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‘Usah besarkan isu elaun atlet’


Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim
Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim

PRESIDEN Kesatuan Olahraga Amatur Malaysia (KOAM), Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim meminta agar cadangan pihaknya bertanggungjawab membayar elaun kepada atlet tidak dijadikan isu.
Shahidan berkata, keputusan ahli Majlis KOAM untuk membayar sendiri elaun atlet mereka dibuat pada mesyuarat sebelah pagi iaitu sebelum cadangan itu diajukan kepada Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) dalam mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Kerja (JKK) MSN-KOAM.

Zolkples dalam sebuah akhbar berkata, KOAM tidak boleh dipercayai terutamanya selepas persatuan itu gagal membeli peralatan sepatutnya biarpun sudah menerima peruntukan RM280,000 pada akhir 2007.
“Semua sudah selesai, semua bayaran atlet dan lain-lain akan dibuat secepat mungkin.” Dalam pada itu, ketika ditanya sama ada beliau menerima atau tidak keputusan MSN yang enggan memberi peruntukan untuk KOAM membayar sendiri elaun atlet, Shahidan nampaknya cuba mengelak daripada memberi jawapan tepat.

“Kita hanya mencadangkan, kalau tidak diterima sudahlah. Jangan jadikan perkara ini sebagai isu pula. Kita kena ingat pegawai kerajaan ada kuasa mutlak yang tidak boleh dicabar lagi, oleh itu kita perlu ikut kehendak pegawai kerajaan. “Keputusan pegawai kerajaan, bukan kerajaan, kita perlu ikut kerana kita hanya persatuan sukarela,” kata Shahidan mengulas kenyataan Ketua Pengarah MSN, Datuk Zolkples Embong yang tidak percaya dengan kredibiliti KOAM jika membabitkan wang.

“Kita ikut saja, tak mahu melawan lagi. Dalam JKK kelmarin sudah bincang, kes lambat bayar itu disebabkan kontrak sudah habis, sekarang nak masuk kontrak baru. Lain-lain itu kita akan selesaikan. Bagi saya isu begini tidak perlu dibincangkan secara terbuka sedangkan prestasi atlet tidak ke mana pun. Atlet dan jurulatih adalah keutamaan kami untuk menjadi yang terbaik kerana polemik berpanjangan tidak akan menyelesaikan masalah.” Beliau juga menganggap isu latihan di Ranau sebagai selesai.

“Ranau bukan isu lagi, ia hanya cadangan untuk membolehkan atlet kita capai kecemerlangan tapi kalau pergi Ranau boleh patah kaki tak payah pergilah, keputusan ini dibuat oleh Majlis, bukan perseorangan. “Kalau ke Ranau menyebabkan kerajaan rugi berbilion ringgit tak perlu pergi tapi kalau ke sana akan mengurangkan lagi kos kerajaan dan meningkatkan lagi prestasi atlet itu memang bagus, kita tak perlu ke luar negara,” kata Shahidan bagi menolak sama sekali kesilapan perancangan KOAM, apatah lagi ketika kemudahan di Kompleks Sukan Ranau yang belum bersedia.

“Perlu diingat, nak menjalani latihan di Bukit Jalil selalu ada gangguan kerana terlalu ramai orang. “Tapi sekarang bukan lagi tempoh untuk berlatih, sekarang masuk tempoh ‘conditioning’ dan atlet akan menyertai kejohanan kerana kita mahu pastikan kejayaan di Sukan Sea nanti,” kata Shahidan


Oleh Mohd Hilmie Hussin
mohdhilmie@hmetro.com.my

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