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Letter to the Sports Editor…Cricket hijackers are opposed to every attempt to have order
Dear Editor,
Appellant Raj Singh and his unknown comrade, Imtikab Sankar in a valiant effort, seem intent on adversely influencing the functions of parliament without due respect and regard for the qualifications and experience of that esteemed body. I do not know whether Raj Singh qualified himself in parliamentary affairs or law at his North Road, Bourda Green office, or in his residence at Florida USA; or if Intikab Sankar acquired his expertise whilst going about his various jobs.
However it is public knowledge that a Parliamentary select committee comprising Government and Opposition personnel, met on at least 16 occasions, and interviewed every conceivable interest group in order to produce a document guaranteed to bring order to this cricket madness that has been existing for the past three years or so.
Nevertheless they are once again trying to mislead the public, so that the cricket bill will not be passed in parliament and they could carry on their illegal practice for ever.
There is no doubt that our cricket has been in chaos since 2009 when a minority group of Executives proceeded to hijack the Board. This was met with strong resistance from the majority of Executives of the GCB, the Berbice Cricket Board, the East Coast Cricket Board, the Georgetown Cricket Association 56% of East Bank and 68% of WCD Cricket Associations.
Berbice Cricket Board Secretary Angela Haniff then filed an injunction against the illegal GCB causing the Chief Justice to rule that all the Cricket Boards associations etc were legal nonentities and could not sue or be sued. In this situation he advised that the Minister of Sports exercise his will and set up an interim body to administer cricket in the short term and legislative remedy in the long term.
Since this order, ruling, suggestion, recommendation, or advice is coming from the Chief Justice’s Office, it must be persuasive enough for action to be taken in the circumstances; and any reasonable thinking person, with the interest of Guyana’s cricket at heart, would be expected to comply. After all we would like to see a level playing field for the proper, decent efficient and honest administration of our cricket.
But this group of hijackers are opposed to every attempt to have order, transparency and decency return to our cricket since they are fully aware that they could not operate in any such environment.
They are reposing comfortably within the existing chaos since they are running things and can operate with impunity and no accountability; therefore it is quite worrying for them that parliament is involved in trying to sort out the chaos, by establishing a legal framework for fairness, transparency and lawful acquiescence as the bedrock of our cricket administration.
Appellant Raj Singh and his cohorts including Imtikab Sankar are afraid of any legal or transparent system being put in place since they do not have the confidence or support of the majority of cricket practitioners and therefore will not have the opportunity to:
a. Interchange constitutions/regulations to suit their fancy.
b. Run illegal elections
c. transfer funds from the Boards into private companies that they own.
d. Violate Court injunctions
e. Abuse both government and opposition members conveniently.
f. Appoint friends and relatives to Board positions.
g. Discriminate against cricketers and officials who do not fit into their programmes.
h. Conduct the many infractions, violations and manipulations which have become part of their ensemble for controlling and directing the demise of our cricket.
Certainly the present chaos in cricket cannot be allowed to continue and no self respecting Guyanese would condone it, except of course the group that is benefitting from the present chaos. They would like it to continue forever even as the cricket suffers.
Let the parliamentary select committee do its work and allow sanity to return to our cricket. Let them establish a level playing field of fairness and legality after which the people will decide who they want to lead them in their cricket administration. This is the only decent way forward.
Parasnauth Seeram – LLM Hons. London.
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