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'Jangan cabar kami'

“SAYA beri amaran pada Nadzmi, jangan cabar kami. Jangan anggap kami berdiam diri kerana mengalah. Kami akan terus desak Nadzmi meletak jawatan,” demikian amaran yang dilaungkan Ketua Gerakan Transformasi Badminton (GTB), Mohd Arafat Muhammad. Amaran itu hadir rentetan daripada penyerahan memorandum Gabungan Badan NGO Malaysia kepada Persatuan Badminton Malaysia (BAM) 25 Mei lalu yang mahu presiden persatuan itu, Datuk Mohd Nadzmi Salleh bersama semua ahli jawatankuasa meletak jawatan dalam kepentingan masa depan badminton negara.

Arafat yang juga Setiausaha Pusat Dua Gabungan Badan NGO Malaysia berkata, penubuhan GTB adalah bukti komitmen mereka yang benar-benar mahukan perubahan dalam BAM.

“Kami tidak akan berhenti mendesak BAM membubarkan jawatankuasa sedia ada kerana kami mahukan kepimpinan baru yang boleh mencorak suasana badminton negara dengan cara lebih segar dan pendekatan lebih pragmatik,” kata Arafat yang menegaskan pihaknya akan menganjurkan perhimpunan lebih besar dan menjelajah ke seluruh negara.

“Kami akan mengumpul tandatangan peminat badminton di seluruh negara dan serahkan kepada Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak bersama memorandum menuntut perubahan kepemimpinan BAM. Ini janji kami,” kata Arafat dalam sidang media yang diadakan di Restoran Rebung, Bangsar semalam.







Turut serta dalam sidang media itu adalah ahli jawatankuasa GTB, Harun Jaafar (wakil masyarakat), Shahlan Tajudin (wakil artis dan karyawan), Shahrul Ekhsan Osman (Penasihat Sekretariat Belia 1 Malaysia)) dan Salmah Mohamad (Pengerusi Pertubuhan Anak Warikh).

Dalam pada itu, Harun yang mewakili peminat badminton tanah air berkata tindakan BAM mengesyaki ada dalang di sebalik gerakan transformasi tidak sewajarnya ditimbulkan.

Menurut beliau, mereka tidak ditaja mana-mana pihak malah melakukan desakan atas rasa cinta pada sukan badminton.

“Sepatutnya dakwaan wujudnya dalang di sebalik gesaan kami ini tidak timbul kerana jika benar pengurusan BAM bertanggungjawab, mereka perlu memikul tanggungjawab itu. Mengapa perlu berdalih jika sudah terbukti kepimpinan yang sudah lama menaungi BAM gagal menghasilkan lebih ramai pemain berkualiti untuk mewakili negara,” kata Harun.

Mungkin mengesyaki ada dalang di sebalik perhimpunan yang dilakukan Badan NGO di pejabat BAM Mei lalu juga membuatkan ada pihak meminta pihak tertentu membuat siasatan.

Hal itu diakui Arafat yang mendapat maklumat daripada kakitangan pejabatnya memberitahu ada pihak cuba menyiasat hingga ke pejabat Badan NGO di Putrajaya.

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