PSSI
The End of Nurdin Halid
The military got involved in the PSSI leadership debacle. Nurdin’s camp is now lobbying General George Toisutta to not stand for election as the organization’s executive chairman.
April 6, 2011
A THICK haze of cigarette smoke filled the air in front of the ballroom of the Premiere Hotel in Pekanbaru on Sunday evening two weeks ago. Sixty delegates of the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) were waiting for the ballroom doors to open. Their animated conversations revealed they were eagerly awaiting the kickoff of the PSSI’s congress to elect members of the election and appeals committees.
At around 7:30pm the atmosphere suddenly be
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