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Melbourne, Australia (LNW):Final – Part (Link to Part 6)
Reforms
Whenever the class nature of the state is threatened, its first line of defense will be the police force. We have repeatedly witnessed this phenomenon in Sri Lanka, where they destroy anything that stands in their way. Whatever the constitution states in terms of fundamental rights and freedoms, those provisions including the constitution itself will be thrown out the window as soon as the regime’s survival looks threatened. That is what happened in many countries, from the Paris Commune via the Soviet Socialist Revolution to the Arab Spring, despite the nature and depth of the social upheavals those societies underwent.
This paper is about a system where deep political and social reforms can be undertaken for the greater good of the country. But in the long term, even such reforms could be reversed when the political stability of the ruling elite is under threat unless a serious police reform is also undertaken. In liberal democratic societies where, certain freedoms are allowed until the system is exposed to such threats, some reforms are possible. Those reforms would help create better awareness and improve subjective conditions about the necessity for a plural society to be treated inclusively, equitably and with acceptance of and empathy towards diversity. Such reforms and the struggles to keep those standards intact will raise awareness about the need for a more radical reconstitution of society.
Lack of understanding and awareness regarding policing non-majoritarian communities has serious consequences in pluralistic societies like Sri Lanka and India. It does not only diminish confidence in police and the security they are supposed to provide to society, but also disables and disempowers itself as a force in effectively engaging with all members of society, particularly during times of conflict. For example, the 1983 Black July pogrom in Sri Lanka; the 2020 ‘reign of terror’ against Muslims in Uttar Pradesh in India; and the police behaviour that ended the spontaneous people’s struggle in Sri Lanka (Aragalaya) last year, that demanded accountability for economic mismanagement, corruption, and authoritarianism that broke the island.
These situations have eroded confidence in the ability of police to fulfill their duties and responsibilities justly and effectively. Not only in countries like Sri Lanka but in most other countries, the criminal justice system does not and will not guarantee the same level of service to all its citizens. The police, the citizenry, and the entire society pay the price for it.
In countries like Australia, Canada and New Zealand, awareness about the diverse nature of society is created on an ongoing basis through providing education, training and development programs about non-majority community groups. This enables police to perform better and professionally, although no one can guarantee an ideal environment where social biases and attitudes are null.
Perceptions and Impediments
Sri Lanka is a plural society comprising 19 communities, of which four are major, i.e., Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims and Hill Country Tamils. And devolution of power is a process designed to assure participative democratic governance. However, the executive presidential system has consistently paved the way for popular authoritarianism through undue consolidation of power. This is inconsistent with devolution, the purpose of which is to enable powerless communities to have a say in making decisions on matters that affect them and their future generations.
Despite overwhelming evidence, pro-Sinhala lobbies maintain that the suffering Tamil people endured and continue to endure are nothing but common grievances that all communities in Sri Lanka are subjected to. This view is erroneous and hurtful, and its political consequences have been tragic. We need to recognize that we can live in harmony if and only if we understand rationally the problems others are faced with.
Many argue that because the 13th Amendment is a legislative construct India imposed on Sri Lanka, and the resulting provincial councils are corrupt, ineffective, wasteful, and mismanaged white elephants; therefore, they need to be abolished. Could we extend the very same argument to the functioning of the central government in a similar vein? As it is corrupt, ineffective, wasteful and mismanaged, do we call for the abolition of the central government?
Types of devolution
Globally, there are many governance systems with devolutionary experiences with land and police powers devolved to the periphery. These systems have generated sufficient political stability in their respective countries. In Sri Lanka, too, it will be beneficial to fully implement the 13th Amendment by granting the hitherto not devolved police and land powers to the provincial councils with the enactment of Statutes as required. The political establishment needs to initiate a consultative fact-finding process, focusing on establishing the causes of the ineffectiveness of provincial councils. A body needs to be established to constantly monitor the efficiency of provincial councils or the lack of it under the existing structural arrangements, and recommend what measures the political establishment ought to take to make the system more effective.
