South Africa’s President, Jacob Zuma, said on Friday he was not
opposed to setting up a commission of inquiry into corruption
allegations against his government after anti-graft report alleged he
was influenced by the wealthy Gupta family in making government
appointments.
The former Public Protector, a constitutionally mandated corruption
watchdog, called for a commission of inquiry in the “State of Capture”
report into alleged influence-peddling, Reuters reported.
The report was released in November last year.
Zuma has challenged the report in court, arguing that the Public
Protector had no right to ask him to form such a commission, as this was
the president’s prerogative.
In a statement from his office on Friday, Zuma said he was not opposed
to such an inquiry, but did not say when such commission could be
established.
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