Friday 25 November 2011

Sri Lanka Cricket elections postponed by a week

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Sa'adi Thawfeeq

November 25, 2011

Sri Lanka Cricket's elections scheduled for December 27 have been postponed by one week and will now take place on January 3, 2012.

The Ministry of Sports which is conducting the elections stated on Friday that it was postponing the election to enable the new office-bearers to run their affairs for the full term of one year.

"If we hold elections before December 31st, there should be another election on or before March 31, 2012, according to the Sports Law in the country," Ranjani Jayakody, the Director-General at the Ministry of Sport said. "There's no point having two elections within four months. So we decided to put it off by a few days. If the election is held in 2012, the new officials can run their affairs throughout the year and according to the Sports Law, they can stay in office till March 2013."

Nominations will be called from November 24 and will close on December 9, 2011. Sri Lanka Cricket has been administered by government appointed interim committees since 2004.
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