AFC calls on PPP/C to name nominees to procurement body

The AFC last night demanded that the PPP/C name its nominees to the Public Procure-ment Commission and it chided the private sector for being vocal on amendments to the anti-money laundering legislation but  not on the setting up of mandatory constitutional agencies.

In the latest salvo over Guyana meeting a May 27 deadline for the amendments to avoid being blacklisted, the Alliance For Change (AFC) said it had taken note of the Private Sector Commission’s (PSC) and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s (GCCI) position on the amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill.

The AFC has declared it will not support the amendments unless the government puts the procurement commission in place and President Donald Ramotar reverses his decision not to assent  to two bills passed with the opposition’s one-seat majority. Both the