Two Thursdays ago, President Donald Ramotar held a national stakeholders’ meeting to discuss the stalemate in the passing of amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Act 2009. The Opposition political parties declined to participate in the discussion no doubt in the belief that the appropriate forum is the Select Committee of the National Assembly where the matter is being deliberated on.
The speakers at the forum were the President himself, the Attorney General and the Minister of Finance. There was a questions and answer session after which those in attendance reportedly signed a petition urging the Assembly to approve the amendments that the
