Jakmania Apologizes For The Euphoria Of The Convoy After Persija Wins The Menpora Cup

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JAKARTA - The Jakmania Central Board apologized for the euphoria of the convoy crowd after Persija Jakarta won the Menpora Cup 2021.

"In connection with the celebration of the Persija Jakarta championship which was carried out spontaneously, we hereby apologize profusely for the inconvenience that would occur if the champion celebration carried out by the Jakmania friends caused unrest," said the Jakmania central management in a written statement which also uploaded via the infokomjakmania Instagram account, Monday, April 26.

The Jakmania central management emphasized that they had never instructed members to carry out any convoys or celebrations that were excessive, let alone violating established health protocols.

"Hopefully this will be a lesson for all of us so that in the future we can protect our city together while still prioritizing the prokes that have been determined. We also hope that the Jakmania's euphoric spontaneous action on Sunday night will not cause things that we do not want, there will be no spread of the pandemic and all will always be healthy and under the protection of Allah SWT, "continued the Jakmania management.

The Jakmania management expressed their gratitude to Menpora Zainudin Amali, DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, the police including the football-loving community

“Thank you for making Indonesian football excited again. We hope that League 1 will resume soon so that this country's football can continue to excel, "continued the Jakmania management.

Previously, the Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) Zainudin Amali regretted the behavior of Persija Jakarta supporters who celebrated the 2021 Menpora Cup victory by gathering. According to the Menpora, in the midst of a pandemic, supporters should not need to create excessive euphoria to march to the streets.

"The supporters' incident is a lesson for all parties," said the Menpora in a virtual press conference, Monday, April 26.

Menpora Amali requested that the actions of these individual supporters not be linked to the success of the competition which has been successfully carried out according to a strict process until the closing.

"Do not mix the events of these supporters after the pre-season competition," he said.

Menpora hopes that everything that has gone well in the Menpora Cup tournament can be maintained. His party will evaluate what are the shortcomings for internal improvement.

"Indeed, once again, the business of supporters until now we are trying to educate them, make them orderly. But because it involves millions of people and is in scattered places, it is not an easy problem," said the Menpora.