Autonomy comprises diverse instruments of devolution. They allow a group of a certain distinct identity to exercise direct control over their own special affairs, while simultaneously allowing the majority community to exercise governance over the whole society’s universal interests. It could take the form of federalism, where all regions enjoy equal powers (symmetrical) with an identical relationship to the central government. This is the case in Australia and the United States. However, the territories of Australia, such as the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and the Northern Territory (NT) are autonomous divisions with devolved powers, yet subordinate to federal governance. In the US certain areas directly come under the federal government, but with various degrees of autonomy, for example, Columbia. In most pluralistic countries there are situations where all regions do not enjoy equal powers (asymmetrical). For example, Canada, Switzerland, India, Spain, Russia, and Malaysia.
If a country has to accommodate only a few specific concerns, federal model may be considered unnecessary. In such circumstances, regional autonomy is granted. For example, the Aland Islands in Finland, South Tyrol in Italy, Kosovo in the former Yugoslavia, Cordillera and Mindanao in the Philippines, Puerto Rico in the US, Zanzibar in Tanzania, Hong Kong and Macao in China, Greenland and the Faroes in Denmark, New Caledonia in France, and Scotland in the UK.
However, where devolution of powers cannot be legally and adequately protected, other arrangements are used, such as regionalism (in Italy), decentralization (in France), and constitutional protection of local government as a third tier of government (in Nigeria, Spain, Finland, and Germany). Many other arrangements are also used elsewhere in addressing similar issues, for example, reserves in Australia, Africa, and some parts of Asia. Indigenous peoples’ aspirations and historical claims have been recognized recently by transforming reserves into self-governing areas, for example in Canada and the Philippines.
Under the current unitarist executive presidential system, non-majoritarian communities have always been at the receiving end of chauvinist political and bureaucratic manoeuvring. The political leaders need to illustrate the manner in which they propose to get the required changes to the 13th Amendment approved by the parliament with a two-thirds majority and also assure that the police will maintain public order independent of any political interference.
The devolution of power under the 13th Amendment is marred by the fact that the balance of power is weighted heavily in favour of the Centre. The Centre uses the Concurrent List to hinder the aims of devolution. Despite the judicial determination that the 13th Amendment is consistent with Article 2, which refers to the unitary state provision in the Constitution, devolution has not been fully implemented as there has been a lack of political will to devolve land and police powers to the provinces.
Conclusion
Nation-building cannot be accomplished by a top-down approach with the government dictating the rules. It requires the active participation of ordinary citizens in the shaping of a common political will, and the pursuit of policies that promote national integration. Governance institutions need to be more responsive to local needs and aspirations. “Nation-building further presupposes a socio-cultural structuring and integration process leading to shared characteristics of identity, values and goals.” It is not so much the homogeneity of these characteristics that is crucial, rather it is the acceptance and toleration of heterogeneity and the facilitation of inclusion. [ANU Briefing Note – No.1 / 2007, The Twin Processes of Nation Building and State Building]
The main objective of the 13th Amendment was to achieve a political and constitutional settlement to the national question. Even after 14 years since the end of the armed conflict, no serious consensus on the scope of the Amendment has been reached yet, except for the swinging between the 13 minus and 13 plus rhetoric. The discussion spectrum ranges from those who want to go back to the unitary system of governance that the colonialists left us with to those who favour an improved 13th Amendment with its deficiencies addressed, those who advocate a federal solution, and those who demand separation by holding a referendum in the North and East.
Furthermore, full devolution is undermined by the executive power the central government wields. Not only does this stand against, but also contradicts the spirit of devolution. This power conflict allows the President and the Central Government to intervene in substantive to trivial matters pertaining to a Province [Sections 11 and 15 (2) of the Provincial Councils Act, No. 42 of 1987, the Provincial Councils (Payment of Salaries and Allowances) Act, No. 37 of 1988, and Provincial Councils Pensions Act, No. 17 of 1993]. Also, in provinces the prevalent political culture and structures mirror and encourage the centralised system. This structural mindset needs to change. In addition, empowering provincial councils to be fully functional will attract significant contributions from high achievers and investors from the wealthy diaspora community. Its potential to resurrect the country from the present economic ills cannot be underestimated.
