OPINION: Are the authorities afraid of Julius Malema? | AdriaanBasson
A functioning, competent police service that executed its duties without fear or favour would have arrested Julius Malema the day after he fired an assault rifle at an EFF rally, writesAlmost nine months after EFF leader Julius Malema illegally fired an assault rifle from the stage of an EFF rally in the Eastern Cape, he is yet to be arrested or charged.
Are the prosecutors and investigating officers in charge of the shooting and On-Point Engineering cases so scared of an EFF-sponsored backlash that they would rather "investigate" these cases indefinitely than exercise their constitutional duties?For a decade, the NPA and the Hawks told us they were still"investigating" the Bosasa corruption case, when it is clear now they were just buying time to avoid acting against what was effectively an ANC front company.
The NPA's indecision on the On-Point matter is just as mind-boggling. It cannot be true that the NPA is still waiting for outstanding information from the cops. City Press revealed in 2010 that roads and bridges that were supposed to be fixed by On-Point were dilapidated and in a terrible state. At the same time, On-Point received a R50m tender from the Limpopo roads department to outsource key functions to something called a"project management unit".
fMalema even applied to have his case tried separately from the rest, but this was refused by the NPA, which led to the judge removing the case from the court role.
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