- 기자명 Rigoberto Banta Jr. 기자
- 승인 2012.10.17 20:12
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<Brief News> Ji Beong-moon Wins Presidential Reelections By Rigoberto Banta Jr., Head Student Editor Ji Byeong-moon (Professor, Department of Political Science and Diplomacy) emerged as the top candidate for the 19th Chonnam National University (CNU) President with the highest votes garnered today, October 17, 2012. Professor Ji received 431.135 votes out of the possible 1,183 votes making him the first candidate to be recommended by CNU to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) as the 19th University President. He is a former congressman of the National Assembly of Korea. On the other hand, Dr. Yoon Taek-lim (Professor, College of Medicine), with the second highest number of votes, will be recommended to the Ministry as well. Dr Yoon garnered a total of 431.135 votes. Candidate No. 3, Dr. Oh Hee-kyun (Professor, College of Dentistry), received 339.755 votes. Faculty, administrative staff and students from CNU were given electoral capacity to vote for the 19th CNU President, known more as the Direct Presidential Election System (DPES). The DPES shall be phased-out after the term of the 19th CNU President and the seat will be filed by an appointee by the central government. In cooperation with the Buk-gu Election Tribunal Committee, CNU successfully executed the 19th University Presidential Reelections. The ballot counting concluded at 20:00 Korean Standard Time held at the Yongji Convention Hall, CNU.