Cape Town — Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has responded to the ConCourt ruling that her father, Jacob Zuma, is ineligible for parliament, saying he needs not go to parliament, he can simply “Zoom”.
A judgement handed down by the ConCourt on Monday ruled that Zuma was not eligible to be elected as a member of parliament until he served his jail term. The ruling stated that anyone sentenced to jail for 12 or more months, cannot stand office until five years after their term.
Now, Zuma’s daughter has encouraged uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party supporters to vote the party into power come next week’s elections. Reacting to the ruling, Zuma-Sambudla urged uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party supporters to vote in next week’s elections. She emphasised that achieving a two-thirds majority would enable the party to “discard Roman-Dutch law and implement African law”, The Citizen reported.
“We will make you president of the country and you don’t have to go to Parliament, you can Zoom…” she added.
She also said getting her father’s name on the ballot paper was the biggest battle and she called for renewed “high discipline” and “high morale”.
The MK Party acknowledges the Constitutional Court judgment, that President Zuma is not eligible to stand as a member of MK Party in the National Assembly.
This unsurprising decision has not disheartened us.
It reinforced our conviction that the current system, where 10… pic.twitter.com/4LYecNL9fY
— uMkhonto WeSizwe Party (@MkhontoweSizwex) May 20, 2024
Following the ConCourt ruling, the IEC confirmed that Zuma’s face would remain on the ballot but hos name would be removed from the MK’s Parliamentary list.
“The Electoral Commission notes the judgment by the Constitutional Court, clarifying the role of the Commission in qualifying candidates nominated to stand for election to the National Assembly.” the IEC said.
“To avoid confusion, the commission reiterates that the judgment will not affect the ballot papers for the 2024 [elections] in any way. The photograph of Mr Jacob Zuma will remain in the cluster of identifiers of uMkhonto weSizwe Party. The name of Mr Jacob Zuma will, however, be removed from the list of candidates nominated by the MK party,” the IEC concluded.
— IEC South Africa (@IECSouthAfrica) May 20, 2024
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Compiled by Matthew Petersen
