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Illustration - Anti-doping campaign. (ANTARA) - 

Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) will continue the anti-doping campaign in competitive sports matches after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) lifted the sanction on Indonesia that barred it from raising its flag at international competitions.

"The Central KONI board, as the government's partner in developing competitive sports, is committed to promoting the anti-doping campaign nationwide not only at the national level but also at the city and district level," Lukman Djajadikusuma, the secretary general of the Central KONI board, noted in the official statement on Saturday.

Doping must be eradicated in Indonesia, as it is a disgrace in competitive sports, he remarked while informing that the sports organization will involve relevant stakeholders in the anti-doping campaign.

"In our campaign, the Central KONI board will involve all members, including sports organization branches, provincial KONI offices and until the city- and district-level KONI offices. Anti-doping values must be promoted even from the first level of athletes training and to all sports patriots," Djajadikusuma stated.

Meanwhile, Head of the Indonesia Anti-Doping Organization (IADO) Mushtofa Fauzi attributed contributions made by stakeholders, including the government, to the success in reforming the national anti-doping organization.

After WADA revoked its sanction imposed on Indonesia following the country's failure to abide by the WADA Code on doping testing last year, the former Indonesia Anti-Doping Institution (LADI) was reformed into the current IADO.

"We are impressed that during the youth and sports minister's meeting with the president, he expressed his support to our mission to reform the system from the basic level. We also joined hands with other stakeholders, including the House of Representatives (DPR RI) Commission X legislators, to transform our anti-doping approach to meet WADA's standards," Fauzi remarked.

The IADO head is committed to continuing to reform the organization's administration to advance the national anti-doping monitoring system.

He also reiterated the importance of support from the government and stakeholders in the national sports sector in enhancing IADO to become a clean, professional, modern, and independent anti-doping organization that adheres to the WADA Code.

Earlier, on Friday (Feb 4), the WADA sanction was lifted on Indonesia following the organization’s final assessment concluding that Indonesia has fulfilled its obligation to rectify errors that led to the sanctions in September last year//ANT