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I have specific instructions which I need to first deal with prior to the actual issue and my specific instructions given to me in the 15 minutes are as follows
	That my client feels absolute remorse, sadness and total regret for what has happened.  He wants to, and this is one of the reasons why he is here today, in the presence of the country, in the presence of the parents, publicly, not in secrecy, to profusely apologise for the incident, irrespective of what your Committee decides in this matter,  he also accepts that his remorse and regret will not bring back the children, but he is stretching his arms out and he's done that during our recess.  He says it was - this day he would never forget because during the recess he reached out to some of the parents and apologised to them.  He was not able to do it with all of them, but he intends doing it with each one of them.
	The other very touching aspect that he shared with me just now, that he's really moved by, is that for the first time in approximately 6 years he spoke to his father and his father showed compassion to him and he feels that he can build the bridges between himself and his family now that the political scene has settled down.
	So this has been more than just a moment of shedding the burden of this weight that he's carried for the past 6 years.  He has asked me to record that and he is grateful to the Commission for having created a structure of this nature where he could do it because he could never, he had the fear in him of retaliation, the fear of whatever else would have otherwise prevented him from having a day of this kind.  So I thought that was important and I need to record this.
	As far as what I understand Section 21 requires in an application, I submit that my client has complied with the essential three legs of an application of this nature in that he has complied with the formalities and requirements of the Act in applying for amnesty.  I also submit that it is almost common cause, having now heard the evidence of the victims, that there was clear political conflict between the IFP and the ANC and it undoubtedly emerged that it was as a direct result of this political conflict that this most unfortunate incident took place.