Editorial | Why silly Zille is wrong on the judiciary
Based on nothing but thumb-suck information, Helen Zille alleged that the reason the ANC had withdrawn its application to have the Electoral Commission of SA reopen the candidate list registration process for the upcoming local government elections was because it had a tip-off from the Constitutional Court that the poll would be delayed. Helen Zille.
Based on nothing but thumb-suck information, Zille alleged that the reason the ANC had withdrawn its application to have the Electoral Commission of SA reopen the candidate list registration process for the upcoming local government elections was because it had a tip-off from the Constitutional Court that the poll would be delayed.
The ANC’s application followed its failure to submit a full list of candidates due to its own blunders and internal turmoil. Its application was a long shot anyway and was a further indication of the mess the party is in.But Zille wanted to find something deeper, thus exposing the myopic mind-set that has made her the poster child for conservative South Africans.
Her thread charged that “if this is so, cadre deployment will have destroyed every institution, right up to the ConCourt, turning them into instruments of ANC power abuse, rather than protectors of the people against ANC power abuse. That is the crisis we are facing now. SAns must wake up.”Her broadside this week puts her in the company of those enemies of the Constitution she has attacked. It encourages disrespect for an institution that is under siege from society’s rogue elements.
By all means, let’s hold our judges accountable. Because they are human and fallible, they need to be watched, just like all who hold responsible office. But ad hominem attacks based on flimsy suspicions and wacky conspiracy theories are an assault on the rule of law.
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