THE DAY PEPING AND HIS GANG MADE THEIR BIGGEST MISTAKE IN POC

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When Peping Cojuangco, Jonne Go, Joey Romasanta, Jeff Tamayo, Julian Camacho Jesus Arana and Mikee Cojuangco Jaworski signed the letter dated April 30, 2019 demanding POC President Ricky Vargas to explain his side on various isues pertaining to POC, the group virtually declared war on Vargas. After all, Peping and his gang could have simply raised their concerns in an executive meeting. But as the letter suggests, their intention was really to put Vargas and his people on the spot. The highly confrontational tone of the letter says it all.

What Peping and his gang fail to realize is that they no longer enjoy the same power as before in POC. That they cannot get away with anything and everything that they want now that Vargas and his people occupy important positions in POC. That Vargas and his people are now a formidable force in POC and could be a stumbling block to whatever plan they may have.

The letter of Peping and his gang could very well signal the end of a group of people that has become irrelevant to the times.

NO TO POC COUP PALS

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POC President Ricky Vargas called for an extraordinary General Assembly meeting on May 27, 2019 that will ultimately test his power and authority over the national federations. The coup pals, or the national federation presidents who are aligned with Peping and are planning to stage a coup, will surely boycott the special GA meeting to show that they are still the powers-that-be in Philippine sports. The possibility of a coup against Vargas by the coup pals will increase a thousand fold should Vargas fail to attract the majority of the national federations to attend the GA meeting.

While the present POC president is lacking in so many ways, Vargas remains the better alternative to Peping and his minions. Philippine sports was at its lowest during the days Peping and his pals ruled over just about every sport in the country. To go back to the Dark Ages of Philippine sports by installing Peping and his pals at the top of the heap once again will only mean that the Filipino sports community never learned the bitter lessons of the past. To give Peping and his pals great power once again will mean that Filipinos are truly a hopeless case.

Vargas will do well not to surrender the POC presidency and authority to the POC coup pals at this crucial stage of the game. The coup pals had their chances to leave a great legacy to Philippine sports. Unfortunately, they chose and continue to choose to serve their own interests rather than those of the athletes.

A comeback by the POC coup pals is simply unacceptable.

No to POC coup pals.