Three non-profit organisations,\u00a0the Quaker Peace Centre, the FW de Klerk Foundation and AfriForum have approached the Constitutional Court to compel President Jacob Zuma\u00a0to allow his deputy, Cyril Ramaphosa, to set up a judicial commission of inquiry into state capture.<\/p>\n
According to a report by the Sunday Independent<\/a>, the parties are alleging\u00a0that there are a number of reasons for Zuma not to appoint the commission, and that there was a risk he would expose himself and members of his family to civil and criminal liability.<\/p>\n The parties contend that in terms of section 90(1) of the Constitution, in which the president is\u00a0<\/strong>“otherwise unable to fulfill his duties” or “there is any situation involving the risk of a conflict between official responsibilities and private interests”, the duty to lead an inquiry would then expressly fall on the deputy-president.<\/p>\n As a result, the parties contend that because President Zuma has been directly implicated in reports of state capture by the Gupta family, there is now a clear\u00a0conflict between his official responsibilities and private interests.<\/p>\n