Give new KONI board a chance, says Agum<\/p>\n
Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The new board of the National Sports Council (KONI) was announced
\non Wednesday, with chairman Agum Gumelar appealing to the sports
\ncommunity to give the members time to do their work.<\/p>\n
\"Give us a chance to carry out our program to try to advance
\nnational sports,\" Agum said after announcing the members of the
\n39-strong board at KONI headquarters here.<\/p>\n
The new board, which will sit from 2003 to 2007, is slimmer
\nthan its predecessor under the four-year term of chairman Wismoyo
\nArismunandar, which had 65 members.<\/p>\n
Some of the board members have been kept on from the old
\nboard. Among them are Oyong Karmayuda, who now takes up the post
\nof secretary-general, and Indra Kartasasmita, who now heads the
\nplanning and budgeting department.<\/p>\n
Although the majority are new faces, a few of them have
\nalready served KONI at some time in the past.<\/p>\n
Djoko Pramono's appointment as the head of the development
\ndepartment marks his return to KONI following his service during
\nthe 1995-1999 term. He was absent from 1999 to 2003.<\/p>\n
Timbul Thomas Lubis, who was the deputy of the organizational
\ndepartment under Hendardji, also makes a reappearance.<\/p>\n
Agum, who is also the chairman of the national soccer
\ngoverning body, the PSSI, has brought in three of his soccer
\norganization colleagues: Irawadi Hanafi, Dimas Wahab and Andi
\nDarussalam.<\/p>\n
As far as the military-civilian issue is concerned, Agum's
\nappointment of four retired military officers marks a major
\nreduction in the number of military men compared to the previous
\nboard, which was almost 75 percent made up of military officers.<\/p>\n
Professional diversity also colors Agum's board with the
\nemployment of media figure Sumohadi Marsis, model Larasati,
\nsportsmen Ricky Subagdja and Richard Sam Bera, and Ishadi from
\nthe television industry.<\/p>\n
Agum, who has three deputy chairpersons, Rita Subowo, Toho
\nCholik Mutohir and Ferdinand Nainggolan, said he was aware of
\nsome dissatisfaction over his policies.<\/p>\n
\"I'm know that no decision will satisfy all sides. I'm aware
\nof this. To those who are dissatisfied, I would say, give us
\ntime.<\/p>\n
\"Don't automatically think negatively of the board. Such a way
\nof thinking is out of place in sport,\" Agum said.<\/p>\n
While pledging to make further efforts to ensure the passage
\nof the sports bill, which would ensure the availability of
\nfinancial support for sport, Agum also said that he would launch
\na pioneering approach to fund-raising.<\/p>",
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