Zuma throws another legal dice, tells Concourt that jailing him will serve no constitutional value

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Finding an unexpected legal loophole, former president Jacob Zuma on Friday threw another legal dice, asking the Constitutional Court to review its own decision to sentence him to 15 months in prison.

Also cited as a factor by Zuma was that at 79, he was old and required regular and intense therapy to keep going and sending him to jail could see him suffering.

“From the time I left the office of the president, I have faced a tremendous amount of financial pressure. The Nkandla judgment of the Constitutional Court to all other court cases demanded extreme financial resources from me. State funding for my criminal trial which the State had agreed to pay was stopped and the relevant agreements set aside in court judgments that the courts described my litigation as one on a ’uxurious scale’.

“I did not have the extravagant funds to engage lawyers to commit fully to the urgent applications of the Commission, especially those which I honestly, but clearly mistakenly, believed to be wholly unmeritorious.” The delegation of NEC members included Jeff Radebe, Fikile Mbalula, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Thabang Makwetla, Tony Yengeni, Lindiwe Sisulu, Zweli Mkhize, Thoko Didiza, Bheki Cele and Ayanda Dlodlo, among others, and they would work with the KZN ANC leadership led by Sihle Zikalala, the provincial chairperson.

 

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What are the chances

Yeah, let's up the ante to 36 months.. 15 way off beam

JZ knows that he needs to exhaust all the possible channels to free himself there after sekunyiwa

This happens when judiciary join politic

This fella said, he's not afraid of prison. Why now he delays his long waited wish?

The Application is hereby dismissed with costs. Next!

I sincerely hope that the Constitutional Court will summarily throw his application out with prejudice and the contempt that it deserves.

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Actually he's trying the 'KEY HOLE' to get out of prison. He still can argue all he wants from inside. That door has been closed 🔐 as per his request 🙇

Too late Zuma. You had your chance. You cant play ball after the final whistle, and we dont buy your financial struggle BS. There are lawyers who publicly said theyd represent you for free. This must be set aside, and you must go to prison. We are all equal before the law.

He is a politician, the only thing he knows is politics, so if Junior politicians try something, he should teach them real politics, don't you think it is interesting? Watch and learn, you don't know Zuma I see.

This guy is above the law I told you before

😂 Skhakhane left him with this mess.

It may be reviewed, should he appear State Capture Commission and answer why he let Guptas loot under his watch.

Only when Zuma is cleared of rape charges is the exact same justice system fair

When will Dali stop “practicing ” law and do it properly?

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