KONI set to induct new volleyball leaders today

KONI set to induct new volleyball leaders today

JAKARTA (JP): The secrecy which has overshadowed the negotiations on who will take the top jobs at the Indonesian Volleyball Association will end only when chairman of the National Sports Council (KONI) Wismoyo Arismunandar swears in them today.

Officials at the council announced the induction yesterday, but they were tightlipped about the line-up of the new leadership board of the volleyball body.

"I know nothing about who gets what in the new leadership board, neither do the journalists," the association's outgoing secretary-general M. Solii said yesterday. "Everything is kept secret before the induction. Let's just wait and see."

The association concluded its national congress three weeks ago with a unanimous decision to name Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana the single elector for the new cabinet.

No official word has been said so far by President Soeharto's eldest daughter about whether she is willing to take the association's mantle in place of Kunarto.

Kunarto, who is vice chairman of the Supreme Audit Agency, declined a second four-year term due to the agency's ruling which bars any official's involvement in an organization which receives state funds.

Solii said that Mrs. Rukmana had asked Kunarto and Rita Subowo, chairperson of the Indonesian Beach Volleyball Association, to share ideas during discussions held over the past three weeks.

"We have heard nothing from the run-up of the negotiations," Solii said.

Solii said that it was the first time in the association's history that the electorate team has kept everything secret. "There could be some surprises or not today, who knows," Solii said.

Kunarto was the first to disclose his support for Mrs. Rukmana for the association's top job. He also suggested in the recent national congress that all participants support her nomination. (amd)