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MSN, MOM sambut positif teguran Muhyiddin

DUA badan induk - Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) dan Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) menyifatkan teguran Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, kelmarin untuk memartabatkan semula kegemilangan sukan tanah air sebagai mesej menuntut perubahan yang 'sudah lama tertangguh'.

Kedua-dua badan itu berharap teguran membina oleh Timbalan Perdana Menteri dapat mencetus sinaran dalam merintis gemilang dan minta semua persatuan sukan kebangsaan lebih fokus melahirkan atlit bertaraf dunia sambil mengetepikan agenda peribadi dan politiking.

Ketua Pengarah MSN, Datuk Zolkples Embong berkata: “Selalunya selepas Timbalan Perdana Menteri membangkitkan isu, sepatutnya akan ada perubahan dan saya amat berharap ‘sesuatu akan berlaku’ selepas ini.

Mengenai gesaan menjadikan sukan di sekolah lebih gemilang, Zolkples berkata: “Memang Kementerian Pelajaran adalah ‘rakan’ kami selama ini, tapi kami faham sukan bukan ‘perkara pokok’ mereka.”

Katanya, MSN akan mengadakan lebih banyak perbincangan dan meningkatkan keberkesanan jawatankuasa kerja bersama antara Kementerian Belia dan Sukan serta Kementerian Pelajaran dalam masa

Dan ketika mengulas isu ‘lapuk’ politiking persatuan, Zolkples, berkata sudah tiba masanya pihak yang diselar ‘membuka mata’ dan meletak titik noktah pada isu berkenaan.

“Kenyataan TPM sepatutnya dianggap sebagai satu arahan kepada persatuan sukan supaya mereka mengambil tindakan. Jika persatuan tiada masalah, saya tidak perlu membuang masa membincangkan kerenah mereka dan dapat memberi tumpuan sepenuhnya kepada sukan negara,” katanya.

Setiausaha Kehormat MOM, Datuk Sieh Kok Chi, membayangkan badan induk itu melakukan perubahan paradigma dan menjadi lebih agresif dalam menangani kemelut persatuan selepas mereka kelihatan disisih oleh persatuan sukan kebangsaan sebelum ini.

“MOM akan melakukan sesuatu dalam masa terdekat. Selama ini walaupun menjadi badan induk persatuan sukan negara, MOM seolah-olah tiada kuasa. Meskipun banyak kes persatuan kini dirujuk kepada Pesuruhjaya Sukan, namun ada kalanya kemelut menjadi semakin parah,” katanya.
Sambil menyifatkan politiking dalam sukan bukan perkara baru, Kok Chi merasakan MOM perlu mengambil inisiatif serta bertindak lebih berani, antaranya mewajibkan persatuan merujuk kepada badan induk itu terlebih dulu sebelum sebarang isu dihadapkan kepada Pesuruhjaya Sukan.

Kelmarin, Muhyiddin minta rombakan dilakukan dalam sukan bermula di peringkat rendah dan menengah kerana aktiviti peringkat ini sudah terpinggir 20 tahun sambil menasihatkan pemimpin sukan kebangsaan kurangkan politiking dan membantu kemajuan sukan.

Oleh Hasnira Hassan dan Syed Riduan Ahmad
bhsukan@bharian.com.my

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