THE Helen Suzman Foundation has filed an urgent application for a review of the former president Jacob Zuma’s medical parole decision.
The application in the High Court in Pretoria is seeking a record of and reasons for granting Zuma’s medical parole.
The foundation had given Correctional Services Commissioner Arthur Fraser until Monday to explain his reasons for granting medical parole to the former president.
The commissioner missed his chance to explain, which has resulted in legal action.
The foundation believes the decision to release Zuma on parole is not a legal one.
It wants the court to compel the commissioner to answer. It also wants the court to review and set aside Fraser’s decision, as well as an order to substitute the decision refusing Zuma’s application for medical parole.
“The HSF wrote to the National Commissioner of the Correctional Services, Mr. Arthur Fraser, to request the record of and the reasons for his decision to place Mr. Zuma, the former President of the Republic, on medical parole. The National Commissioner did not respond to the HSF’s request by 13 September 2021 – the deadline set for response,” the foundation’s Christopher Fisher in a statement.
“The HSF has accordingly launched an urgent application before the Gauteng North High Court seeking the record of and the reasons for the National Commissioner’s decision to place Mr. Zuma on medical parole. This is to facilitate the relief sought in Part B of the HSF’s application – the review and setting aside of the National Commissioner’s decision as well as an order substituting the decision with a decision refusing Mr. Zuma’s application for medical parole.”
- Inside Politics
