Chairul elected new boss of PBSI<\/p>\n
Novan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
After several heated arguments and failing earlier in the
\nevening to elect a chairman, the Badminton Association of
\nIndonesia (PBSI) elected businessman Chairul Tanjung at about
\n10:40 p.m. Saturday night.<\/p>\n
The election should have started at 7:30 pm but the
\nparticipants were divided on how to do the elections.<\/p>\n
When thr voting finally began, Chairul ended up winning by
\na landslide vote of 252 votes against Justian Suhandinata's
\n13 votes.<\/p>\n
The congress started on Friday and is scheduled to end on
\nSunday at Hotel Indonesia, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Participants from the Jakarta chapter demanded it to be done
\nsecretly in a ballot room while the majority preferred it to be
\ndone openly.<\/p>\n
The election was marred by an incident when participants from
\nJakarta chapter and its five branches decided to walk out of the
\nvenue over a heated argument over whether the election should be
\ndone openly or secretly.<\/p>\n
Before the congress participants voted, 20 PBSI chapters have
\nopenly expressed their support for Chairul to be the next
\nchairman replacing the incumbent Subagyo Hadisiswoyo who had
\nannounced his refusal for renomination.<\/p>\n
The other candidate, Justian, got support from Jakarta,
\nLampung, Irian Jaya, East Nusa Tenggara and North Sulawesi.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, four other chapters of Aceh, Bengkulu, Riau and
\nSouth Kalimantan did not state their support openly.<\/p>\n
The chapters expressed their support during their evaluation
\nof the performance of Subagyo's 1997-2001 period.<\/p>\n
Most of the chapters said they were satisfied with Subagyo's
\nachievements while pointing out some weaknesses to be remedied by
\nthe next chairman.<\/p>\n
Subagyo admitted that there were several shortcomings, such as
\nthe failure to groom the women shuttlers and failure to send more
\nshuttlers abroad.<\/p>\n
But he put the blame on the condition during his tenure in
\nwhich the rupiah was extremely weakened against the U.S. dollar.<\/p>\n
"I started the job with Rp 2,500 against a dollar but suddenly
\nit rocketed to some Rp 15,000," he told the participants.<\/p>\n
"But on the other hand, we managed to have the Thomas Cup
\ntwice in 1998 and 2000. We also continued our gold medal
\ntradition at the Sydney Olympics."<\/p>\n
"And we also have two world champion titles with all the
\nfinancial shortages," he continued.<\/p>\n
Separately in Bung Karno Badminton Stadium, all national
\nshuttlers from the Indonesian Badminton Center (PBI) have ensured
\nfour titles by filling all final berths except for the men's
\nsingles title.<\/p>\n
The only outsider was Taufik Hidayat, who is a member of the
\nelite training camp, now representing West Java chapter after
\nresigning from PBI over a dispute about his participation in the
\nDanish Open.<\/p>\n
Seeded first here, Taufik defeated his former team mate,
\nsecond stringer Rony Agustinus 7-3, 7-5, 7-4 showing that he is
\nstill an asset for Indonesia's badminton society.<\/p>\n
Taufik will then see junior Sony Dwi Kuncoro who beat team
\nmate Anggun Nugroho 7-0, 8-6, 7-2.<\/p>\n
Sony is actually still in the junior division but PBSI decided
\nto play all of its national junior shuttlers to play in the
\nsenior division.<\/p>\n
In the women's singles, second seed Yuli Marfuah of West Java
\nwas the only upset when junior shuttler Dian Novita took a 7-4,
\n7-3, 7-0 victory.<\/p>\n
Dian will now challenge top seed Atu Rosalina who beat another
\njunior Silvi Antarini 7-4 7-3, 0-7, 7-3.<\/p>\n
Top seeds Candra Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto will face teammates
\nNova Widhianto and Bambang Suprianto who are seeded second in the
\nmen's doubles while Emma Ermawati and Eny Widiowati will
\nchallenge top seeds Minarti Timur and Vita Marissa in the women's
\ndoubles.<\/p>\n
Bambang will team up with Emma in the mixed doubles to face
\nTri Kusheryanto who will pair up with Vita.<\/p>",
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