SLC hopeful of holding elections on May 31
[ad_1] Sri Lanka Cricket has announced an extraordinary general meeting with a view to holding board elections on May 31 - the day the board's term is set to end - subject to approval from the country's sports ministry. The EGM will take place on May 19, the date elections were originally set to take place prior to being postponed on technical grounds, and the SLC membership will appoint an independent election committee. As per the SLC constitution, members need to be given at least 14 days notice ahead of an EGM, and then a further 40 days must lapse before an Annual General Meeting and an election can be held. While this would normally prevent holding elections until the end of June at the earliest, SLC have sought permission from the country's sports minister to hold elections early, so as to be able to pass the year's audited accounts at the AGM. If elections aren't held before May 31 then sports law dictates that an interim committee be appointed, which would ...