Haroon Lorgat says government intervention in security matters is allowed – Cricket News Update
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Haroon-Lorgat-c61719, said on Saturday that the governing body will allow government intervention only in the security related matters.
"Only in one case will the ICC allow governments to interfere with the affairs of the member board: when there are security issues involved between the two countries, said Lorgat while talking to the media reporters today. “and if
any national squad do not tour any other country on security grounds the ICC will accept government's writ," he added further.
Lorgat’s statement had come in the wake of ICC Executive Board’s agreed amendment to its constitution that would require all the member boards to have a setup free of political interference.
The decision was taken in the recently held annual conference of ICC in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, Bangladesh and Pakistan in particular – to get rid of political interference
in their national cricketing matters.
In Sri Lanka, the board is directly answerable to the sports ministry and in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board is appointed by the president of the country,
who is also the Patron-in-Chief of the national sport.
The ICC has given a deadline of two years to the boards to comply with its provision of free elections and no political interference, and has warned of imposing sanctions after 2013. Lorgat, however, clarified on Saturday that it
did not apply to the security matters.
Various countries had, in the past, restricted their players from touring different countries on government directives; like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045, especially in the ICC World Cup
2003, which was jointly hosted by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752.
Lorgat said that all the member countries had voted in favour of the free election system to strengthen the board’s leadership.
"Every member country supported the amendment and it was required to make the member countries have a free election system, to hold a democratic process in the administration, which can strengthen the leadership of the board," Lorgat
told the media reporters.
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