Determining The Fate Of The Competition, PSSI Holds Exco Meeting Mid January

JAKARTA - PSSI will hold an executive committee meeting (Exco) in mid-January to determine the continuation of the fate of Liga 1 and Liga 2 for the 2020 season, which was delayed since March last year.

PSSI and the league operator PT Liga Indonesia Baru (LIB) decided to continue the league in February 2021. However, the certainty regarding the continuation of the competition is still unclear because it has not obtained permission from the police.

At the meeting later, PSSI will also start discussing various possibilities, including canceling the competition if the permit is not issued. If you have to stop, it means that competition will continue for the 2021 season.

“The current situation of COVID-19 will be a determining factor whether the league can run or not. Other sports too. To hold a National Championship is also difficult, ”said Acting Secretary General of PSSI Yunus Nusi in quoted by Antara from the official website of PSSI, Monday, December 4.

"For this reason, PSSI schedules to hold an Executive Committee (Exco) meeting in mid-January 2021 to decide on the continuation of Leagues 1 and 2 or to terminate the 2020 league season based on the current situation," he added.

According to Yunus, PSSI together with PT LIB have actually made efforts to make League 1 and League 2 return. One of them is by visiting the Police Headquarters and several Polda in Java Island.

PT LIB has even sent letters three times to the National Police Headquarters. The first letter was sent ahead of the planned kick off on October 1, 2020.

Resume letters were sent in early November 2020. They plan to write again to request that Leagues 1 and 2 can roll out in late January or early February 2021.

However, PSSI still hopes that Liga 1 and Liga 2 for the 2020 season can continue as planned. If allowed, PSSI ensures that the competition will be held with the implementation of strict health protocols.

"However, all returned to the police because of their permission. If the police did not issue a permit, we could do nothing. We must obey and obey the rules," concluded Yunus.