POC PRES. BAMBOL ANG 'UNBEATABLE!'

NAGPASYA na ang màyorya.Tuloy hanggang 2028 ang mandato ng incumbent POC presidènt.

Tùlad ng inaasahan,si ABRAHAM “BAMBOL” TOLENTINO, ang wagi para sa fresh four-year term as president with his entire “Working Team” dominating the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) elections noong Biyernes sa East Ocean Garden Restaurant sa Parañaque City.

“The General Assembly has spoken,” said Tolentino, who garnered 45 votes that represent 75 percent of the 61 voting members of the POC.

Ang naging katunggali, si baseball head Chito Loyzaga, got 15 votes in the elections that almost got tainted after the group opposing Tolentino filed a Temporary Restraining Order to stop the elections that are held once every four years.

The TRO filed by self-withdrawn second vice presidential candidate Robert Bachmann (wushu) in a Pasig City court never came and the elections proceeded without a hitch.

“I think performance was the basis [of landslide victory],”wika ng 60- anyos na si Tolentino sa panayam,this was after the elections supervised by Atty. Teodoro Kalaw IV with Philippine Sports Commission commissioner Olivia “Bong” Coo and Letran-Calamba Rector and President Fr. Napoleon Encarnacion, OP, as members.

Walang kalaban si Al Panlilio ng SBP na may 53 votes .His fellow “Working Team” bet Rep. Richard Gomez topped the race for second vice president, routing skateboarding’s Carl Sambrano, 37-22.

Dr. Jose Raul Canlas (surfing) was also unopposed as treasurer with 54 votes and Donaldo Caringal (volleyball) clinched 47 points, also beating by a mile Rodrigo Roque (12) for the “Working Team.”

Completing the Tolentino team’s lopsided victory were new Executive Board members Leonora Escollante (canoe-kayak, 45 votes), Alvin Aguilar (wrestling, 44 votes, Ferdinand Agustin (jiu-jitsu, 41 votes), Alexander Sulit (judo, 41 votes) and Leah Gonzales (fencing, 40 votes).

“It’s not for me, but for the country, for the POC, and for our athletes,” Tolentino, head of the PhilCycling whose national coaches for road were present to show their full support, said.

“For the athletes, athletes, athletes …,”saad pa ni Tolentino .

Of the 61 voters, 58 were national sports associations and two were from the Athletes Commission and one from International Olympic Committee representative Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski.

Rugby was a no show in the elections.

Tapos na ang halalan, nagsalita na ang GA kaya congrats sa mga pinagkatiwalaan at sa mga nabigo ay makiisa na lang para sa ikasùsulong pa ng Philiopine sports...ABANGAN!