Medical Parole Board did not approve medical parole for Zuma, says Arthur
The national commissioner of correctional services, Arthur Fraser, has admitted the Medical Parole Advisory Board did not approve medical parole for former president Jacob Zuma. Fraser said this during an interview The Watchdog on the SABC on Wednesday night. In his defence for granting Zuma parole “He came to our facility, we have a responsibility to provide security and care. And as in all instances, when we admit a person into our facility, we make sure we do a full assessment, including a health assessment.”
According to Fraser, At the beginning of August, an application was made by the medical staff in which they requested medical parole.
He said correctional services allocated a doctor to do an observation and based on that, recommendations were made to the board.
However, it did not approve medical parole because Zuma was in a stable condition.
“I had then, the head of the centre who has the authority to decide, then reviewed the information available and then indicated that the conditions, based on all the reports that we have required us to release the former president.”
Zuma was released on medical parole weeks ago. He was sentenced to 15 months for contempt of court in July.
