President Zuma, don't plan anything for 16 March. We have a court date
06 February 2015
As things stand, the DA will see President Zuma in the North Gauteng High Court on the 16th of March to review - unopposed - the decision to drop corruption charges against him.
For the past five years, President Zuma and the National Prosecuting Authority have proven to be masters at delaying the legal process to avoid going to court to answer 16 charges and more than 700 counts of fraud, corruption, money laundering and racketeering against the President.
In the most recent example, the NPA (which is supposed to apply the law without fear or favour) have twice ignored deadlines - agreed with our lawyers - for handing in answering affidavits in our application to review the decision to drop the charges before the 2009 election. Both the first deadline (19 January) and the second extended deadline (2 February) have come and gone with no sign of their affidavit.
This is yet another deliberate delaying tactic that aims to allow President Zuma to finish his second term as President without ever having to account for these charges. The NPA's job is to hold anyone to account against whom there is evidence of illegal activity, not to protect the powerful. The implications of the NPA's filibustering are grave for the future of our democracy and, cynically, it will use taxpayers' money to fund their actions that undermine our constitution and the rule of law.