Spy Tapes: decision to drop charges should be set aside
09 November 2014
The record of decision supplied to us by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) including the so-called Spy tapes have revealed that the reasons to drop the 700-odd charges against President Jacob Zuma were indeed irrational and should therefore be set aside.
This comes after the DA, on Thursday, lodged a supplementary affidavit that can be found here that outlines the reasons that the decision to drop the charges against President Zuma was in fact irrational and should therefore be set aside.
The DA and its legal team have considered the contents of the record of decision that was used as motivation by the then acting National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Mokotedi Mpshe, to drop the 700 charges of corruption against President Zuma.
It is our contention that the record of decision reveals that: