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CFATF Advisory and the way forward…OP denies Monday’s meeting with Granger is about Anti Money Laundering
The Office of the President, by way of a missive, has said that the statements made by Opposition Leader, Brig David
President
Donald Ramotar
Granger, that he and President Donald Ramotar will meet tomorrow to speak about the way forward since the recently issued advisory by the Caribbean Financial Task Force (CFATF), may be far from the truth.
CFATF in its advisory called on its members to consider implementing further counter measures to protect their financial systems from the ongoing money laundering and terrorist financing risks emanating from Guyana.
Failure to pass the legislation, the Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill, on required deadlines, has left the regional body with no choice but to refer Guyana to its parent body, the Financial Action Task Force, which can see Guyana being possibly blacklisted on the international level.
The release by the Office of the President said, “President Donald Ramotar wishes to inform that the Monday meeting as disclosed to the media by Brigadier David Granger between President Donald Ramotar and the Leader of the Opposition is for the constitutionally mandated consultation for the reconstitution of the Service Commissions.”
However, yesterday, Granger said, “I sent a letter to President Donald Ramotar on May 24, and he acknowledged it with a letter on May 29. In paragraph two of that very letter it says, ‘Allow me to reconfirm the administration’s intention to engage the Parliamentary Opposition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) in the proposed compromised talks to address the enactment of the CFATF compliant Anti Money Laundering Bill.’”
Granger added, “The letter said that the meeting would be on Friday last but I subsequently spoke with the President over the telephone and it was explained to me that we would not be able to meet on the date as specified and agreed to in the letter due to unfortunate circumstances. As a result, the meeting was rescheduled to Monday.”
The politician also stated that the President’s letter of May 29, did speak about talks as well on the Service Commission.
Brig. David Granger, Leader of the political Opposition
He however reiterated that paragraph two which he quoted from the President’s letter, outlines exactly what will be the primary subject of the discussions between the two.
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