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Land Party
Gcobani N.
started this petition to
Pardon Former President Jacob Zuma
The Land Party will execute section 325 chapter 32 of the Criminal procedure act for “Mercy And Free Pardon” on behalf of former president Jacob Zuma. The Land Party will ask all South Africans, particularly those who believe that former President Jacob Zuma deserves freedom and justice to enjoy his pension at his home.
The Land Party will instruct its legal team to start as soon as possible to start with the petition to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services comrade Ronald Lamola to seek presidential pardon of former president Jacob Zuma as the party strongly believes that all non violent crimes offenders must be fine or given community service but not to be kept in side the prison.
The Land Party also wants the minister of Justice and Correctional Services and the president to consider the age, the health and Covid-19 pandemic when looking at our application for the “Mercy And Free Pardon” of former president Jacob Zuma. The Land Party advised former President Jacob Zuma to be released as our prison are facing overcrowding. The Land Party also believes that former President Jacob Zuma is not a danger nor a threat to the country due to his age.
The Land Party is also very disappointed by strategies applied by those who are close to the former president. The Land Party believe that the former president was misled by populists and cowards who posed as revolutionaries while they are pseudo revolutionaries. The Land Party strongly believes that the arrest of former president Jacob Zuma should have been avoided if sober legal minds and political associates advised him wisely.
The Land Party with all its power will work hard to give former president Jacob Zuma his freedom. Former president Jacob Zuma deserves to rest and enjoy his time without being brought into political mudslinging by the disgruntled ANC faction. The Land Party condemn those who fail to fight their political battles and use former president Jacob Zuma as a tool to advance their selfish goals.
CHAPTER 32
MERCY AND FREE PARDON (ss 325-327)
325 Saving of power of State President to extend mercy
Nothing in this Act shall affect the power of the State President to extend mercy to
any person.
325A ......
327 Further evidence and free pardon or substitution of verdict by State
President
(1) If any person convicted of any offence in any court has in respect of the conviction exhausted all the recognized legal procedures pertaining to appeal or
review, or if such procedures are no longer available to him or her, and such person or his or her legal representative addresses the Minister by way of petition, supported by
relevant affidavit, stating that further evidence has since become available which materially affects his or her conviction, the Minister may, if he or she considers that such further evidence, if true, might reasonably affect the conviction, direct that the
petition and the relevant affidavits be referred to the court in which the conviction occurred.
(2) The court shall receive the said affidavits as evidence and may examine and permit the examination of any witness in connection therewith, including any witness
on behalf of the State, and to this end the provisions of this Act relating to witnesses shall apply as if the matter before the court were a criminal trial in that court.
(3) Unless the court directs otherwise, the presence of the convicted person shall not be essential at the hearing of further evidence.
(4) (a) The court shall assess the value of the further evidence and advise the President whether, and to what extent, such evidence affects the conviction in question.
(b) The court shall not, as part of the proceedings of the court, announce its finding as to the further evidence or the effect thereof on the conviction in question.
(5) The court shall be constituted as it was when the conviction occurred or, if it cannot be so constituted, the judge-president or, as the case may be, the senior regional magistrate or magistrate of the court in question, shall direct how the court
shall be constituted.
(6) (a) The State President may, upon consideration of the finding or advice of the court under subsection
(4)-
(i) direct that the conviction in question be expunged from all official records by way of endorsement on such records, and the effect of such a direction and endorsement shall be that the person concerned be given a free pardon as if the conviction in question had never occurred; or
(ii) substitute for the conviction in question a conviction of lesser gravity and substitute for the punishment imposed for such conviction any other punishment provided by law.
(iii) ......
(b) The State President shall direct the Minister to advise the person concerned in writing of any decision taken under paragraph (a), other than a decision taken under
The Land Party will instruct its legal team to start as soon as possible to start with the petition to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services comrade Ronald Lamola to seek presidential pardon of former president Jacob Zuma as the party strongly believes that all non violent crimes offenders must be fine or given community service but not to be kept in side the prison.
The Land Party also wants the minister of Justice and Correctional Services and the president to consider the age, the health and Covid-19 pandemic when looking at our application for the “Mercy And Free Pardon” of former president Jacob Zuma. The Land Party advised former President Jacob Zuma to be released as our prison are facing overcrowding. The Land Party also believes that former President Jacob Zuma is not a danger nor a threat to the country due to his age.
The Land Party is also very disappointed by strategies applied by those who are close to the former president. The Land Party believe that the former president was misled by populists and cowards who posed as revolutionaries while they are pseudo revolutionaries. The Land Party strongly believes that the arrest of former president Jacob Zuma should have been avoided if sober legal minds and political associates advised him wisely.
The Land Party with all its power will work hard to give former president Jacob Zuma his freedom. Former president Jacob Zuma deserves to rest and enjoy his time without being brought into political mudslinging by the disgruntled ANC faction. The Land Party condemn those who fail to fight their political battles and use former president Jacob Zuma as a tool to advance their selfish goals.
CHAPTER 32
MERCY AND FREE PARDON (ss 325-327)
325 Saving of power of State President to extend mercy
Nothing in this Act shall affect the power of the State President to extend mercy to
any person.
325A ......
327 Further evidence and free pardon or substitution of verdict by State
President
(1) If any person convicted of any offence in any court has in respect of the conviction exhausted all the recognized legal procedures pertaining to appeal or
review, or if such procedures are no longer available to him or her, and such person or his or her legal representative addresses the Minister by way of petition, supported by
relevant affidavit, stating that further evidence has since become available which materially affects his or her conviction, the Minister may, if he or she considers that such further evidence, if true, might reasonably affect the conviction, direct that the
petition and the relevant affidavits be referred to the court in which the conviction occurred.
(2) The court shall receive the said affidavits as evidence and may examine and permit the examination of any witness in connection therewith, including any witness
on behalf of the State, and to this end the provisions of this Act relating to witnesses shall apply as if the matter before the court were a criminal trial in that court.
(3) Unless the court directs otherwise, the presence of the convicted person shall not be essential at the hearing of further evidence.
(4) (a) The court shall assess the value of the further evidence and advise the President whether, and to what extent, such evidence affects the conviction in question.
(b) The court shall not, as part of the proceedings of the court, announce its finding as to the further evidence or the effect thereof on the conviction in question.
(5) The court shall be constituted as it was when the conviction occurred or, if it cannot be so constituted, the judge-president or, as the case may be, the senior regional magistrate or magistrate of the court in question, shall direct how the court
shall be constituted.
(6) (a) The State President may, upon consideration of the finding or advice of the court under subsection
(4)-
(i) direct that the conviction in question be expunged from all official records by way of endorsement on such records, and the effect of such a direction and endorsement shall be that the person concerned be given a free pardon as if the conviction in question had never occurred; or
(ii) substitute for the conviction in question a conviction of lesser gravity and substitute for the punishment imposed for such conviction any other punishment provided by law.
(iii) ......
(b) The State President shall direct the Minister to advise the person concerned in writing of any decision taken under paragraph (a), other than a decision taken under
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