FILE – PATAFA president Philip Ella Juico throughout the 2017 Philippine Sportswriters Affiliation Awards Night time. Picture by Tristan Tamayo/INQUIRER.web
MANILA, Philippines—Philip Ella Juico, president of the Philippine Athletics Observe and Subject Affiliation, on Thursday denied the “witch hunt” accusations that pole vaulting coach Vitaly Petrov made relating to the funds involving his cost for coaching EJ Obiena.
In a press release, Juico belied Petrov’s statements claiming that he coerced the Ukrainian coach into giving solutions favorable towards the facet of Patafa.
Juico even stated that such claims can be absurd as he and Petrov live in several time zones with the latter residing in Italy with Obiena.
“How can Petrov be pressured, coerced, misled, or tricked by me or PATAFA when we’re not even in the identical continent or time zones! Obiena is, alternatively, with him in all probability 12 hours a day, daily as much as Saturday and with whom he goes mountain climbing as Obiena declares in Fb,” wrote Juico.
Petrov, on Wednesday, stated he by no means complained about his pay and that whereas a few of his stipend did arrive late but it surely was attributable to Patafa’s negligence.
The legendary pole vaulting coach added that it was Juico who construed a questioning course of that might put Obiena in a nasty mild.
EJ Obiena (proper) and Vitaly Petrov talk about technique throughout a break in competitors within the qualifying spherical of the Tokyo Olympics pole vault competitors. —FRANCIS T. J. OCHOA
“There isn’t any doubt that typically EJ has paid me late, and typically in irregular tranches and he defined to me that that is brought on primarily by Patafa sending his allowance and my funds months-late… I do know that the cash is late due to Patafa’s inefficiency. As stated, I coach as a result of I really like teaching. I don’t concentrate on these issues,” stated Petrov.
“First, I’ve been totally paid by EJ Obiena. Secondly, I’ve no points with EJ Obiena. Thirdly, I by no means reached out to Patafa and I by no means initiated any grievance towards EJ Obiena. Fourth, I used to be misled by the proactive questioning of Philip Ella Juico and I mistakenly answered his questionnaire in keeping with the way in which he needed me to which is to make EJ Obiena seem like a legal,” added Petrov.
Juico maintained that there was no approach for him to have accomplished what Petrov accused him of and that he by no means pressured the coach to signing any questionnaires.
“Petrov is aware of the reality. He is aware of and appreciated my assist and even inspired me to report his and Sergey Bubka’s statements to the PATAFA board to assist recuperate his unpaid charges,” wrote Juico.
How may I maintain an elaborate net of deception and lies with the participation of such an honorable particular person like [National Olympic Committee of Ukraine President] Sergey Bubka, assuming Petrov was pressured into signing his assertion. How does Petrov show that? By reenacting his act of signing along with his signing hand shaking from concern?”
Again in November, Patafa ordered Obiena to return €85,000 (roughly P4.8 million) for alleged falsification of paperwork and failing to pay Petrov.
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