Congestion Of Central Java KONI Grant Funds, Alex Harijanto Asks Bona Ventura To Be Responsible

Congestion Of Central Java KONI Grant Funds, Alex Harijanto Asks Bona Ventura To Be Responsible

SEMARANG - Provincial Manager (Pengprov) Taekwondo Central Java must pay a number for the needs of the Regional Training Center (Pelatda). No half-hearted, the amount is around Rp. 1.2 billion.

Chairman of the Central Java IT Provincial Government Grand Master Alex Harijanto asked the Central Java KONI to replace the funds that had been issued according to the submission and the RAB he had given.

"We were asked to make a RAB to be submitted to the Central Java KONI. But we only helped with funds that amounted far from the needs we submitted. Even then there was no previous communication," said Alex Harijanto, in a written statement to VOI.

He further said that he hoped that the Central Java KONI would commit and fully replace the bailout funds issued by the Central Java IT Provincial Pengprov during the 2023 Pelatda for the 2024 PON qualifying round, including trying out to Korea.

"We hope that this bailout fund can be returned by KONI Central Java. If the funds are returned, I dare to set a target for taekwondo to win 10 gold at the Aceh-North PON," said Alex.

He assessed that the Central Java KONI must be transparent and accountable in processing organizational finances from provincial government grant funds. The chairman of the Central Java KONI Bona Ventura must not run away from responsibility.

"If you can't afford it, it's better to step down," said Alex, who led the Indonesian taekwondo team to three silver medals and one bronze at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Bona herself has yet to be contacted by VOI for comment on Alex's statement.

Alex also emphasized that the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) of the Republic of Indonesia, representatives of Central Java and the Central Java Provincial Inspectorate, should re-udit the use of Central Java KONI grant funds in 2023.

Especially the funds disbursed for sports. The reason is that the distribution of funds to the Central Java KONI sports is not transparent.

"This model was carried out by KONI Central Java in distributing funds to a number of sports. The sports management did not dare to reveal this problem because most of them were included in the ranks of the Central Java KONI management," said Alex.

According to him, the system of distributing grant funds to sports that is not transparent has made Central Java's achievements decline sharply in the 2021 Papua PON. Moreover, it leaves up to IDR 5 billion more than last year's grant of IDR 85 billion.

"It shows that the financial management at KONI Central Java for sports coaching is very bad," he said.

He said that if the grant funds were used properly and properly for sports coaching in Central Java, of course there would not be a gap of IDR 5 billion.

Alex's statement at the same time responded to the Central Java KONI Internal Audit Agency (BAI) Sri Busono in the media who said that the management of grants from the Central Java provincial government could not be akarepe dewe. However, it must be designed and requested approval from the giver (government).

"If you want to be fair, you have to audit from outside or independent parties. It is not internal that his side towards the Central Java KONI cannot be denied," he said.

According to Alex, Central Java's failure at the 2021 Papua PON by ranking 6th in the medal standings is the worst achievement in Central Java's history at PON. This result is very embarrassing because it shows that the Central Java KONI failed to develop sports.

"I've heard that the Central Java KONI reasoned that the failure at the Papua PON was due to a lack of attention and support from the governor or the Central Java provincial government. Of course there is a reason why the governor acted like that. It's none other than because the Central Java KONI is not accountable," said Alex.

Last year, grants were given, instead there was a gap of up to Rp. 5 billion from a budget of Rp. 85 billion. This is proof that the Central Java KONI is unable to process accountable finances. "The chairman of KONI must be responsible. Just step back if you can't afford it," said Alex.

According to him, at the PON in Aceh-North Sumatra, Central Java could ''kekeleset' to 7th or 8th if KONI was not serious about solving the problems that the sports management complained about.

'Taekwondo's target at the Aceh-North PON will be 10 gold medals, but provided that KONI must replace our money of Rp 1.2 billion which is used for the regional plate, pre-PON preparation and equipment purchases,'' explained Alex.

He added that his party would not hold a TC PON if the Central Java KONI did not immediately replace the Rp 1.2 billion fund.

''I and the IT Provincial Government have spent a lot of money on the Central Java taekwondo plate. Even at the PON in Papua 2021, I also gave a number of IDR 400 million, but the Central Java KONI was silent,'' he said.

Alex also highlighted the minimal support from Central Java provincial government funds for sports coaching in Central Java. One proof, the Central Java Provincial Government only disbursed IDR 85 billion for Central Java KONI.

Even though West Java, DKI Jakarta and East Java have spent more than IDR 300 billion on average. And according to Alex, it is still deemed insufficient for the three regions.

Alex also highlighted the athlete's coaching system for facing the 2024 Aceh-North PON. According to him, the coaching model made by the Central Java KPNI with a periodization of athlete preparation according to the sport's priority scale is not appropriate.

"It should be sports that have the opportunity to win a thin gold medal, given a long preparation time, not the other way around. In fact now, sports that only have the opportunity to win silver and bronze medals are given a shorter time limit than priority sports. This is not true," he explained.

"If Central Java really has to settle for being ranked in the top 6 PON, so we don't have to go shopping or work hard to do the 2024 Aceh PON TC," he said.

The same thing was said by the Daily Chairperson of the Central Java Provincial Government, Agus Soewito. According to him, his party regretted that the Central Java KONI could not meet the needs of the regional plate and TC athletes for the Aceh-Sumut PON taekwondo.

''The results of communication with the Central Java KONI management, a few days ago, we were promised that we would be given funds according to the recapitulation made by KONI Central Java. However, the amount is still far from needed. To prepare for the Aceh-North PON, we need Rp 2.5 billion in funds, but we were promised to be given Rp 1.9 billion,'' he said.