… Due procedures were followed – Christiani

PRESIDENT of the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) Fizul Bacchus confirmed yesterday that the ECB Annual General Meeting (AGM) and elections will be held tomorrow at the ECB hostel, and as usual it will be run in a transparent manner within the constitutional framework of the board.
The ECB AGM and Elections is constitutionally due on or before January 15, 2017.
Meanwhile, Secretary of the ECB, Aotto Christiani, is contending that due procedures were followed regarding the AGM, and as such, he is rubbishing the claims made by president of the North Essequibo Cricket Committee, Prince Holder.
Holder, in a recent article published by Chronicle Sport had claimed that no notice of meeting was sent to the respective representatives but instead the Secretary informed him via a telephone call.
This too, he said, is unacceptable and against the constitution since notices should have been given at least ten days prior to the meeting.
“The usual procedures were followed as it regards the notice of meeting. Notices were sent to all eight area committees,” Christiani said.
Asked when the notices were made available to the respective area committees, the ECB Secretary said, “I can’t remember the specific date the Notices were sent out, since some of the Notices were by postal, but subsequently, I made contact via telephone to all area committees informing them of the meeting.”

The eight area committees are: Bartica Cricket Committee (BCC), Central Essequibo Cricket Committee (CECC), East Bank Essequibo Cricket Committee (EBECC), Leguan Cricket Committee (LCC) North Essequibo Cricket Committee (NECC), Pomeroon Cricket Committee (PCC), South Essequibo Cricket Committee (SECC) and the Wakenaam Cricket Committee (WCC).
Bacchus is expected to return unopposed as president of the ECB for another term. Each of the area committees manages cricket within its geographical area and is entitled to two votes each at the ECB elections.