vice-presidents and directors of the Korea Football Association, including Vice-Chairman Lee Young-pyo and Vice-Chairman Lee Dong-guk, resigned after feeling a sense of responsibility for the recent ‘pardon controversy’ of the Korea Football Association.
However, Chairman Chung Mong-kyu, who should bear the greatest responsibility, is keeping his post.
This is reporter Sohn Ki-seong.
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On the 28th of last month, the Korea Football Association unexpectedly pardoned as many as 100 people, including match-fixing participants, but withdrew it in full due to strong headwinds.
Vice Chairman Lee Young-pyo and Vice Chairman Lee Dong-guk, who were members of the board of directors, were the first to resign, taking responsibility for failing to prevent the passage of the amnesty bill on the spot.카지노
Former vice-president Lee once again expressed his apology through social media, saying that as a member of the Football Association, he felt all the reprimands from football fans.
Former Vice Chairman Lee Dong-guk also resigned, saying that he felt responsible for not preventing the passage of the amnesty bill by confidently sharing his experience as a Gyeonggi-doer.
After the 1st resignation of the 40th vice-president, all the directors of the Football Association decided to resign en masse. [Soundbite] Park Gyeong-hoon(Executive Director, Korea Football Association) : “I reaffirm
that the decision on the amnesty was inconsiderate and careless. We all feel great responsibility and regret.”
There was an emergency in the management of the national team.
[○○○/Former director of Korea Football Association : “This is actually the fault of footballers.
Chairman Chung Mong-gyu, who made a closed decision while the executive branch was paralyzed, was virtually left alone.
It remains to be seen how long he will hold out as the head of Korean soccer without feeling a sense of responsibility.
This is Son Gi-seong from KBS News.