MR MALAN
Mr Madasa, on this point, if, and I'm not sure that that possibility is not more than a possibility on the evidence before us, but if that is so, on what basis still, this remains the question, is it to be construed that the applicant had a political motive to kill?  That's really the question that you must answer.  The argument that you're putting before us now is clearly that he has been misled, that he had no such intention, that he did not plan their killing and that, therefore, on trial he should not be found guilty.  Now if, because these are the exact arguments that I think would be argued in a trial, if he then is acquitted on trial, on what basis do we, on the same evidence, grant him amnesty now for a murder, assuming that he would or could be found guilty in trial?