Spy tapes: Expert says Supreme Court of Appeal next option for Zuma and NPA
A legal expert says President Jacob Zuma and the National Prosecuting Authority will now have to petition the Supreme Court of Appeal if they are to continue their bid to appeal a High Court ruling that the decision to drop corruption charges against Zuma was irrational.
The High Court in Pretoria yesterday denied leave to appeal the so-called spy tapes case. More than 700 charges of corruption against Zuma were dropped in 2009.
Sunil Singh from Sunil Singh and Associates in Durban says they can always approach the Constitutional Court if the Supreme Court route proves unsuccessful.
"It is a constitution issue because these days everyone makes everything a constitutional issue in the sense that everyone has a right of access to information, the right to fair representation and everything else that goes with it," he said.
"Lots of other matters as well have been taken to the constitutional court because those involved created a constitutional issue around those matters," Singh said.
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