SA Ethics code a problem if transgressor is president

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 The Ethics Institute of South Africa says President Jacob Zuma's failure to meet the deadline and respond to the Public Protector's Nkandla report demonstrates the urgent
need to fix the existing code of ethics for the national and provincial cabinets.

EthicsSA CEO, Professor Deon Rossouw, says the code of ethics itself is a perfectly good one, except that it makes no provision for the process to be followed when the alleged transgressor is the president himself.

He said its something that must be remedied urgently by Parliament to prevent a replay of the current situation.

Zuma had undertaken to hand National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete a comprehensive report on the outcome of three separate investigations into state spending on his home by mid-July.

However, presidency spokesman Mac Maharaj said recently that Zuma needed more information before responding to findings about his home.

On the 5th of July, the ANC Chief Whip said Zuma had received the provisional SIU report and would provide Mbete with a final and comprehensive response within 30 days.