Lee Im-saeng (53), general technical director of the Korea Football Association, announced his resignation in tears.
Lee Im-saeng, a board member of the National Assembly’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee, said on Monday, “This is a matter of my honor. I will resign.”
Earlier, at the time of a briefing on the appointment of national team coach Hong Myung-bo, director Lee said, “I persuaded coach Hong Myung-bo,” but added, “I received consent from the members of the power reinforcement committee for the final decision.”
However, it turned out that there was a problem in the process of getting consent from Lee. According to the contents of the messenger between Lee and A, a member of the reinforcement committee, proposed by Min Hyung-bae of the Democratic Party, it was an atmosphere of conciliation rather than consent. The messenger proposed by Min took place on July 8, two days after Hong’s appointment was announced.
In the contents of the messenger, director Lee asked A to “call reporter A to make the final decision and confirm the part that has been agreed upon.” Then, six minutes later, A replied, “I would like you to proceed without me. I am sorry.” In response, director Lee asked back, “The reason is.”
When Rep. Min presented the suspicion of conciliation after his death, Lee said, “That’s not what I meant at all.” He explained that the consent he asked A was a procedure to inform the reporter that he had delegated the right to decide to himself, not to conciliate, after the appointment of Hong.
“I will resign. It’s up to my honor,” Lee said in tears. “But I can never agree that I didn’t talk on the phone and didn’t get consent. I talked to Park Joo-ho for 2 minutes and 44 seconds. He said he couldn’t do what the reporter asked for.” 토토사이트
Former member Park, who raised a problem with the appointment of Hong, said, “I remember talking on the phone for about a minute,” and added, “We talked about asking for consent, but I felt it was a notification.”
In his final remarks, director Lee said, “The national team players are having a hard time because of the grass. I ask for your attention to show your performance on the grass on the good grass for Korean soccer.”
However, Jeon Jae-soo, chairman of the committee, said, “The real players who need to be helped are those who are sitting there (the Korea Football Association). We need sincere self-reflection from those who are leading the Korea Football Association. It is disappointing because he is avoiding even his last remarks.”