Jacob Zuma Foundation slams NPA’s ‘hide and seek tactics’
Updated | By Nokukhanya N Mntambo
The Jacob Zuma Foundation has blamed the National prosecuting Authority (NPA) for further delays in the arms deal case.
This comes after the High Court in Pietermaritzburg postponed the corruption case involving former president Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thales to February 2021.
This postponement is due to a pending ruling on an application brought by Thales to get the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to drop the racketeering charges it brought against it.
The foundation maintains Zuma is more than ready for his day in court.
“President Zuma has stated numerous times that he is ready to face this politically motivated arms deal case. This has also been repeatedly stated on his behalf at the High Court in Pietermaritzburg.
“It is extremely prejudicial to President Zuma for the prosecution to again fail to proceed with their prosecution where they have repeatedly claimed that they have a case against President Zuma and are ready to proceed with it,” the foundation said in a statement on Tuesday.
It accused the NPA of delay tactics.
“The NPA’s ‘hide and seek’ tactics must be exposed and the real beneficiaries of bribes in the arms deal must be exposed.
“The NPA has repeatedly lied to the courts and the public about its readiness to proceed with the trial. In December 2019 the NPA stated in court that it was ready to proceed with its case and now in December 2020 after requesting another three postponements they are still not ready to proceed with their case making a series of new excuses again.”
The Jacob Zuma Foundation also doesn’t believe the trial will start in February.
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