Private sector, APNU in stalemate on anti-laundering bill

Rupert Roopnaraine

A meeting between the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and main opposition coalition APNU, aimed at brokering a compromise on the anti-money laundering amendment bill ahead of Friday’s deadline for passage, ended in a stalemate yesterday.

“There is still a possibility of doing what would be required to pass the legislation… that would take serious commitment between both sides,” APNU Exe-cutive Member Dr Rupert Roopnaraine told Stabroek News afterward.

The bill has to be approved and assented to by February 28 or Guyana could face a call for further countermeasures