'€œI was invited by the youth and sports minister to attend a meeting today. Regarding what topics will be discussed in the meeting, I don'€™t know. I came here just to listen to the minister'€™s directives,'€ he said as quoted by Antara in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Djohar said he was invited because he had been PSSI chairman since April 17, or before the association'€™s extraordinary meeting (KLB) in Surabaya, East Java, on April 18.

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Djohar said he hoped that Indonesian soccer could return to normal so that both soccer clubs and players could "revive" again.

'€œThis is what we have to think about. They have their own future. I was invited to come here primarily to save people who depend on soccer for their livelihood,'€ said the former PSSI chairman for the 2011-2015 period.

Earlier, the Youth and Sports Ministry confirmed that it would hold a meeting with PSSI officials at the ministry'€™s office on Tuesday.

'€œThere will be a meeting with PSSI tomorrow [Tuesday]. We don'€™t dare to not obey what has been requested by the House of Representatives'€™ Commission X [which oversees sports affairs],'€ said the ministry'€™s deputy minister of the harmonization and partnership division, Gatot S. Dewa Broto, on Monday.

He said two agendas would be discussed in the meeting, namely the fate of Indonesia'€™s soccer competitions and FIFA sanctions.

'€œConcerning the sanctions, we will discuss how the sanctions should not take too long,'€ said Gatot. (ebf)(++++)

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