Zuma applauds court victories of MKP: ‘They were coming after us over nothing’
MKP leader Jacob Zuma addresses supporters outside the Johannesburg High Court in Johannesburg after his private prosecution case against President Cyril Ramaphosa was postponed on Thursday. in its battle to remain a registered party and retain his candidacy for a parliamentary seat in the highly anticipated 29 May general elections.
The former president made the remarks outside the Johannesburg High Court when he addressed a group of MKP supporters in isiZulu after his private prosecution case against PresidentDali Mpofu “I have never finished two terms as president as I was recalled by the ANC. I didn’t fight back, I resigned. I have established my own party and this is not the ANC. There is no law that says once you have left a party and started your own party, you can’t stand for elections. Even if I had completed two terms in office, there is no law barring me from standing for elections in a democracy,” he said.
“Ramaphosa doesn’t follow the law even though he has a case to answer. He is the only one I know who isn’t allowed to appear in court when charged. However, we are forced to appear in court,” he added.
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