South Africa’s ANC rejects Zuma bid to discredit court

Bloomberg

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress distanced itself from former President Jacob Zuma’s attempt to discredit the Constitutional Court after it found him guilty of contempt, and slated threats by his supporters to block the authorities from arresting him.
All South Africans have a responsibility to respect and observe the law, and the judiciary and law-enforcement agencies need to be defended from political attack, the ANC’s National Executive Committee, its top leadership structure, said in a statement on Tuesday.
“The interests of an individual cannot take precedence over or jeopardize the interests of our democracy or of the nation,” it said. “Any attempt to respond to legal and judicial matters through threats and acts of violence from any quarter is abhorrent and should not, and will not, be tolerated.”