D-1 Is the Busan City Sports Council election ‘counting the votes’ over… Controversy over partiality in election management

On the last day of the election campaign on the 14th, one day before the electoral corps vote to elect the second president of the Busan City Sports Council, a fierce battle of nerves unfolded between the candidates.

▲ Capture the initial screen of the Busan Sports Association homepage

The Busan Sports Council election, which will be held on the 15th, is unfolding in a structure in which current president In-hwa In-hwa challenges re-election, former Busan City Integrated Badminton Association president Hong Cheol-woo and former Busan City Tennis Association president Kim Yeong-cheol.

The public election system for local sports chairman was introduced three years ago with the intention of separating sports administration from politics.

In the midst of this, Candidate Young-cheol Kim held an emergency press conference on the 14th and argued that illegal election planning and intervention by sports association executives and employees, who block the right to know not only of athletes but also citizens, are being revealed everywhere.

Candidate Young-cheol Kim raised the issue, saying, “As the Election Steering Committee was operated in a biased manner, the decision was made not to hold a policy debate unilaterally while the will of the candidates was ignored.”

Regarding this, Chairman Jang’s side said, “The composition of the Election Steering Committee is in accordance with the regulations for the standing vice president to act as an acting authority, and they are using a nonsensical logic to talk about illegal operation even to legitimate business processing.” retorted.

Regarding the failure to hold a policy debate, he said, “It is an overly logical leap to claim that the right to know was violated just because the debate was not held for the electoral corps. “claimed.

He continued, “The issue of the policy debate in the future 3rd election is an issue that needs to be thoroughly reviewed in advance and prepared for election regulations.”

Meanwhile, voting for the 2nd term body gym president election will be held at the body gym meeting room from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm on the 15th. The number of votes is 454 delegates, including district and county sports associations and sports organizations. The ballot counting will be conducted immediately after the voting closes, and the winner will be determined on the same day.

UPI News / Reporter Choi Jae-ho [email protected]

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