Jacob Zuma Foundation: Jail time better than being bullied
The Jacob Zuma Foundation has hit back at the commission of inquiry into state capture – accusing it of bullying the former president.
Zuma left the commission without the permission of chairperson Raymond Zondo Thursday, after failing to get Zondo to recuse himself.
The foundation believes the former president should be applauded for walking away from the commission.
“President Zuma assures us that he would rather face jail than allow himself to be bullied by an irregular, manipulated, and unlawful process.
“We hope that the chairperson is aware that those pulling the strings behind the scenes do not have his interests at heart and will drop him as quickly as they picked him.”
The foundation has also described the commission, set to probe fraud and corruption involving the state during Zuma’s tenure as head of state, as a “comedy of errors”.
“It is indeed a comedy of errors, floundering from one error to the next. We commend President Zuma for risking it all in order not to legitimise an irregular process disguised as a legitimate commission.”
Zondo still needs to decide what action, if any, he will take against Zuma for flouting the summons issued to him.
Read the statement below.
Statement by JG Zuma Foundation on Zondo Commission by Jacaranda FM News on Scribd
