ANC no letters.jpg Statement, 11 October 2016 ANC Notes Decision of NPA to Summons Minister Gordhan and Others Urges Them to Cooperate with the Process The African National Congress (ANC) has noted the announcement by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to summons the Minister of Finance, Comrade Pravin Gordhan, Oupa Magashula and Ivan Pillay to appear in court on fraud charges in relation to the investigation at the South African Revenue Service (SARS). This investigation and related, untested and mischievous "conspiracy theories" have had a detrimental effect on the South African economy and we trust that today's announcement will move us a step closer to uncovering the truth from facts and bring this matter to finality. We welcome today's remarks by the Head of the NPA, Advocate Shaun Abrahams, rejecting claims of political interference in the prosecutorial process. The ANC urges all parties as well as external stakeholders to allow the law to take its course. The ANC further urges Cde Pravin Gordhan and others to fully cooperate with the NPA in order to bring this matter to finality as soon as possible. The presumption of innocence until proven guilty remains a sacrosanct principle of our law and the ANC has full confidence in our judiciary to act as final arbiters in these matters. The ANC calls on interested parties to desist against public commentary, which would undermine due process or create further confusion. Issued by: Zizi Kodwa, National Spokesperson, African National Congress Enquiries: Khusela Sangoni, 072 854 5707 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 14260 (20161011) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/000c01d223ae%24a10e0d20%24e32a2760%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
