The National Assembly on Monday night adopted the second report of the Committee on Appointments, paving the way for the appointing of the Director and Deputy Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).
However, during the debate on the motion for the adoption of the report, the opposition PPP/C maintained that it could not support the appointment of the Deputy Director as its speakers said the process used to identify the candidate was not consistent with the one used to identify the Director.
Early Monday afternoon, Chairman of the Committee, Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton tabled the report that identified Matthew Langevine, a manager at Scotiabank, as the consensus choice for FIU Director. It also identified Abiose Thomas, Financial Director of Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT), as his Deputy, by way of a slim majority vote of five to four.
PPP/C MP Juan Edghill was one of the two speakers from the opposition and it was he who indicated that they were not in support of Thomas’ appointment.