To ignore the summon command is South Africa previous president Jacob Zuma He was sentenced to 15 months in prison. Zuma must respond to a commission of inquiry into various allegations of corruption, fraud, money laundering and tax evasion during his tenure. He had not followed a subpoena.
Zuma was president of South Africa from 2009 to 2018. This is the first time a former president of the country has been sentenced to prison. Zuma denies alleged misconduct during his tenure and accuses investigators of taking political action against him. So far he refused to cooperate with the authorities. However, the current ruling shows that his options to evade the process are likely to be exhausted.
Zuma’s party urged himself to resign
The allegations against Zuma also relate to a corruption scandal related to a $2 billion arms deal with the French company Thales In 1999 when he was vice president. It turns out that Zuma’s presidency was so South Africa It became heavily indebted as the economy stagnated and the country’s rating dropped in international ratings.
On Tuesday, the Constitutional Court ordered that Zuma appear at a police station within five days Johannesburg at. his tenure Overshadowed by allegations of corruption. his party, the African National Congress (ANC), it was Zuma Urged to resign due to corruption and nepotism.
Zuma has previously earned a reputation as an anti-apartheid fighter, including serving ten years in prison Nelson Mandela Robben Island Prison. He later fled into exile before returning as a politician after the end of apartheid.
But towards the end of his tenure, even prominent party colleagues distanced themselves from him. “We ourselves are the ones who got South Africa into this mess by electing Zuma as president,” said Jackson Mtempo, a former ANC parliamentary group leader. “We should have taken a closer look at the man. In the past, we made a huge mistake in evaluating.”
