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Govt Welcomes FIFA's Decision to Form 'Normalization Committee'
Jakarta Globe | April 05, 2011

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The Indonesian Government has welcomed the decision by football’s world governing body FIFA to form a “Normalization Committee” to take over from the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) executive committee.

FIFA on Monday said PSSI had lost all credibility within Indonesia and was no longer in a position to solve its current crisis.

“The FIFA Emergency Committee estimated that the current PSSI leadership was not in control of football in Indonesia as proven by the failure to gain control of the run-away league [Liga Premiere, LPI] set up without the involvement of PSSI or by the fact it could not organize a congress whose sole goals were to adopt an electoral code and elect an electoral commission,” FIFA said in a statement on its Web site.

On Tuesday, Sports Minister Andi Mallarangeng said the government was waiting for the Normalization Committee to take form.

“The government warmly welcome FIFA’s decision because it means the government and FIFA are in agreement,” he said in Jakarta on Tuesday, as quoted by news portal Tempointeraktif.com.

“As soon as the committee is formed, the government will facilitate it so it can work immediately and start preparing for the the PSSI congress."

According to FIFA, the Normalization Committee will be tasked with organizing elections before May 21 based on the FIFA electoral code and PSSI statutes, bringing the run-away LPI league under PSSI control or putting a stop to it as soon as possible, and running the day-to-day activities of PSSI in a spirit of reconciliation for the good of Indonesian football.

FIFA added that the Normalization Committee would be composed of Indonesian football personalities who would not be able to run for any of the PSSI positions, but rather act as an electoral commission.

FIFA also confirmed that the four candidates rejected by the PSSI appeal committee on Feb. 28 — Nurdin Halid, Nirwan D. Bakrie, Arifin Panigoro and Gen. George Toisutta — were not eligible to run in the PSSI elections.