Indonesian Premier League (LPI) organizers are optimistic they will be allowed to begin the tournament this Saturday, despite the fact police have yet to issue a permit for them to hold matches, pending the resolution of a rift between its organizers and the Indonesian Soccer Association (PSSI).
League spokesman Abiayasa Santoso told Elsinta radio on Thursday that the organizers would stick to their original schedule for the game.
Abiayasa insisted that the organizers had not violated prevailing regulations and would go ahead with the tournament.
Earlier on Tuesday, police said they would reject the league’s application if LPI could not end its dispute with the PSSI.
"As long as there is conflict [between LPI and PSSI], the police do not have to issue a permit," Insp. Gen. Anton Bachrul Alam said Tuesday in Jakarta.
The 2005 Law on the National Sporting System stipulates that sport organizers holding an event that would attract crowds must gain recommendations from the sport’s main association.
“For soccer, the main association is the PSSI, so they should ask the PSSI for a recommendation first. We hope that they can discuss the matter between themselves, so that everything will go well," Anton said.
The PSSI has threatened to take LPI to court for failing to request a recommendation.
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