The Minister of Tourism and his decision to stay on as CWI President

EDITOR: The St. Vincent Times of Dec. 5, 2025, reporting from an interview with Dr. Shallow on Isports i95.5 FM, quoted Dr. Shallow thus: 1. “The intention is to at least finish my term at CWI. The directors, the representatives share-holders, elected me to serve my term and I have all intentions of doing so.”

2. “Let me just reiterate that the president of CWI is an executive role, it is a chair of a board and there have been many instances across the region and even internationally, where chairs have been Members of Parliament and so this is not something new.”

3. “I think if people understand that fully, then it would be less confusion about any possibility of there being a conflict or not.”

4. “I have spoken to the majority; almost all of the directors and they have all given full support.

They too have great appreciation of the role as the president of CWI, and I have spoken to other leaders across the region.”

5. “At least two of my colleagues at the ICC are MPs. When they talk about government interference, they mean in terms of government dictating the operations and management of cricket.” 6. “In terms of being a member of parliament, there absolutely no restrictions and that is why we have seen in the past with CWI there have been other politicians so it is not anything new.”

Understanding the constitution and By Laws of St Vincent and the Grenadines The difference between being a member of Parliament and being a Minister of Government.

1. A Minister of Government is an MP who is a full time employee of the state. Under our Parliamentary rules and regulations, he/she ought not be allowed to do private practice.

2. An MP may be a part time employee of the State and is therefore be allowed work/practice privately.

If Dr. Shallow’s argument is to hold, it means therefore a Minister of Government can leave his/ her office any time to engage in his/her private practice.

Dr. Kishore Shallow is being paid a monthly salary by CWI. If Dr. Shallow can leave his office at the Ministry Tourism and Maritime Affairs, at any time to attend to CWI business, it means, therefore, that Israel Bruce, the Minister of agriculture can also leave at any time to attend to a legal appointment he had in the BVI, prior to becoming an MP. I will be grateful if someone can enlighten me on this.

Matthew Thomas