Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Zainudin Amali, center, invites Tokyo Olympics gold medalists Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu at Soekarno Hatta Airport in Tangerang, Banten, on August 4,2021 (Antara Picture)
BY: CARLOS KY PAATH
AUGUST 09, 2021
Jakarta. The Indonesian government offers chances for athletes who won medals in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to become civil servants.
The deal is meant as appreciation to those professional athletes who likewise will get billions of rupiah in perks from the federal government and private organizations, a minister stated on Monday.
” In appreciation to Olympic medalists and their coaches, the federal government can make special plans for them to end up being civil servants. In my viewpoint, we need to do this to motivate and inspire the more youthful generation to make the nation proud through sports,” Administrative Reforms Minister Tjahjo Kumolo informed reporters in Jakarta.
The practice was presented 3 years earlier, when medalists in Rio 2016 were granted with opportunities to work in local federal government offices, he stated.
Tjahjo added Olympic medalists must take mandatory entry tests conducted by the State Administrative Agency, or BKN, if they are interested in the deal.
In the Tokyo games, Indonesia got a gold medal, a silver medal and 3 bronze medals from badminton and weightlifting.
The government has actually not revealed the amount of rewards for Olympic medalists.
Five years back, Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir got Rp 5 billion ($348,000) each after winning gold in badminton combined doubles in Rio. The federal government also granted Rp 2 billion in money to a silver medalist and Rp 1 billion to a bronze medalist.
Indonesia won another badminton gold medal in Tokyo, this time by Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu in women’s doubles.
Lifter Eko Yuli Irawan won a silver, while 3 bronze medals were grabbed by Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (badminton), Erwin Abdullah (weightlifting) and Windy Cantika Aisah (weightlifting).
Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Zainudin Amali stated last week the federal government was still determining the amount of rewards for the medalists, pointing out budget plan cuts due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
A number of companies have announced bonus offers for Indonesian Olympic medalists. Get Indonesia, for instance, stated it will award Greysia and Apriyani Rp 500 million each.
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