Jeong Mong-gyu's executive team will continue to serve for the time being even after his term ends..."Confirmation and resolution of executive executive authority"

Jeong Mong-gyu's executive team will continue to serve for the time being even after his term ends..."Confirmation and resolution of executive executive authority"

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While the election schedule for the 55th president of the Korea Football Association has been delayed repeatedly, the current executive, including acting chairman Kim Jung-bae (vice-chairman Sang-geun), will continue his duties for the time being even after the term of the current executive under the Chung Mong-kyu regime expires on the 21st.

According to the Korea Football Association on the 20th, representatives of the association held the first extraordinary general meeting of representatives in 2025 at the conference room on the second floor of the Korea Football Association in Jongno-gu, Seoul, and confirmed and voted on the executive authority of the executives, saying, "The current executives must fulfill their responsibilities before the election of the 55th president of the Korea Football Association and the launch of the next executive branch."

The decision was based on Article 22 (term) 8 of the articles of association of the Korea Football Association, which states that "appointed executives can execute their duties only for businesses that continue until a successor takes office, even if their term expires." According to the articles of association, senior executives are one vice chairman and seven or fewer executives, one executive director and 29 or more directors (including chairman, vice chairman and executive directors), and two auditors. Chairman Chung is currently suspended from his duties due to his candidacy for the 55th presidential election.

As a result, even if the current executive term expires on the 21st, acting chairman Kim Jung-bae, vice chairman Choi Young-il and chairman of the National Power Reinforcement Committee, and vice chairman Han Joon-hee will continue their duties. Most of the vice-chairman and board members, including acting chairman Kim Jung-bae, are appointed by Chairman Chung Mong-kyu as part of the reform measures after the controversy over the sudden amnesty of footballers, including match-fixing criminals, in May 2023.

Delegates from the association, which convened an extraordinary general meeting on the day with the aim of presenting an agenda to prevent administrative vacuum and stabilize the operation of the association due to delays in the election of new chairmen, also adopted a statement calling for a fair election for the chairman. Twenty-four of the 34 current delegates attended the extraordinary general meeting on the day, both on-site and via video. The current delegates are 17 heads of the association, 12 heads of the K League 1 and five heads of the national federations.

The delegates said in a statement, "We are seriously concerned about the current situation in which the Election Commission has been dissolved and a new schedule has not been established following the postponement of the election for the 55th president of the Korea Football Association." In order to minimize the administrative vacuum and stabilize the operation of the association due to the delay in the election of the new chairman, ▲The Korea Football Association urged ▲to do its best to prevent an administrative vacuum from occurring. ▲Let's quickly finalize the election schedule and establish an election plan without defects in procedures. ▲We should strongly respond to false facts and groundless slander that cause distrust of the people and division of the soccer community.

Representatives of the association said in a statement, "We send our unwavering trust to the Korea Football Association and want to add all our strength to the election as soon as possible. There are a lot of important projects this year, and various competitions will begin in February. We urge you to do your part until the election is successfully completed, keeping in mind that the delay in the election of the association president and the appointment of executives could lead to a crisis that has never occurred before."

"The association should proceed transparently by reorganizing the election management committee to prevent a recurrence of situations such as the cited provisional injunction against the president's election." The fastest way to restore the current situation is to create principles and processes that soccer players and the public can understand beyond healing procedural defects pointed out by the court. To this end, the Korea Football Association should also establish stricter election plans and proceed with the process more fair and transparent."

"We deeply regret the actions of the candidates by attacking the independent composition of the election management committee to undermine the fairness of the election and to distort the association's sound financial position to abuse the election. We should stop making remarks that tarnish the reputation of the Korea Football Association and cause instability in the soccer community. The delegates urge the candidates to run for the election fairly, focusing on developmental discussions on Korean soccer," he added.

The 55th presidential election of the Korea Football Association, which was originally scheduled to be held on the 8th of this month after candidates Chung Mong-kyu, Shin Mun-seon, and Heo Jung-moo (hereinafter, in the order of 1 to 3), was suspended after the court cited an application for an injunction to suspend the election. The Seoul Central District Court judged a day before the election, "There is a serious procedural violation that can be admitted to have significantly violated the fairness of the election and thereby affected the election process."

Since then, the association's election management committee has postponed the election schedule to the 23rd, but it was canceled again because candidates Huh Jung-moo and Shin Moon-sun protested that they had "never agreed." As all the election management members resigned, the election schedule has been suspended altogether. Candidate Shin Moon-seon and Heo Jung-moo insisted that the election be entrusted to the National Election Commission or the regional election management committee for fair and transparent elections, but even this was canceled due to the notification of non-payment by the Jongno-gu District Election Commission.

The Korea Football Association 먹튀검증 plans to form a new election management committee and start the election again through the board of directors early next month. Until the next chairman is elected and a new executive is established, the current executive team, which is formed under Chairman Chung Mong-gyu, will continue its duties.