Krejcir appoints advocate for appeal
“What we have done as the IEC is we have devised a second form, the affirmation statement, that will accompany the registration form, and ultimately will help with the particularity issues,” he added.
Sampson conceded they will still have to sit and look at the bigger implications of the constitutional court and the electoral court judgments that enforce a voter roll with addresses for every contesting political parties’ candidates.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the DA’s Federal Executive, James Selfe said they were taking legal advice regarding the judgment.
“It is incumbent upon the IEC to give effect to the Electoral Court’s ruling or approach the Constitutional Court for direction and legal clarity on how this can be resolved in time for an election constitutionally mandated to take place by no later than August 2016,” Selfe said. THE APPLICATIONfor leave to appeal by convicted Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir and his five coaccused has been delayed in the South Gauteng High Court after he appointed an advocate to defend him.
Krejcir, who represented himself during sentencing, was on Tuesday sentenced to 35 years in prison for kidnapping, attempted murder and drug dealing.
Krejcir became a fugitive from his country in 2005 and resided in the Seychelles. He arrived in South Africa two years later under a false name. In 2012, Krejcir was sentenced in absentia to eight years for fraud in the Czech Republic.
In an apparent bid to delay sentencing on Monday, Krejcir fired his defence attorney Nardus Grove and represented himself.
Yesterday, the Czech fugitive, who said he had an economics degree obtained from a university in his home country, told Judge Colin Lamont that he had secured the services of an advocate.
Attorney SW van der Merwe told the court he wasn’t able to consult with Krejcir on Tuesday. As a result he was not able to get the Czech to sign documents which would gave the advocate the authority to represent him.
Lamont asked Krejcir to confirm that Van der Merwe would be representing him, to which he responded “Yes”.
Krejcir, who had complained during sentencing that the judge was biased, dishonest and part of a conspiracy, was also seeking bail.
His co-accused – Desai Luphondo, Warrant Officers Samuel Modise Maropeng, George Jeff Nthoroane, Jan Lefu Mofokeng and Siboniso Miya – were also seeking leave to appeal their convictions and sentence. They were also applying for bail.
The co- accused’s defence lawyer, advocate Johan Spangenberg, said he would be making three applications when the other lawyers were ready. – ANA