By Iva Wharton
A group calling itself the National Cricket Stakeholders is calling on the government to enforce its laws which could see members of the embattled Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) being held in contempt of court.
The group, which includes secretary of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), Angela Haniff, made the call yesterday at a press conference held at the manila Hotel, Pere Street, Kitty.
“This is where I may be throwing blame at people in higher authority, the injunction is in force and we know that the people posing as the executive of the Guyana Cricket Board are in contempt of court and these people need to face legal action so that we can have transparency within the cricketing fraternity,” Haniff said yesterday.
Haniff was referring to a press release from the Guyana Cricket Board last Tuesday which stated that it was going to set up a committee to try and resolve the Demerara Cricket Board split which has resulted in two separate elections and two separate DCB presidents in Raj Singh and Bissoondyal Singh.
The press release also stated that the GCB would be going ahead with preparations for the staging of the annual Inter County competitions.
According to Haniff she is not comfortable with the state of affairs of cricket in the country.
“Representing the Berbice Cricket Board I am calling on the government to enforce the law on all those who are in contempt of court.”
The group in a prepared statement claimed that the pubic was deliberately being misled on the cricket impasse.
“There is a court order that has clearly injuncted those persons holding themselves out as executive members of the Guyana Cricket Board. They have shown great disrespect for the laws of Guyana and the cricket stakeholders and do not have the legal or moral authority to conduct the affairs of cricket in Guyana,” the group claimed in the statement.
Last July, the Annual General Meeting of the GCB took place with Ramsay Ali being elected president. Ali has since resigned after his house was searched by members of the Guyana Police Force.
