No new Zuma arguments, says DA
Party and president go head to head in challenge on NPA’s decision not to pursue prosecution on 783 charges
President Jacob Zuma and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) had failed to present the Supreme Court of Appeal with new arguments to show the NPA’s decision not to prosecute Zuma on 783 charges of corruption, fraud and racketeering in 2009 was not irrational, the DA has argued. The party presented its replying affidavits to the court this week in response to the application by Zuma and the NPA for leave to appeal against a ruling in 2016 that the 783 criminal charges involving corruption, fraud and racketeering against the president must be reinstated. The DA argued the decision to withdraw charges against Zuma was irrational and was taken for political convenience. To the extent there was real or alleged prejudice to Zuma in the prosecution process, this was a matter that could have been dealt with in the trial court. The NPA could not unilaterally decide on matters of guilt or innocence on the basis of an allegedly tainted process. A full bench of the High Court in Pretoria r...
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