al-Bashir SCA ruling: DA to consider contempt of Court charge against Zuma and Cabinet
15 March 2016
The DA is pleased that the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has this morning dismissed the State’s request to appeal the Omar Al-Bashir matter that caused international embarrassment when our government facilitated his fleeing of the jurisdiction despite domestic and international law prohibiting them from doing so. In light of this scathing indictment on government; the DA will consider pursuing an order of contempt against President Zuma and his Cabinet members and others who aided and abetted the fleeing of an internationally wanted genocidal war lord.
In doing so President Zuma as the custodian of our constitutional democracy, supported by his Cabinet Ministers, wilfully and flagrantly broke the law to protect a friend of Zuma despite a court order expressly prohibiting his leaving the country. This is the man who is at the very top of our constitutional democracy. Who instead of upholding the Rule of law has decided to treat it with the utmost contempt and disdain and he must be brought to book.
We are pleased that both the SCA and the North Gauteng High Court are taking a principled legal stand on flagrant abuses of power and disregard for due process and the Rule of Law.
Specifically the SCA ruled that: