Abuse Of ‘Sports Law’ May Ruin Rugby

By Marlon Dale Ferreira –May 1, 2015 

Marlon Dale Ferreira

The entire Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union barring Group Captain Hon.Secretary Nalin De Silva were served letters that they cannot contest the up coming Annual General Meeting by K.D.S.Ruwanchandra the Deputy General of the Ministry of Sports in a letter dated the 25th of April 2015.The President of the SLRFU Asanga Seneviratne speaking to this columnist went on to reveal that all the hard work done to uplift the sport of rugby may now be in jeopardy with this decision that perhaps the Sports Minister should consider in reviewing.

The only exception made to this Sports Ministry decision is where Group Captain Nalin De Silva the current Hon. Secretary of the SLRFU is the only one who has been granted permission to contest. De Silva has already served 3 years as Secretary of the SLRFU as has Asanga Seneviratne as President and Lasitha Gunaratne as Vice President. Allowing De Silva to contest and not Seneviratne and Gunaratne could be viewed as the epitome of discrimination!

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Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union: Is Sports Minister Navin On A “Rajapaksa” Witch Hunt ?7

May 1, 2015

K.D.S. Ruwanchandra the Deputy General of the Ministry of Sports has officially served a letters to the Executive Committee of the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union(SLRFU) headed by Asanga Seneviratneinforming almost all of them that they cannot contest the scheduled ‘Annual General Meeting’ which is due to be held shortly. “Surprisingly no reason has been given for the disqualification!” Seneviratne told ‘Colombo Telegraph”.

Asanga Seneviratne with Mahinda Rajapaksa

“This letter comes from a directive given by the Minister of SportNavin Dissanayake who now appears to be more on a sporting ‘witch hunt’ going on to do whatever it takes to wipe out anyone who was deemed to have any close ties with the former Rajapaksa regime, even if it means that the now experienced steady growth of rugby football both locally and internationally is to be stopped dead in its tracks. If this is not truly an example of one ‘cutting his nose to spite his face’ then that idiom may have to find another definition.” said a former rugby player who did not wish to be identified.

It is well known fact that Asanga Seneviratne is a close associate of the Rajapaksa family.

The only exception made here is where Group Captain Nalin De Silva the current Secretary of the SLRFU is the only one who has been granted permission to contest. De Silva has already served 3 years as Secretary of the SLRFU as has Seneviratne as President and Gunaratne as Vice President. “Allowing De Silva to contest and not Seneviratne and Gunaratne is the epitome of discrimination” the former rugby player further said.                            Read More