President to personally look into letters sent by Shammi Silva to ICC to suspend Sri Lanka

by Saman Indrajith

A special parliamentary Caucus will be appointed to revive cricket in Sri Lanka, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced to the House yesterday.

He said that the caucus would be appointed following a request by Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing the House said that he would look into the three letters that had been sent by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to the International Cricket Council (ICC).

He said this in response to a statement by the Opposition Leader that the SLC had sent three letters dated November 6, 7 and 9 to the ICC requesting it to suspend the SLC, alleging that there was undue interference in the activities of the SLC.

Premadasa said he had tabled the three letters in the House.

The President requested Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa to send him the three letters and assured to look into them. “Send me the three letters. I will follow up on them,” the President told Premadasa.