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Tuloy ang jumping ni Obiena, charges, handang harapin

Writer: BULGAR
BULGAR
Jan 6, 2022
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ni Gerard Arce / VA - @Sports | January 06, 2022




Kaliwa't kanan ang suporta at simpatiyang natatanggap ni 2020 Tokyo Olympian at World No.6 men’s pole vaulter Ernest “EJ” Obiena mula sa iba’t ibang personalidad mula sa palakasan, politika, at sa publiko na patuloy na nakikipaglaban sa pinaniniwalaang karapatan at katotohanan hinggil sa alegasyong maling paggamit ng pambayad sa foreign coach at di umano’y falsification of liquidation documents ng kanyang mother federation.


Sa kabilang banda, nanatiling naninindigan para sa 26-anyos na Asian pole vault record holder at 2019 SEA Games gold medalist ang Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) na gagawin ang lahat upang makapagpatuloy sa pagsabak sa 31st SEAG sa Hanoi, Vietnam, 19th Asian Games sa Hangzhou, China at sa 2024 Paris Olympics kasunod ng deklarasyon ng Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) na tuluyan ng alisin sa national training pool at maaaring makasuhan ng criminal charges. “We in the POC will make sure EJ will be in Hanoi and and in all other major world competitions. We’ll fight for EJ.,” pahayag ni POC president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino sa inilabas na statement nitong Martes.


Naglabas din ng kanyang pagtatanggol si Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Eumir Felix Marcial ng men’s boxing sa sitwasyon ng kapwa atleta. “Masakit ito para sa kapwa atleta.


Hindi pa lamang nagsisimula ang Tokyo Olympics ipinakita na ni EJ ang kanyang suporta sa akin na kahit alam ko na mayroon din siyang problema.


Ngayon ako naman ang susuporta sayo,” wika ni Marcial sa Facebook post. “Know that many of our countrymen is standing beside you in this rather wretched fight. Trust that it will all fall into place and God’s favor will be upon you. Mabuhay ka at ang lahat ng atletang Pilipinong lumalaban para mairepresenta at mabigyan ng karapat-dapat na karangalan ang bansa.”


Samantala, ikinalungkot ngunit hindi ikinagulat ni Obiena ang naging aksyon ng kanyang mother federation ukol sa desisyong alisin siya sa national pool, habang nakahanda umano itong harapin ang kasong isasampa sa kanya. “I am saddened by the decision of the PATAFA committee and their recommendations, but I am not really surprised. I am relieved that I now finally know what I am being charged with. On my removal from the national pool, I am always willing to compete for the flag and the country I love with my entire being. I have said before that the only reason I will not jump for the Philippines is if Philip Juico won’t let me jump for the country,” paliwanag nito sa kanyang official Facebook post. “On the recommendation of filing of ESTAFA, I am ready to face all cases and charges filed against me in any court or forum. I am hopeful that I will have my fair day in court and that I can finally end this baseless witch hunt.”

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