mr zuma's point is that that is a presidential prerogative, and that you undermined those powers.dent is wrong that i overstepped my powers. firstly, i'd say the chiefjustice should appoint the judge. i said the judge should be selected by the chief justice, which is standard practice. secondly, i wouldn't be usurping your powers, it you weren't doing nothing. the president had a duty to investigate this matter from the moment it broke out, because it had the potential to poison the waters. but also, if this was true, then a lot of damage was being done. he did nothing. if i am a police officer and i say to do yourjob, i am not usurping your powers, i am just exercising my powers. yourjob would still be yourjob. if yourjob is to drive off a parking lot, the police officer continue to do so, and that is it. what do you make of the way that jacob zuma has handled your report and its fallout in the seven months since you published it? i think it has been odd. odd? i think it has been very odd, and confusing. it is detrimental to jacob zuma, to government, and to his son, who is in bu