Defined procrastination and tactical stalling

THE revealing account  of what can only be described as defined procrastinating and stalling tactics by the Parliamentary opposition with regards to the proposed Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLCFT) legislation ought to confirm, in the minds of those who may have thought otherwise, that both the A Partnership For National Unity(APNU) and the Alliance For Change(AFC) never had any genuine reasons for stymieing its legislative passage through the House.For all the entreaties from every conceivable stakeholder quarter, and the inevitable blacklisting of Guyana, due to these two parties’ hell-bent programme of embarrassing the country in any manner they can, both APNU and the AFC are deliberately employing the same strategy once again, despite their request that the Bill be dispatched to a second Select Committee. For what, one may ask?
Of course, the Honourable Attorney-General’s  factual  account and analysis of what can only be described as the worst form of national irresponsibility of any opposition party  in the annals of our modern political history, leaves one with the conclusion that that section of the House’s aisle is guilty of abuse of process, in addition to wasting taxpayers money as Peoples Representatives.
They must be reminded that they are in the House to represent not their political egos and to indulge in dangerous power-play, but to do all that is necessary to advance the nation’s important interests.
Simply put, they are sabotaging another given opportunity of sparing the nation further travail, by a pattern that is akin to treason! Oh yes! Treason! For, how can their appointed members not turn up for sittings at this another God-given opportunity of finalizing the proposals for final passage through the House?
Their request for more public input must be held as the height of all unreasonableness, plus irrationality, given that this process would have already been completed. One can only conclude that  the designated representatives on the Committee, who, reportedly, have no authority  to make decisions such as consideration of  government offering to make the deliberations public in the interest of transparency, are really part and parcel of an orchestrated plot to frustrate the efforts at finalizing this very crucial piece of legislation thast is central to the nation’s credibility.
With the effects of the November blacklisting already began to affect aspects of financial business transactions, Guyanese must be alerted to the fact of the implications to which this is leading.
This latest manifestation of the political opposition points to their well-known intention of destroying this country’s credible standing as a member of the regional and wider international business community. Not even their many followers, who themselves have started to complain about the undue length of time it takes for them to complete basic Bank transactions, will tolerate this plot that has implications for all.