Office of the ANC Chief Whip, 12 September 2011 President's Decision on the Info Bill The Office of the ANC Chief Whip welcomes the decision of President Jacob Zuma to refer the Protection of State Information Bill back to Parliament for reconsideration to bring it in line with the Constitution. The Bill was passed by the National Assembly on 25 April 2013 and sent to the President for assent and signing into law. In terms of the Constitution, the President must either assent to and sign Bills or, if he has reservations about the constitutionality of the Bill, refer it back to the National Assembly for reconsideration. The President has written to Parliament pointing out several clauses which should be changed to ensure that the Bill passes the constitutional muster. We appreciate the President's views on the Bill. Indeed Parliament must ensure that an appropriate process is instituted to ensure that amendments are accordingly effected. It is important that the laws parliament pass are of highest quality and are not in conflict with the constitution. We are confident that the amendments would further strengthen the Bill and its objectives of protecting citizen's information and enhancing national security through protection of sensitive government information. Issued by the Office of the ANC Chief Whip Enquires: Moloto Mothapo 082 370 6930 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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