– as a result of obdurate and non-cooperative  parliamentary opposition parties
A nation is on the threshold of having what can be described as very serious sanctions instituted because it has so far been unable to have crucial legislation passed by its National Assembly as a result of its obdurate and non-cooperative parliamentary opposition parties. 

As is well known to the nation, Guyana has been requested to reform its Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism laws, by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), thus bringing it in line with proper legislation.
Of course, this is a matter where no attempt at political brinkmanship, power play, or any attempt at gaining political mileage should  ever be attempted by any of our opposition parties, given that what is at stake is the nation’s integrity, or more specifically  – its national interest.
But the blueprint of both A Party For National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) has followed its usual pattern of non-cooperation, mostly in this the Tenth Parliament. So many socio-economic projects have been stymied because of deliberate acts that can only be deemed harmful to national development.
Specifically, the AFC party is demanding that Government effect legislation for a National Procurement Commission, in exchange for its support for legislating the AML/CFT Bill. Now, is this not extortion, pure and simple, that is politically criminal in every way? How can a political opposition party that acclaims itself as introducing a new kind of political morality, stoop so low to shameful proportions? Their many supporters, inclusive of business and commerce constituents, by now, must have regretted their initial support, given that their very financial transactions stand to be threatened.