A summons has been served on the lawyers of Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa arising from the Marikana tragedy, the presidency confirmed yesterday. Ramaphosa made reference to this during an oral reply in the National Assembly in Cape Town yesterday afternoon."Deputy President Ramaphosa has instructed his lawyers to defend the action," the Presidency said."We reiterate the view that the findings of the Farlam commission remain clear insofar as they relate to Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa personally," it added.The findings of the Farlam Commission of Inquiry's report, released mid-year by President Jacob Zuma, said no member of the executive could be blamed for the 2012 fatal shooting of striking Lonmin mineworkers by police.The commission, however, recommended inquiries into the fitness to hold office of now-suspended national police commissioner Riah Phiyega and former North West police commissioner Zukiswa Mbombo.Ramaphosa's role in the events leading up to the shooting of 34 striking Lonmin workers by the police in August 2012 saw relatives of the victims blaming him for the police's actions.His detractors claim he "pressured" then police minister Nathi Mthethwa and former mineral resources minister Susan Shabangu to act against the striking workers - and that his insistence that the violent and unprotected strike be treated as criminal activity was to blame for the killings.Ramaphosa was a Lonmin director at the time and used his influence as a member of the ANC's national executive committee to speak to the two ministers, they claim.The Marikana report agreed with the assertion by evidence leaders during the hearings that there was "objective evidence" showing that Ramaphosa was not aware of a police management decision made a day before the massacre "to move to the tactical option" if the striking miners refused to disarm.It was that decision that led to the police shooting the strikers, the commission found."There is no reason to believe that the SAPS would have reacted to the events ... any differently if Ramaphosa had not contacted Mthethwa," the Marikana report stated. ..