Indonesia Sports Ministry's New Regulation Intended To Help National Bodies Collaborate

Years of dispute between two Indonesian national sports bodies have "pushed the Sports Ministry to step in to lay down clear boundaries of authority over the country's developments in sports, which has become a major problem among the two organizations," according to Ami Afriatni of the JAKARTA GLOBE. On Thursday, the ministry "officially announced a regulation, signed March 10, that will provide a guideline for the National Sports Committee (KONI) and Indonesian Olympic Committee (KOI) in working together in further developing the nation’s sports programs." Indonesia Youth & Sports Minister Roy Suryo said that the new rule is "expected to mend the rift between the two sporting bodies as the minister has little time remaining in his term" (JAKARTA GLOBE, 3/22).