Corruption emerged after the ruling African National Congress invested billions on arms and weaponry, said Bantu Holomisa, leader of the United Democratic Movement (UDM), on Saturday.
Holomisa said it was unclear who was in charge of the country.
”Is it the party in government or their head office outside government?” he asked.
”There have been attacks and manipulation of the Scorpions, the public broadcaster and the judiciary,” he said.
He said the main reason for this was due to the access to state power and the opportunity to loot the nation’s resources.
Holomisa said comrades ‘who ate†from the table of the arms deal and Oilgate were fighting with their backs against the wall and were demanding that their cases be struck from the court rolls.
”The judges of the Constitutional Court have been dubbed as a bunch of counter-revolutionaries. This campaign is characterised by war talk with the clear intention of blackmailing the courts, the government and the country, with the message: ‘You dare to charge us, and we will cause havoc’,” he said.
According to the UDM, it was for this reason there were calls for a so-called ”political solution” to save Zuma from his dilemma.
”The people who are arguing about a deal fail to acknowledge that this person claims to be innocent.”
Why a deal if he is innocent? Why should we convert the whole country into a kangaroo court with ad hoc rules to suit one person, when we have established democratic institutions to deal with such matters,” he said. – Sapa