SLC dissolved, Interim committee, new Chairman - Sidath Wettimuny

SLC dissolved, Interim committee, new Chairman - Sidath Wettimuny

The Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe addressing a gathering on the 30th instant had disclosed that the Sri Lanka Cricket had

been dissolved and in this connection a special gazette had been released on the 27th instant issued by the Minister of Sports and Tourism Navin Dissanayake.

Former Sri Lanka’s opening batsman Sidath Wettimuny has been appointed as the Chairman of the new Interim committee formed to administer the activities of the SLC.

He also had quipped that in terms and the provisions contained in the act No’s 32,33 and 34 of the sports ministry, the SLC had been dissolved. When he was questioned why a new election was not held to appoint new office bearers he had commented that in that event the culprits guilty of corruption charges would come into the SLC again and hence a new election would be held after the thieves are punished and brought to book.

The interim committee would begin to function from the first of April with Sidath Wettimuny as the Chairman and consists of Prakash Shafter,Lucil Wijewardena,Kushal Gunasekara and Kapila Wijegunaratna.

Another subcommittee appointed  comprise of Nuski Mohamed,Prasanna Jayawardena,Jayananda Warnaweera and Duminda Hulangamuwa.