Zuma says he can again be president because he did not serve two full terms
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Speaking to his supporters outside the high court on Tuesday, Zuma argued that he was eligible to become a state president because he had not completed his second, and final, term in office when the ANC recalled him. The lawyers said that the IEC had also failed to take into consideration Zuma’s remission of sentence, in terms of which he served only three months after being released on medical parole in September 2021. SC argued that the decision by the IEC to remove his client would be an infringement of his rights and would deprive uMkhonto weSizwe Party supporters of voting for the candidate of their choice.
This means that Zuma could only be eligible to contest elections five years after his prison sentencing. This has become the sticking point to which Zuma’s legal team has argued unfairness. Section 47 mainly deals with the fact that every citizen who is qualified to vote for the National Assembly is eligible to be a member of the assembly.
Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi for the IEC said that Zuma is not qualified to be a candidate “right now” and does not qualify to go to the National Assembly.
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