# Bye bye Zuma
Zuma's been hoofed, and well done to Mbeki for doing it.
Two interesting issues now.
The first is whether Zuma will be prosecuted. My vote would be not to. Lots of work has been done to frame this as an 'tried by the media' issue, and the distinction between "guilty of a crime" and "not a suitable person to be Vice President of South Africa" has become rather blurred, for obvious reasons. There are no guarantees that prosecuting Zuma will result in a conviction, and an acquittal would simply open a Pandora's box of "he was innocent, el pres for 2008!" Not worth it, in my books. I don't care if he's convicted, but I do care whether he's a potential future president of the country.
The second issue is who's going to replace him. Now that Zuma is no longer the heir apparent, who's likely to replace Mbeki in a few years' time?
Two interesting issues now.
The first is whether Zuma will be prosecuted. My vote would be not to. Lots of work has been done to frame this as an 'tried by the media' issue, and the distinction between "guilty of a crime" and "not a suitable person to be Vice President of South Africa" has become rather blurred, for obvious reasons. There are no guarantees that prosecuting Zuma will result in a conviction, and an acquittal would simply open a Pandora's box of "he was innocent, el pres for 2008!" Not worth it, in my books. I don't care if he's convicted, but I do care whether he's a potential future president of the country.
The second issue is who's going to replace him. Now that Zuma is no longer the heir apparent, who's likely to replace Mbeki in a few years' time?
File under: politiek : {2005.06.14 19:28}
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