FIFA to study PSSI congress aftermath: Delegate

A representative of the Indonesian Soccer Association (PSSI) congress that continued despite an order to disband says that world soccer governing body FIFA will evaluate the congress’ outcome.

“We have received an email reply from FIFA director of Member Associations and the Development Thierry Regenass saying that the federation would first study the results of the congress,” Tuti Dau, a delegate from Persepal Palangkaraya soccer club, told reporters on Sunday.

The Riau congress was cancelled by PSSI secretary-general Nugraha Besoes on Saturday night after raucous protests from allegedly excluded delegates.

Nugraha’s move was mooted by attending delegates, who determined they had a quorum of 78 delegates and could proceed with the congress, Antara reported.

Usman Pakaubun, elected to lead the congress after the cancellation, said that he sent an email to FIFA on Sunday at 4:30 a.m.

Nugraha declined to comment on the congress’ continuation, saying he would wait for FIFA’s response.

The 100 voting delegates who were to have attended the congress were comprised of representatives from 23 provincial PSSI offices, 15 super league soccer clubs, 14 Division I clubs, 12 Division II clubs and 10 Division III clubs.

The congress continued with its scheduled agenda on Saturday night and elected members of the PSSI’s selection and appeals committees.

The delegates also upheld article 35 of the PSSI’s Statutes, which requires that candidates for the post of chairman and executive committee members to not have been found guilty in criminal offense, and also restored the membership of those involved in the rival Indonesian Premier League.

“We sent the results to the Asian Football Confederation, the Indonesian Sports Council [KONI] and the Indonesian government,” Usman said.

Persiwa Wamena soccer club manager John Banua said the congress was legitimate due to the presence of a majority of voting delegates, despite Nugraha’s cancellation.

Selection committee head Harbiansyah Hanafi said the congress would not launch a coup d’etat against the current PSSI leadership — as long as they accommodated the aspirations of the delegates.

“We certainly let the current officials continue their work until the next congress,” Harbiansyah said in a post-congress conference on Saturday night.

However, Harbiansyah said, the delegates would likely take control of the PSSI to continue preparations for its election in April if the current leadership declined to uphold the congress’ results.

“We will continue the preparations for the congress, which is set before April 30. The location of the congress will be decided later during the selection committee’s internal meeting,” Harbiansyah, chief of Persisam Samarinda soccer club, said.

On the preparations, Harbiansyah said the team would verify candidates using FIFA’s standards, which stipulate, in part, that executive committee members must “… have previously been active in football [and] must not have been previously found guilty of a criminal offence…”.

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PSSI leadership row ‘political wrangling between party elites’

The row over the national soccer association's leadership has turned into political wrangling between a number of elites in political parties vying for power in the organization, House of Representatives deputy speaker Pramono Anung says.

The politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) said Tuesday that the PSSI debacle was no longer about the fight to improve soccer management in the country.

“Wrangling between political powers is obvious in the PSSI debacle,” he said as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

Pramono, however, did not say which political parties were involved.

He also said he regretted that the government had intervened in PSSI affairs by denouncing its leadership and cutting off its access to government funding. He said it should have been the National Sports Committee (KONI) to intervene and not the government.

Pramono said both statutes of PSSI and the world soccer regulator FIFA stipulate that the government plays a supervisory role.

Youth and Sports Affairs Minister Andi Mallarangeng announced Monday that the government no longer acknowledged the PSSI leadership under its chairman Nurdin Halid and secretary-general Nugraha Besoes. The statement came on the heels of a disorderly PSSI congress in Pekanbaru, Riau, on Saturday.

Andi said the government would also halt all government funding to the PSSI until a new leadership was formed for the 2011-2015 period.

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Analysis: Libya mission is clouded by confusion

President Barack Obama said he was setting clear and unmistakable terms for the US role in Libya: It would be limited, lasting days not weeks and its purpose was to protect Libyan citizens.

But that's not the way it's turned out. Less than a week later, the mission has been clouded by confusion, questions about who's in charge and who's doing what - all while the killing of civilians is going on.

