The NPA says former president Jacob Zuma’s application for a stay of prosecution should be dismissed, as it believes that there is a strong case against him.
The National Prosecuting Authority says former president Jacob Zuma’s application for a stay of prosecution should be dismissed, as it believes that there is a strong case against him.
He led the NPA investigation into the arms deal since the early 2000s and prosecuted Shaik, Zuma’s former financial adviser, between 2004 and 2006.Downer also led the Zuma prosecution in 2009 when former acting prosecutions boss Mokotedi Mpshe dropped charges against the former president. Downer said former national director of public prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka’s decision not to do so therefore did not violate Zuma’s rights.
“Conversely, had Ngcuka decided to prosecute Zuma, having concluded as he did that there were no reasonable prospects of success, such a prosecution would have been impermissible and malicious,” he said. Downer also said that Zuma’s right to a fair trial did not entitle him to demand a trial “designed and structured so as to serve his best advantage”.
The embattled former president faces serious charges, including one count of racketeering, two counts of corruption, one count of money laundering, and 12 counts of fraud relating to 783 payments he allegedly received in connection with the controversial arms deal.It was a multibillion-rand military acquisition project finalised in 1999.
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