Gono slams Zimbabwean MPs over refusal to hear list of corrupt Mugabe cronies
Zimbabwe's central bank chief has expressed dismay at a parliamentary committee's apparent reluctance to have him name top government officials who are hoarding cash.
"Why are they shying away from their responsibility? What have they got to hide?" Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono asked.
Announcing the scrapping of a top-denomination banknote in a bid to outwit cash hoarders, Gono said Wednesday he would be happy to name so-called cash barons before a parliamentary portfolio committee on budget and finance.
“It's true I know three quarters of those politicians involved in illegal activities. If challenged in circumstances that do not lend me in conflict with my ethics, I could tell the nation now”, Gono said in a TV broadcast, before throwing a challenge to MPs to invite him to parliament.