RELEASE THE REPORT NOW.
Opposition Leader Mia Mottley insisted on Sunday night that Central Bank Governor Dr DeLisle Worrell and Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler were the ones behind the failure of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to release its latest Article IV consultation on the Barbados economy.
Speaking at a mass meeting outside Tyrol Cot in Codrington Hill, St Michael, the home of Barbados Labour Party (BLP) founder Sir Grantley Adams, Mottley said the IMF could not disclose its findings unless it got permission from Worrell and Sinckler to do so.
“The IMF board spent 30 minutes discussing Barbados and after that board meeting, we would expect to get the Article IV report and expect to see a Press release. You know that there is no Press release and no indication of a report . . . . .” (GE)
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