Boycott of PSSI continues

Boycott of PSSI continues

JAKARTA (JP): Sports journalists from at least 10 national and
provincial print and electronic media agreed on Thursday to
continue their boycott of the Soccer Association of Indonesia
(PSSI) for what they termed "poor treatment".

Journalists will not cover the daily news at PSSI or its
regular programs, including the youth league, the Suratin Cup
junior tournament and the Independence Cup senior tournament
later this month. However, they will continue to report on the
activities of soccer clubs, which the journalists said were not
directly connected with the association.

The boycott began early this month and PSSI chairman Agum
Gumelar has refused to meet with the journalists to resolve the
situation.

Ian Situmorang, chief of the Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian
Sports Journalists Association, voiced his support for the action
on Thursday. He said journalists would refuse to hold a dialog
with the association before the end of the Independence Cup.

"We think it will be more effective if we boycott a sporting
event rather than the association itself. After that, we will
consider the possibility of negotiation," he said. (ivy)