Official opposition is challenging the ‘irrational’ decision of correctional services commissioner Arthur Fraser.
The decision to medically parole former president Jacob Zuma makes a mockery of the judicial process and “harms the courts in exactly the same way that Zuma’s contempt of court did”, Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen contends in an affidavit filed with the Gauteng High Court on Friday.
On 15 August, correctional services released a statement saying Zuma had undergone a “surgical procedure” the day prior, “with other procedures scheduled in the coming days”, and remained in hospital. Zuma is believed to be in a private Pretoria hospital. Even prior to being sentenced for contempt, the possibility of Zuma being released early via medical parole if found guilty in the Arms Deal matter had been a talking point.
The court, therefore, could not accept without evidence the word of correctional services about the former president’s eligibility for medical parole. Missing from the statement, Steenhuisen says in his affidavit, is who granted the medical parole , and if Zuma satisfied the legal requirements for medical parole. “It merely recites the requirements.”
“Our doctors, our nurses will write referrals to the head of centre and say: ‘We’ve got a situation, please transfer.’” The board did not approve medical parole, said Fraser, “because they indicated that he was in a stable condition”.
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