Citing the sensitivity of the issue as well as a confidentiality clause that governs executive meetings, Bank of Guyana Governor and current Chair-man of the Guyana Gold Board Dr Gobin Ganga has declined to comment on allegations made by former Chair-man GHK Lall that he [Ganga] had in 2019 said that there was evidence of gold smuggling from Venezuela that could have led to blacklisting of this country.
However, Ganga said that Lall’s assertions do not paint a true picture of the issues then but he added that he doesn’t want to be “caught up” in a back and forth with the former Chairman.
“I do not wish to comment because there are confidentiality clauses [which] guide those meetings and I also do not want to be in a back and forth with Mr. Lall,” the Gold Board Chairman told the Stabroek News on Thursday when contacted.
