New date proposed for SLC elections

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Sri Lanka Cricket

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has proposed a new date, 31 st May 2018 for the Annual General Meeting (AGM) to elect new office-bearers for the next two years.

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Earlier, the newly-appointed Sports Minister Faiszer Musthapha postponed the SLC AGM, (previously scheduled for 19 th May) last weekend after Attorney General (AG) questioned the legality of the appointment of the Election Committee.

“This is a technical problem which can be sorted out once SLC go through the correct channels. I intend to hold fair elections in near future.” Sports Minister Faiszer Musthapha said in a statement.

According to the Sports Law, all national sports bodies should hold a Special General Meeting (SGM) to elect the members for the Elections Committee but the current SLC members formed an Election Committee with approval only from their Executive Committee (Ex-Co) and informed then Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara.

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On April 6 th , SLC issued a notice to all stakeholders regarding the AGM on 19 th May and called for
nominations and subsequently closed accepting nominations on 27 th April at 3.00pm.

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“We accept that the Election Committee appointed by the Executive Committee will not be independent hence we agree with the Attorney General and Sports Minister that the Election Committee should be elected by the general membership.” Sri Lanka Cricket President Thilanga Sumathipala said on Tuesday at a press briefing.

SLC will now hold an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on 19 th May to appoint the Election Committee. SLC sent out the EGM resolution to all stakeholders today (1 st May).