Gov’t awaiting PPP/C entry into Parliament to set up anti-laundering authority –Trotman

The mandated Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-ing the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Authority, which is to be named by the National Assembly to appoint members of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), is yet be established.

Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman told reporters that the Authority will not be voted on in the absence of the PPP/C in the National Assembly.

He said that it would be undemocratic to not seek the opinions of the opposition. “Parliament has no opposition