Park Ji-sung, Chairman: "Even if there is opposition to the reform plan, it will not be reversed"... Phase 1 to be completed this week

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The K-Football Innovation Committee will complete the first phase of reforms for the major Han Chuk-gu-hyeop (Chairman) by Geoje within this week. It emphasized that despite some opposition, the reform process will not return to its original state.

According to NEWSIS on the 20th, Park Ji-sung, Chairman of the K-Football Innovation Committee, stated after concluding the third meeting held in the grand conference room on the second floor of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul building in Jongno-gu, Seoul, that "the first phase of revisions to the bylaws of the Korean Sports Council and regulations of member sports organizations, which were previously discussed as necessary to establish a rational basis for preparing a reform plan for the presidential election last year, will proceed according to schedule and is expected to be completed sometime this week."

Previously, on the 16th, the Korean Sports Council held its 2026 Lim Si-dae (Rep.) general assembly and abolished the 'lottery procedure of the campaign management committee' specified in Article 24, Paragraph 2 of the bylaws regarding 'election of the president.' The amendment to expand the scope of the electors constituting the presidential election body was also passed unanimously.

Once this amendment receives approval from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the existing lottery system will be eliminated, laying the groundwork for including not only officers and delegates of member sports organizations (excluding recognized organizations) but also athletes registered in the Korean Sports Council's registration system within the electors.

The Korea Football Association is also proceeding with related procedures. An amendment to extend the deadline for electing a new president, currently set at 60 days following a vacancy in the presidency, was discussed at the SportsKorea Fair Trade Commission meeting today. It is expected that the board of directors will vote on it between the 21st and 22nd.

Park (Chairman) explained, "As part of Phase 2, it has been agreed that the Korean Sports Council will promptly revise regulations limiting member sports organizations to an indirect election system with no more than 300 members."

He continued, "The Korea Football Association also prepared a review plan for reforming the electors in line with the revision direction of the Korean Sports Council and discussed it together. It was decided that additional supplementary plans will be discussed at the next meeting."

Recently, some major Do Chuk-gu-hyeop (Chairman)s expressed opposition to the introduction of direct elections promoted by the innovation committee. In response, Park (Chairman) stated, "This is a reaction we fully anticipated," while drawing a line by adding, "It does not seem likely that the reform plan will return to its original state."

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