The decision by Arthur Fraser, former national commissioner of correctional services, to grant medical parole to Jacob Zuma should be “applauded as exemplary leadership that is required under our constitution”, Zuma said.
He said both the Pretoria court and the SCA had been wrong to make the findings they did in the absence of his full medical records.
“I had been advised I was entitled to do this and that only a court could, on proper application by the parties, access protected medical information. The SCA, Zuma said, had ruled Fraser had taken into account irrelevant factors, including his age , that he was a former president and the July 2021 unrest.
“The SCA and the high court failed to properly consider why the commissioner was concerned about the serious implications any possible death of a prisoner has, but more so the potential death of a formerpresident in circumstances where that could be prevented by a responsible approach. Zuma said doctors sitting on the MPAB had been divided on the issue of whether he should be granted medical parole and, in these circumstances, Fraser was entitled to use his discretion.
“It will clear the uncertainty the SCA has left by its decision directing the commissioner to make that decision even after I am out of the prison system for more than two months.
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