Another significant issue that needs to be addressed is the power of provincial councils to raise adequate revenue, which is one of the weakest facets of the 13th Amendment [See the reports of the respective Provincial Councils in CPA (2008) Strengthening the Provincial Council System, where a prominent ground of complaint is with regard to the fiscal and financial aspects of the Thirteenth Amendment]. Not a single political establishment has been willing to look at the causes for the ineffectiveness of the Provincial Council system and to have the commitment to review and restructure the governance protocols at the Centre to follow the extent of devolution as provided under the 13th Amendment.
A logical start to overcome this stalemate is for the society to acknowledge our cultural diversity as a valuable heritage that can be utilized to reap the benefits of power-sharing so that as a multi-ethnic nation we can achieve a better, fairer, and equitable Sri Lanka. For this, we need to make difficult choices by interrogating our own value systems and our understanding of the “other”. Only then can we find pathways to building unity in diversity and harmonizing diversity with unity. Each of us could play a vital role in this regard by being creative and constructive. Only then can we hope to achieve our common aims of justice, equity and peace, and find ways for sustainably, collectively and inclusively celebrating life. And the task of nation-building will be a lot easier.
Colombo (LNW): Sports enthusiasts in South Africa are currently celebrating with great enthusiasm. This is due to their national rugby team’s recent victory in the world championship, and the team is now on a tour to proudly display their achievement to the people. No one should take it as a nationwide protest due to South Africa’s loss of 83 runs against India.
While Sri Lanka’s cricket team faced a loss of 55 runs, the Sports Minister of Sri Lanka is in a position to apportion the mistakes of the Sri Lankan cricket administration to the world with two more matches left, but South Africa went from being a forbidden country to the world and established itself as a good country in front of the world in terms of the factors that affected it and its image. South Africa made history after hosting and winning the Rugby World Cup in 1995. Since then, they have secured their position as the country with the highest number of Rugby World Cup victories.
The situation for Sri Lanka Rugby is notably distinct. Currently, Sri Lanka Rugby has experienced a decline from the status it once held in the realm of sevens rugby in Asia. The reason is that rugby is banned internationally. Political influence was seen as the reason. The impact of the Asia President on rugby in the country. In that regard, what the sports minister did was not to subject the Sri Lanka Rugby President to an investigation regarding the Asia President.
What he did was to dance to the tune of the Asia President against the Sri Lankan Rugby. He did not listen to the Sri Lanka President. Finally, the Minister banned Ruger due to this situation. Sri Lankan Rugby took its case to court. Looking at this, international rugby banned Sri Lanka Rugby calling it political influence.
The most important thing here is the Asian Rugby president’s country getting the sports minister to obstacles Sri Lankan rugby. Despite those obstacles, the result of the Asia Rugby President’s country is very important. In the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games, Sri Lanka came close to securing a fourth- place medal in rugby. Notably, in 2014, the United Arab Emirates, the home country of the Asia Rugby President, did not even qualify for the Asian tournament.
In 2018, they ranked 12th out of 12 teams in the Asian Games. During the same year, Sri Lanka, which had previously secured a 4th place position, participated under the The Olympic Council of Asia flag and dropped to the 10th place in the tournament.
The United Arab Emirates came from 12th place to 5th place while Sri Lanka got the result after getting out of the ban without time for proper training and participating amidst many obstacles. At this moment, the Sports Minister of Sri Lanka is going to meet the Asia President. The manner in which the Asia Rugby President is disregarding international conventions and sidestepping the officially appointed Sri Lanka Rugby administration seems to be aligning with the actions of the Sports Minister.
But the minister is encumbered by parliamentary privileges and declares that the citizenship of the Rugby President should be revoked. Dancing to the tune of the Asia President, he dons the role of a true patriot.
