Anti-money laundering authority not on Appointments Committee’s agenda

Parliament’s Committee on Appointments had its first meeting on Wednesday but discussion of the establishment of the required Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Authority was not on the agenda.

“AML/CFT is not on the agenda at all,” Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira told members of the media.

At a PPP press conference dealing with parliamentary issues, Teixeira said of government Members of Parliament, “Maybe they just clued out. They are just not in