Indonesia volition demolish and rebuild a shot stadium wherever a stampede killed much than 130 people this month, President Joko Widodo said connected Tuesday arsenic helium vowed to "thoroughly transform" the athletics successful the football-mad nation.
The president, popularly known arsenic Jokowi, was speaking to reporters astatine the authorities palace aft gathering Gianni Infantino, caput of satellite shot governing assemblage FIFA.
"Kanjuruhan stadium successful Malang ... we volition demolish it and rebuild according to FIFA standards," helium said.
The deadly stampede aft a league lucifer successful the metropolis of Malang connected Oct. 1 has been blamed connected constabulary firing teardrop state successful the stadium, a assemblage power measurement banned by FIFA.
The president said helium had agreed with Infantino connected important changes to however the athletics was managed successful Indonesia.
"We agreed to thoroughly alteration Indonesian soccer," helium said. "Every facet of preparation...needs to beryllium based connected FIFA standards."
The gathering betwixt Jokowi and Infantino comes aft Indonesia and FIFA agreed to signifier a associated task-force successful the aftermath of the stadium tragedy, and arsenic the state prepares to big the Under-20 World Cup adjacent year.
Speaking alongside Jokowi, Infantino said FIFA's archetypal precedence was to guarantee the information of some players and fans successful the Southeast Asian nation.
"This is simply a shot country, a state wherever shot is simply a passionateness for implicit 100 cardinal people," helium said. "We beryllium it to them that erstwhile they spot a lucifer they are harmless and secure."
Infantino, who presented the president with a reddish FIFA jersey with his sanction printed crossed it, said the planetary shot assemblage would enactment intimately with the authorities to ensure each stadiums met information requirements, and that the Under-20 World Cup ran smoothly adjacent year.
Under unit to explicate what caused 1 of the world's deadliest stadium disasters, a fact-finding squad formed by the authorities released a study past week which concluded that the "excessive" and "indiscriminate" usage of teardrop state was the starring origin of death.
As fans attempted to exit the stadium aft the decision of the location broadside Arema FC by Persebaya Surabaya, they were caught successful a deadly crush, with many, including much than 40 minors, dying from asphyxiation.
The study besides identified different contributing factors, including the stadium being filled beyond capacity, locked exit doors, and a propulsion by league officials to clasp the crippled astatine nighttime to unafraid amended ratings for a section broadcaster, contempt a petition by constabulary to clasp a lucifer betwixt fierce rivals during the day.
The fact-finding squad besides said that much than 3 hours of CCTV footage astir an hr aft the lucifer had been deleted. The squad has requested that constabulary supply this footage.
The squad besides called connected the caput of the Indonesian Football Association to resign.
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