Now the minister is planning to bring the fate of rugby to cricket as well. If rugby, football, and cricket – the three sports that significantly contribute to Sri Lanka’s international revenue, are banned due to political interference, then the sports minister will be the best sports minister Sri Lanka has ever had. Although the minister’s behavior is explained line by line, the truth is not accepted.
His behavior displays a blend of foolishness and arrogance, to the degree that public perception could erode the prestige associated with the ministerial position. The best way to hide that feeling is to invite educated and intelligent neutral people to places like the National Sports Council to advise. Instead, he opted for individuals who held personal grievances against the current administrations.
They are ready to take the game back through the rules of the game. Although the world needs to create a freer environment for sports, the National Sports Council is blessing the necessary environment to widen the space for the Minister of Sports to reach out to the sport. It is to put their heads inside.
The most notable contribution of the current Sports Minister has been through the power of their voice.
He is offering criticism of the decisions made by sports associations, all while managing a sports ministry that often lacks the financial means to even provide air tickets for many athletes in need. He is exerting control or influence over them. In the process of benefiting from others’ resources, he is also seeking funds from places where financial resources are available for the betterment of his ministry. This behavior is akin to demanding money as a thugs.
Featured in themain photograph are South African rugby captain Siya Kolisi, the country’s Sports minister Shishi Kodwa, and the Rugby President Mark Alexander. The second photo portrays the President of the Asian Rugby Federation, who played a role in elevating the United Arab Emirates to the fifth position in Asia, and the sports minister of Sri Lanka, who followed his decisions and brought an international ban to Sri Lanka Rugby and contributed to bringing the 4th ranked Sri Lanka Rugby down to the 10th position.
Perhaps, in this meeting, it’s possible that these two individuals had a conversation filled with satisfaction regarding the United Arab Emirates’ impressive ascent from the last place to the 5th position in the Asian Games.
Colombo (LNW): Colombo experienced an unexpected, storm-like downpour this evening (07).
Heavy showers exceeding 75 mm are anticipated in various areas across the Western, Central, Sabaragamuwa, North-western, and Uva provinces, according to the Meteorological Department.
Sri Lanka Police reported a traffic standstill between Nelundeniya and Udukumbura on the Colombo-Kandy Main Road due to a fallen tree obstructing the road. Additionally, an earth slip halted traffic between Haldummulla and Beragala.
Motorists are strongly advised to exercise caution while driving in these adverse weather conditions.
Colombo (LNW): The “We are One” organisation held a peace conference at Hyde Park ground in Colombo titled “No War” to call for an immediate end to the Israel-Hamas conflict and to stop the ongoing genocide.
Participants included former President Maithripala Sirisena, Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa, former Janata Vimukti Peramuna (JVP) former Member of Parliament Bimal Ratnayake, and other political activists.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was invited but did not attend.
Representatives from various religious communities were also present at the event.
Colombo (LNW): Thundershowers accompanied by severe lightning are likely to occur at several places in Western, Central, Sabaragamuwa, Uva, Southern and North-Western provinces, the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Department of Meteorology said in an advisory statement today (07).
There may be temporary localised strong winds during thundershowers, the statement added, urging the public to take adequate precautions to minimise damages caused by lightning activity.
The Dept further advised the public to seek shelter, preferably indoors and never under trees, avoid open areas such as paddy fields, tea plantations and open water bodies during thunderstorms, avoid using wired telephones and connected electric appliances during thunderstorms, avoid using open vehicles, such as bicycles, tractors and boats etc., beware of fallen trees and power lines, and to contact the local disaster management authorities for emergency assistance.
Colombo (LNW): The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) indicates appreciation against the US Dollar today (07) in comparison to yesterday, as per the official exchange rates released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).
Accordingly, the buying price of the US Dollar has dropped to Rs. 321.59 from Rs. 323.94, and the selling price to Rs. 331.96 from Rs. 334.40.
The Sri Lankan Rupee, meanwhile, has also appreciated against several other foreign currencies, including Gulf currencies.
