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Teka-teki Shahidan

DATUK Seri Shahidan Kassim masih berteka-teki sama ada mahu merebut jawatan Presiden Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) dipertandingkan bagi penggal baru 2011-2013 pada 18 Jun ini yang dijalankan serentak sempena Mesyuarat Agung Tahunan (AGM) majlis itu.

Presiden Kesatuan Olahraga Amatur Malaysia (KOAM) dan Persatuan Renang Amatur Malaysia (Asum) itu menjelaskan masih terlalu awal untuk menyatakan pendiriannya dan membuat keputusan berhubung perkara itu.

ā€œBorang pencalonanpun belum diedarkan. Pendirian saya akan diketahui apabila tiba masanya nanti,ā€ katanya kepada pemberita pada satu sidang media kelmarin.
Menurutnya, dunia yang kini terbuka memerlukan perubahan termasuk juga dalam bidang sukan namun jika tiada pertukaran dari segi kepimpinan mungkin sesetengah sikap yang perlu diubah.

Sekiranya berhasrat untuk bertanding kali ini, bekas Menteri Besar Perlis itu bakal berdepan Tan Sri Tunku Imran Tuanku Ja'afar yang sudah mengesahkan untuk mempertahankan jawatan disandangnya sejak 1999 selepas menewaskan penyandang pada ketika itu, Tan Sri Hamzah Abu Samah.

Shahidan sebelum ini sudah dua kali menarik diri untuk mencabar Tan Sri Tunku Imran di mana pada penggal 2009-2011, tindakan itu diambil sehari sebelum berlangsungnya AGM dengan alasan ingin menjaga perpaduan di kalangan ahli gabungan.

Semua 12 jawatan utama MOM seperti presiden, timbalan presiden, naib presiden dan setiausaha kehormat dipertandingkan bagi menggantikan mereka yang dipilih untuk penggal 2009-2011 yang berakhir Jun ini dengan kertas pencalonan akan dikeluarkan bulan depan.

Menurut perlembagaan MOM, 35 persatuan sukan kebangsaan yang menjadi anggota gabungan akan mencalonkan tiga wakil bagi mengundi pada pemilihan itu, menjadikan bilangan maksimum yang layak mengundi ialah 105 orang namun penyandang jawatan tidak mempunyai hak untuk mengundi.

Selain Tan Sri Tunku Imran, Setiausaha Kehormat MOM, Datuk Sieh Kok Chi juga menyatakan hasrat mempertahankan jawatan disandangnya sejak 1992 manakala Tan Sri Dr M Jegathesan memutuskan tidak mahu mempertahankan jawatan timbalan presiden.




Oleh Azlan Muhammad Zain
azlanmz@hmetro.com.my

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