Jakarta Minister of Youth and Sports Zainudin Amali has said that he would immediately begin working to prepare Indonesia to be the host of the ASEAN Para Games 2022, which will be held July 20-31, 2022 in Solo, Central Java.
Indonesia was officially chosen as the host of the ASEAN Para Games 2022 on February 23, replacing Vietnam, which decided to withdraw and will only hold the SEA Games in May this year.
“I had reported to President Joko Widodo that Indonesia has been appointed as the host of ASEAN Para Games 2022, and he said, ‘take it’. Therefore, It was brave to take the (opportunity to host) even though only several months (left before the event),” Amali said here on Saturday.
He admitted that the preparation time for the 2022 ASEAN Para Games was considered brief, with only five months until the games begin. Amali noted that this means that the preparations need to be expedited, such as readying the athletes ahead of the event.
Amali said his team will first hold a coordination meeting with National Paralympic Committee (NPC Indonesia) Chairman Senny Marbun and the Mayor of Solo City Gibran Rakabuming Raka.
“It is likely that I will become the organizer and the Solo Mayor as the manager,” he added.
Source: Antara News