EFF statement on Zuma's continued defiance of the Constitution
24 November 2016
The EFF condemns Zuma's statement during the Parliament Question and Answer Session yesterday about the remedial action as recommended by the Public Protector in the State of Capture Report. Responding to questions in relation to the State of Capture 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". Zuma said this without even grounding it in law or entertaining the grounds upon which Adv. Thuli Madonsela as former Public Protector made the proposal. 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 Public Protector, he must challenge it through a court process. The remedial action of the public protector can only be reviewed through a judicial process, otherwise, they apply and must be implemented.
Zuma has not learned from the Nkandla process which ended in the constitutional court forcing him to pay back the money. Taking platform in parliament to communicate intent to refuse to abide by the legally binding processes demonstrates even further that he has no regard for our historically hard earned constitutional order. But like we managed to make him comply with the Nkandla Report remedial action, we will force him to comply with the remedial action as stipulated in the State of Capture Report.