Other SBP officials who accompanied MVP in the presentation were SBP President Al Panlilio and SBP Executive Director Sonny Barrios. The bid consortium was made up of the SBP, the Japanese Basketball Association, and the Indonesian Basketball Association. With President Duterte , center, and FIBA officials Ingo Weiss , Hamane Niang and Lubomir Kotleba. In that courtesy call, President Duterte expressed in no uncertain terms his support for the bid. Meantime, Executive Secretary Medialdea met the Commission several times during their stay here, a clear sign of the Philippine government’s support for the Philippine bid.

Source: The Standard October 29, 2017 11:48 UTC