St GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC) — Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne yesterday defended his government's position of the Caribbean Community's (Caricom)'s view on the Cricket West Indies insisting that it has a policy of not interfering “in the internal affairs of institutions and governments”.

Browne, in a statement to the Caribbean Media Corporation ( CMC), said that the governance of West Indies cricket “appears to be an evocative romanticism of a particular Caribbean head”.

Addressing the ceremonial opening of the 38th summit of Caricom leaders here on Tuesday night, the host prime minister and incoming chairman, Dr Keith Mitchell, ardent cricket lover, said cricket, with all its challenges, remains a unique West Indian enterprise worthy of support and promotion.

He said the legacies that have been created by West Indian players on the field, and the voice they have given throughout generations to expressions of West Indian identity, have been well-documented and chronicled through the years.

“So, when we get together to discuss the current challenges of the regional game, it is not merely a case of politicians dabbling in some useless pastime.

“It is, therefore, greatly disheartening to me, and several other colleague heads, that after Caricom had taken common positions to assist in addressing the crisis of West Indies cricket, certain member governments thereafter publicly adopted different positions,” said Mitchell, a former cricketer himself, who once headed the Caricom sub-committee on Cricket.

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Yes the A&B PM is living in a strictly binary world. There must be no exceptions on his rock.

When Mammo and Daddy Compton invited Ronnie to invade Grenada after the death of Maurice Bishop there was sheer joy from the majority.

It's a good thing our leaders were not caged then.

It's the same lack of decisive leadership which has caused the escalation of crime in the region.

In reply to Courtesy

Could you please elaborate on your last paragraph? Tenks

narrow self interest always seems to prevent CARICOM leaders from working towards common goals. What makes this organization a better approach than countries doing things by themselves?

Big up Minister Gaston Browne!

Tell those CARICOM leaders to look in the mirror then get back to you!

Tell them to set their economy in order so that people can maintain a good living standard

Cricket is the least of the myriad of CARICOM issues that Prime Ministers should be focusing on at this time.

In reply to XDFIX

He told Mitchell apply the same principles to the states-run LIAT

facting wicbc causing CARICOM to implode

Gaston Browne obviously absolutely
refuses to see the BIG PICTURE . History will not be kind to him regarding Cricket in the Region .

I am reminded of the man in the Bible
who sold his Birthright for a Mess of
Pottage . WELL DONE GASTON BROWNE .