Don't Want To Miss Again Like At The 2023 SEA Games, Menpora Beware Of Cheating At The Cambodian ASEAN Para Games

Illustration of ASEAN Para Games 2022 athletes. (Photo: Doc. Kemenpora)

SOLO - Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) Dito Ariotedjo did not want the Indonesian contingent at the 2023 ASEAN Para Games in Cambodia, to be rigged. For this reason, he prepared several anticipatory steps so that this would not happen.

The Minister of Youth and Sports does not want to miss out as in the 2023 SEA Games some time ago. The Red and White Team was rigged several times. "The experience of the 2023 SEA Games from the Ministry of Youth and Sports must have assigned and asked the legal field to stay there," he said in Solo, Monday, May 29. He said the effort was made to ensure that if there was injustice, the Ministry of Youth and Sports would take advocacy steps. "In addition, lobbying all stakeholders in the ASEAN Para Games later," he said, as quoted by Antara.

Regarding the comfort of athletes while there, according to him, it has been handled by the Chef de Mission (Cdm) team of the Indonesian contingent. "From the CDM team, it is legal, yes, but we as representatives of the government will also advocate," he said. He said that bonuses for medal winners at the 2023 Cambodian Para Games ASEAN, he said, would be the same as the 2023 Cambodian SEA Games medalists. "There is no difference, this is the amount of bonuses being discussed. Hopefully, it can be best for all sports," he said. He said for the bonuses to be officially announced by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi). However, he ensured that Indonesia made full preparations to face the 2023 Cambodian ASEAN Para Games. "The holding of the Cambodian Para Games borrows a lot of equipment from Indonesia because Indonesia is a country that is very ready for the development of these athletes," he said.