THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FIVB AD HOC COMMITTEE TO PHILIPPINE VOLLEYBALL

courtesy of fivb.org

FIVB finally created the ad hoc committee that will investigate volleyball in the Philippines. The ad hoc committee, which was brought up and decided at the 35th FIVB World Congress in Argentina, has Jaime Lamboy of Puerto Rico, Tohomiro Tohyama of Japan and Vasavan Samuel of South Africa as members.

The newly-formed ad hoc committee is significant in several ways. One, it is an undeniable indication that FIVB itself finds the allegations of POC President Peping Cojuangco and LVPI President Joey Romasanta against PVF highly suspicious and irregular. Thus, FIVB sees the need to investigate though an ad hoc committee and prevent the expulsion of PVF from FIVB. Two, the committee provides an avenue where the abuses and corruption of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) can be verified, confirmed and exposed by an international federation. The corruption and abuses of POC may finally be confirmed by no less than an international federation in no uncertain terms. Three, the findings of the committee may serve as an example to other national federations in the country. That despite the extreme difficulty, a national federation, like PVF, can certainly get the justice it deserves provided it rises up to the challenge.

The task of finally defeating Cojuangco, Romasanta and POC in the eyes of the ad hoc committee remains daunting. But should PVF find the right formula, Peping and his men may just be put to shame and consequently be forced to resign in the end.