Right before an Extraordinary General Assembly of the Commonwalth Games Federation (CGF) is to take place today, a proposal to relocate the headquarters of the sporting event’s governing body from London to Kuala Lumpur has been withdrawn.
The controversial proposal was initially put forward by Yang Amat Mulia Tunku Tan Sri Imran inbi Al-Marhum Tuanku Ja’afar al-Haj of Negri Sembilan, who also happens to be the current president of the CGF. Tunku has now removed the subject from the agenda at the Extraordinary General Assembly due to take place here tomorrow, although the topic of where the CGF should be based in the future remains.
“I am withdrawing that proposal for this meeting and moving to Kuala Lumpur is not on the agenda,” Tunku told insidethegames.biz here.
“It takes a lot of the emotion out of it.
“It also takes any perceived conflict of interests and self-interest out of it.”
London has been the headquarters of the CGF for more than 80 years but rising costs may force a move away.
Kuala Lumpur had been identified following a study carried out in 2012 by professional services firm KPMG who considered a number of factors, including tax efficiency and the costs of overheads.
A total of 15 countries had been considered, including Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, India, Jamaica, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa.
Tunku has promised that if the members decide they want to move out of the UK then he will set-up an independent panel to decide where they should relocate to.
Source: www.insidethegames.biz
