“This is in my honor. I will resign.”
Lee Im-saeng, general director of the Korea Football Association (KFA) Technical Headquarters, who has been at the forefront of controversy over the selection process for the national soccer team, has declared that he will step down from the National Assembly. He spoke with tears in his eyes.
Director Lee, who appeared as a witness at the National Assembly’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee on the 4th, received intensive questions about the process of appointing Hong Myung-bo’s national soccer team from morning to late afternoon.
Earlier, after the 10th meeting of the Power Enhancement Committee at the end of June, Chairman Jeong Hae-sung of the KFA expressed his resignation, and the director was delegated. The member of the committee pointed out that the director was not qualified for what he was delegated. This is because he has not gone through the KFA board and is not in the articles of association. In addition, there were criticisms that he did not obtain the consent of members of the Power Enhancement Committee in the process of determining the final candidate. In particular, the contents of the mobile messenger conversation with the members of the Power Enhancement Committee were also disclosed.
The conversation is in the afternoon of July 8, the day after the KFA appointed Hong as the next national team coach. Min Hyung-bae (Gwangsan-eul, Gwangju) of the Democratic Party of Korea presented a captured image of a mobile messenger conversation between director Lee and a member of the power reinforcement committee. Director Lee asked A, “I will call reporter OO and confirm the part that has been agreed upon.” Six minutes later, A replied, “It would be nice if you could proceed without me. I’m sorry.”
Chairman Chung stepped down after sorting out the first to third candidates for the coach, including Hong Myung-bo, David Wagner and Gus Foyet, who continued the process of selecting the final nominee. He had an interview with a foreign coach in Spain and Germany on July 3 and met with Hong in Korea on July 5. In the first place, Lee once said that he was delegated to five members of the committee to strengthen his capacity for the final appointment of the coach.
However, Min claimed that the conversation was different from the truth, mentioning the contents of the mobile messenger conversation. “Why are you trying to conciliate me like that (even though you said you got the consent?)?” Park Joo-ho, a former member of the party’s committee for strengthening power, who drew attention with his remarks that sparked controversy over the appointment of the coach, said on the day, “I remember having a phone call with (Lee) for about a minute. We talked about asking for his consent, but I think it was close to notification.” 메이저사이트
At the time of additional inquiries, Rep. Min again asked Director Lee about the results of the Power Enhancement Committee meeting.
“I will resign. The fact that I didn’t get consent is related to my honor,” Lee said, crying that it was not a reasonable criticism. When asked what he wanted to say, he said that the hardest thing for Korean players is grass. I hope you can help them have a good game on the grass.”