Fraser may place Zuma under medical parole in terms of section 75(7) of the Correctional Services Act (CSA), but this is still subject to another part of the act, Section 79.
Arthur Fraser, former director general of the State Security Agency. Picture: Gallo Images / Netwerk24 / Jaco Marais
The DA will be taking legal steps to have the decision to grant medical parole to Jacob Zuma reviewed, the party announced on Tuesday.DA leader John Steenhuisen says if it turns out Fraser used his discretion to override the decision of a review panel, there is a specific process he would have had to follow.
“Medical parole is slightly different from other forms of parole, in that the convict is granted parole because of the dire circumstances of their ill-health. It is for this reason that there are strict requirements for granting medical parole. So the NPA can take the decision of the Department of Correctional Services on review to the High Court if the requirements of section 79 were not met. This is something contemplated by the DA and others,” she remarks.
The process of granting medical parole includes obtaining a full medical report by independent doctors over and above Jacob Zuma’s own doctors.
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