US embassy cable - 05AMMAN1837

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Identifier:	05AMMAN1837
Wikileaks:	View 05AMMAN1837 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Amman
Created:	2005-03-07 06:23:00
Classification:	CONFIDENTIAL
Tags:	PREL EFIN KTFN ETTC PGOV JO
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 001837 
 
SIPDIS 
 
TREASURY FOR GLASER/ZARATE 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/04/2015 
TAGS: PREL, EFIN, KTFN, ETTC, PGOV, JO 
SUBJECT: AML LAW GOES TO PARLIAMENT 
 
 
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires David Hale for reasons 1.4 (b), (d), a 
nd (e) 
 
1. (SBU) Finance Minister Mohammed Abu Hammour informed 
Charge on March 5 that Jordan's Cabinet had approved the 
anti-money laundering (AML) bill that it had been considering 
over the past month.  Abu Hammour had consulted with 
Abdul-Hadi al-Majali, the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, 
and noted to him that the bill was among those marked as 
"urgent" by the GOJ for priority attention.  Given the large 
number of bills and the short time remaining in the current 
Parliamentary session (which ends March 31), Abu Hammour told 
Charge that the GOJ could only "hope" that the law would be 
passed during this sitting.  Otherwise, the law would be 
considered in the extraordinary summer session. 
 
2. (C) The AML bill, first drafted by the Central Bank of 
Jordan (CBJ) with the assistance of the IMF in early 2003, 
had initially been sent back by the Cabinet to the CBJ to be 
rewritten, then was placed on the backburner by the GOJ for 
some time.  After sustained USG engagement on the issue, the 
GOJ has moved the passage of the bill to the top of its 
agenda. 
HALE