Open letter to Ahmad Shabery
To: Youth and Sports Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek. Dear sir, I do hope you're in the best of health. It has certainly been awhile since we last met. I am writing to you after reading a Bernama report about a call for comprehensive study on term limit for sports association leaders. Judging by the contents of the report, I would like to share my thoughts with you and hope it is received with an open mind. I don't know who advices you on such matters but for your information sir, the government - especially through the Youth and Sports Ministry - does not have a right to impose any such 'regulations' on sports associations. I would like to quote point 5 of the Olympic Charter which reads; "Recognising that sport occurs within the framework of society, sports organisations within the Olympic Movement shall have the rights and obligations of autonomy, which include freely establishing and controlling the rules of sport, determining the structure and go...