We will embarrass Jacob Zuma in court again if he does not comply, EFF says
The EFF on Thursday condemned President Jacob Zuma’s defiant statement about the former public protector’s State of Capture report, uttered during Parliament’s question and answer session on Wednesday. Responding to questions in relation to the report‚ Zuma said: "No one‚ no matter what position they hold‚ can instruct the President to establish a commission‚ and even tell the process through which you must go." The EFF said Zuma made this comment without grounding it in law or entertaining the grounds upon which advocate Thuli Madonsela as former public protector made the proposal. "We are ready to repeat the Nkandla lesson and embarrass Zuma through courts if he is not going to comply with the State of Capture report recommendations, in terms of remedial action‚" the EFF said on Thursday. "We want to guarantee him that we are not going to allow him in his continuation to undermine the constitution of the Republic. If Zuma is not happy with the remedial action as recommended by the...
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