WADA Appreciates The Fast Work Of The Task Force And LADI

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JAKARTA - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appreciates the Task Force for the Acceleration of Settlement of Sanctions and the Indonesian Anti-Doping Agency (LADI) for their swift performance in suspending sanctions.

WADA's appreciation was conveyed after hearing the explanation of King Okto Saptahari, Chair of the Task Force for the Acceleration of Sanctions, while conducting diplomacy at WADA's headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Okto said WADA Secretary General Olivier Niggli was impressed by LADI's serious efforts to immediately make serious efforts to suspend sanctions.

"The Secretary General of WADA expressed his gratitude for the presence of the Task Force who wanted to come all the way from Indonesia to solve this problem. They were also very impressed because in a short time the Task Force had taken the right steps by encouraging LADI to complete its work," Okto said during a press conference. online, Friday, December 10.

Apart from WADA's appreciation, during the meeting, LADI also reported that their progress on pending matters had reached 90 percent. In this case, the material that has been completed is related to administrative to technical matters.

While the remaining ten percent continues to be rushed to be completed soon, but indeed it takes time because it is related to the budget.

"WADA's response to our performance has been very positive. We see this as an opportunity to learn from previous mistakes and make LADI an independent, independent and trusted body," explained Okto.

In this diplomatic effort, Okto as the Chair of the Task Force is not alone. He was accompanied by Indonesian NOC Treasurer Tommy Hermawan Lo, Deputy Secretary General Daniel Loy, Director of International Relations Lilla Hovarth, and Task Force Legal Team Yury Zaytsev.

Okto expressed his hope from this meeting, that LADI will get compliance status (obedient) sooner than WADA has set. That's because Indonesia has a solid agenda as the host of sporting events, both single and multi-event events next year.