SHAWN ABRAHAMS - ZUMA'S OUTED LACKEY

Shawn Abrahams recently announced that the NPA will seek leave to appeal a high court decision reinstating corruption charges against President Zuma. My initial reaction was one of resignation followed by a sense of sadness as I previously believed that Abrahams was, as he has repeatedly stated, his own man. He is not, and like his predecessors must be added to a long line of Zuma lackeys. An objective review of the high court decision leads to one inescapable conclusion: a unanimously sound judgment based squarely on the facts and the law. The NPA's decision to appeal is blatantly frivolous, and no more or less than a delaying tactic. Abrahams did not need to appeal - he knows it as does the nation. When Abrahams was appointed Director of the National Prosecuting Authority, I welcomed his appointment. In hindsight I naively placed emphasis on Abrahams being a career prosecutor, and in a position to withstand political interference. One thing is clear: the political machinations of the NPA preyed on my naïveté. From hereon skepticism and incredulity will be the watchwords of choice.