What do the NSA's of canoe-kayak, chess, swimming and table tennis have in common ? All did not produce a gold medal in the Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar.
Upon closer scrutiny, there's more to the said NSA's than not winning a gold medal. The presidents of the NSA's are all close allies of POC President Peping Cojuangco.
The president of canoe-kayak is Jonne Go. Go denied the country of 15 gold medals in SEAG by terminating the entire national dragon boat team. She ran under the ticket of the POC president during the last POC elections and won. Chess has Prospero Pichay as its president. Like Go, Pichay ran under the ticket of Peping and won. Swimming has the controversial Mark Joseph for its president. Despite the numerous cases against Joseph, he continues to enjoy the trust of Cojuangco. Lastly, table tennis has Ting Ledesma. Ledesma is the one recognized by POC despite the victory of Sen. Trillanes in a legitimately-held election.
But what takes the cake is that the NSA for equestrian, headed by Peping Cojuangco himself, did not produce a gold medal too. The Equestrian Association of the Philippines, in fact, failed to produce any medal. If the POC president himself failed to make his own NSA win any medal, is it any wonder then that the country finished seventh out of eleven countries ?
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