FIFA orders normalization committee to fix PSSI

JAKARTA - World soccer body FIFA has decided that a normalization committee should take over the current executive committee of the Indonesian Soccer Association (PSSI), following recent problems in its management.

"Following the latest events linked to the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI), the FIFA Emergency Committee decided on April 1, 2011 that, in accordance with article 7 paragraph 2 of the FIFA Statutes, a normalization committee will take over from the current PSSI executive committee," FIFA said on its website on Monday.

The FIFA Emergency Committee said the current PSSI leadership was not in control of soccer in Indonesia as seen by its failure to take control of the run-away league (Liga Premiere Indonesia), set up without the involvement of PSSI. It also cited the fact that the PSSI had failed to organize a congress whose sole goals were to adopt an electoral code and elect an electoral commission to manage the election of a new leadership.

The FIFA Emergency Committee concluded that the PSSI leadership had lost all credibility within Indonesia and was not in a position to resolve the current problems in the association.

FIFA said the normalization committee would organize elections based on the FIFA electoral code and PSSI statutes, before May 21 2011; bring the runaway league under PSSI control or have it stopped as soon as possible; and run the day-to-day activities of the PSSI in a spirit of reconciliation for the good of Indonesian football.

The normalization committee is composed of personalities from Indonesian football who will not be able to run for any PSSI positions and would act as an electoral commission, FIFA added.

It also confirmed the non-eligibility for the PSSI presidency of four candidates who were previously rejected by the PSSI appeal committee on Feb. 28.

source : waspada.co.id