(source: Manila Standard Today, November 15, 2010)
Olympic body gives volleyball elections a go
THE Philippine Olympic committee has finally given its nod for the Philippine Volleyball Federation to hold its election of officers after a high-ranking official of the FIVB, the world governing body for volleyball, clarified that contrary to earlier reports, it has not suspended the local federation.
The POC has assigned its auditor Corinna Mojica to observe the polls.
In a letter addressed to incumbent vice president Gener Dungo, FIVB director Daniela Pirri Joly certified that the PVF has not been suspended as a member of the international federation.
Joly, though, confirmed reports that the PVF owes the international federation $100,000, but said that they will discuss the matter with the newly elected officials of the PVF after the elections set Nov. 19.
“We hope that a solution will be found which is acceptable to both parties because the debt was incurred by the previous board several years ago,” wrote Joly.
The PVF sought clarification with the FIVB after it learned that the POC will not send a representative to its polls if the PVF was indeed suspended from the membership list of the FIVB.
Former Department of Education secretary Jesli Lapus, now a congressman for the third district of Tarlac, has signified his intention to run for the PVF’s top post, along with Dungo and Vip Isada, a PVF director. Peter Atencio
