The Government of Guyana (GoG) will be sending a full dossier to the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 48 hours, articulating its reasons for implementing the Interim Management Committee (IMC) to deal with the affairs of local cricket.
This was disclosed to Stabroek Sport by Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall who indicated that the document would be dispatched in the next 48 hours.
“The document is currently in its final draft and at the moment I would say it would be sent off in the next 48 hours,” Nandlall stated.
With both the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the ICC condemning the government for its implementation of the IMC, in the most recent IMC press conference on February 1, Minister of Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony had stated that basically the ICC had not been properly briefed on the circumstances in Guyana, since they had just heard one side of the matter from WICB president Julian Hunte, who is also the chairman of ICC’s Governance Review Committee.
At that same press conference Nandlall slammed the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for intransigence in ignoring serious allegations and cited the November 11 2011, ICC document which in his view vindicated the government’s actions.
In the document, which was sent out by the ICC to all its member boards by Head of Legal Affairs and Company Secretary, David Becker titled “Regulations relating to Independence of Member Boards” it states:
“Naturally, a government (or any office thereof) would also not be prevented from investigating the affairs of a Member Board in order to ascertain whether any criminal offense has been committed, including fraud, dereliction of directors’ duties (including fiduciary duties) or contravention of any relevant legislation. “Similarly, there may be circumstances where a government (or any ministry thereof) rightfully seeks to intervene in the event that a Member Board is dysfunctional. The ICC Governance Review Committee believes that this is a question of accountability, not interference.”
Over the weekend at the Carifesta Sports Complex during the opening day of the IMC public consultation around the country, IMC Chairman Clive “Super Cat” Lloyd in reference to the aforementioned ICC document, told this newspaper that he has been in contact with ICC president Haroon Lorgat about it.
According to Lloyd, who is also chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee, Lorgat had agreed that some discrepancy is possibly there with regards to that document and the situation in Guyana.
