Zuma slates opposition for running to courts
Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma has lashed out at opposition parties for continuously challenging government decisions in court, saying it goes against his understanding of democracy.The court challenges, Zuma said, hindered the government from implementing its policies.
"I have never seen such democracy," he said.
"I think these are matters we need to discuss very seriously as ANC because it is a counter to democracy – you can’t do anything."
Zuma was opening the ANC's 5th policy conference at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg.
He said whenever opposition parties were defeated in Parliament, where the ANC has a majority, they would run to the courts, "where it doesn’t have [a] majority".