Jonathan Ramnanansingh
KISWAH Chaitoo’s attorney Dinesh Rambally has described as “flawed on many grounds” the TT Cricket Board’s (TTCB) Supreme Appellate Committee’s (SAC) dismissal of Chaitoo’s enchantment in opposition to his February 28 elimination as TT Cricket Board (TTCB) treasurer.
Rambally issued a 9-page doc on December 13 outlining three central the clarification why he believes the SAC’s ruling in favour of TTCB’s vote of no self perception in opposition to Chaitoo can also very smartly be amiss.
Chaitoo was as soon as eliminated as treasurer mainly because he breached Article 27 of the board’s constitution, which says, “The court cases of all documents and all meetings of the federal government and of the board shall be confidential and no longer be disclosed to unauthorised people.”
This was as soon as after the SAC chanced on Chaitoo breached “his duty of confidentiality” after reporting missing money – which resulted in the resignation of a TTCB employee – to the police with out clearance from the federal government board, and furthermore sharing info from board meetings with the media for newsletter. An employee resigned in October, 2023 as a results of the subject.
Rambally’s observation said three TTCB members who voted for the no-self perception motion must dangle been recused because, quoting from the SAC’s ruling, “These members were negligent for signing easy cheques and leaving some in the custody of (an employee).”
Rambally said SAC “was as soon because it appears to be like that evidently unsuitable on this reveal.”
“There was as soon as no query that the three (members) signed easy cheques which facilitated the embezzlement by (an employee) …..The proof was as soon as that (an employee siphoned millions of bucks from TTCB’s funds.”
Chaitoo criticised their actions and urged the three chorus from signing further cheques until the subject was as soon as fully investigated. The broken-down treasurer was as soon as no longer ready to comb the leisure under the carpet and he reported it to the Fraud Squad.
Rambally wrote, “There was as soon as no query that they signed the cheques. Whatever the motivations for the actions taken…a sexy-minded and smartly-informed observer would diagram that there was as soon as an precise possibility that, when the three gentlemen as members of the federal government determined to be most standard and voted at the Particular Recent Assembly, their minds were jointly and/or severally suffering from unconscious bias.”
Chaitoo’s attorney furthermore questioned how attorney Gerald Ramdeen, who was as soon as undoubtedly one of a 3-member committee chosen by the board to “resolve the gaps in TTCB’s procedures that allowed allegations of embezzlement to occur, figuring out the actual person/s accountable, assessing the most standard protocols and making recommendations for enhancements to forestall future occurrences” can also investigate under these terms, nevertheless furthermore mumble the board at the same time.
Furthermore, Rambally said though Chaitoo was as soon as accused of breaching the board’s code of ethics, there was as soon as no existing code.
He described the ruling as “amorphous, inchoate and disconnected from procedural equity.”
In conclusion, Rambally added that Chaitoo was as soon as eliminated because: “Talking the real fact will not be any longer regarded as noble and calling for higher transparency and accountability is for sure no longer standard.”
