Deputy Speaker, on Sunday the Sunday Times published what appears to be the record of decision by the National Prosecuting Authority, NPA, in regard to dropping charges against President Zuma in April 2009.
Parliament will be aware that in February this year the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that the DA was entitled to this record and ordered the NPA to hand it over within 14 days. The NPA has thus far declined to do so. [Interjections.] Despite repeated requests, the NPA has hidden behind the so-called confidentiality of representations made by President Zuma's lawyers at the time of that decision. This in itself is contempt of court and has obliged us to approach another court to force the NPA to do so.
However, now that extracts from these documents have been published and widely disseminated, there can be no reason any longer why the NPA should not comply with the ruling of the Supreme Court of Appeal. To do otherwise would simply be to further waste time and to waste taxpayers' money.