MR PURSHOTAM
Mr Chairman, it came to notice of the Legal Resources Centre quite late that this Committee intended hearing these applications.  There was no opportunity for us to consult our clients and get a mandate about whether to oppose the applications or not.  Our main mandate was to obtain compensation for them, that's correct.  And that's why civil proceedings were instituted against the applicants.  Due to the time constraints, this letter was sent to the applicants, indicating to them that if they signed the consents to Judgment, the Legal Resources Centre would not oppose their application for amnesty.
	Subsequently, I have had an opportunity of speaking to a number of our clients, most of them by the way are still not present before this Committee and all of them have indicated to me, their opposition to the applications.  And secondly, the suffering which has occurred as a result of this incident and the lack of reparation or compensation on the part of the applicants.
	So, as I sit here now, I've got a mandate - a fresh mandate from the individuals who I'll be calling this morning, to lead their evidence and if necessary, oppose the applications for amnesty.