Facing The World Championship In Jakarta, PB Perbakin Expects Quarantine Discretion To Be Realized Soon

Athlete tembak Vidya Rafika Toyyiba (INSTAGRAM @vdyarfka__)

JAKARTA - The Executive Board of the Indonesian Shooting and Hunting Association (PB Perbakin) hopes that the government will implement quarantine discretion for sports players.

Perbakin said that this policy was very necessary because next month the ISSF Rifle/Pistol Grand Prix World Championship will be held in Jakarta on 8-18 February.

“Allow us to have the perfect happy news. If quarantine discretion for sports players can be realized immediately, especially at the Grand Prix, our joy is complete," said Secretary General of PB Perbakin Hendry Oka in a release received by VOI.

The chairman of the Indonesian Olympic Committee (KOI) Raja Sapta Oktohari has submitted the proposal for quarantine discretion to the Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) Zainudin Amali.

This was stated officially through a letter numbered 1.12.3/NOC-INA/PRE/2022 which was signed by Oktohari on 12 January.

This quarantine discretion or dispensation for sports players from abroad was proposed after KOI heard experiences and inputs from national federations that had difficulty organizing international tournaments in Indonesia due to the long duration of quarantine.

“For Perbakin, quarantine discretion is very much needed. Moreover, we plan to hold a Grand Prix which is the benchmark for the ISSF (International Shooting Federation) so that Indonesia becomes the host of the World Cup. Because this event is their reference to see Indonesia's readiness to host the World Cup," said Hendry Oka.

This year, Indonesia has a solid sporting agenda. The single event includes the Davis Cup, MotoGP, IESF 14th Esports World Championships, one of the Rock Climbing World Cup series, as well as the Indonesia Master and Indonesia Open badminton tournaments.

In addition, Indonesia also faces five multi-events. The details are the Hanoi SEA Games (12-23 May), Children of Asia (27 July-8 August), Konya Islamic Solidarity Games (9-18 August), Hangzhou Asian Games (10-25 September), and the Shantou Asian Youth Games (20 -28 December).

There are also plans for Indonesia to host the 2022 ASEAN Para Games and the 2023 ANOC World Beach Games.