"Age limit? It doesn't matter... I take disadvantages for fairness." Candidate Huh Jung-moo is shocked by KFA

"Age limit? It doesn't matter... I take disadvantages for fairness." Candidate Huh Jung-moo is shocked by KFA

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An unprecedented event took place. The election for the 55th president of the Korea Football Association, which was scheduled for the same day, has been suspended.

The 50th Civil Agreement Division of the Seoul Central District Court cited Huh Jung-moo's request for an injunction against the presidential election against the Korea Football Association on the 7th.

Earlier on December 30 last year, candidate Huh raised the issue, saying, "The soccer association unfairly conducted the election schedule for the president of the association," and "There is no way to confirm the composition of the election management committee." He mentioned the "slanted playground," saying that the election is held offline only, which effectively excludes professional team leaders and players participating in winter training.

If the Korea Football Association's election management committee seeks to introduce online voting, it can receive support from the National Election Commission. However, the KFA's election management committee rejected the request, citing that it is difficult to guarantee confidentiality of online voting and that higher-level organizations such as FIFA conduct offline voting.

Candidate Heo also raised the issue with the 173-member electors, 21 fewer than the regulation (up to 194), citing the failure to submit the consent form to provide personal information.

At the time, candidate Huh Jung-moo said, "The association's election management committee is an organization that performs important functions for fair election management, such as determining and allocating the number of electors and making a list of electors, and it manages elections unfairly and opaquely."

Candidate Heo then said, "The regulations require that external members who are not related to the association be at least two-thirds of the total election management committee, but the list of members including the chairman is kept secret. We cannot expect fair election management from members who cannot disclose their names."

On Dec. 31, a day later, Huh officially filed a petition for a provisional injunction against the election. The KFA immediately rebelled and said, "We are running the election in accordance with KFA regulations," adding, "The (candidate Heo Jung-moo's) claim that the election is conducted in a certain direction is a distortion of the facts. Regarding the operation of the election committee, more than two-thirds of the committee are complete outsiders and independence is guaranteed, which could lead to disputes over fairness when the committee members are disclosed."

Initially, Chung Mong-kyu, the current president of the Korea Football Association, a visiting professor of sports record analysis at the Graduate School of Records and Information Science in Shinmun-seon Myung-ji, and Huh Jung-moo, the former national team coach, participated in the election.

Public opinion about candidate Chung Mong-gyu had deteriorated considerably until the last minute, but as the election approached, variables such as the Korea Football Leaders Association, which was an anti-Jung Mong-gyu stance, turned around. Candidate Chung, who was encouraged by this, also made a pledge to donate 5 billion won to the Korea Football Association for the successful completion of the Korea Football Center.

However, the court raised the hand of Huh Jung-moo, who threw a "super-strong force." The court said, "We believe that there is a serious procedural violation that can be admitted to have significantly violated the election process and thus affected the election results."

"The Korea Football Association did not disclose who was appointed as a member of the committee that manages and operates the elections, making it impossible to confirm whether the committee was organized in accordance with the articles of association and election management regulations until around election day," the court said. "The Korea Football Association did not take measures to ensure transparency by involving prospective candidates, agents, or neutral third parties who wished to run for the election at the time of the electors' draw. It is also not confirmed whether the actual electors' draw was conducted objectively and transparently."

Candidate Huh Jung-moo's age also emerged as a variable, but he took the position that "it doesn't matter."

According to Article 23-2 (2) "Registration of Candidates for President Election" of the association, candidates must be under 70 on election day. Heo was born on Jan. 13, 1955 and is about to turn 70.

If the election was held on the 8th, which was originally scheduled, there would be no problem, but the application for provisional injunction was accepted, the election was postponed, and the conditions for candidate Huh's candidacy were disrupted. However, candidate Huh said, "We took disadvantages to reform the unfairness and opacity of the Korea Football Association," adding, "If the eligibility for candidacy disappears due to age restrictions, 토토사이트 better junior soccer players will come forward to reform the Korea Football Association and help it as much as possible."

Meanwhile, the Korea Football Association said, "We inform you that the election date for the president of the association has been temporarily postponed," adding, "We will announce it as soon as the schedule is established."