….AML meetings pushed back further The main Political Parliamentary Opposition rejected an offer by none other than President, Donald Ramotar, to set up a bilateral committee to deal with the Bills not assented to by him and which had been approved by the House.The offer by Ramotar was an effort to secure support for the amendments to the Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill that had been accepted by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF).The disclosure was made by Presidential Advisor on Governance,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Gail Teixeira, who yesterday, hosted the post cabinet press briefing on behalf of the Head of the Presidential Secretariat,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Dr Roger Luncheon.Teixeira told media operatives that, “It is important that the media and the public be advised and informed (of what transpired over the weekend).”She said that on Saturday an overture was made by certain people in A Partnership for National Unity that if government were to agree to a bilateral committee on the non-assented Bills there would be an opportunity for the Anti Money Laundering (AML) Bill to go forward.At that time there had not been the opposition amendments to the Principal Act submitted as yet.Teixeira said that the Government’s position was to support the amendment Bill that the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force recommended in the Committee and send it back to the House and the Prime Minister would make the announcement.Teixeira said that this information was communicated at the highest levels, namely between President Donald Ramotar and Opposition Leader, David Granger.She said that on Sunday last,Wholesale MLB Jerseys 2018, a letter was received from Granger indicating an intention to firstly aim at bringing the work of the committee to a mutually acceptable conclusion.By that time, all parties were in agreement with the CFATF recommendations, but in the midst of the dialogue the opposition indicated that they wanted to amend the principal Act.Teixeira said government wanted to conclude the work of the committee by Monday so that it could have been returned to the House and voted on before the plenary review by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).That meeting wrapped up yesterday in Paris, France, but up to press time there was no report on whether Guyana was called up for review or had been blacklisted.Teixeira told media operatives that the President urged the opposition to bring back the Bill to the House and that the amendments they have proposed would be sent to FATF/CFATF to see if it was in compliance with the norms and guidelines.According to Teixeira,Cheap Jerseys Outlet, if it did not, the matter would be dropped but if it did, then they could bring the amendments in a separate Bill.According to Teixeira, up to yesterday there was no response from the political opposition.To compound the situation, she noted that the Chief Parliamentary Counsel, who is tasked with drafting the amendments by the Opposition,Wholesale Jerseys, said while the actual draft is a “mechanical exercise,” he needed more time to look at the consequential ramifications and impact on other sections of the law.A decision was taken to have the committee meet again on February 19,Authentic Jerseys China, but should the Chief Parliamentary Counsel not be finished, then it would meet at a later date.