Hold off on ‘arbitrary, unconstitutional’ Fica Bill, PPF urges Zuma
But the president does not have the power to address the elements raised by the Progressive Professional Forum, which says it will go to the Constitutional Court
The Progressive Professionals Forum (PPF) has called on President Jacob Zuma not to sign the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment (Fica) Bill unless its "unconstitutional and arbitrary" deficiencies are addressed. If the bill is promulgated in its current form the PPF will take it to the Constitutional Court, the organisation warned in a media statement. Its warning comes as pressure mounts from the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac), Corruption Watch, Banking Association of SA and the DA for Zuma to sign the bill in order for SA to meet its international commitments to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism. The bill was adopted by Parliament at the end of February and Casac said this week that if Zuma did not sign it within the next few weeks, it would approach the Constitutional Court in a bid to force him to do so. Zuma does not have the power to address the elements raised by the PPF and is able only to consider whether the r...
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