Tribratanews.polri.go.id - Jakarta. Youth and Sports Ministry of the Republic of Indonesia, Zainudin Amali, explained that the implementation of the National Sports Week (PON) is also part of an evaluation for the athletes in the regions. The evaluation is ultimately will help Indonesia's achievement in the international arena.
"PON that held every four years, also meant to see each regional sport development," said Zainudin in the opening of the National Working Meeting and Extraordinary National Sports Conference KONI 2022 at the Golden Ballroom Hotel Sultan Senayan, Jakarta, Monday (12/00/22)
Zainudin Amali emphasized the importance of the host's preparedness when participating in bidding.
"If you have volunteered to host the PON, you have to be serious in preparing your region. Then, you should also not too ambitious in competing in so many sports categories if the capabilites of your athlete is still not yet meet the requirements," said the man born in Gorontalo.
“We will always welcome the region who volunteers to be the host of PON. But the determination of being host is not enough, it should be accompanied by the well-prepared preparations and met with the requirements. The most importance is how well the host is prepared. The Central Government indeed would help the host, but you should completely rely on it,” said Zainal.
