MOKOTEDI MPSHE
I would accede to the point that there was a political event, but I am commenting on what my colleague tried to expose, by going particularly to the political uprising.  But I do concede that there was a political event.
	As pertaining to subsection (3)(c), particularly -
"... including the gravity of the act, omission or offence."
Much has been said about circumstances that led to the commission of this brutal act.  The Committee is requested to consider the gravity of this brutal act in relation to the circumstances prevailing then. 
	Mr Chairman, I am not satisfied or convinced that the circumstances that prevailed then should be used as justifying measures for the type of the brutal act.  In that there were other alternative means at the disposal of the applicants, which means they could have made use of and avoid embarking on such a grave brutal act.