ANC amnesty settlement for Zuma an insult to South Africans
The suggestion by the ANC that an amnesty deal should be granted to President Jacob Zuma for the corruption charges against him as this will unify the factionalised party, is outrageous and should be dismissed with the contempt that it deserves.
The DA will continue to fight for President Zuma to have his day in court. No amnesty deal should be granted to the man who - with the help of his party - sold South Africa to the highest bidders.
While the legal battle to hold President Zuma accountable for the 783 charges of corruption, fraud and racketeering against him has been ongoing for close to a decade now, it is still far from over. Mr Zuma has been abusing the court system to delay his inevitable date with the law. He will not succeed.
The ANC has used every opportunity to shield Mr Zuma from accountability and the latest proposed ‘political settlement’ is hardly surprising at all. It is symptomatic of a party that has completely lost its way and too far gone to ever self-correct.
We have filed answering affidavits to Mr Zuma's appeal against the High Court's ruling that the NPA's decision to drop the 700 charges against him was irrational and we will appear again in court on 15 September 2017.