Gov’t presses opposition on laundering bill

Chair of the select committee Gail Teixeira speaking yesterday

Government is seeking to re-engage the opposition in a bid to pass amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act (AML/CFT) by a May 27 deadline, but both APNU and the AFC yesterday virtually shut the door on emergency talks, while saying the Donald Ramotar administration withheld information from them.

A day after Opposition Leader David Granger announced his party’s withdrawal from the parliamentary