KONI deputy chairman withdraws resignation<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Deputy chairman of the National Sports Council
\n(KONI) Arie Sudewo withdrew his resignation yesterday following
\nan order from his chief to stay with the council.<\/p>\n
Arie told reporters yesterday that chairman of the council
\nWismoyo Arismunandar had rejected his resignation and asked him
\nto carry on his duties.<\/p>\n
\"There is nothing I can do but to be loyal to his order,\"
\nArie, a retired Army lieutenant general, said, \"For me, an order
\nis an order.\"<\/p>\n
Arie said that as a former military official, deserting an
\norder amounts to insubordination.<\/p>\n
Arie, as well as former Army Chief of Staff Wismoyo, formally
\nretired from military service early in December last year.<\/p>\n
The 56-year-old deputy chairman announced his resignation in
\nthe final day of the 18th Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai,
\nThailand. Arie, chef de mission of the Indonesian team, said that
\nhis team's failure to retain Indonesia's supremacy at the Games
\nwas behind his shocking decision.<\/p>\n
Indonesia, fielding a smaller number of athletes than
\nThailand and not represented in two sports, suffered its second
\ndefeat to the Thais since 1985. The host swept 157 golds, more
\nthan twice as many than Indonesia's 77 golds.<\/p>\n
\"I begged the chairman, after a five-day evaluation recently,
\nto fulfill my request because my decision was not taken
\nemotionally,\" Arie said. \"It was just the way I show my moral
\nresponsibility.\"<\/p>\n
He said he was surprised by Wismoyo's reaction. \"Mr. Chairman
\ntold me that I was a soldier and a member of the Armed Forces.<\/p>\n
\"Having been in the Army together for such a long time, we are
\nlike two bodies with one soul. If I resign he will lose his
\nsoul,\" Arie said of his private discussion with Wismoyo.<\/p>\n
Arie asked Wismoyo for some days off to be introspective after
\nthe meeting.<\/p>\n
Report<\/p>\n
Arie said he had handed in the report of Indonesia's SEA Games
\nperformance to both Wismoyo and State Minister of Youth Affairs
\nand Sports Hayono Isman. The two sports top officials will report
\nto the President.<\/p>\n
Arie, brushing aside his bitter memory at the just concluded
\nSEA Games, reminded that Indonesia has only 18 months to get
\nready for the 1997 Games here.<\/p>\n
\"We have two big tasks: to prepare our athletes and
\naccommodation for the visiting teams,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said the council will continue its approach to national
\nbusinessmen in order to hold a successful sporting extravaganza.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the council's official in charge of planning and
\nbudget, Togi Hutagaol, confirmed yesterday that the council is
\ncompleting details of bonuses in the form of insurance given to
\nSEA Games medalists. Wismoyo is expected to announce the rewards
\nnext week.<\/p>\n
A gold medalist will receive Rp 25 million (US$10,900), while
\na silver and a bronze medal winners will earn Rp 2 million and Rp
\n1 million respectively. (05)<\/p>",
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