Asia Rugby President “Qais Al Dalai” to Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Roshan Ranasinghe
The Ministry of Sports announced that the suspension placed on Sri Lanka rugby was revoked during a recent meeting convened in Paris. It is reported that the decision, which has been validated by Qais Al Dalai, will be formally disclosed in the coming days. Additionally, the Ministry’s media unit has conveyed that there was a comprehensive discussion regarding the incorporation of essential amendments to the constitution of Sri Lanka Rugby. This would involve the removal of voting rights for associations that do not make substantial contributions to the advancement of the sport.
We have elucidated the justifications behind the initial suspension of Sri Lankan rugby right from the outset. Just from the aforementioned two points in this announcement, one can glean insights into the conduct of the minister and the conduct of Asia Rugby. Asia Rugby should deal with Sri Lanka Rugby. It is an internationally recognized tradition.
However, Lasitha Gunaratne, who previously held the position of rugby president and was recently a member of the Minister’s National Sports Council, cast his vote in favor of Qais Al Dalai’s opponent.
In light of this situation, Qais Al Dalai, who had previously been somewhat distant from Sri Lanka Rugby, got in touch with Namal Rajapaksa, who was appointed as Sports Minister at that time, and his friend, a former Sri Lanka Rugby President, Asanga Senaviratne. That is putting the relationship with Sri Lankan Rugby in the second place. This is a step that international Olympic sports, such as rugby, typically do not undertake. But the minister and Qais Al Dalai are working in agreement to connect Namal Rajapaksa to the administration of rugby by creating a position that is not in the constitution for Asanga Senaviratne, who can bow down politically. n the same letter regarding the appointment, the Director General of Sports has noted the relationship between the two parties. For that, there is no good response from Sri Lanka Rugby.
The reason is because that, both Lasitha and Asanga had accumulated substantial debts during their respective tenures and had eroded the trust of the rugby administration. Also because Sri Lanka Rugby is still paying a fine of £50,000 to the international federation for sending foreign players to international matches for Sri Lanka during Asanga’s presidency.
Both Minister Namal Rajapaksa and Minister Roshan Ranasinghe aligned themselves with the Asia President and, until recently, supported the obstruction of the former President while imposing bans on Sri Lanka rugby. This action was a consequence of the verbal conflict between the Asia President and the Sri Lankan President.
This occurred because the Asia Rugby and Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Sports made decisions concerning Sri Lankan rugby, bypassing the rugby administration that had been appointed to represent the official rugby community in Sri Lanka with the majority’s approval. This is a significant error.
When this issue was transferred from Minister Namal Rajapaksa to Minister Roshan Ranasinghe, the decision taken by Minister Namal Rajapaksa before that was unraveling before the court. But instead of accepting that decision as the ministry and the minister, Roshan Ranasinghe behaved to find a reason to somehow ban the Rugby administration while protecting the personalities of the ministers.
In the end, the Sports Minister relied on the proposal put forth by the Asia President to utilize his authority in banning Sri Lanka Rugby, and he also stood on it. The minister’s actions demonstrated his failure to stand up against what was expected of a leader in preventing unwarranted interference in his country’s sports affairs, highlighting a significant lapse in his leadership.
This is a question that needs to be read from the beginning and asked from one’s own conscience. The minister should have conducted an inquiry into the Rugby President’s actions, so that the international community could feel it.
Even though there were decisions to be made after that, the sports minister always made tough decisions based on his power and they were often given international prohibitions and had to be backward according to the instructions of the law.
Anyway, even at this moment, the Asia President does not inform the official rugby administration that represents the country in his region that the international ban will be lifted, but he also informs the minister of that fact.
The political authority and the Asia President are talking about the sport of rugby. In this state of mind, it is not difficult to identify the minister as well as the Asia President who is angry about Sri Lanka not voting in two ways.
The Asia Rugby has taken the help of Sri Lankan politics and has already made up for the loss of not getting the vote by strategically destroying the pride of Sri Lanka Rugby which is more than a hundred years old.
