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Promise for President of the Korea Football Association
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Hyun-woo = Candidate Chung Mong-gyu, who is seeking his fourth term through the election for the 55th president of the Korea Football Association, is making a pledge at the Korea Football Association in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 26th. 2024.12.26 |
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Candidate Heo Jung-moo holding an emergency press conference
(Seoul = Yonhap News) = Candidate Heo Jung-moo, who is running for the 55th president of the Korea Football Association, holds an emergency press conference in front of the Korea Football Association on the 22nd. 2025.1.22 |
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Newsperson who enters a press conference on the election of the president of the Korea Football Association
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hwang Kwang-mo = Visiting professor of sports record analysis at the Graduate School of Records and Information Science in Shinmunseon Myungjiwon, who is running for the 55th presidential election of the Korea Football Association, is moving to the microphone on the morning of the 10th to express his position on the election of the president of the Korea Football Association, which was suspended due to court injunction. 2025.1.10 |
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The detailed schedule for the 55th Korea Football Association (KFA) presidential election, which was canceled twice, has been confirmed.
While the KFA Election Commission was newly organized on the 3rd, it decided to hold the presidential election on the 26th. The KFA's election management committee held its second meeting on the 8th. The presidential election will be held at the Korea Football Center in Shinmun-ro, Seoul.
The voter list lottery will be held on the morning of the 11th, the third day of the steering committee. The lottery will be held by outside companies, and for fairness, candidates' representatives and neutral observers will be present at the lottery site in addition to election management members.
The list will be viewed and challenged for three days from the 12th to the 14th, and the election management committee will confirm the list of electors on the 15th. At the first meeting on the 3rd, the election management committee decided to keep Chung Mong-kyu, chairman of the KFA, a visiting professor of sports record analysis at the Shinmun Myungji University Graduate School of Records and Information Science, and Huh Jung-moo, former chairman of the Hana Citizen Board in Daejeon.
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Stopping the presidential election...Soccer Association in confusion
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Junghoon Lee = Soccer Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 8th.
The Korea Football Association seems to be in confusion as the 55th presidential election of the Korea Football Association, which was scheduled to be held on this day, was temporarily postponed due to the court's decision on provisional disposition. 2025.1.8 |
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Stopping the election for the president of the Korea Football Association…Court Accepts Provisional Disposition
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ryu Young-seok = On the 7th, a day before the election for the president of the Korea Football Association, the court decided to cite a request for provisional injunction against the president of the association, filed by Huh Jung-moo, the candidate for the president of the Korea Football Association. Candidate Heo filed an injunction against the Korea Football Association on the 30th of last month, asking the Korea Football Association to ban the election, saying that the election for the president of the association is being conducted unfairly.
Officials take off the banner of an election-related debate at the soccer center in Jongno-gu, Seoul this afternoon. 2025.1.7 |
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Initially, the presidential election was scheduled to be held on the 8th of last month. However, it was postponed on the 7th, a day before the election, when the court cited candidate Huh Jung-moo's request for an injunction against the KFA, saying that the presidential election was being unfair. The Election Commission has rescheduled the election for Jan. 23. However, as candidates Huh Jung-moo and Shin Moon-sun protested again, all election management members resigned. The second election also went up in smoke.
Candidate Chung Mong-gyu said on the 4th, `Although it is late, I am fortunate that a new election management committee has been formed for the election and the election schedule has been confirmed. We look forward to successfully conducting a fair election that meets the public's standards by supplementing the procedural defects raised by the court" he said.
Candidate Shin Moon-seon and Huh Jung-moo also agreed to the 's schedule' but ordered the expansion of the electorate. The two candidates have also argued that Chung Mong-kyu should not be recognized as a candidate because the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has called on the KFA to impose heavy penalties beyond the suspension of his qualifications.
After the second meeting, the Election Commission is responsible for running a fair election process to ensure that all candidates compete under equal conditions, and is committed to maintaining this principle in this election as well"He expressed his position on reviewing candidate qualifications and expanding the number of electors.
