Zuma urged to suspend Shaun Abrahams who lacks ‘required integrity’ for NPA
Attorneys acting for Freedom Under Law and the Helen Suzman Foundation sent a letter to President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday, urging him to suspend National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDDP) Shaun Abrahams. Zuma was also asked to suspend two other senior members of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)‚ Torie Pretorius and Sibongile Mzinyathi‚ pending enquiries into their fitness to hold office. "This is a power granted to the President by sections 12(6)(a) and 14(3) of the National Prosecuting Authority Act‚" the organisations said in a joint statement on Wednesday. "The NPA‚ with Mr Abrahams’s support‚ brought obviously baseless criminal charges against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan‚ Ivan Pillay and Oupa Magashula. Through this‚ Mr Abrahams has shown that he lacks the required conscientiousness and integrity to be entrusted with the responsibilities of the office of NDPP — in other words‚ he is not fit and proper.
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