The Jacob Zuma Foundation claims that justice was not served following the former president's latest court loss, in which the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) denied Zuma's motion for leave to appeal.
The Foundation says it is stunned by the obvious vagueness and the ambiguity inherent in this decision.
“A blanket approach and routine order of dismissal does not provide the required clarity. In this case, it is because it’s common cause that some of the four separate petitions filed at the SCA do not require “leave to appeal.” Even Judge Koen made this clear in his judgment,” the foundation said in a statement.
It further says court judgments are there to provide legal certainty and clarity so that subjective inferences are avoided.
“All litigants are entitled to know the exact and real reasons why their cases are successful or not. This is not the case here.”
Zuma has reportedly briefed his legal team to do all that is necessary to approach the President of the SCA in line with the relevant legislation to seek appropriate remedies including the reconsideration, variation, or clarification of the decision.
According to the foundation, the NPA has been notified of these developments and due to the pressing timetable, the presiding judge in the criminal trial has been copied in the correspondence.
“All that H.E President Zuma wants is a fair trial, and will leave no stone unturned to ensure that the constitutional promises of the rule of law and equality before the law are evenly applied to all,” the foundation added.