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The Korea Football Association filed an administrative lawsuit against the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism 'Request for disciplinary action against Mong-gyu Jung
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter = The Korea Football Association filed an administrative lawsuit with the Seoul Central District Court on the 21st of last month seeking the cancellation of a specific audit by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. In addition, a request for suspension of execution of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism was filed with the court. When the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced the results of the Korea Football Association's audit in November last year, it demanded severe disciplinary action beyond the suspension of qualifications against key figures such as Chairman Chung Mong-kyu, which the Korea Football Association filed a lawsuit to the effect that it could not accept. |
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Regarding the qualification screening of candidates, the Election Management Committee fully understands the problem consciousness of the qualification screening of candidates and the concerns about the fairness of the election, and based on that, carefully reviewed and judged fairly. Candidate Shin Moon-seon and Huh Jung-moo claimed that the election management committee did not deliberate on Chung Mong-kyu's right to run for the election, but this is not true. We will discuss this officially at two election management committee meetings held on February 3 and 8, 2025."
As a result of the meeting, the court decided to maintain the qualifications of candidates who have already completed registration in consideration of the fact that the court cannot clearly cover the existence of disqualification reasons for the articles of association regarding the "social object, etc." in the recent provisional disposition case regarding the right to vote. This should precede the process of determining the existence of the reason for disqualification, and there is room for dispute over whether the Election Commission has the authority to make a judgment on this", he explained.
Regarding candidate Huh Jung-moo, as the election was postponed, there was a review and confirmation of qualifications in relation to age. According to Article 23 (2) of the KFA Articles of Incorporation, candidates must be under the age of 70 on the day of the election. Born on January 13, 1955, candidate Heo Jung-moo was over 70 years old as of election day. The Election Management Committee emphasized that `the nature of the presidential election is not to re-elect, but to resume and proceed with the delayed election, and accordingly, it has confirmed that the qualifications of the previously registered candidates remain the same because they are not re-elections that must be re-enrolled from candidate registration."
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Blocking the election for the president of the Korea Football Association scheduled for the 8th
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ryu Young-seok = On the 7th, a day before the election for the president of the Korea Football Association, the court decided to cite an application for a provisional injunction against the president of the association, filed by Huh Jung-moo, the presidential candidate of the Korea Football Association. Candidate Heo filed an injunction against the Korea Football Association on the 30th of last month, asking the Korea Football Association to ban the election, saying that the election for the president of the association is being conducted unfairly.
Photo shows the soccer center in Jongno-gu, Seoul this afternoon. 2025.1.7 |
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Korea Football Association (KFA) Brakes Elections for President of the Korea Football Association scheduled for the 8th
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ryu Young-seok = On the 7th, a day before the election for the president of the Korea Football Association, the court decided to cite a request for provisional injunction against the presidential election, filed by Huh Jung-moo, the candidate for the president of the Korea Football Association. Candidate Heo filed an injunction against the Korea Football Association on the 30th of last month, asking the Korea Football Association to ban the election, saying that the election for the president of the association is being conducted unfairly. |
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The election management committee continued "Newspapers and Huh Jung-moo are expressing the election management committee as if it is trying to protect a particular candidate in a recent press release, but the election management committee can only make judgments to the extent permitted by the articles of association and regulations to ensure fairness in the election process. I would like to reiterate that maintaining legal stability and following fair procedures are the most important role of the election management committee, before weighing the advantages and disadvantages of a particular candidate."
There are 194 electors for the 55th KFA presidential election. Candidate Shin Moon-sun and Huh Jung-moo asked to consider increasing the number to 300. It is a position that it is impossible to expand the number of electors under the regulations.
The Election Commission said, "There is no reason for anyone to oppose the principles of guaranteeing fairness in elections and guaranteeing participation in grassroots local football" raised by candidates Huh Jung-moo. "However, the Election Commission can run elections only within the scope of the KFA presidential election management regulations." They do not have the authority to decide on structural reforms such as expanding the size of the president's electors and changing the distribution method by function.
Currently, the number of electors can be composed of 100 or more and no more than 300 or less according to the KFA articles of association. However, the distribution by function and the number of electors accordingly are determined in accordance with Article 8 (Composition of Electors) of the Presidential Election Management Regulations. The revision of the regulations can only be implemented after the resolution of the KFA's board of directors and then approved by the Korean Sports Council.
The Election Commission stated that "changing the method of elector selection during the election at the request of a specific candidate may undermine the legitimacy of the election process." The committee deeply agrees that discussions need to continue in a way that can reflect various opinions of footballers in the future KFA presidential election. However, this election should be operated fairly in accordance with the procedures set out in the current regulations,' he added.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
