THE world governing body for swimming, known by the acronym FINA, has withdrawn its recognition of the Philippine Swimming Inc. (PSI) board and has established a stabilization committee to run the PSI’s day-to-day operations.
FINA (Federation Internationale de Natation) also empowered the stabilization committee to “conduct the proper and necessary amendments of the (PSI) Constitution and organize and conduct a new election.”
The FINA directive dated December 3 was signed by the international federation’s executive director Brent Nowicki and was emailed to PSI President Ma. Lailani “Lani” Velasco, with the Philippine Olympic Committee and the Philippine Sports Commission furnished with emailed copies.
The FINA directive is effective immediately.
Velasco is in the United States and was not available for comment yesterday.
