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The IFP has praised the Supreme Court of Appeal for applying the Law without
fear, favour or prejudice, in its ruling today, that found Menzi Simelane's
appointment by President Jacob Zuma as the director of public prosecutions
at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), as invalid.

"The significance of this judgement is that it is proof that our Judiciary
is independent, that it is brave and that it fulfills its role as South
Africa's watchdog effectively and that it enforces the Constitutional rights
of all the citizens of this land. The ruling is indeed a great victory for
our Constitutional democracy," said Koos van der Merwe MP, the IFP's Chief
Whip and spokesperson on Justice.

Van der Merwe said that ruling affirmed the Constitution's supremacy, and
that no single decision or a single individual is above the Law. "The ANC
must take note that their immoral and unconstitutional decisions will never
stand, because today's decision confirmed that nobody, not even President
Zuma himself, is above the Law," concluded van der Merwe.