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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