Zuma must be laughing NPA will appeal

President Jacob Zuma must be laughing, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) will seek leave to appeal to the court ruling that charges against the president be reinstated. NPA National Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams said that after much consideration, he will lodge the appeal at the Supreme Court of Appeal on Monday.

April 29, 2016, the High Court in Pretoria ruled that Zuma should face the 783 charges of corruption. It has been a seven-year battle for the Democratic Alliance (DA) to get the ruling overturned.  During April 2009, the charges were withdrawn in the High Court in Durban against Zuma.

The NPA will find a technical loophole to avoid giving Zuma his day in court for now. The entire decision to appeal the High Court ruling is a political one and a waste of taxpayers’ money. Taxpayer’s money used to benefit Zuma and not the country. It is another temporary win for Zuma, and when the appeal court upholds the decision to prosecute, Abrahams will have no alternative but to proceed.  Perhaps Abrahams did not want to take the responsibility of proceeding and by lodging an appeal would let him off the hook for now. Nobody is above the law; Zuma must go to court and face the charges against him. If Zuma is innocent as he claims to be, then he will not be charged.

Abrahams as head of the NPA has failed the nation and is a dancing puppet of Zuma. Abrahams will do as he is told and drag out any decisions for as long as possible. It is the conceited style of the African National Congress (ANC) at play. Should the NPA not succeed at the appeal court, there would be a possibility that the matter is referred to the Concourt. It is a delay tactic that plays out time and again. Zuma is laughing, and the taxpayers are paying a hefty price for the folly of a president that should be impeached.

Laura Oneale - South Africa Today – South Africa News