The country which will host the World Cup under 20 next year promises to improve its installations.
Le Monde with AFP
The Indonesian stadium Kanjuruhan, in Malang, where more than 130 people died during a crowd movement in early October, will be demolished and then rebuilt, announced, Tuesday, October 18, the president of this Asian country South-East, Joko Widodo.
“We are going to demolish and rebuild it according to FIFA standards, with appropriate facilities that can ensure the safety of players and supporters,” Widodo told the press after meeting the president of the federation International Football Association (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, visiting Jakarta.
The FIFA manager is committed to helping to change Indonesian football to improve security on Tuesday after interviews at the presidential palace. “We are going to reform and transform football in the country,” said Infantino while Indonesia must welcome the World Cup for the under 20s next year.
The balance sheet is increasing
The record of the disaster was brought on Tuesday at 133 dead after the death of a 33 -year -old man who died of his injuries. More than forty children also died in the tragedy that occurred on 1 er October in the city of Malang (East Java), described by Gianni Infantino as “one darkest days for football “.
The murderous stampede caused by tear gas shots to the stands occurred after a match between the local team Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya. Many victims have been crushed or asphyxiated by trying to borrow closed or too narrow exit doors.
Six people, including three police officers, were indicted, and the head of the regional police, transferred. Investigators called the Head of the National Football Federation (PSSI) and the Management Committee to resign, after a preliminary report on the disaster.
FIFA representatives and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have been in Jakarta since last week to help the PSSI and the government to investigate the event.
Joko Widodo had suspended the matches in the country while waiting for the conclusions of an investigation and asked for a security conditions verification in all stadiums.