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Recent negotiations between Government and cricket officials seemed to have collapsed after Minister of Sports, Dr. Frank Anthony, and Attorney General,China Jerseys, Anil Nandlall, circulated proposed legislation giving the Minister of Sports controlling powers over cricket administration in Guyana.Most significantly,Cheap Jerseys From China, the proposed draft legislation seeks to disband the present Guyana Cricket Board and replace it with a new corporate entity where the GCB and all of its affiliate members will have to send reports, developmental programmes and financial statements directly to the Sports Minister.Further, all assets owned by the present GCB,Wholesale Authentic China Jerseys, a private unincorporated entity, must be transferred to the new government-controlled GCB. It is important to note that the Government does not and has never provided any funding for the operations of the GCB.Many are of the opinion that the government is trying to achieve, through Parliament,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, what it has so far failed to obtain through court proceedings against the Guyana Cricket Board. One member of the GCB said that it appears as though none of the warring factions have accepted the draft legislation.The Guyana Cricket Board and East Coast Board did not even attend the discussion, claiming that they attended a previous meeting to discuss a new draft constitution and not legislation.Members of the Guyana Cricket Board were told that this legislation would be similar to that which gave corporate status to the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board of Control. This newspaper saw copies of both the Trinidad legislation and that proposed by the Government of Guyana and it is clear that the TTCB maintains its autonomy even though it was incorporated through an Act of Parliament since 1989.The word ‘Minister’ is not even stated once in the TTCB legislation. When contacted, Mr. Anand Sanasie of the GCB said that he was not at the meeting and has not seen the draft legislation but is aware of the TTCB version which, if copied,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, should be accepted by the GCB.He also said,China NFL Jerseys, when asked,cheap nfl jerseys china, that the GCB is awaiting the outcome of Government instituted court matters to determine possible participation in the WICB T20 2013 scheduled to be played in January next year.Should this impasse continue Guyana may be a far way from ever hosting international cricket again. |
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