INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has authorized the Cabinet sub-committee to discuss the Sri Lankan cricket issue with the International
Cricket Council (ICC), Minister Kanchana Wijesekera says.Addressing the parliamentary session this morning (Nov.17), the lawmaker said the
ministerial sub-committee has thus requested a meeting with the ICC officials.As the cricket ordeal continued to snowball, President Ranil
Wickremesinghe, on November 06, established a Cabinet sub-committee to look into the gazette notification issued by Sports Minister Roshan
Ranasinghe appointing an Interim Committee for Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and suspending the existing cricket governing body.The sub-committee,
Interim Committee for SLC was chaired by World Cup-winning former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga
Thus, the ministerial sub-committee was appointed to look into the matter, with the consent of the Sports Minister and the President.Just a
day after the interim committee was formed, the Appeals Court put in place a 14-day stay order preventing the operations of the panel, after
considering a writ petition filed by SLC president Shammi Silva
filed before the Appeals Court
Thus far, three judges including the Appeals Court president, Justice Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne have recused themselves from
failed to manage its affairs autonomously and ensure that there was no government interference in the governance, regulation and/or
