JAKARTA The fun football activity carried out by FIFA President Gianni Infantino together with PSSI General Chair Mochamad Iriawan drew a lot of criticism. The two high-ranking officials were considered to have no conscience at all when the families of victims of the Kanjuruhan Tragedy were still being treated with grief.
Members of the Joint Independent Fact Finding Team (TGIPF) Trage in Kanjuruhan Laode M Syarif and Anton Sanjoyo also condemned the activity. It can be issued, a fun football held at the Madya Stadium on Tuesday, October 18 evening, such as dancing on the victim's tomb.
"Kaisar @FIFAcom @FIFANTINO dan @PSSI @iriawan84 MENARI DI ATAS PUSARA YANG MASIH BASAH DARI 133 korban Kanjuruhan. #FunFootball. SONEYAMI dan bertanggung jawab. MANA hati-mari-dan jiwa?" tulis Laode, di akun Twitter miliknya.
The criticism began to arrive after PSSI's Twitter account uploaded a photo of the activity in question. Unfortunately, in the photo, Infantino and Iriawan seemed to be busy with Technical Director Indra Sjafri and also PSSI Secretary General Yunus Nusi.
The upload immediately sparked widespread anger from netizens, who were busy with daring to say harsh words. According to Yunus Nusi, the activity was held following the initiation from Infantino.
The Fun football, said Yunus, was carried out as a symbol of hope that national football would not stop completely after the incident at the Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang, which killed 133 people and left hundreds more hospitalized.
Anton is on his personal Facebook status saying that FIFA and PSSI seem not to be in serious trouble so they can be so happy to hold fun activities.
"I don't know what is in the hearts and minds of these football officials. The funerals of the victims of theceruhan Tragedy are not dry anymore and it seems that nothing has happened. It's a shame," wrote Anton.
The tragedy of Kanjuruhan occurred on October 1 after Arema's match hosted their rival Persebaya Surabaya. More than 40 children were among the victims who died in the deadliest incident in football's history.
TGIPF in a report to President Joko Widodo on October 14 said that the cause of the hundreds of victims was the shooting of tear gas by police to expel supporters who invaded the field.
This incident made Infantino come to Indonesia on Tuesday, October 18 yesterday. He was accepted by the President at the State Palace, Jakarta, to discuss the plan to continue the transformation of Indonesian football after the tragedy.
At the meeting, the two agreed to increase match security to avoid the recurrence of the same incident. Joko Widodo also confirmed that he would knock down the Kanjuruhan Stadium and rebuild it.
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