Defiant Cojuangco refuses to discuss new POC election

Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Jose Cojuangco Jr. refused to talk about the holding of a new election on February 23 as ordered by the court then prematurely adjourned the POC General Assembly on Wednesday at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Mandaluyong City.

The camp of Cojuangco, led by newly reelected National Chess Federation of the Philippines president Prospero Pichay, said it was not proper to discuss the holding of the new election as it was not part of the agenda and that the POC has not received yet the Court of Appeals (CA) ruling denying the council of a Temporary Restraining Order against the implementation of the Regional Trial Court branch 155’s order.