AFC defends tying of AML bill to procurement body, local gov’t polls

Yesu Persaud

In a reply to businessman, Dr Yesu Persaud, the AFC has defended the linking of the anti-money laundering bill to the setting up of the procurement commission and the convening of local government polls.

Responding yesterday to a letter that Persaud had written to the government and the opposition on Friday calling for the urgent passage of the Anti-Money Laundering/ Coun-tering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) (Amendment) Bill, AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan also