VFF Vice President Nguyen Xuan Gu resigns
In his resignation letter sent to the Vietnam Football Federation on the morning of May 29, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Gu affirmed that he will not run for election in the upcoming Congress.
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Mr. Nguyen Xuan Gu withdrew after a turbulent period before the election of VFF term 8. |
“I am very tired. There are factions that want to smear me, so I decided to resign. I have submitted my application,” VFF Vice President Nguyen Xuan Gu shared withVnExpress.
Mr. Gu was elected as Vice President in charge of VFF communications in 2014. He was also a candidate for this position in the Congress scheduled to be held in June. He suddenly resigned and did not participate in the election due to an incident related to a love affair.
On the night of May 24, the Criminal Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police coordinated with an interdisciplinary inspection team to conduct a check on accommodations at a hotel inDistrict 1Here, Mr. Gu lived with a 24-year-old girl. The VFF Vice President declared that he had a relationship with this girl and did not register for temporary residence, leading to an administrative fine.
After this incident, VFF planned an extraordinary executive meeting to discipline Mr. Gu. However, the VFF Vice President in charge of communications decided to resign before the meeting took place.“I tried to contribute to Vietnamese football but got into this incident. This is a lesson for me. I was also very sad when 15 minutes after submitting my resignation, the information was immediately leaked by the VFF,” he added.
Mr. Gu is the second senior leader of Vietnamese football to resign within a week. On May 22, Mr. Tran Manh Hung - Vice President of Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company - also announced his resignation due to the scandal of insulting the Deputy Head of the Referee Board, Duong Van Hien. Some comments said that the recent noisy events are all attacks that factions aim at each other before the VFF Congress.