Let’s unite for the successful staging of the 30th
Southeast Asian Games , lets unite in supporting all the Filipino athletes.
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president
Abraham Tolentino
POC Chief
reminded everybody that this is the 4th time the Philippines will be hosting
this regional meet after 1981, 1991 and 2005, and the next hosting will not
come until 10 or 12 years from now.
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“Remember, the next time we will host
this could be in 2030. So, let’s not pull each other down. This is for the
country,” he said during the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum.
The first few days was marked with
missteps by local organizers meeting the demands of a multi-nation event,
including accommodation, transportation and other basic needs of foreign
delegates.
“We all make mistakes that’s why we should work
together. Those in the social media, the netizens, let’s move on first with our
hosting,” said the congressman and chief of Philippine cycling Abraham Tolentino
“It’s normal,” he said of what he
described as minor glitches, leading to complaints regarding the food being
provided to the athletes, and accreditations with mistaken identities.
“I’ve experienced that myself,”
Tolentino said during the forum.
Tolentino urged everybody to rally
behind the national athletes and the hosting in general.
“Let’s just focus on our athletes. With
this, my statement will be not only for us to ‘we win as one’ but ‘we stand as
one’ in hosting this SEA Games,’” he added.
“All these problems have solutions and
they are being addressed and being solved,” Tolentino said.
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