Guptas tear into Gordhan over banking decision
The papers described Gordhan’s application as an “abuse of power” and an “effort to involve the independent judiciary to settle political scores”
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s “superfluous application is riddled with factual and legal errors” and “its reliance on the list of 72 purported ‘suspicious transaction reports’ is misplaced and… supported by a flawed analysis”. That’s according to responding court papers filed at the High Court in Pretoria on Friday by the Gupta family. The papers described Gordhan’s application as an “abuse of power” and an “effort to involve the independent judiciary to settle political scores”. If the court “were to countenance” the application‚ “it would open the floodgates for other weak-kneed political officials who are too scared to take positions of sensitive political and policy matters”.
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