ICC does not take SL Parliament seriously - Harin

By Yohan Perera

The International Cricket Council (ICC) does not consider what is said in Parliament in relation to Sri Lanka’s cricket as they have a certain way of doing things, Minister of Sports Harin Fernando told Parliament yesterday.

Minister Fernando was responding to a question raised by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, and said there was no point in talking about Sri Lanka’s cricket in Parliament.
“The ICC works in a different way. Therefore, there is no point in shouting about cricket in the House. Some, including the Leader of the Opposition, do not understand this fact,” the Minister said.

He was referring to a remark made by MP Premadasa on cricket.

“We have approved a resolution to sack the officer bearers of SLC. No one knows what has happened to it,” Premadasa said.

“We have handed over the task of filing legal action against those who are corrupt in SLC to the Attorney General. We will also change the sports law based on the recommendations of the Chithrasiri report,” Minister Fernando said in response to the Leader of the Opposition.