Court's decision concerning Zuma's legal costs: Public does not have to pay for cover-up of state capture
13 December 2018
The FF Plus welcomes the Pretoria High Court's ruling that former President Jacob Zuma must pay his own legal fees.
If tax payers had to cover the legal costs, it would have been extremely ironic seeing as it would have meant that they would have had to use their own tax money to help cover up the fact that money was stolen from them through state capture.
Using tax money to protect those who are implicated in state capture comes down to an even greater injustice to tax payers.
In the future, there needs to be clear rules that stipulate that any public office bearers who are guilty of certain offences or who have legal steps taken against them, must pay their own legal fees. It is unacceptable to use tax money to cover such legal expenses.