Mbeki ducks and dives, dodges question

Some new developments on the Pikoli-Selebi story, which I first posted about here and here. This is from a South African Press Association story:

“Why do you ask me these questions?” [president Thabo] Mbeki asked journalists… He was asked whether or not he had seen the widely reported warrant of arrest for Selebi.

“You cannot be serious; have you ever heard of a president issuing a warrant?” a bemused Mbeki asked.

When he was pushed for a answer (sic), he said the questions should be asked of prosecutors.

You cannot be serious, Mr President. The question wasn’t whether you’d issued the warrant. Have you ever heard of a president who suspends the head of the prosecuting authority, after he obtained a warrant for the chief of police and chairman of Interpol, and doesn’t know anything about it?

I guess there’s no innocent answer, then.