The former president’s application for rescission is a bid to distort the law and the facts of the matter that earned him a 15-month sentence for contempt, the commission secretary said
The Pietermaritzburg high court has reserved judgment on the former president’s urgent application to stay his warrant of arrest, leaving it moot whether the police will respect a deadline by the apex court to take him into custody before midnight on Wednesday
Dali Mpofu ‘kitchen-sinked’ the case for jurisdiction, but the Zondo commission will counter that the former president’s only avenue is the apex court
The police minister and commissioner argue that they should not enforce the arrest warrant for the former president while he tries to have his sentence set aside
The Zondo commission is arguing that the high court has no jurisdiction over the warrant for his arrest or his claim that his constitutional rights have been violated
In court papers, the commission argues that his application for rescission of his 15-month sentence fails the test of the court rule on which it seeks to rely
In an address to his supporters, the former president referred to a conspiracy against him, involving Thuli Madonsela, the judiciary and his political rivals
The commission will oppose the former president’s application and was directed to file papers to the court next week
The ex-president will be imprisoned for contempt of court, like a local Al Capone. Whether the NPA pursues state capture charges remains to be seen
The former president pleads that he never attended to attract the fire of the constitutional court with his quest for Zondo’s recusal