Ex-South African President, Jacob Zuma, has urged a regional court to halt any plans of an arrest, clamoring for a chance to push legal charges through after being handed a 15-month sentence for contempt of court.
Zuma, who failed to appear in court to provide evidence at a corruption inquiry earlier this year, was handed the sentence last week for defying the Court’s order.
Further instructions were put out to the police force to arrest Zuma latest Wednesday; if he failed to turn himself in.
Recent developments have sparked outrage amongst Zuma faithful, thereby creating a divide in the African National Congress (ANC) party.
The former president also requested that the constitutional court terminate the sentence and face the high court for an interdict to prevent police from arresting him until a July 12 hearing in the constitutional court for his “rescission application”.
Speaking on the legal tussle, experts claim Zuma has a very low chance of succeeding due to the constitutional court being the highest in the country.
Earlier in the week, a good number of the former ruler’s supporters had gathered outside his residence to cheer his speech against the judges ruling. A move that saw him compare them to a group of minority rulers he fought during the liberation struggle.
