SLC AGM this month

Months of controversy end

Chris Dhambarage

CRICKET: The Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Jeevan Kumaratunga yesterday announced that the annual general meeting of Sri Lanka Cricket will be held this month thus ending months of intriguing controversy.

The Minister said that he has given directions to hold new elections during the last week of June and the exact dates for the accepting and closing of the nominations will be announced shortly. The Minister said that the present Interim Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket which has been in existence for more than one year has performed their task to satisfaction and have also set the atmosphere for a fair and free election.

The present Interim Committee is headed by Jayantha Dharmadasa (Chairman), Adel Hashim (secretary), Sujeewa Rajapaksa (treasurer), Damien Fernando (member), K. Mathivanan (member) and Prakash Schaffter (member). The Minister said that there were seven interim committees at the beginning but they have now held elections in five of them and the new elections for cricket and kabaddi will be held shortly.

He said that there were allegedly several financial mismanagements in the administration of Sri Lanka Cricket but now the Interim Committee has resolved everything and laid the platform for a democratic election.

The Minister hoped that the new office-bearers who will be elected at the annual general meeting this month will continue to perform their role quite successfully and work together for the development of the game in this country.

The Minister said that the present Interim Committee had launched a series of development programmes during the last few months and with their excellent infrastructure.

They have set a good example and the results could be achieved in the next couple of years.