Aircraft owners in plea for anti-laundering bill

The chorus of calls from the private sector for the anti-money laundering bill to be approved was joined by the aircraft owners’ body yesterday but the AFC is maintaining it will not support the legislation unless the Public Procurement Commis-sion (PPC) is set up.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) said that even if the Anti-Money Laundering/ Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) (Amendment) Bill is perfected and brought back to the house it will still withhold its support until the PPC is established.

“One is not enough,” the AFC said yesterday in release, maintaining that Guyanese are entitled to