Menpora Zainudin Amali revealed the reasons of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and the government never quotes PSSI in any statement regarding the formation of the Transformation Team with FIFA and the AFC.
President Jokowi in an official statement on the FIFA letter dated October 5, assured that FIFA would not sanction Indonesia over the Kanjuruhan tragedy that killed 131 people.
In his speech, President Jokowi said the government, together with FIFA and AFC, will form a football transformation team in Indonesia and have an office in Indonesia to help and build football in a better direction. However, Jokowi did not mention PSSI.
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Kemensetneg RI’s Twitter account in today’s Tuesday (11/10) upload also did not mention PSSI in the transformation team.
“The Indonesian government together with FIFA will form a transformation team for Indonesian football. What are the collaborations between FIFA, AFC and the Indonesian government? Let’s see more,” wrote the Twitter account of the Indonesian Secretariat of State.
In response to this, the Minister of Youth and Sports ensured that the relationship between the government and the PSSI was not a problem. Amali said there was no PSSI name related to the formation of the Transformation Team with FIFA and AFC because they considered it an internal government matter.
“I think so, this is internal to the government, if you look at Presidential Instruction No. 3 of 2019 on accelerating the development of national football, it doesn’t even mention PSSI,” said the Minister of Youth and Sports at the Palace of State.
“But the Ministry of Youth and Sports certainly knows who to do it with, and we involve everything from curriculum design, then to early childhood development planning, all with PSSI,” Menpora said.
In addition, Amali also ensured that the government’s measures to communicate directly with FIFA were not measures to intervene against PSSI.
“Yes, this is a response to the FIFA letter to President Jokowi, the FIFA letter is directly to the president, not to anyone. Obviously this is the government’s response, if it is not necessary, that’s fine, but this is ours too. shared responsibility. asked, “said the Minister of Youth and Sports.
“Therefore, due to good intentions, FIFA has good intentions to help Indonesia improve Indonesian football in general, especially competitions and the Kanjuruhan tragedy will not be repeated. We must respond to FIFA’s good intentions,” he said. affirmed Menpora.
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