Cosatu slams NPA over Zuma
27/11/2007 21:15  - (SA)  

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Johannesburg - The National Prosecuting Authority must not be used to bring Jacob Zuma down ahead of the ANC conference to elect its next president, the Congress of SA Trade Unions said on Tuesday.

Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven said the congress had noted media reports that the NPA was to be deployed in a "desperate bid" to bring Zuma to court to face charges of fraud, theft and corruption before the ANC conference in Polokwane.

Current ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma is the front runner to become the party's - and thus South Africa's - next president.

Craven said the congress doubted the impartiality and independence of NPA Acting Director Mokotedi Mpshe, who was appointed after President Thabo Mbeki suspended the previous head Vusi Pikoli.

"The question we ask is whether Mpshe can withstand political pressure and will launch legal action not with the purpose of winning any case, but just in a blatant and cynical attempt to tilt the balance at Polokwane by presenting the ANC Deputy President in a negative light."

Craven said "such a manoeuvre will plunge the country into chaos and Cosatu will oppose it politically and in the streets."

- SAPA

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