ActionSA: Zuma must face the full wrath of the law

The party’s president Herman Mashaba says they have it on good authority that Zuma is planning to leave the country on state-funded transport.

Zuma said in a statement on Monday morning that he would rather serve time in prison than go back and testify at the commission of inquiry into state capture.

This is in defiance of a Constitutional Court order.

“The statement released by the Jacob Zuma Foundation this morning confirms that the former president will not be appear at the State Capture Commission of Enquiry in continued defiance of the rule of law in our country,” says Mashaba.

“This emerges just two days after ActionSA confirmed intelligence that Zuma intends to jet out of South Africa on state-funded transport in order to evade his responsibilities. It is worth noting that the statement released by the foundation does not deny this allegation.”

Mashaba says Ramaphosa must provide his full support to law enforcement agencies to deal with Zuma’s defiance.

“The ball has now landed in the court of President Cyril Ramaphosa, who now must demonstrate whether he is truly in charge of the ruling party and by extension as President of South Africa.

“If Ramaphosa is going to demonstrate true leadership, he will ensure that the state receives the unqualified support to issue a warrant of arrest, execute that arrest and hold Jacob Zuma to account.

“Beyond this, President Ramaphosa should instruct his parliamentary caucus to initiate an application to rescind all benefits that Zuma and his family continue to enjoy at the taxpayers’ expense.”

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