courtesy of bandera.inquirer.net
At
the 36th FIVB Congress in Cancun, Mexico, the expulsion of
Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF) was put to a vote before the FIVB General
Assembly (GA). A total of 118 votes, or
53.2% of the total GA votes, went for the non-expulsion of PVF. Thus, PVF
officially remained as the one and only true full member of FIVB from the
Philippines. LVPI became disaffiliated with FIVB by virtue of the votes by the
GA as well.
But despite the FIVB GA vote of confidence on PVF, the
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) refuses to honor and uphold PVF’s legitimacy
as the country’s national federation for volleyball. Worse,
POC continues to uphold Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc, (LVPI) which should not be affiliated to FIVB in any
manner after the GA vote in Mexico.
The
problem in Philippine volleyball is really about grave abuse of power and
authority of POC and its shameless attempt to control a particular sport. It
was proven in the last two FIVB Congresses how POC lied to the FIVB GA to
create LVPI at the expense of PVF. From "not serving the interest of the sport" to disbandment, POC used just about every excuse to remove PVF from FIVB. And in a shameless display of conflict of
interest, four POC officials were tapped to lead LVPI as officers to complete the act.
It
is imperative now for POC to act immediately and accordingly. POC must respect
the decision of the FIVB and stop the injustice that it continues to
serve PVF and the volleyball community. POC owes it to the volleyball players,
coaches, fans and Filipino people to dispense justice and set an example of
good governance in sports.
POC
must do the right thing and reinstate PVF now.
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