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KOAM cari situasi 'menang-menang'

Oleh Lukman Salleh
lukmsal@bharian.com.my

Isu perbalahan penganjuran Maraton Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur

KESATUAN Olahraga Amatur Malaysia (KOAM) tidak mahu perbalahan mengenai penganjuran Maraton Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur berpanjangan dan akan mencari jalan penyelesaian terbaik membabitkan penaja dan ahli gabungannya, Persatuan Olahraga Amatur Wilayah Persekutuan (POAWP).

Sambil menegaskan hak penganjuran Maraton Antarabangsa di Kuala Lumpur adalah milik syarikat pengurusan acara, Octagon dan Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL), Timbalan Presiden KOAM, Karim Ibrahim mahu mencari situasi 'menang-menang' yang akan menggembirakan semua pihak terbabit.

"KOAM tidak mengambil hak sesiapa termasuk hak POAWP," kata Karim. "Penganjuran Maraton Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur adalah membabitkan DBKL, Octagon serta KOAM dan ia tiada ada kaitan langsung dengan POAWP.

"Oleh itu, tidak timbul soal mengambil hak yang dimiliki POAWP. Mereka boleh menganjurkan acara maraton yang lain tetapi mesti tertakluk kepada syarat yang ditetapkan iaitu dua bulan sebelum dan selepas penganjuran Maraton Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur.

"Saya agak kecewa dengan isu yang dibangkitkan pihak tertentu ini yang menjejaskan imej KOAM dan juga menimbulkan rasa tidak selesa penaja. Saya harap semua pihak akan berhenti daripada membuat kenyataan negatif yang boleh merosakkan penganjuran temasya ini," katanya.

Sehubungan itu, Karim diarahkan Presiden KOAM, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim untuk mengadakan pertemuan dengan Octagon dan POAWP untuk mencari jalan penyelesaian terbaik bagi memastikan sengketa ini tidak berpanjangan.

"Ini adalah acara maraton baru dan bagi KOAM ekoran penganjuran acara ini, kami juga mendapat penajaan berjumlah RM500,000 setahun untuk tempoh lima tahun bagi melaksanakan program pembangunan.

"Seharusnya semua pihak termasuk ahli gabungan memberi sokongan kepada KOAM untuk memastikan acara ini dikelolakan dengan berjaya, bukannya mengeluarkan kenyataan yang boleh mengundang masalah kepada persatuan," katanya.

Semalam, KOAM sepatutnya mengadakan mesyuarat Majlis untuk menjelaskan mengenai isu sebenar penganjuran Maraton Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur kepada ahli gabungannya tetapi terpaksa dibatalkan kerana tidak mencukupi korum.

Isu Maraton Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur tampak bertitik tolak daripada rasa tidak puas hati POAWP yang disisihkan daripada penganjurannya walaupun sebelum ini terbabit dalam mengelolakan acara maraton tahunan itu sejak hampir dua dekad.

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