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GCB V/President condemn acid-attack on its executive member
Bissoon Singh
Bissoon Singh, the President of the East Coast and Demerara Cricket Boards, Vice President of the Guyana Cricket Board and Chairman of the Cricket Development Committee, yesterday issued a statement condemning the throwing of acid by an unknown assailant on GCB’s Assistant Treasurer Pretipaul Jaigobin.
Jaigobin was doused with acid around 21:00hrs on Tuesday night at Strasphey, East Coast Demerara.
Singh’s statement read as follow:
“I wish to condemn and deprecate in the strongest possible manner the violent attack on Pretipaul Jaigobin, Treasurer of the East Coast Cricket Board, Treasurer of the Demerara Cricket Board and the Assistant Treasurer of the Guyana Cricket Board.
I can personally attest to the tremendous voluntary personal sacrifices which Mr. Pretipaul Jaigobin has made over the years and the dedication which he has displayed as he executes his various functions as a cricket administrator for the benefit of the development of cricket in Guyana.
There is no doubt in my mind that this cowardly act of terror has a connection with the excellent work Mr. Jaigobin has been doing for the administration of cricket in Guyana. In the discharge of his functions as a cricket administrator, Mr. Jaigobin has been professional, diligent and brutally frank in identifying and criticizing issues of mal-administration, nepotism, cronyism, illegalities and financial improprieties whenever they surface. Only last Friday, the 21st May, 2010, at a statutory meeting of the Guyana Cricket Board, Mr. Jaigobin, in his characteristic manner, was most critical of several officers of the Guyana Cricket Board in relation to what he perceived to be certain financial and other irregularities. The meeting ended abruptly with one official walking out before its conclusion.
In this regard, I am vindicated by the utterances which were allegedly made by the person who threw the acid, who has reportedly said to Mr. Jaigobin, “Why don’t you leave me friends them alone? You want power.”
This most unfortunate and heinous attack on Mr. Jaigobin will have profound consequences and its ramifications will reverberate into the psyche of all Guyanese who now hold voluntary public offices and also those who may have a desire to do so. Persons will now have reasonable fear for their personal safety, that of their family and their property whenever they hold or aspire to hold such an office. The holders of these offices may now lose their objectivity and may no longer be able to function efficiently and effectively. This will have devastating consequences in public administration countrywide.
In this regard and as a result of this atrocity, several officials from the East Coast Cricket Board and the Demerara Cricket Board have expressed concerns regarding their personal safety and that of their family and have expressed an intention to resign. If this were to happen, then the cowards would have been victorious and tyranny will prevail over good and proper administration. I wish to take this opportunity to urge these persons to use this incident to strengthen their resolve as we continue to struggle for the development and advancement of cricket in Guyana.
I wish to call upon the Commissioner of Police and the Minister of Home Affairs to ensure that this matter is thoroughly and professionally investigated and that the perpetrator(s) of this horrendous act is/are arrested and brought to justice. On behalf of the East Coast Cricket Board, the Demerara Cricket Board and the Cricket Development Committee and personally, I take this opportunity to express my deepest sympathy to Mr. Jaigobin and his family in this their period of tragedy and to wish Mr. Jaigobin a speedy recovery.
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