Cape Verde government seeks urgent re-vote on money laundering law
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Expresso das Ilhas
Cape Verde’s government will seek urgent approval of the bill amending the anti-money laundering legislation at the first plenary session in November. PAICV MP Carla Lima explains that the text, passed under the previous legislature but not promulgated, has lapsed; only the designation of the Financial Intelligence Unit changes.
Cape Verde’s government will seek urgent adoption of the bill amending the anti-money laundering legislation at the first plenary session in November. The announcement was made by Carla Lima, an MP for the PAICV (the governing party), during a review of her party’s parliamentary days.
According to her, the text had already been debated and voted on by MPs of the previous legislature, but was not promulgated and lapsed at the end of the term. It must therefore be voted on again, then promulgated by the next President of the Republic. Carla Lima says the proposal differs little from the earlier version: the amendment concerns the designation of the Financial Intelligence Unit, to bring it into line with national and international law.
The MP also said the Minister of Transport will come to explain the reorganisation of maritime and air services, notably the availability of ships and aircraft. She says the government inherited a difficult situation: in 2023, the then Minister of the Sea announced four boats financed by the World Bank, reduced to two in 2024. "We have had three months in government," she reminded, as the process takes time.
These parliamentary days come as the MpD, the opposition, summons the government to explain its "squandered economy", according to our article of 10 November.