The Pentagon claims success in establishing an effective no-fly zone over much of Libya that

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Terry Captain Again; Ferdinand Snubs Capello Talks

After deciding to reinstate John Terry as England captain, coach Fabio Capello claimed Rio Ferdinand rejected a chance to hear why the armband was taken off him.

Capello planned to explain to Ferdinand at Manchester United's Champions League match against Marseille why Terry has been forgiven for his off-field conduct.

The 32-year-old Ferdinand didn't play on Tuesday because of a calf injury that could rule him out for the rest of the season. Injuries have restricted the defender to just four England appearances since replacing Terry as captain in February 2010.

"I tried to meet him at the Manchester United-Marseille game," Capello said. "He was ready to meet me but he preferred not to meet us. I don't know ... I hope I will meet him in the future to speak with him personally and privately, not by phone because I think by phone is not so good."

The 30-year-old Terry was stripped of the captaincy in February 2010 after allegations he had an affair with teammate Wayne Bridge's former girlfriend. The rift led to Bridge quitting international football.

"After what happened, I decided that

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Liverpool beats Sunderland 2-0 in Premier League

Dirk Kuyt's controversial penalty and an individual effort by Luis Suarez earned Liverpool a 2-0 win at Sunderland in the Premier League on Sunday.

Kuyt opened the scoring from the spot in the 34th minute even though the tackle by Sunderland defender John Mensah, who was later shown a straight red for a professional foul, brought down Jay Spearing outside the area.

Suarez wrapped up victory in the 77th, running along the byline and fooling goalkeeper Simon Mignolet with a clever shot that crept in at the near post from a sharp angle.

Any hope of the hosts recovering were dashed when Mensah was dismissed for wrestling Suarez to the ground as the Uruguay striker chased a clearance.

Liverpool is now just four points behind fifth-place Tottenham.

thejakartapost.com

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Acid Rain Is Predicted in Japan

Acid rain is predicted to threaten Japan following a blast from the Fukushima nuclear reactor that had a small leak due to the earthquake and tsunami in the country's sunrise. The Japanese government warned its citizens to prepare for a jacket and umbrella.


Embassy in Tokyo released it in Twitter, Saturday (03/12/2011).

Electricity in Tokyo also be going out tonight within 1-2 hours. However, the exact time is unknown. Previously it was reported that due to leakage 'small', the substance of radioactive cesium was detected in the environment began Fukushima reactor. All residents who are at a radius of 10 km from Fukushima had been evacuated to safety. This is because the increase in radiation levels to 1,000 times the normal scale.

8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan occurred at 12:46 GMT, Friday (11 / 3) yesterday and was centered 373 km northeast of Tokyo. Some time later the tsunami with a height of 4 meters to 10 meters.
source : detik.com

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An Earthquake in Japan

TOKYO - An earthquake in Japan continues to make a panicked residents residing in the country. Several residents testified directly about the earthquake measuring 8.8 Richter scale (SR).

A resident named Matsui Kazuhisa preach condition that occurs in Japan today, preaching the current condition of Tokyo through mailist KAJI-kai in yahoo.

"Dear KAJIers, I was in Tokyo. The first earthquake occurred before 3 pm Japan time. Strong and rocking for a long time. Already dozens of aftershocks, and still continues. barang2 on top of cabinets many of them fell down," wrote Kazuhisa.

"The tsunami has repeatedly great to come to the north east coast including Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, and Ibaragi prefecture. Nearly all the beaches in Japan commemorated the Tsunami Alert on very large (over 10 meters). In Tokyo, all trains were not functioning. Many people had started to return home by foot. While thus I have to say. Earthquake again, "back Kazuhisa reported.

An Indonesian citizen residing in the location of the quake also briefly reported the incident that happened. Hurricane Setiadipura write the condition shortly after the quake.

"I am in Tokyo (Asakusa area, Taito-ku), the quake was felt especially we who live on the 5th floor, thank God the family was under, the people were waiting in the street. They say Japan imaginable, 5 Richter scale,"

Source : www.okezone.com

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