The Parliament Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence has scheduled a briefing by the State Security Agency on the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill (Gilab). This briefing will amongst others, provide progress on Gilab. Drafting of the General Intelligence Amendment Bill is taking place within context of ITT and implementation of the HLRP Recommendations. Strategic thrust of the ITT drafted Bill was re-creation of 1994/5 intelligence structures. This posed a significant challenge and threat to civilian intelligence. This Bill had to be revised to consider futurist configuration, which takes into consideration current, and emerging threats; Process of drafting Gilab including its buinsess case is affected by myriad factors including;
(b) Lockdowns aimed at containing spreed of Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic;
(c) Consultation with the President on options for optimal configuration;
(d) Consultation with the National Treasury, Department of Public Service and Admnistration and JSC Cluster.
The Bill will be submitted to Parliament after approval by the Cabinet.