Sugath Kulatunga

Even the United Nations is obliged to respect the sovereignty of member nations and refrains from intervening in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction. However, this principle is not respected by the ICC which has considered that action taken under the Sports Law of Sri Lanka is political interference. Suspension of the SLBDC is the suspension of the country from participating in international events conducted under the ICC umbrella. Although it is a blatant affront to the country and is alleged to have taken at the instigation of the truant SLBDC, it is necessary to find a way out diplomatically. 

The accusation made by the ICC is that the Sri Laka government is unduly influencing the administration of the game by the SLBDC. Neither the ICC nor the SLBDC has indicated instances of specific interference done by the Minister in the administration of the SLBDC. 

Indian Cricket Board (BCCI)is the strongest and most influential member of the ICC and the next meeting of the ICC to consider further action is to be held in Allahabad. What Sri Lanka could do is to use the good offices of the Indian Government and persuade the Indian Board to intervene and resolve this problem. It would be useful for a delegation from Sri Lanka visit India and brief the Indian parties on the swindles and mismanagement of the present SLBDC and the compelling circumstance for their removal and the corrective steps proposed to be taken for the benefit of the game.

The following quote from https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/BCCI-monopoly-and-judicial-review/article62119580.ece shows that even BCCI is subject to Judicial supervision. 

in holding that the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in India is bound by the rigours of public law, in a landmark judgment on January 22, may well have helped steer cricket administration in the country into a new age of greater accountability. In recent years, the BCCI has suffered an enormous loss of credibility. Its management has been riddled with several cases of egregious conflicts of interest. And the Indian Premier League, organised under the Board’s aegis, has become renowned for its wanton excesses. As a result, any trust that was reposed in the Board by the public has over the last decade been completely obliterated. Viewed intuitively, the Supreme Court’s intervention certainly seemed necessary to restore institutional integrity” to the management of cricket. Counter-arguments, however, abound.”

The Constitution of the BCCI had to be approved by the Supreme Court. It is unfortunate that we do not have Judicial Activism like in India.

It is also necessary that this issue is not made a political match.