Ramaphosa fires back in Zuma private prosecution matter

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Zuma ‘deliberately’ misconstrued court challenge to private prosecution, says president in court papers

10 January 2023 - 20:53Former president Jacob Zuma had “deliberately” misconstrued President Cyril Ramaphosa’s court challenge to Zuma’s private prosecution of him, Ramaphosa said in court papers on Tuesday.

Ramaphosa wants the high court in Johannesburg to set aside his prosecution by Zuma, which seeks to put him in the criminal court dock on January 19, as unconstitutional and unlawful. He has urgently asked for an interim interdict to prevent any “further steps” in pursuing the prosecution and to excuse his appearance in court on the 19th.

A civil court does not have jurisdiction to quash a criminal charge before an accused had pleaded, said Zuma. Zuma’s criminal charge is that Ramaphosa is an “accessory after the fact” in relation to charges he is pursuing against prosecutor Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan. Ramaphosa’s alleged crime is that when Zuma’s lawyers wrote to the president to complain about Downer and demanded an investigation, Ramaphosa failed to act.certificates issued in the Downer/Maughan prosecution were sufficient to prosecute Ramaphosa as an accessory.

 

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