EFF brands former president Zuma’s ConCourt defiance as ‘misguided’

On Monday, the former president Zuma said in a statement that he had no plans to testify at the commission of inquiry into state capture.

This in spite of a Constitutional Court ruling ordering him to appear and testify at the commission.

The EFF called on Zuma and his legal counsel to “reconsider the ill-advised decision to defy particularly the Constitutional Court, because such will leave an unsustainable precedent and might lead to instability”.

The EFF’s Sixolise Gcilise says the former president must respond to the allegations of state capture. 

“Our call to Mr. Jacob Zuma to abide by the law also considers that the activities, direction and approach of the Commission of Inquiry into State capture have been less than satisfactory. 

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“The Zondo Commission seems to be a factional instrument to fight for the protection of Pravin Gordhan and Ramaphosa, protecting a Cabal whose main interest and purpose is to safeguard the white capitalist establishment. 

“We therefore call for the Zondo Commission of Inquiry to exercise justice in a manner that will bring confidence to the people of South Africa, that justice is being sought not factional agendas. 

“In this context, no one in South Africa including a former or sitting President should defy the rulings of the Constitutional Court because South Africa is under the Rule of Law. We reiterate our call to former President Jacob Zuma and his Legal Counsel to reconsider the outright defiance of the Constitutional Court because there will always be recourse if the Zondo Commission’s biasness continues.”