Gulo sa PH volleyball iimbestigahan ng FIVB

SUMULAT na ang Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), ang international governing body sa volleyball, sa kampo ng Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF) at Larong Volleyball ng Pilipinas Inc. (LVPI) upang ipaalam ang isasagawa nitong pag-iimbestiga ukol sa pag-aagawan nito sa liderato bilang volleyball association ng bansa.

Ipinadala mismo ni FIVB general director Favio Azevedo ang sulat na may petsang Oktubre 18, 2016 kina outgoing PVF president Karl Geoffrey Chan at LVPI president Jose Romasanta kasama sina Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) president Saleh Ahmad Bin Nasser, Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Jose Cojuangco Jr. at Jerome Porvey, International Olympic Committee-National Olympic Committee Relations Department head.

Ang sulat ni Azevedo ay ukol sa item 5C na tinalakay sa Agenda ng 35th FIVB World Congress at sa naging desisyon ng asembliya noong Oktubre 5 na magbuo ng isang komisyon na mag-iimbestiga sa kaguluhan sa namamahala sa volleyball sa Pilipinas.

“First, the FIVB would like to stress that the regulatory framework governing the procedure is the FIVB Constitution, the FIVB General Regulations and FIVB Disciplinary Regulations, and the Olympic Charter. The exact composition of the Commission will be announced shortly after the first meeting of the FIVB Board of Administration in December 2016,” ayon sa sulat ni Azevedo.

Tinukoy nito ang ikalawang patakaran na susundin naman ng bubuuing komisyon na: (a) To understand the decision making process which led the Philippine Olympic Committee to withdraw recognition to the Philippine Volleyball Federation, (b) To verify the existence and/or status of legal proceedings (if any) between the PVF, LVPI and the POC, at (c) To make a recommendation for decision to the 36th FIVB World Congress to be held in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic in 2018.

Ikinatuwa naman ng PVF, na nagtungo pa ang mga opisyales sa Buenos Aires, Argentina para ipaliwanag ang kanilang hinaing kontra sa POC at LVPI, ang desisyon ng FIVB.

“The resolution to the case could certainly come much earlier than 2018 when all arguments and evidences against the illegal actions committed by the LVPI and POC have been presented to the investigating FIVB Commission,” sabi lamang sa Facebook page ni PVF secretary-general Gerard Cantada.