Vice Chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Moses Nagamootoo, says that he is absolutely disgusted with the manipulative tactics being used on citizens by the government as it relates to the Anti Money Laundering and the Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Bill.Khemraj RamjattanAt the party’s recent press conference, Nagamootoo said that the government is to be blamed for the “fiasco” that surrounds the controversial Anti-money Laundering Bill and not the Joint Opposition.The politician said that the hysteria that surrounds the Bill is exactly the kind of outcome the government wanted. He claimed that the government is simply using the “fiasco” to camouflage its incompetence.“They had a responsibility to bring the law up to the requisite standard,Cheap Jerseys China, but the government itself “dithered.” It went to sleep and suddenly thought that it could put pressure on Parliament to bring to the fore, these amendments that were required of them by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF).”While the government’s Chief Whip,Cheap Jerseys Paypal, Gail Teixeira, who is also the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Select Committee “had shut down the works being done at the time,” in a last minute effort, Nagamootoo said that the Joint Opposition, which includes the coalition party, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), tried to get the government to agree for the amendments to go back to the Select Committee. But this request fell on deaf ears.Nagamootoo contended that Teixeira’s actions were executed at a time when the leaders of the Joint Opposition were summoned by President Donald Ramotar to discuss the issue of the territorial integrity of Guyana, with regard to the incursion by the Venezuelan naval ship that came into “our maritime waters.”During these discussions with the President, the politician said that Teixeira found it “necessary” to end the works in their absence.He added that it was a time that was conveniently exploited to prevent the Opposition from making its fullest contribution to the improvement of the Bill.In addition, the parliamentarian said that even at the last moment when the Bill received resounding statements of non-support in the National Assembly on Thursday by the Opposition, the government which claimed to be so alarmed by the “alleged” consequences of the Bill if it is not passed by its November 18 deadline, decided to hide behind procedures of the Parliament.He said, “A Minister even stood up and said that…no one could have the Bill returned to the Select Committee.“So clearly, the government was not concerned about these consequences, instead it was concerned with the propaganda it could make in order to terrorize the Guyanese people.”Moses Nagamootoo“They have chosen again propaganda over patriotism. They have chosen to drive the Guyanese people in fear and submission to their own wicked design…”The AFC member also asserted that the party will remain consistent in its position that the Public Procurement Commission must first be in place before the party gives its support for the Bill as it displayed in Parliament.Nagamootoo said that his party does not see the passage of the amendments as separate and distinct from the enforcement from other mechanisms that are of benefit of the people of Guyana.The heated debate over the Bill on Thursday last,Cheap Jerseys Paypal, he noted, was an act of provocation as the government tried to take away from a section in the Procurement Act that has already been passed by the Parliament.He said the government is trying to inject a “no objection role to certain large projects.”Leader of the AFC, Khemraj Ramjattan, who spoke on the issue,Wholesale NHL Jerseys, said that the government has managed to place a “fear-chip” in the minds of some sections of the society.Ramjattan added that he has already received information from the banks and cambios, “that people are now “bank –rushing” for foreign currency and that can have an impact on increasing the local dollars amount for a US dollar.With regard to remittances,Cheap Basketball Jerseys China, Ramjattan said that based on their reliable resources,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, it would not be affected since it deals with monies coming from overseas and it is a different system all together.He added, “What we will have as a complication and I must concede to this, is that companies which are not up to date with their documentation, may very well have to do some extra documentation but it is not as if transactions will come to a halt… So it’s just propaganda- a set of untruths and half truths.”