Dahil sa Obiena-PATAFA fiasco PSC BUDGET BINAWI NG SENADO

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Ito ang nangyari sa budget ng Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) makaraang i-recall o bawiin ito ng Senado matapos pumutok ang sigalot sa pagitan nina Olympian pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena at Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA).

Nagkakaisang ­in­apru­bahan ng Senado ang pag-recall sa P1.574 bil­yong budget ng PSC para sa 2022, nitong Lunes ng gabi.

Nagpahayag ng pagkadismaya ang mga senador sa pangunguna ni Sen. Pia Cayetano kaugnay sa kontrobersya na yumanig sa Philippine national sports.

“The PSC took a hands-off approach. Sabi lang nila work it out. How can you do that to your national athlete? Pakialaman mo naman! Bigyan mo naman ng halaga ang ating national athlete na inakusahan na lang ng ganun ganun na wala pang basis cause no less than the coach said that he was paid,” sabi ng senadora.

“Ang sa akin lang po, this is a young man who has a beautiful career ahead of him. Anyone who has ever tried to participate in sports can just imagine the emotional and mental anguish that this young boy is going through because of these accusations of PATAFA, where the coach himself is saying na binayaran siya.”

Ipinaliwanag ni Cayetano, base sa Republic Act No. 6847 o “The Philippine Sports Commission Act,” may mandato ang PSC na makialam sa problema ng national sports association (NSA) gaya ng PATAFA “in connection with their sports promotion among others.”

“Sinasabi natin corrupt ang ating athlete? I think that something has to be done about this. There has to be some breaks applied because they’re out of control,” giit ni Sen. Richard Gordon.

“The first thing that came into my mind was anger and why they were allowing this to happen to such a talented gentleman,” sambit naman ni Sen. Migz Zubiri.

“We’re talking about our national pride, our national treasure. We’re not just talking about the Philippines, we’re talking about the Asian region. Walang nakarating sa Olympics na katulad ni EJ Obiena. I just hope and pray that our friends from PSC would do something about this because, again, it’s not every day in the history of this country nagkaroon tayo ng katulad ni EJ Obiena,” dagdag ni Sen. Joel Villanueva, vice chair ng ­Senate Committee on Finance.

Ayon sa mga senador, gusto nilang marinig ang panig ni PSC chairman Butch Ramirez, pati na si Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino upang magbigay linaw sa nagaganap kina Obiena at sa pamunuan ng PATAFA lalo’t sa susunod na taon ay isasagawa ang Southeast Asian Games sa Vietnam at Asian Games sa China.

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