Unpleasant Issues On PT LIB Again, Honorarium Of League 1 Match Apparatus Reach IDR1.62 Billion In Arrears

Save Our Soccer Coordinator, Akmal Marhali. (Photo: Special)

JAKARTA - PT Liga Indonesia Baru (LIB) has again received attention regarding financial problems. After previously being the center of attention because the 2022/2023 Liga 1 champion without prize money, there are now allegations that the honorarium for the 2022/2023 Liga 1 match has not been paid.

This allegation was revealed that Save Our Soccer #SoS, which claimed to have received reports from several parties. The arrears were unmitigated, reaching IDR1.62 billion.

In a written statement, Save Our Soccer said that the honorarium for the League 1 match has not been paid from week 31 to week 34.

"I don't know why PT LIB has postponed the payment of match equipment fees. However, this bad culture should not be repeated in the future," said the Coordinator of Save Our Soccer, Akmal Marhali.

According to him, the delay in paying the honorarium for the matching equipment opened the gap in match-fixing. "Whether it's match acting, match setting, or match-fixing," said Akmal.

Akmal said this is really sad and concerning. In fact, he continued, there is a matching device that wants to pawn the vehicle BPKB and land certificates to meet the family's needs for Eid.

"This is the bad face of Indonesian football's governance," said the former sports journalist.

Akmal then revealed the income received by PT LIB from sponsors and broadcasting rights. He said PT LIB received around IDR370 billion to roll out the competition. The details are IDR220 billion from broadcasting rights and IDR150 billion from BRI sponsors.

If each club only gets IDR 5.5 billion as a subsidy, it means that the funds that come out are only IDR 99 billion. This means that there is still IDR 270 billion.

"LIB must transparently disclose its financial statements to shareholders. Wherever the League 1 sponsorship money is used. And, there must be legal steps if there is embezzlement. This is for the sake of healthy, dignified Indonesian football," said Akmal.