Jacob Zuma Wants a 2nd Term as President: “I Should Be Allowed to Finish What I Started”

• Former President Jacob Zuma said he'll finish what he started if he's voted back into power
• Zuma said he's still eligible to be president since he hasn't completed two terms as the country's head
• Many South Africans believe that the former president should bow out and forget about a third term

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Former President Jacob Zuma said he's prepared to return to rule South Africa if the majority wants him back in office.

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According to News24, Zuma maintained that the country is a democracy and if he were voted in as President by a two-thirds majority, he would return to finish what he started.

The former leader added that he may return to the presidency as he was removed from office before completing his second term.

The former president addressed MK Party supporters after a sitting of the Electoral Court in Johannesburg on 8 April 2024.

Zuma and the MK Party were in court to challenge the IEC's decision to remove him from the party's 29 May 2024 General Election candidate list.

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Zuma was disqualified in line with Section 47 of the Constitution, which stated that anyone convicted and sentenced to more than 12 months without the option of a fine was disqualified for five years after the sentence was completed.

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According to Msholozi's lawyers, he only served three months of his 15-month sentence; therefore, the law does not apply to him.

The Electoral Court is expected to give an order on the matter on 9 April 2024.

South Africans weigh in

Many netizens do not believe Msholozi's appeal will be successful or that he will return as the country's number one.

Mosaic (SAn in Good Standing) said:

“But Tbos suffered the same fate at the hands of Zuma and he never complained. The entitlement is crazy. I think he misses this.”

YOU ARE UGLY BUT I added:

“Even Zuma when he goes to bed in the evening, he knows he won’t win this.”

Amo Botake commented:

“Mdala literally saying he hasn't finished his heist and he's ready to finish off.”

Dingswayo kaNyambose suggested:

“This old man must go rest. We don't want his rhetoric; he's tired!!! Even his songs are boring this time around.”

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Trevor Rakaki concluded:

“He was asleep inside court, he heard absolutely nothing.”

Excluding Zuma from General Elections disadvantages MK Party

Briefly News reported that the MK Party's lawyer, Advocate Dali Mpofu, said preventing Zuma from contesting would prevent MKP supporters from voting for who they want.

Mpofu accused the IEC of using underhanded tactics against Zuma. He said Zuma, the MK and its supporters cannot afford to be disenfranchised.

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