No more input allowed on Fica bill
Parliament's rules forbid any issue other than the president’s reservations — the constitutionality of warrantless searches
Parliament’s standing committee on finance will not entertain any deliberations on the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Bill which stray beyond the constitutional issue of warrantless searches raised by President Jacob Zuma, says committee head Yunus Carrim. The joint rules of Parliament forbade any issue to be entertained other than the president’s reservations, he said. His comments on Wednesday quashed the hopes of the Progressive Professionals Forum (PPF) that Zuma’s referral of the bill back to Parliament would allow it to raise objections to other aspects of the bill during an oral submission. This request was made in a letter PPF general secretary Siphile Buthelezi wrote to Carrim. Buthelezi confirmed that the PPF wanted to discuss "all the points raised in the PPF objection letter which was sent to President Zuma". Forum president Mzwanele Manyi has been described by the EFF as "an agent of the Guptas" as he has been critical of the termination of the Gupta family bus...
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