The matter involving the T&T Cricket Board (TTCB) and the Dinanath Ramnarine-led National League Committee (NLC) was put of for yet another time at the San Fernando High Court, yesterday.
The National League committee is seeking judicial review and an injunction, to stop the impending elections of the TTCB. The board went ahead with their planned AGM on October 22 but did not keep elections which were due because of the pending Court matter.
Ramnarine and his team are asking for changes in the TTCB constitution and in particular the rule which allows the incumbent Executive 12 outgoing votes in the election. The National League is challenging the 12 votes on the grounds that they are illegal. Since 1981 the TTCB has been hosting elections which allow the outgoing members and the nominated members to vote at the AGM.
Ramnarine and his team has called the 12 votes an unfair advantage to the incumbents and has since mounted a campaign calling the votes undemocratic and call for it to be changed to a one club, one vote system.
The matter was initially supposed to be heard on November 8, but lawyers representing both the TTCB and the NLC decided to ask for the matter to be postponed. Yesterday, both legal teams met before the matter was called before Justice Carol Gobin and decided to seek another postponement.
Representing the TTCB was Fayad Hosein SC, while former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj is representing the National League representatives. (VM)