MVP up for 2nd term in cage body
Chances are BAP-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas president Manny V. Pangilinan would be reelected by acclamation in April or keep the position with no election at all.
This was the consensus among SBP area and regional directors who attended a meeting with Pangilinan in
It was actually a conference where the national federation and its regional chapters presented their programs. Philippine Olympic Committee board chairman Robert Aventajado was also present to discuss the component of basketball in the Philippine Olympic Festival.
But talks about politics in the sidelines just couldn’t be avoided with the SBP by-laws calling on the federation to hold an election of officers by the end of April.
A federation insider said majority of the membership is satisfied with the leadership and programs of Pangilinan that they intend to reelect him by acclamation.
On former Congressman Butch Pichay’s pronouncement that he’s running for the SBP presidency, one SBP board trustee said there may never be an election in April.
“I’ll bet that we don’t hold an election this year but in the next Olympic year in 2012. We can do that under our by-laws,” said the board trustee, who didn’t want to be identified.
“I was among the framers of our constitution. Only the board can call an election. The spirit of a certain provision in our constitution is for the board to call an election when everything is already normal in the federation. But the federation is still in a transition period,” the trustee added.
SBP executive director Patrick Gregorio said Pangilinan has expressed his desire to stay on as president and continue programs he’s laid down for the federation.
“He’s very passionate with his vision,” said Gregorio of Pangilinan.
Pangilinan discussed the National Youth Training Center (NYTC) to highlight his presentation during the meeting. The NYTC has an end goal of bringing the
The five SBP super areas presented their respective programs. They’ve got tremendous boost with Pangilinan committing to give them a seed money of P100,000 each.
“Under the SBP by-laws, the regional federations should be self-sufficient and self-reliant. Mr. MVP is giving personal money totaling P.5 million as their seed funds. Mr. MVP’s request is for the regional federations to make good use of the money, make the money grow,” said Gregorio. – Nelson Beltran
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