Dear Editor,
Last evening (September 13, 2023), I had the opportunity to engage GHK Lall face-to-face, on a virtual programme hosted by Globespan.
In his discussion, GHK raised the issue of smear campaign against him by the government and personal attacks. I quickly countered him to say that the terms “personal attacks” and “smear campaign” should not be used loosely, and I was alluding to an article I had written on him, exposing mismanagement and financial irregularities during his tenure at the Guyana Gold Board. GHK even went as far to say that directors in public office should not be held personally accountable for their decisions.
Public office holders are subject to public scrutiny. While GHK refers to the audit findings as “gutter trash”, it remains credible evidence of his unethical conduct and questionable integrity in a public office. He continues to argue that he breached no law because the cabinet and the board made the decisions. In response, there is documented evidence that the former government perpetrated many breaches of the procurement law and other laws. Yet, he has failed to demonstrate which section of the relevant laws he has complied with in relation to the procurement that were cited, and the issuance of gold dealers’ license. Then he restated that he remigrated to Guyana having left his “wall street job”, and that he came in 2007 under the PPP/C government to work with the government at the time, and that it is not only the APNU government he left his wall street job to work with.
Editor, can GHK state what exactly he did when he returned in 2007 as he claimed and which wall street firm he worked with, and doing what?
Yours respectfully,
Joel Bhagwandin
Director of Financial Advisory | Market Intelligence | Analytics
SphereX Professional Services Inc.