Disqualification of Sangdong Lee, Gwangju City Sports Council President-Elect... Plaintiff Wins Case

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Lee Sang-dong, president of the Gwangju Metropolitan City Sports Council, has lost his status as president-elect.

The 11th Civil Division of the Gwangju District Court (Presiding Judge Jeon Il-ho) ruled in favor of the plaintiffs on the 19th in a lawsuit filed by candidates Jeon Gap-su and Lee Kang-geun against the Gwangju Sports Council to invalidate the election result.

The two candidates, including Jeon, filed the lawsuit on May 13, claiming that the by-election for the Sports Council president had "serious defects in election procedures such as election campaigning and finalization of the voter list," seeking to confirm the invalidity of the election.

In the Sports Council president election at that time, candidate Lee received 132 votes out of a total of 274 votes (with 282 eligible voters), winning the election as the 2nd president.

Candidate Jeon received 110 votes, and candidate Lee received 32 votes.

They argued that the fairness of the election was compromised for several reasons, including that the voter list was finalized with 282 voters, whereas the election management regulations require a minimum of 300 voters to be listed.

They reportedly stated that "considering the vote difference is only 22 votes, such defects affected the election outcome, making the election invalid."

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