The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association will continue holding their athletes accountable.
“I may now be persona non grata in the eyes of the POC, but this will not distract us in our quest for truth, accountability, transparency, and justice in our federation. If this is the price I have to pay for holding my athlete accountable, so be it. I have nothing to be ashamed of. I will step out of the POC with my head held high,” Juico said after the meeting at the Grandmaster Hotel in Tagaytay City.
Questions were raised by the PATAFA after it received an affidavit from top World Athletics official Sergey Bubka and a written statement from Obiena’s coach Vitaly Petrov that he “did not receive any monthly coach’s fees for the years 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021,” which contradicted Obiena’s liquidation paperworks indicating he has paid his coach.
“The process was railroaded. Again, there was no due process because there was no division of the house. Instead, the POC claimed that a pre-circulated resolution was signed by 36 POC members who affixed their signatures without any resolution having presented during the General Assembly for voting, and neither I nor several others POC members received this resolution as the same resolution to be voted on during the General Assembly,” stated Juico.
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