Helen Zille, leader of the DA, has filed an urgent application with the Pretoria High Court in an effort to get a review of yesterdays decision by the NPA to drop all charges against ANC party president Jacob Zuma.
Zille has inferred that the decision to drop the charges was due to political pressure from the ruling party and not based on the evidence they were presented with. The NPA’s stance is that they dropped the charges because the case against Mr Zuma was ultimately flawed due to the former head of the Scorpions Leonard McCarthy’s unprofessional conduct concerning the case.
The NPA quoted excerpts of recorded conversations that highlighted Leonard McCarthy’s apparent misconduct. Many were also concerned that former President Thabo Mbeki had been involved in some kind on interference but the NPA clearly stated that they had found no evidence in this regard.
The DA and other opposition parties are not going to let this be forgotten any time soon and are calling for Zuma to come forward and offer himself up for cross examination and legal proceedings. They have said that the dismissal of the charges does not amount to an acquittal and Zuma should want to clear his name in light of the fact that he will most likely be the next President of South Africa.
We will have to wait and see how this latest development plays out.
