CHITO LOYZAGA SUBMITS IRREVOCABLE RESIGNATION AS PSC COMMISSIONER
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 02 Apr 2012
Chito Loyzaga.
Joaquin "Chito" Loyzaga has submitted his irrevocable resignation as Commissioner of the Philippine Sports Commission.
In a letter to President Benigno Aquino III, the 54 year old Loyzaga said he had wanted to deliver the resignation letter personally but needed to join his family in Australia to accompany his ailing father, Philippine basketball's "Big Difference" Caloy.
Chito said "I have always been the closest to my father. He underwent a quadruple bypass in 2003 but suffered a major stroke just last June 2011. He did not fully recover from the stroke and my mother is now in need of my help in caring for him. He is 82 years old now and I believe it is my duty to help attend to his needs.
Loyzaga who played for San Beda and later had a prominent stint in the PBA under playing coach Robert Jaworski among others, said the decision to leave the Philippine Sports Commission was truly a difficult one after he had accepted the position as PSC Commissioner because he believed he "would be able to contribute significantly to sports development and institute much needed reforms."
While he fully supported President Aquino's policy of "prioritizing ten (10) sports where the Filipino athlete has a fighting chance in the Olympics or in the Asian Games" Loyzaga added that the PSC?s resource management policy "needs to be directed towards those sports where we have a competitive advantage and wherein our performance may become a source of national pride. Given limited financial resources, the PSC?s prioritization policy will ensure sustainability and stability of our national sports development program."
Loyzaga noted that he had "focused on building the foundation of the Prioritization Policy by creating a framework and implementing key programs which would showcase its grassroots principles" and said that his personal involvement with the Batang Pinoy was "an eye opener for me as I sought to address the urgent need to institutionalize a regional mechanism to provide opportunities to the youth, 15 years of age and below. This program was aimed at allowing under-15 athletes to participate in a national sports program in order to widen the base of the source for our future national athletes."
He informed President Aquino that Batang Pinoy "introduced a program of strategic international partnerships aimed at providing education and sports development opportunities to outstanding youth across the country. The first of such partnerships is with the British Council Manila. This was strategic in that it was designed in line with the forthcoming London Olympic Games. Ten of the most outstanding young athletes from the Batang Pinoy now have the chance to go to London for a two-week summer school scholarship grant and be exposed to world class sports talents and facilities. They will also be given the opportunity to watch a sport event at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Loyzaga expressed the hope that the PSC "continues to pursue your directives and rationalize its limited resources through innovations in the national and grassroots development programs. Among these innovations is the establishment of regional training centers with qualified and certified coaches and trainers. These regional training centers should maintain strong educational component for the holistic development of our young athletes.In this light, I hope the PSC pursues the initiatives we have already started with the Department of Education, Commission on Higher Education, Department of Interior and Local Government and Local Government Units.
In conclusion the outgoing PSC Commissioner emphasized that Filipinos "have great potential to be excellent athletes and can compete credibly at the international level. Prioritization, while not popular, is the critical path towards national sports development."
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