Seoul court rejects injunction filed to stop Olympic committee chief election

Seoul Court Rejects Injunction Filed To Stop Olympic Committee Chief Election

 Candidate for the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee president election Ryu Seung-min speaks during a press conference in Seoul, Jan. 13. Yonhap

Candidate for the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee president election Ryu Seung-min speaks throughout a press convention in Seoul, Jan. 13. Yonhap

A Seoul courtroom on Monday dismissed an injunction filed to halt the election for head of the nationwide Olympic Committee, permitting the voting to proceed as scheduled this week.

The Seoul Japanese District Courtroom rejected the injunction filed by two separate candidates final Wednesday to place the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) president election on maintain. A gaggle of 11 voters, led by Korea Ice Hockey Affiliation President Lee Ho-jin, first utilized for the injunction, adopted hours later by Dankook College professor emeritus Kang Shin-wook, one in all six candidates within the race.

Within the election scheduled for Tuesday, Kang is up towards, amongst others, incumbent chief Lee Kee-heung, who’s pursuing his third time period, and Ryu Seung-min, the 2004 Olympic males’s desk tennis champion and a former member of the Worldwide Olympic Committee.

Of their submitting final week, Lee and his 10 fellow voters complained that voters‘ rights have been violated on account of procedural issues.

They stated the 150 minutes allotted for voting at Olympic Park in southeastern Seoul weren’t almost lengthy sufficient. Additionally they claimed voters residing exterior the capital metropolis might have issue arriving on the polling station on time, including that placing such voters at a drawback was inherently unfair.

Kang, too, raised points with the voting hours and the placement of the election. Kang additionally identified that the KSOC didn’t contact athletes, coaches and referees amongst potential voters for his or her consent to the usage of private data for the collection of the two,244-person electoral faculty.

In keeping with Kang, the KSOC gathered data from its database that had not been up to date, and this led to the inclusion of some individuals who not work in sports activities, athletes who’re presently serving within the navy and even individuals who have died. (Yonhap)

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