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Former President Jacob Zuma filed another affidavit in which he said Supreme Court Vice President Raymond Zondo was downplaying their relationship and insisting it was because they are friends.
Former President Jacob Zuma at the state capture investigation in Johannesburg on November 17, 2020. Image: Abigail Javier / EWN
JOHANNESBURG – Former President Jacob Zuma contends that Supreme Court Vice President Raymond Zondo cannot rule on their relationship and request for his disqualification from the state capture investigation because he has made a statement to that effect.
Zuma has filed another affidavit in which he says that Zondo downplays their relationship and insists it is because they are friends.
The former president said that after Zondo was appointed chairman of the commission, they met at his official residence for a briefing.
After Zondo denied any friendship between him and Zuma, the former president responded in a statement, saying in part: “It is a hackneyed principle that a judge cannot sit on his own case or resolve factual disputes arising from his own statement of fact, tried against the accusations that raise controversies about such declaration. “
Zuma argues that his version of events did not agree with that of the vice president of the Supreme Court, so that Zondo could not be the one to decide whether their relationship could affect the impartiality of their work.
He also cited Zondo’s insistence that he had never been to his presidential office or official residence, and said that as soon as he appointed Zondo to head the state’s capture commission of inquiry, the couple met at his Durban residence for a Informative session.
Meanwhile, Zondo is expected to deliver his decision Thursday morning on Zuma’s claim of his disqualification.
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