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Just who is doing the 'overreaching'?

In a democracy minorities are protected from the excess's of the majority and also any dictatorial tendencies of politicians that are in power.

The South African judiciary is currently doing this, by constraining the actions of the present president.

What is it about this protection of the public, that the somewhat verbose, but illogical, spokespersons of the ANCWL and the MKMVA don't understand? They seem to be of the opinion that the current president should be able to act in a manner similar to African dictators such as Mobutu Sese Seko, without any legal restraints.

Before speaking 'on behalf of the league', just how many of the thousands of members of the ANCWL did Bathabile Dlamini consult and get an opinion from? A similar question should be posed to the 'spokesperson' of the MKMVA who criticised the courts decision.

Winning an election and becoming president of the Republic of South Africa does not hand one a carte blanche to become a dictator and do as one pleases. The president must act within the constraints of the law and the constitution.

The courts exist to decide if those constraints are being broken or not.

The courts have not 'overreached themselves'; they are simply doing their job and protecting the people from a president attempting to avoid future prosecution on over 700 serious charges.

All of the peoples of South Africa answer to the law. No one, not even a president, is above the law.
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