This ain’t it chief!

Mar 31, 2021 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

I reference Mr. Oscar Ramjeet’s letter in the March 25, 2021 edition of Kaieteur News titled “It’s High Time that a Guyanese be elected at the helm of Cricket West Indies.” Let me make it clear that I have nothing personal against Mr. Ramjeet nor Mr. Anand Sanasie, Cricket West Indies Presidential hopeful; however, there are quite a few reasons why Mr. Sanasie is not the Guyanese to be the head of CWI.
The first is his association with a Guyana Cricket Board that was deemed by two Ministers of Sport from two different administrations as illegal. This was subsequently confirmed by the Court of Appeal of Guyana. Mr. Sanasie continues to pretend that this is not so, and that everything is fine and dandy with the GCB.
Second the removal of subvention for the Berbice Cricket Board. As is well known, the GCB has decided to withhold from the Berbice Cricket Board its rightful subvention as per the Constitution of the GCB and the best explanation is that they used up the funds to cover the legal costs that the GCB incurred as a result of the BCB court cases. Editor, shouldn’t the BCB decide what its rightful funds are to be utilized for? Why starve a board of funds? Is it not spitefulness to do that, knowing, that the BCB could have collapsed, had it not been for the wonderful support the BCB under Mr. Foster has garnered?
I note with amusement that Mr. Ramjeet quoted Mr. Dave Cameron, the immediate Ex- President of the CWI saying that “Skerrit has failed to deliver the kind of leadership that we hoped to see” but this very person, as President, has been made to apologize to players due to social media outbursts. Is that the leadership we wish to see? A point to note is that Mr. Sanasie’s GCB refused to meet with Skeritt to discuss his proposal for West Indies cricket. Isn’t that evidence that Mr. Sanasie is not willing to work with those who are not deemed supportive of him?
Let me close by saying this. It is high time for Guyanese cricket administrators be elected to CWI presidency, but it must be because they have vision and because their hands are clean, and not because they are Guyanese. Being Guyanese also does not entitle someone the support of the Guyanese public. In addition, in case it is not clear, Mr. Sanasie, this ain’t it chief!

Regards,
Amir Khan

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