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| The management committee, headed by Najam Sethi, was given 120 days to bring back the 2014 PCB constitution • PCB |
The PCB
has played down concerns of conflict of interest in the ongoing regional
electoral process, at the end of which the board's directors will be
appointed. The concerns are about officials from the interim setup, who
are currently tasked with overseeing the PCB's restructuring but are
also taking part in the elections.
A 12-member management committee, headed by Najam Sethi,
was handed interim charge of the board last December and given 120 days
to bring back the 2014 PCB constitution in place of the version from
2019 it had been operating under. That timeline was this week formally extended by two months
to the end of June. One of the key processes in that is conducting
elections in over 100 districts, from which 16 regions will be formed.
Four of the heads of those 16 regional associations will eventually sit
on the PCB's board of governors (BoG).
Three
members of the management committee - Tanvir Ahmed, who has been
elected president of Larkana region; Gul Zada, from Peshawar region; and
Shakil Sheikh, who is in the running in the Islamabad region election -
working from PCB headquarters currently are at the centre of the
conflict concern. As members of the committee, they were given executive
powers when they took charge to restore the departmental cricket
structure, the formation of a BoG, and election of a board chairman.
"The Election Regulations under which the District and Regional elections have been/are being conducted have not been modified or amended by the MC, therefore, there is also no risk of a potential conflict of interest"Statement from the PCB
Responding
to a query from ESPNcricinfo, the PCB explained that its constitution
stipulates that no employee of the board shall be eligible to contest
any election of the board or any election under the aegis of the board.
But when asked if there was a potential conflict of interest in a member
of the management committee overseeing the electoral process as well as
running in it, the PCB said, "As far as members of the MC [management
committee] are concerned they are not employees of the Board, hence,
there is no bar in the PCB Constitution or any Election Bylaws
refraining them from contesting elections of RCAs/DCAs."
"The
elections of Regional Cricket Associations and District Cricket
Associations are being held in line with the PCB Constitution and
applicable PCB Election Bylaws," the PCB added. "The Election
Regulations under which the District and Regional elections have
been/are being conducted have not been modified or amended by the MC,
therefore, there is also no risk of a potential conflict of interest."
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