Also, due to those lapses and obstructions, Sri Lanka Rugby team, which did not function properly, was brought down and they paved the way to push forward from the first round of this year’s Asian Games and managed to finish the tournament above Sri Lanka.
Sports Minister Mr. Roshan Ranasinghe expressed his gratitude to the officials of the World and Asia Rugby for establishing a robust governance framework and affording the Sri Lanka Rugby team the opportunity to engage in international competitions in the days to come.
This is also substantiated in the press release issued by the Sports Ministry regarding the dialogue between the Asia President and the Sports Minister concerning Sri Lanka Rugby. This implies that all necessary actions in Sri Lanka Rugby will be carried out with the support of the Asia President, and it’s an endeavor led by the Minister.
As the Minister Namal Rajapaksa brought a new committee together with the Asia President to shape the shape of Sri Lanka Rugby so that his country can dominate Sri Lanka further, he uses the Sports Minister who wants to be the almighty of this country’s sports.
At the Asian Games, with the blessings of the Sri Lankan Ministers, the Asia President prepared the coffin for Sri Lanka Rugby. Now the minister is preparing to find a hoe for the Asia president to dig a groove and dig pits. The initial phase has been accomplished successfully.
The current minister will skillfully lead the game to easily fill the pride of Sri Lanka Rugby for hundreds of years with insults and defeats by achieving the next step of the Asia President who managed to pass Sri Lanka in the Asian tournament and get close to the previous high level of Sri Lanka in Asia. This photo captures the meeting between the Sports Minister and the Asia President. Undoubtedly, this harmony will work to show more good games in the future.
During this chilly season, the sports minister is always behind the dreams. While some may appear pointless, this one felt superb. The individual who thinks that ICC is some kind of planet thought to entrust his brother Arjuna to ‘Mr. Dealdasa’s son’ instead of going directly directly anointing him as the cricket king.
But brother, I can’t do as I destroyed my enemy. Minister Pulatisi recollected his memory and told ‘Sira’ that he remembered countless screw ups from this son. Handsome young man, regardless of the circumstances, please take him,” the voice from the other end of the line conveyed.
The minister circled his mouth like a netball and planted a kiss on the phone. It was a fortunate call, it brought great joy to Mr. Deal’s son. Brother, we must engage in a conversation with the world. We must say that legally, these individuals are wrong. “Let’s make a deal bro” said Little Deal.
He could not control the heartbeat, because deals are mixed with his blood. We will do those. And will consider you too. ‘You have to give us the rope. We will decide how far to go’. Having said that, the minister instructed deal son to arrange to speak in front of the world and then went indoors to change his attire.
The minister contemplated the appropriate setting for his speech, Arjuna’s manner is the best. National asthma. Even today there are people who think cricket became Sri Lankan because ‘Sarong’. He thought while ironing the national asthma. And thought it would be even better if he could grow a beard.
However, farming is also in demand. Thinking that suddenly after a long time the sarong worn will fell down, Ironed the asthma thinking that the Amude as the identity of Rajarata should also be worn that the country can see. When thinking about what to talk about, thinking about the country’s cricket in a heavy emotional way, want to cry a little. At the same time, I can lifted a sarong and wipe my tears to show Amude as the identity of Rajara. With that, i can fool the entire pulathisipura again. The minister devised a splendid nice plan.
When came out after planning the work, Deal’s son had prepared two letters. One for the media and the other for the ICC countries.
The minister was moved to tears when he thought of how the ICC is not even looking at it, how they are crying to get the sympathy of those countries by blaming the ICC and thinking of their commitment to cricket.
Brother Arjuna scolded the one in India with so much national feeling, thinking that we shouldn’t be traitors. The minister even felt how the secretary of India got tears and forgot that he had put on glasses and went to wipe the tears from the mirror and broke the mirror. When the Secretary of India thought that it was with that feeling that he said that he paid money to the boys of the Premadasa field to buy the match, the minister confirmed that surprisingly the Indian who has patriotic ideas would think that he would buy it as a patriot.
