Guyanese parliament to debate cricket administration bill

Georgetown (Guyana), Nov 10 (IANS/CMC) Guyanese parliamentarians will next week begin a debate on the Cricket Administration Bill when it is tabled in parliament for a second reading.

The bill was listed on the Order Paper for reading last Thursday but was deferred to the next session Nov 14. The bill seeks to establish the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and regional county boards as corporate bodies and also put an end to a recent impasse over the governance of cricket in Guyana.

The bill, which was first tabled by the government last December, will provide constitutions for the GCB, the Demerara, Berbice and the Essequibo Cricket Boards and is divided into five parts with one schedule giving respective boards the powers to effectively manage the affairs of local cricket.

The bill was the subject of much discussion by critical stakeholders within the cricketing fraternity and was reviewed by a Special Select Committee of the National Assembly.

The committee comprises four members of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), one member from the Alliance for Change (AFC) and four members of the ruling People’s Progressive Party.

The members of the committee are Christopher Jones, Joseph Harmon, Basil Williams and Rupert Roopnarine of APNU, Kemraj Ramjattan of the AFC while Odinga Lumumba, Attorney General Anil Nandlall, Sports Minister Frank Anthony and Neil Kumar represent the government.

–IANS/CMC

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