JAKARTA - PSSI General Chair (Ketum), Erick Thohir stated firmly his seriousness in eradicating match-fixing in the realm of Indonesian football. Erick Thohir will even seriously stop cheating individuals with red cards.
"It's time for us PSSI to give red cards to the football mafia," said Erick Thohir when opening a press conference on Law Enforcement Efforts at the Regulation of the Indonesian Football score, in the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (SUGBK) area on Sunday, February 19.
Erick as the chairman of PSSI for the period 2023/2027 considers the mafia to tarnish the realm of Indonesian football. He also admitted that he was serious about collaborating with FIFA to eradicate fraud.
This is something that has been protracted, has become a defender and makes us all embarrassed. Because it happened not only in the League but also in national team matches," said Erick.
The eradication of match-fixing is not enough just to talk. Therefore, PSSI together with FIFA continue to maintain the momentum of how we agree to make a world wide sanction decision, "said the man who also serves as Minister of SOEs.
Erick Thohir's desire to create clean and good Indonesian football from the mafia was also supported by the National Police Chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo. Present on the same occasion, the National Police Chief emphasized that he would help facilitate the existence of the Anti-Mafia Ball Task Force.
"We from the Indonesian police really support what is the program of the PSSI Ketum, especially in our efforts to organize fairer football," he said.
"How can we eradicate match fixing in the future, we fully support and prepare the anti-mask mafia task force to oversee this effort," continued the National Police Chief.
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