ANC KZN: Zuma being projected as fugitive
The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal believes the courts have failed former president Jacob Zuma by issuing a warrant of arrest.
The warrant was granted by the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday after Zuma's legal team handed up a medical certificate that the judge deemed unsatisfactory.
Zuma didn't show up for his corruption trial because he's apparently ill and being treated overseas.
ANC provincial secretary Mdumiseni Ntuli briefed reporters in Durban on Wednesday on the party's two-day lekgotla held over the weekend.
"The perception of projecting the former president of the ANC and that of our country, as some kind of a fugitive is a problem for us. We know comrade Zuma as one of many of our leaders who are law abiding citizens," said Ntuli
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In a statement released by Dlamini in her personal capacity, she says she believes the issuing of a warrant of arrest by the court is a "travesty to justice". READ: Zuma has Twitter in a spin with rifle pic She refers to the warrant of arrest issued by Judge Dhaya Pillay and which will be acted upon should Zuma fail to appear in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on May 6.
Ntuli said the fact that Zuma is unwell is not an allegation and what happened in court leads them to believe there's an agenda against the former president.
"Is it normal that a sick note of the former president can be scrutinised in the court of law to the extent that it is doubted by the judges.
"Unfortunately both the judge and legal team are not medical experts. Their disagreements of what constitutes what is a medical document is just an academic exercise. What we saw there is unfortunate, it should have not had happened, those are professionals. It created an impression in society that there is an agenda lying somewhere," he added.