“Until the Korea Football Association (KFA) is reborn as a ‘normal organization’, we plan to utilize all policy measures that can be used.”
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) announced the final results of a specific audit of KFA at the Seoul Government Complex at 1:30 p.m. on the 5th.
Since July 29, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has conducted audits on KFA’s Jurgen Klinsman, national team coach Hong Myung-bo, surprise amnesty and withdrawal of corrupt soccer players, execution of borrowings and subsidies related to the construction of the Korea Football Center, payment of salary advisory fees for part-time executives, management of leadership qualifications, and other operations.
Among them, the KFA confirmed the violation of related regulations and procedures and announced the interim results of the audit on October 2 regarding the appointment of national team coaches Clinsman and Hong Myung-bo, who had high public interest.
As a result of the final audit of the KFA, it was confirmed that there were a total of 27 illegal and unfair business processes, and notified them to demand censure, correction, and caution, and to come up with reasonable improvement measures.
In particular, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism called for “severe disciplinary action beyond suspension” against Chairman Chung Mong-gyu, full-time vice chairman, and technical director, citing problems in the process of appointing the national soccer team coach.
When asked about the meaning of severe disciplinary action beyond suspension of qualifications, Choi Hyun-joon, an inspector at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said, “In the self-audit, when demanding disciplinary action, ‘light disciplinary action’ and ‘serious disciplinary action’ are required. There are ‘elimination’, ‘dismissal’, and ‘suspension of qualification’ above the suspension of qualifications, and we judged that this is a ‘serious disciplinary action’ by public officials. I think the Korea Football Association’s Fair Committee can choose between these three disciplinary actions.”
“The KFA chairman’s position is an important position to represent the KFA and handle affairs,” he said. “More than anyone else, he is responsible for complying with KFA regulations and procedures and respecting the board of directors. Nevertheless, as shown in the audit results report, he gave unfair instructions or intervened in violating regulations on his own.”
Choi said, “Pardon, which caused a lot of controversy, was another problem. Despite the abolition of the amnesty rules, the government pushed for the amnesty despite the fact that it had been informed. This is a reason for disciplinary action under the Fair Trade Commission regulations of the Korea Football Association. We judged that severe disciplinary action beyond suspension of qualification is inevitable.” 메이저사이트
“Under the current regulations, the ministry has the authority to demand disciplinary action. Judgment is to be made by the Korea Football Association’s Sports Fair Committee. We expect that a desirable judgment will be made in line with the public’s standards and public opinion,” he said.
“If that doesn’t happen, we plan to use all the policy measures we can use until the KFA is reborn as a ‘normal organization’ capable of making fair and transparent decisions,” Choi stressed.
He added, “As a result of this audit, I came to think that the trust of the people can be restored only when the chronic ills are corrected based on the results of this diagnosis.”