COPE, like everyone else in South Africa, saw the golden handshake coming. We now hear that the head of the National Prosecuting Authority, Mxolisi Nxasana, wants R6-million to walk away and not use the leverage he has on President Jacob Zuma.The Cassim inquiry threatened to expose secrets that the president wanted to stay in the dark, so the president called off the inquiry.Under Zuma's administration, the rule of law no longer has priority. It is all about money.The president wants to use the national revenue as his personal wallet and he will also dip into those funds to hand out golden handshakes when they are in his interest.Zuma has made a fool of all those who voted for the ruling party.Nxasana should have done the honourable thing - braved the inquiry and the consequences. The president should have done the same.Had the inquiry taken place, citizens would have learnt why the vetting process in Nxasana's appointment failed or why it was subverted.We have been denied the truth. A golden handshake gives legitimacy to a wrongful appointment.The president owes the nation a full and proper explanation.COPE will asks questions in parliament to ascertain how much of our money Zuma has wasted on golden handshakes. We regard them as fruitless and futile expenditure...