Zuma will remain the 'brains' behind any deployment, says MK Party after ConCourt blow

The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party says the Constitutional Court's decision to disqualify former president Jacob Zuma from contesting a seat in Parliament will have no bearing on it.

"[Former] president Zuma does not have to be the president; he is still the brains behind any president that will be deployed. So, it does not mean that the president that we deploy will not be guided on how to run the country. You might as well see it as [former] president Zuma is still running the country, regardless of whoever becomes the president," said party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela. 

He spoke to News24 shortly after the apex court ruled that Zuma was not eligible for election to the National Assembly on Monday morning.