da luck： St Vincent prime minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has made a personal plea in a bid to get West Indies fast bowler Cameron Cuffy his job back
CricInfo03-May-2001St Vincent prime minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has made a personal plea in a bid to get West Indies fast bowler Cameron Cuffy his job back.Cuffy was among 41 employees dismissed last Friday by West Indies cricket sponsors Cable & Wireless.Gonsalves believes Cuffy is a special case and has spoken and written to Ian Kyle, general manager of Cable & Wireless operations on St Vincent, requesting a review of Cuffy’s dismissal.Quoting from his letter, Gonsalves said: “As you are aware, Cuffy is a treasured national of St Vincent & the Grenadines and an exemplary son of our Caribbean civilisation who has brought much glory to our people in the field of cricket.”He is currently a member of the West Indies Test cricket squad, he has wornyour company’s logo with pride on the field of play nationally, regionally andinternationally to the enormous credit of your company”Surely, if your company finds that it is unable to retain Cuffy in hiscurrent job as a survey officer in the technical department, an appropriateposting possibly relating to sports development in your company and the countrycould be found,” he suggested.”Let us face it, Cuffy is a special individual deserving of specialtreatment. It is for this reason that I have intervened specifically on hisbehalf,” Gonsalves explained.Cuffy, 31, is now a goodwill ambassador for St Vincent & the Grenadines.