South Africa defy it's own constitutional law when it allowed the Sudanise president Omar Al-Bashir to leave the country while the was a court pending his arrest on Monday the 15th of May. This has spark so much controversies within and country out of the country on the authenticity of the role of law in South Africa and also whether South Africa minimise it's own polices and laws of the International Criminal Court the ICC. President Omar Al-Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crime against humanity in Sudan in 2009. President Omar Al-Bashir came to South Africa on the 6th of June to attend the Africa Union Submit hosted by South Africa and according to reports from the South African Government he was granted immunity just like all the other heads of state who were present during the submit.
But on Saturday the 13th the Johannesburg High Court place a court order for his arrest launched by the ICC pending judgement on Monday the 15th but as fun as it might sound President Omar Al-Bashir left the country on Monday before the j'burg High Court could give it final judgement which was an order for his arrest.
The key point here are president Al-Bashir defy South Africa law by leaving even though he knew he was not supposed to till after the Johannesburg passed it's judgement. Some people argue that president Al-Bashir left South Africa on grands of the immunity which he got just like all the other presidents who were present during the submit. The most controversial head of state in Africa President Robert Mugabe said in an interview that President Zuma promised President Al that he will not be arrested through out his stay in South Africa.
This therefore means that President Zuma knew all the complexities which will surround president Al-Bashir's stay and decided still pursuit it regardless of its out come by defying the laws of his own country and that of the international Criminal Court.
Some say Africa its high time Africa learn to stand on his own not by some international institutions controlled by post colonial governments who impose their laws on African states. All we have left to do is to see how the story unfolds firstly by South Africa given reasons why it allowed president Al to the country regardless of a court order pending his arrest and what the ICC is going to say or do towards South Africa.
