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Jun 08, 2014 Sports
President Donald Ramotar told the media yesterday at the press conference held at State House, that the government’s
only intention is to create accountability in cricket. The Government with the support from APNU recently passed the Cricket Administration Bill in the National Assembly. The passing of the bill was meted with mixed reactions from various cricketing bodies.
The head of state said that they do want to take control of the game, but because of the accusations that were being herd about corruption and the rigging of the Guyana Cricket Board elections, they had to intervene.
Ramotar pointed out that what is being pedaled that the government wants to interfere with the game is totally untrue.
“The only role that the government would have had was to set up an Ombudsman and they would have done that with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) so I don’t know in what way this would give the Government total control in cricket,” he added.
Since the passing of the bill, the WICB has moved the third test match against New Zeeland from the Providence National Stadium to Kensington Oval in Barbados.
In response to that, Ramotar said that the action by the board is threatening regional integration. He indicated that cricket has played a major role in uniting the people of the Caribbean and what has happened is an attack against the entire integration movement within the society. He opined that the action by the WICB is to defend some vested interest, adding that it’s the Government who invests in stadiums and hotels so that they can host these huge events.
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