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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town – The Constitutional Court must set a clear precedent in that if an individual is in contempt of court and is unable to provide a reason for not attending a hearing, a sanction must be handed down.<\/p>\n

This is according to law expert William Booth, who described former president Jacob Zuma\u2019s pending Constitutional Court judgment as \u201cvery serious\u201d.<\/p>\n

Judgment is expected to be handed down on Tuesday after Zuma failed to comply with the State Capture commission\u2019s summons to give evidence<\/p>\n

The commission is probing, inter alia, allegations of state capture during his nine-year presidency. Zuma failed to appear before the commission and stated that he had lost trust in the judiciary. He said he had taken a political position not to take part in the matter because the judiciary was engaged in political battles against him.<\/p>\n

The commission\u2019s counsel called for Zuma to receive two years\u2019 imprisonment.<\/p>\n

Booth said if the former president was found in contempt of court, the ConCourt would have to look at what the sanction for that would be.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you are in contempt of a court order it becomes a criminal case. This is a very serious matter involving someone who was in a very senior position. He was someone who should\u2019ve set a very good example to the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cA court order is one which should be complied with, unless an individual decides to oppose it and says it was wrongly granted. Otherwise, failure to comply sets the whole judicial system into disrepute if everyone can go along and not comply with orders,\u201d said Booth.<\/p>\n

Another law expert, Paul Hoffman, is of the opinion that the Concourt might resort to imprisonment if Zuma again fails to comply with the commission.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only has he not put up any argument as to why he is not in contempt, he has compounded his contempt by ignoring directions given to him in relation to what he wants to say in mitigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe likely outcome is some form of imprisonment. It could either be imprisonment without the option of any alternative form of punishment or he could be imprisoned but avoid the imprisonment if he presents himself to the Zondo Commission to give the evidence the commission has been asking for,\u201d said Hoffman.<\/p>\n

While bearing in mind that the commission asked for Zuma to be sentenced to two years\u2019 imprisonment, Hoffman said it may be that the Concourt will say justice dictates that the object of the exercise is to get Zuma to comply with the court order that he\u2019s in contempt of.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he still persists to not go to the Zondo Commission, he will be the author of his own misfortune.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Political Bureau<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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