Korea Football Association Files Administrative Lawsuit Over 'Jeong Mong-gyu Disciplinary Demand'

The severe disciplinary action against Chung Mong-gyu, president of the Korea Football Association, will not be imposed by the government’s deadline of the 3rd.

Jung Mong-gyu, President of the Korea Football Association. Photo by Yonhap News

On the 1st, the Football Association announced that it filed an administrative lawsuit with the Seoul Central District Court on the 21st of last month, seeking to cancel the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s specific audit disposition, and also submitted a request for suspension of execution of the Ministry’s disposition to the court.

Last November, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced the results of an audit on the Football Association and demanded severe disciplinary measures, including suspension of qualifications, against President Chung and others. However, the Football Association filed a lawsuit, stating that it could not accept this.

The Football Association’s Sports Fairness Committee decided on the 23rd of last month to withhold judgment on whether to discipline President Chung until the court ruling is finalized, as the lawsuit has begun regarding the Ministry’s disposition. Accordingly, President Chung will be able to continue running as a candidate in the next presidential election.

Heo Jeong-mu, former national team coach, and Shin Moon-seon, invited professor of Sports Record Analysis at Myongji University Graduate School of Record Information Science, who are running in the Football Association presidential election, have insisted that the Sports Fairness Committee must decide on severe disciplinary action against President Chung within the deadline. They criticize the Football Association’s lawsuit as a 'trick to protect President Chung.'

The next Football Association presidential election was scheduled to be held on the 8th of last month but was postponed due to the court’s approval of former coach Heo’s injunction request to ban the election. The Football Association tried to hold the election on the 23rd of last month after addressing procedural flaws pointed out by the court, but it was canceled as all election management committee members resigned.

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