‘Putting me in jail during Covid is the same as giving me the death penalty,’ Jacob Zuma says.

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• Jacob Zuma is at present confronting a 15-month jail sentence for disdain of court.
• Jacob Zuma was the fourth equitably chose leader of South Africa. 

Jacob Zuma, the previous leader of South Africa, who is at present confronting a 15-month jail sentence for disdain of court, said on Sunday that sending him to imprisonment during the predominant Covid infection (Covid-19) pandemic at his age would be comparable to capital punishment, news organization PTI announced. 

“Sending me to imprison during the tallness of a pandemic at my age is equivalent to condemning me to death. Capital punishment was announced unlawful in South Africa in 1995,” Zuma, 79, said while tending to a press preparation at his property in Nkandla. 

For as far back as a few days, scores of Zuma’s allies have been enjoying nature outside his estate to communicate fortitude. 

During Sunday’s advising, Zuma over and over overlooked inquiries from writers concerning reproving his allies who were mocking Covid-19 lockdown rules. 

They were likewise seen shaking weapons and taken steps to depend on viciousness if their adored chief was imprisoned. 

On Saturday, the Constitutional Court consented to hear an application by Zuma to repeal the judgment where the previous president referred to his age, medical issue, and other vague reasons, PTI further revealed. 

The consultation will presently happen on July 12. Prior, the court on June 29 saw Zuma as blameworthy of disregarding the request to affirm before Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. 

Zuma, in the interim, said that he was unreasonably sentenced by the court, adding he expected that the country’s legal framework was being compromised. 

“I’m exceptionally worried that South Africa is quick sliding back to politically-sanctioned racial segregation type rule. So I’m confronting a long detainment without preliminary,” Zuma told journalists on Sunday. 

Jacob Zuma was the fourth equitably chose leader of South Africa. He has been confronting an enquiry examining wide-going charges of defilement when he was serving in the top administrative post from 2009 to 2018 

The public authority gauges show that more than 500 billion rand (around $35 billion) were taken from state officials during his residency. 

A few observers who have affirmed before a request headed by acting Chief Justice Zondo have set Jacob Zuma at the focal point of the plundering binge, as per Bloomberg.