'I am prepared to go to prison’ - Zuma won’t testify at Zondo commission
A defiant former president Jacob Zuma has again expressed his
complete unwillingness to testify at the commission of inquiry into state
capture.
In a statement issued on Monday, Zuma said he would rather go to prison than appear before the commission.
This comes after the Constitutional Court ruled in favour of the commission, forcing Zuma to appear.
"The recent decision of the Constitutional Court also mimics the posture of the commission in that it has now also created a special and different set of circumstances specifically designed to deal with Zuma by suspending my Constitutional rights rendering me completely defenseless against the commission," he said in the statement.
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The former president has likened the apex court’s decision to apartheid government's General Laws Amendment Act 37 of 1963, which introduced a new clause of indefinite detention specifically intended to be used against then PAC leader Robert Sobukwe.
"I am left with no other alternative but to be defiant against injustice as I did against the apartheid government. I am again prepared to go to prison to defend the Constitutional rights that I personally fought for and to serve whatever sentence that this democratically elected government deems appropriate as part of the special and different laws for Zuma agenda."
