SA Coat of Arms 4.jpg The Presidency, Pretoria, Media Statement, 5 September 2016 Misleading Report about Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Bill The story in Business Day, entitled "Zuma sits on banks scrutiny legislation", 05 September 2016, on the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Bill which has been brought to the President for his consideration and assent is misleading and incorrect. The writer Ms Carol Paton states the following as being the reasons why the Bill has not yet been signed into law; "The developments form part of an orchestrated attack by parts of the government and the ANC aligned to Zuma on the Treasury, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, and the Reserve Bank, with a view to clipping their independence and powers". This is a gross distortion of the facts. Progressive Professionals Forum The President received an objection to the signing of the bill from the Progressive Professionals Forum. When the President is petitioned not to sign a bill, he has to consider the merits of such objection focusing mainly on whether the interested parties raise valid constitutional issues. It is not the first time that the President has taken time to consider a bill for similar reasons. Currently, the President has not signed the Expropriation Bill, the Private Security Industry Regulation Amendment Bill and the Protection of State Information Bill, because various parties petitioned him not to do so, citing concerns about their constitutionality. All These concerns are being looked into. He also sent the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill back to the National Assembly in 2015 on the ground that certain provisions of the Bill are unconstitutional. Journalists are urged to stick to the facts and ensure balance and fairness in the coverage of news and current affairs. Issued by: The Presidency, Pretoria Enquiries: Dr Bongani Ngqulunga on 082 308 9373 or <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 14071 (20160905) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- 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]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/000c01d2075d%24035daf30%240a190d90%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
