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Mr Chairperson and members of the Committee, it is my submission that despite the performance of Mr Blaau in this matter that the applicant should be granted amnesty.
	It is my submission, to start off with, that he made full disclosure of all relevant facts to this Committee.  It is my submission that it cannot be said that he was not open with this tribunal.  He said everything which he could and he played open cards with this Committee.   I therefore submit that he has made full disclosure of all the relevant facts.
	As to whether or not the act - or rather I will refer to an act, the act of the attempted killing.  He was also charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition, but I am not dealing -  I will refer to the act as referring to the attempted murder.   As to whether or not that act was associated with a political objective committed in the course of the conflicts of the past, Mr Blaau has given this Committee a background of what happened not only in our country at the time but specifically what 
happened at Klipplaat and the same was said by the applicant, except for the question of the burning of the houses of the 
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Councillors. Whether or not, we are dealing with the objective, 
whether or not the applicant was aware of the policy of the ANC which organisation the aims of which he was trying to promote at the time, that I submit is not what is relevant at the time. What is relevant is what was his bona fide belief at the time when he fired the shots at this woman and the events which occurred before that, in other words a decision was taken and that decision, it is my submission, cannot be said was for personal gain.