The Japanese city of Sapporo has decided to pause promotional activities for its bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics.In the middle of bribery scandal and monopoly linked to the past games in tokyo.
“This does not mean that we will abandon the activities for hosting the Olympic Games, Instead, we will stop active promotion at a certain time,” a spokesman for the northern Japanese city’s candidacy told EFE on Wednesday, noting that they wanted to guarantee its “transparency”.
Several factors influenced this decision, including the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the election of the host city of the 2030 Winter Games.
Also the investigation into alleged bribery and monopoly in the awarding of bids for the Tokyo Olympic Games, held in the summer of 2021, in which at least one manager of the organizing committee was allegedly involved.
“Sapporo will study how to guarantee transparency and fairnessso it will form a working team from April 2023 and we will review our organization,” with the aim of “removing the lack of trust” caused by the scandal, the spokesman said.
Once the management is reviewed, “perhaps we will do research or a survey” to find out the position of the citizens, “but that is still being studied,” he added.
Sapporo authorities conducted a survey in March to assess public support for the organization of the event, which found that 56.4% of residents surveyed were in favor of holding the Olympic event in Hokkaido’s provincial capital, against 31.4% surveyed. against.
The scandal surrounding the organization of Tokyo 2020, which was criticized at the time for what happened amid the covid-19 pandemic amid unprecedented restrictions, affected the Sapporo 2030 candidacy and supporters this.
“I think it is important that (the candidacy) with the support of the residents of Sapporo and the Japanese peopleso I understand this decision, which was made to achieve public understanding,” said a Japanese government spokesman, Hirokazu Matsunowhen asked about it in a press conference.
The IOC announced in early December its decision to postpone the site selection process for the 2030 Winter Games, saying it needed more time to discuss the challenges posed by climate change and the sustainability of the event.
Source: La Verdad
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