Another politician lambastes judiciary
In a rambling attack on the judiciary on the politicsweb site, Solly Mapaila, of the SA Communist Party, says it is 'reeling from one crisis to another'.
He adds: 'The latest shenanigans concerning the alleged 'misconduct' of Judge President of the Western Cape Judge (John) Hlophe is a case in point. He says the notion that judges cannot be influenced 'is both incorrect and misleading'. 'The state of the SA judiciary is decaying with its lack of respect for basic human rights... It is living in its own elitist lagoon away from the reality of the SA society,' writes Mapaila. He argues that what is at stake is not the conduct or misconduct of Hlophe, 'rather (it) is the constitutionality of the crisis at the Constitutional Court. The mob lynch mentality of the jurists against 'one of their own'. What is it that they are protecting?' He says the attack on Hlophe 'further tarnishes the image of the judiciary that is already tainted with a widespread perception of biasness and unfairness, the Jacob Zuma case being a case in point'. Full article on the politicsweb site