Kristyan Gokool has declined to comment on the alleged scandal involving himself and Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, saying the matter was now in the hands of his attorneys for “appropriate action.”
His comment yesterday came in the wake of another released taped conversation purportedly involving former special branch officer Jit Hardeen, the driver of former minister Glenn Ramadharsingh and Independent Liberal Party leader (ILP) Jack Warner.
Hardeen has since denied he was the person on the tape. However, the man on the tape spoke about a clandestine visit to the Prime Minister’s private home in Phillipine, allegedly on Ramadharsingh’s instructions.
On the tape, which was aired on Monday night and at Warner’s press conference yesterday, it is alleged Ramadharsingh also met Gokool at the residence.
When T&T Guardian visited Gokool’s home at Lengua Village, Barrackpore, yesterday, a man who was washing one of the vehicles in the yard said no one was home. He, however, asked for contact numbers which were given to him.
Not long after, Gokool called one of the numbers but declined to comment on any of the allegations.
Instead, he said: “I listen to the press conference on 102FM and the TV6 last night and the issues which were brought up have been directed to my lawyers to take appropriate action.”
Gokool said he would not make any further comment on those matters.
He has been in the spotlight since Warner called on the Prime Minister, at an Embacadere meeting last Wednesday, to tell the nation who Kristyan was.
Persad-Bissessar subsequently confirmed that Gokool was her neighbour at her private residence in Phillipine.
Gokool, the son of businessman Daniel Gokool, who is listed as a director of Danny Enterprises, has admitted his parents helped him to buy a multi-million dollar property near the PM’s residence but he had not moved into it as yet because his child was ill.