Meetings on anti-laundering bill impasse could start today

Meetings between government and the opposition parties to reach an agreement on the AML/CFT (Amendments) Bill before the next sitting of the National Assembly could commence as early as today.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday met Leader of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) David Granger, and in addition to discussing the nominees to the Public Sector Commission (PSC) and the Teaching Service Commission they also considered the issue of the unpassed Anti-Money Laundering Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) (Amendment) Bill.

Owing to Guyana’s inability to get the bill passed the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), a regional arm of the