THE ANC will not change the Constitution to protect presidential front-runner Jacob Zuma against graft charges, Youth League leader Julius Malema said yesterday.
‘We’re not going to agree to any changing of the Constitution… it will never be amended to suit an individual,’ the African National Congress Youth League leader told reporters in Johannesburg.
‘What is wrong with the president of the republic going in and out of court?’ asked Malema.
However, he added that the ANCYL was confident that most of the allegations against Zuma ‘would’ve been dealt with’ by the time he is inaugurated as president of the country.
‘President Jacob Zuma will be president of the Republic of South Africa after the 2009 general elections and after the ANC has won more than 75 per cent of the votes,’ said Malema.
He was reacting to a judgment handed down by the Supreme Court of Appeal on Monday, which in effect reinstated charges of fraud, corruption, money laundering and racketeering against Zuma. – Nampa-Sapa
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