In the immediate wake of the judgment, Julius Malema and Mmusi Maimane, the leaders of the two victorious applicants in the case, called for Zuma to step down.] However, Zuma sought to downplay the judgment. In a press statement the following evening, he said he welcomed the judgment and had always accepted the Public Protector's reports were binding, and noted that the Court found he had been entitled to institute a parallel investigative process and had acted "honestly" and "in good faith".] Legal commentators condemned these claims as serious misrepresentations of the judgment.] They pointed out that it could not possibly have been the case, as Zuma claimed, that he was merely adopting the High Court's approach to the powers of the Public Protector in its "DA v SABC" judgment, because that was handed down six weeks "after" Zuma signaled his intention not to comply with her report.] Commentators also condemned the Presidency's statement] that the Court had never found Zuma breached his office, since that was the judgment's unmistakable implication.]