A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) will be amending the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill, when the proposed piece of legislation comes up for debate. Among the changes the party will pursue is the restructuring of the Financial Intelligence Unit.The Financial Intelligence Unit, headed by Paul Geer,Cheap Hockey Jerseys, is housed in the Ministry of Finance and collects reports of suspicious financial transactions which are then passed onto the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.APNU’s Executive Member, Joseph Harmon, said that among the amendments to be proposed is how appointments are made.He said,Cheap Jerseys From China, too, that APNU will also be looking to strengthen the capacity of the FIU through legislative means.According to Harmon given the manner in which the Bill is being returned to the House, several of the submissions made to the Special Select Committee would have been ignored or left out and as such these matters will have to be ventilated on the floor of Parliament.He said, too, that APNU will also be looking to amend the relationship provided for under the substantive law, between the Attorney General and the Director of Public Prosecutions.Asked about support from the Alliance for Change (AFC) which would be required in order to have the proposed amendments approved in the House, Harmon responded in the affirmative.According to the APNU Executive Member, that party has been in talks with the AFC both in the Special Select Committee and outside of it.Harmon told this publication that there is a “convergence of concerns” between the two parties on the shortcomings of the current legislation and as such the AFC is expected to be supportive of the amendments.This past week the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, had explained the reason behind the government’s rush to wrap up the work of the Special Select Committee that was tasked with addressing the amendments and said that it was simply a matter of time running out.Chairperson of that Committee,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, Gail Teixeira, at the second meeting since emerging from the parliamentary recess, opted to close off the work of the body and submit the report back to the Full House so that there can be a debate and a vote on the Bill.The Special Select Committee is not the end of the process since “it has to be taken to Parliament, debated, checked over,Cheap Jerseys Online, gazetted and then assented to.”Those steps, according to Nandlall,Wholesale Jerseys China, “will take some time…so it is not that we can finish the entire process in a day or two.”November 18 is the deadline set by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) regarding the amendments to the anti money laundering laws with the review being held in the Bahamas.According to Nandlall,Cheap China Jerseys, what must be fundamentally noted is that the amendments did not just come from the whims and fancies of Government but rather emanate from a review of the existing law by CFATF after which they recommended the legislative changes.“We didn’t concoct it…These provisions came out of recommendations which the CFATF made,” said Nandlall.In recent days, a number of bodies, including the Private Sector Commission, the Insurance Association of Guyana and the Guyana Association of Bankers have come out calling for the support of the political opposition when it comes to amending the law.APNU had said that it wanted more time in order to come up with the best Bill possible, while the AFC had called for the establishment of the Public Procurement Commission as a prerequisite for their support.