PBSI in damage control mode after Icuk's resignation<\/p>\n
Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) vowed on
\nWednesday to minimize the fallout from the sudden resignation of
\nSudirman Cup team manager Icuk Sugiarto with less than a month
\nbefore the mixed team competition.<\/p>\n
\"Icuk's decision to resign from PBSI will certainly affect our
\npreparation for the Sudirman Cup because he was the team
\nmanager,\" PBSI secretary-general M.F. Siregar said.<\/p>\n
\"But now it's better to minimize the impact.\"<\/p>\n
Although Icuk resigned on Tuesday as PBSI's head of
\ndevelopment, which included overseeing the National Training
\nCenter and heading the Sudirman Cup team, Siregar said no
\nreplacement would be named until after the competition in Beijing
\nin May.<\/p>\n
\"We will hold a plenary meeting about it and PBSI chairman
\nSutiyoso will give his approval afterward,\" he said.<\/p>\n
An outspoken and sometimes controversial figure, Icuk was
\nangered by a warning letter sent to him by PBSI after he failed
\nto attend an April 1 meeting.<\/p>\n
Icuk, who was in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in his capacity with
\nthe Office of State Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs,
\ncomplained that the association issued an \"us-or-them\" ultimatum.<\/p>\n
\"It was unfair that I was forced to either leave PBSI or the
\nOffice of State Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs because of
\nmy absence from one meeting,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"Actually, I wanted to dedicate myself to both offices.\"<\/p>\n
Icuk added that he was also unhappy with the limits imposed on
\nhim in his duties as head of development.<\/p>\n
The 1983 men's singles World Champion emerged as a central
\nfigure in the country's most successful sports association last
\nyear after successfully endorsing Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso as
\nits chief.<\/p>\n
However, his tenure has been marked by controversy, including
\nthe acceptance of his son Tommy to the national men's training
\nprogram and a public spat with Athens Olympic gold medalist
\nTaufik Hidayat about bonuses.<\/p>",
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