ANALYSIS | Zuma's quest for impunity continues as MK Party wants to scrap supremacy of the Constitution
Jacob Zuma wants to replace constitutionalism with "unfettered parliamentary supremacy," a system that enabled apartheid's oppressive laws.
As South Africans celebrate Freedom Day, they should note the MK Party's manifesto includes a proposal to remove this freedom, writes parliamentary journalistDuring his disastrous two terms as president, Jacob Zuma failed to"uphold, defend and respect the Constitution as the supreme law of the Republic", as the Constitutional Court put it in its Nkandla ruling.
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