COLOMBO : The entry road to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) head office has been temporarily closed.
As such, entry to Maitland Place has been cordoned off from Vidya Mawatha.
Police and army personnel have been deployed to the area to beef up security and to prevent a protest planned to be staged in front of the cricket board’s head office.
Meanwhile, it is reported that Ven. Battaramulle Seelarathana Thero has arrived at the SLC head office to hand over a letter in respect of the ongoing issue. Despite initially being halted by the police, the Thero was later allowed to reach the cricket board premises.
Coinciding with this development, the debate on the joint resolution Premadasa with regard to the removal of office bearers of SLC is taking place in the parliament.
The motion, titled ‘Removal of corrupt Office Bearers including President from Sri Lanka Cricket Board’ was tabled in the parliament by Opposition Leader Sajith
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa tabled the joint resolution regarding the removal of Office Bearers of Sri Lanka Cricket in the Parliament this Thursday morning Nov.(09).
Accordingly, the debate on the motion titled ‘Removal of corrupt Office Bearers including President from Sri Lanka Cricket’ is taking place from 09.30 a.m. to 05.30 a.m. on Thursday as decided by the Committee on Parliamentary Affairs last evening.
The relevant proposal, submitted to the parliament by the Opposition Leader, was seconded by the ruling party.
Reportedly, it is expected to pass the stance that the Office Bearers of Sri Lanka Cricket should step down and a new legislation for the cricket administration is needed to be passed through a new Act in order to maintain a corruption-free, transparent cricket governance.
The proposal will subsequently be put for voting in the evening following the debate
