APNU won’t back money laundering bill

David Granger

Opposition leader David Granger yesterday said APNU will not be supporting the amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act, after announcing the coalition’s withdrawal from the parliamentary review of the proposed changes over being kept in the dark about the reform process.

With the AFC already indicating that it will withhold support for the amendment bill unless the government sets up the Public Procurement Commission and President Donald Ramotar assents to two opposition-piloted bills passed earlier this year, the withholding of APNU’s support would