the Badminton Association's extraordinary general meeting of representatives scheduled later in the day. The extraordinary general meeting of representatives deals with the presidential election agenda, which can affect the presidential election as a large number of electors are included among the delegates.
Professor Kim said "As the association intervened in the election management committee meeting, the presidential election became more chaotic. The Election Commission said it had sent proof of content to the association, saying that independence should be guaranteed without external pressure.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
