TROUBLE AT THE TOP
BCB elections are still set for October © BCB
Bangladesh Youth and Sports Advisor, Asif Mahmud, said on Friday that they are working on the process of changing the BCB constitution but insisted that, at the moment, there is no plan to delay the BCB elections scheduled in October.
The BCB had suspended all the activities of the previous constitution reform committee, headed by director Nazmul Abedin, on January 25 earlier this year upon criticism.
The National Sports Council had formed a committee on June 24 to prepare recommendations for updating the constitutions and affiliation policies of federations under the NSC.
According to a notice published by the Ministry of Youth and Sports on June 24, the committee is headed by the Additional Secretary (Sports-1) of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. Its members include sports organizer Md. Zobaidur Rahman Rana, Deputy Press Secretary to the Hon’ble Chief Adviser Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad Majumdar, Barrister Shaikh Mahadi from the Bangladesh Supreme Court, retired Lieutenant Colonel Abu Ayub Mohammad Hasan, Vice President of the Bangladesh Wushu Federation, Habibur Rahman, General Secretary of the Gymnastics Federation, and the Director (Sports) of the National Sports Council, who will serve as the Member Secretary.
The committee has been directed to submit its report to the Ministry within 30 working days. This order, issued in the public interest and approved by the competent authority, takes immediate effect.
“We are working on the process of changing the constitution,” Asif told reporters on Friday.
“The decentralization should be done in such a way that it causes no harm to any stakeholders. There should be no harm to those who are contributing to cricket in this process. We want to change the constitution through a constitutional process and proper stakeholders’ consultation,” he added.
The Youth and Sports Advisor however suggested that election would depend on the process by which the constitution would be changed.
“It [BCB election] depends on the process, whether it will be earlier or later,” he said.
“So far there is no reason to delay the election. We can’t say at this moment what the situation will be in October (whether we can hold the election on time) but we may talk to the ICC if needed,” he said.
“We want to conduct the election(BCB) on time,” he added.
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