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COPE on SLC ends up in glitch

11 Feb 2021

By Ajith Alahakoon [caption id="attachment_119179" align="alignleft" width="527"] SLC officials before COPE yesterday (11) - Photo SL Parliament[/caption] The meeting of Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) with the officials of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) yesterday (11) in Colombo was abruptly postponed. The reason: COPE said SLC officials were not properly ready to face their inquiry. Here are the salient points that emerged at yesterday’s meeting: # The meeting was called yesterday under COPE Chairman Prof. Charitha Herath to inquire about the 2017 and 2018 Auditor General’s report on SLC and its performance # The COPE committee which were present was Chairman Prof. Herath, Ministers Mahinda Amaraweera and Mahindananda Aluthgamage, Sate Ministers Indika Anuruddha, Ajith Nivard Cabraal, and Nalaka Godahewa, and MPs Champika Ranawaka, Jagath Pushpakumara, Eran Wickramaratne, Premanath C. Dolawatta, and Shanakiyan Rasamanickam # The reason for the postponement was that the SLC representatives were not properly prepared for the inquiries about their financial activities # It has been observed that a lot of problems have been created due to unsystematic management of funds by the cricket board # The public distress over SLC has grown recently # Cricket is not something owned by one party. It is something owned by the whole country, it was stated # Documents on unfinished contracts valuing up to Rs. 240 million by the year 2017 and related documents have not been presented for Government auditing # COPE was concerned that values of unfinished projects had risen to Rs. 511 million by year 2020 # SLC has not yet received Rs. 29 million payable as sponsorship payment for the 2018 South Africa cricket tour # A CID investigation has begun on the above matter, Shammi Silva, SLC President, said # Sports Ministry Secretary Anuradha Wijekoon was advised by Prof. Herath to hand over a report on the above tour sponsorship issue within a month # It was also notified that the above money has been transferred to a US source in a dubious manner # The contract to join Head Coach Chandika Hathurusingha was erroneous and therefore the latter has taken legal action # SLC said his three-year contract was terminated prematurely because he didn’t serve the purpose of joining him # It was also revealed in the meeting that Rs. 20 million has been paid by SLC as legal fees in the case against Hathurusingha # It was also noted that SLC has not presented its annual report to the Parliament for many years. Ministry Secretary was advised to do so immediately # The meeting was terminated after about one and half hours and it was decided to call SLC official again after one month

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