At first, he thought it was bullshit, but when he thought about the society that accepted most of the nonsense as patriotic stories, Sri Lanka and India, because both are South Asian, he justified that thought.
“Brother, let’s create this video from my office at the Ministry, We’ll place three or four national flags around me. As I deliver my speech, I’ll passionately kiss the flag twice, and then kneel down.”
Deal’s son said that when Amude hides what showing and kneels down when he says the rest, the camera won’t see it. Then agreed to be patriotic just by kissing. Amazing practical wisdom. Thinking that the work will be done perfectly, the minister gave twenty-four kisses.
Protect himself from the minister’s kiss more and more, he thought that I should ask my father to bring the group from the Avan Guard as well. ‘Wait a little, brother, I will go on a lucky trip.’ On the way, he ran to an apartment and said.
Now the work is going up. Camera work. The lights are on. One hundred microphones and ten cameras. Deal son explained the reason for the lack of cameras by saying that there are cameras here that work for about twenty channels. The work started. It came to the point of crying. I lifted the sarong to show Amude. covered face. It was only after I closed it that remembered that Amude had left it in that apartment.
By that time, however, all the e-mails that sent the international letter had been opened and looked at. Therefore, there was nothing left for the international community to retract. That video will be important for the natives who do not know that there is no cloth until they see it.
Colombo (LNW): Sri Lanka cricket has gone with the winds of commercialization, internal bickering and external geo politics coupled with indecent tactics under the cover of cricket rules of neighbouring countries to down the island nation by hook or by crook.
Adding fuel to under fire Sri Lanka Cricket board for its own failure and subject to allegation of corruption within, the sports ministry has opened a can of worms by appointing an interim committee sacking the current board members.
He has taken this action without informing the country’s president and the cabinet of ministers breaching the International Cricket Council guidelines which will result in the loss of Sri Lanka‘s ICC membership ,several cricket stalwarts said.
They noted that although action should be taken against the cricket board for alleged corruption of some members, it could have been done following proper legal and administrative procedures.
With the commercialization of sports and most of the icons becoming overnight millionaires mainly due to individual sponsorship packages and the sports governing bodies making money once again through a selling of various facilities.
However when the going was good it looked so healthy and convenient and in cricket the purity of the game was often bartered to suit the whims and fancies of the sponsors, betting agents, corrupt dealers and womanisers. But this is the twenty-first century and we have to live with the current realities, they claimed.
Sri Lanka national team’s 2023 world cup journey ended up with sheer beating from Bangladesh underdogs in every aspect of the tournament who displayed their indecent behavior during their match against Sri Lanka.
Arun Jaitely Stadium in Delhi would not only go down as one of the most controversial ones of this tournament but also in the entire history of World Cups.
The match had its heated moments right from the beginning whether it was a war of words between Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis and Bangladesh pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib or the stare games between Charith Asalanka and the Bangladesh bowlers.
But all hell broke loose when Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews was given out timed out in the 25th over. He became the first cricketer to be given out timed out in the history of international cricket.
In the internal cricket crisis hours after Sports Minister Roshan Ranasingha appointed an interim committee headed by former cricketer Arjuna Ranatunga to assume control of Sri Lanka Cricket yesterday.
An angry President Ranil Wickremesinghe telephoned Ranasingha and asked for an immediate explanation as to why he had made such a move without consulting him or the cabinet, local media reported.
Later last evening when the cabinet convened, President Wickremesinghe questioned Ranasingha in front of the ministers as to why he made a sole decision and even the composition of the members was questioned.
All Ministers questioned Ranasingha as to how retired judges would run the functions of the Sri Lanka Cricket Board and why Rakitha Rajapakshe, who is the son of Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe and Hisham Jamaldeen, son of A.J.M. Muzammil were appointed to the committee local print madia high lighted.
As a result, a four member ministerial committee headed by Foreign Minister Ali Sabry was appointed to look into SLC’s future activities and the gazette notification issued appointing the SLC interim committee members. The other ministers are Kanchana Wijesekara, Manusha Nanayakkara and Tiran Alles.
