Jeremy Gauntlett grateful for support
2013-02-25 09:05
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Johannesburg - Advocate Jeremy Gauntlett expressed his gratitude
to those who supported him for an appointment to the Constitutional Court, Business
Day reported on Monday.
He told the publication he was grateful to everyone
"who thought it was my duty to stand and who expressed their support up to
the last, in so many ways".
Gauntlet failed to secure a seat in the Constitutional Court,
despite having been nominated by top legal academics and Democratic Alliance
leader Helen Zille.
"I am sorry their views were disparaged as 'populist'
in the media comment offered afterwards by the chairman of the JSC [Judicial
Service Commission]," said Gauntlett.
On Friday, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng said he was
confident the JSC made the right decision "as unpopular as it might
be".
He said the JSC would not be "populist" and would
not shirk its constitutional duty to avoid losing a court case.
The publication reported that the JSC went to the brink of
court action the last time Gaunlett was overlooked.
- SAPA
