FORMER President Jacob Zuma and his legal team walked out of the commission of inquiry into State Capture without permission on Thursday despite appearing under a summons.
His dramatic walk out follows Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo’s dismissal of the former president’s recusal application.
Zondo said that this was a serious matter as Zuma was supposed to take the witness stand soon after his application for recusal was dismissed on Thursday and Friday.
The commission will not sit on Friday as a result of Zuma’s walkout, which could see him issued with a warrant of arrest for defying to summons to testify before the commission, according to legal experts.
In his application, Zuma accused Zondo of bias and demanded he recuse himself.
But Zondo ruled on Thursday that the applicant failed to meet the test for reasonable apprehension of bias.
“The application for my recusal falls and it is accordingly dismissed,” ruled
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