Chung Mong-gyu also called for 'hard-line action' against continued criticism

Chung Mong-gyu also called for 'hard-line action' against continued criticism

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Chung Mong-gyu (63), the current president of the Korea Football Association who is a candidate for the 55th president of the Korea Football Association, also launched a counterattack. He urged candidates Huh Jung-moo (70) and Shin Moon-sun (67) to stop making malicious comments.
"Let's get out of the limbo and hold an election for the development of Korean soccer," candidate Chung said on the 10th. "I express deep regret as a candidate that the 55th Korea Football Association presidential election, which had been crippled by some candidates' unfounded criticism and protests, has finally reached the stage of resignation of all members of the election management committee and postponement of the second election."

Controversy continues over the election of the 55th president of the Korea Football Association. Election days have also been pushed back twice. The election had to take place on the 8th, but it was suddenly suspended on the 7th, citing the court's request for a provisional injunction against the Korea Football Association by candidate Huh Jung-moo. In response, the election committee postponed the election day to January 23 and also came up with supplementary measures.

However, Huh and Shin again refuted the claim, saying, "The election committee of the Korea Football Association gave unilateral notification." "We cannot accept the election because the date is not important but it is not a fair election," Huh told Star News in a phone interview. "The election committee of the Korea Football Association is people of Chung's side. They have to go out to make a fair election. It is not fair to do it again even though it was mentioned in court. That's why I told them to hand over the election management to the National Election Commission."

Candidate Shin also held an emergency press conference in front of the Korea Football Association in Sinmun-ro, Seoul on the 10th and demanded Chung's resignation and dissolution of the Korea Football Association's election committee.

In the end, the Election Commission resigned on the 10th.

Chung held Huh and Shin accountable. "The distrust has deepened due to this incident, and many soccer players who were expecting a new president to be elected through fair elections are disappointed and even worried that the KFA will stop functioning," Chung said. "The composition of the election committee is an independent resolution made after I was excluded from my duties, and I maliciously criticized it as if it was related to me even though it was obvious that I could not be involved in the operation."
He criticized the other two candidates, saying, "Despite the prolonged absence of the executive branch and serious threat to the smooth progress of projects promoted by the Korea Football Association, other candidates are not concerned about this at all, denigrating the Korea Football Association with baseless accusations and false claims, and are devoted solely to delaying the election."

Candidate Chung, who is running for the fourth term, said, "As one of the candidates, I urge the Korea Football Association to conduct fair and transparent elections. Please actively promote the entrustment of the election to the National Election Commission and reorganize the election management committee and establish an election plan so that it has fairness and procedural transparency that can be recognized by everyone without rushing."
Regarding candidates Huh and Shin, he said, "I suggest that other candidates stop baseless slander and carry out policy-oriented primary activities. The Election Commission should take stern and tough measures against acts that hinder sound election progress or violations of regulations in the future." 먹튀검증

Finally, he added, "In the future, I will only think about the development of Korean soccer and conduct a policy-oriented election campaign. I hope that the election will be held for the development of Korean soccer, free from the disruptions."