Sri Lanka Cricket will quickly introduce a brand new legislation to curb political interference.© X (Twitter)
Suspended by the ICC for “political interference”, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will quickly introduce a brand new legislation to curb meddling of any types by individuals with appreciable affect within the corridors of energy. A cupboard sub-committee appointed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe final November reported again to him on Monday with the required suggestions. The sub-committee was appointed after the then Sports activities Minister Roshan Ranasinghe moved to type an interim panel to run SLC in a blatant violation of the ICC’s governance guidelines for member nations.
The ICC promptly suspended SLC, resulting in shifting of the Below-19 World Cup this month to South Africa.
Wickremesinghe sacked Ranasinghe and his successor, Harin Fernando, and later overturned the interim committee, leaving the elected administration of Shammi Silva intact.
In the course of the disaster Wickremesinghe stated he would draft a brand new sports activities legislation which might change the 1973 legislation that had given powers to the sports activities minister to nominate interim committees.
International Minister Ali Sabry, who headed the cupboard committee, stated they’d reviewed the present composition and construction of SLC to suggest reforms.
The beleaguered sports activities physique that acquired a distinguished place because the nation’s triumph within the 1996 World Cup has seen many directors scrambling for prime positions, resulting in the formation of a number of interim committees by means of political interference whereas violating the ICC guidelines.
It’s usually alleged that the present voting construction for workplace bearers facilitates vote shopping for.
The committee had probed the explanations behind Sri Lanka’s poor place in worldwide rankings presently and had recognized methods to revamp the sport at college, district and provincial ranges, a launch stated.
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