(1) Has he received representations from the Progressive Professionals Forum, in light of the fact that in May 2016 Parliament passed the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Bill, which is now awaiting his assent and which seeks to bring South Africa in line with the new Financial Action task Force, especially the need to enhance due diligence by banks and other financial institutions of politically exposed people when they transact through the banking system (details furnished); if so, (a) did he find substantive merit in these representations and (b) what steps will he take in this regard; (2) what is preventing him from assenting to the Bill given the rampant corruption and the international imperatives underpinning the Bill as preventative anti-laundering measures are a vital means of combatting corruption?