The corruption charges against him were “irrevocably tainted” by political abuse and therefore the decision to drop them was a rational one‚ President Jacob Zuma has argued.
In legal arguments filed in court on Monday‚ Mr Zuma’s counsel focused on the history of the corruption prosecution‚ including its preceding investigation‚ saying “context” was important in evaluating whether the decision to discontinue the prosecution was a rational one.
The Democratic Alliance has challenged the 2009 decision by former acting national director of public prosecutions Mokotedi Mpshe saying it was irrational in law and unconstitutional.
But Mr Zuma’s counsel‚ Kemp J Kemp SC‚ argued that when Mr Mpshe was confronted with “spy tapes“‚ it was not the first incident of manipulation.
The tapes were recordings of phone conversations between former Scorpions head Leonard McCarthy and former prosecutions head Bulelani Ngcuka‚ suggesting that the timing of the indictment against Mr Zuma had been manipulated to influence the battle between Mr Zuma and former president Thabo Mbeki for the presidency of the African National Congress at its 2007 conference in Polokwane.
Corruption charges too tainted to stand‚ says Zuma
The corruption charges against him were “irrevocably tainted” by political abuse and therefore the decision to drop them was a rational one‚ President Jacob Zuma has argued.
In legal arguments filed in court on Monday‚ Mr Zuma’s counsel focused on the history of the corruption prosecution‚ including its preceding investigation‚ saying “context” was important in evaluating whether the decision to discontinue the prosecution was a rational one.
The Democratic Alliance has challenged the 2009 decision by former acting national director of public prosecutions Mokotedi Mpshe saying it was irrational in law and unconstitutional.
But Mr Zuma’s counsel‚ Kemp J Kemp SC‚ argued that when Mr Mpshe was confronted with “spy tapes“‚ it was not the first incident of manipulation.
The tapes were recordings of phone conversations between former Scorpions head Leonard McCarthy and former prosecutions head Bulelani Ngcuka‚ suggesting that the timing of the indictment against Mr Zuma had been manipulated to influence the battle between Mr Zuma and former president Thabo Mbeki for the presidency of the African National Congress at its 2007 conference in Polokwane.
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