UNKNOWN
The political intention, and I've already referred to this, and I believe in my submission that we must be careful not to categorise this.   It is part of a bigger picture and this bigger picture is, that there had been at that time, I would like to say a war between the State and the so called Liberation Movements.	I do not want to place ever particular act under a microscope.  I want to say that we must look at the bigger picture.  That is my submission that the bigger picture is one of resistance against the Liberation movements and the maintenance of the then order, and if he had been negligent subsequently that would have been part of that struggle.    Yes it would have been a part of the bigger picture.
	I want to  refer you to Section 20, sub-section 2, sub-section A.   The applicants have all stated that they had been supporters of the National Party, which formed the previous government until 1994, and which was a publicly known political organisation.   The evidence of all the applicants has been that they have been involved bona fide in the furtherance of the political struggle waged by the National Party, which was the Government, against the Liberation Movements including the ANC, PAC and SACP.
      The whole background and context in which the applicants had to operate, especially pertaining to orders in respect of covert operations, added to a reasonable belief that any order to eliminate an activist or terrorist, and orders to take counter-revolutionary steps, such as bombings and interrogations, were all part of the counter-revolutionary strategy of the Government.  
	Let's again look at Rapholo v The State President.   The context against which the acts took place with particular reference to the question if it was a political uprising, disturbance or event, or reaction thereto, is a wide requirement.   A wide interpretation was also applied by his Lordship, Mr. Justice Van Dykhorst, in the Rapholo v State President.   It is in any event clear that the actions of the applicants were at all relevant times part of the counter-revolutionary strategy of the National Party Government against the Liberation forces, as part of a war effort called the People's War by the Liberation Movements, and that it was directed against the political strategy of the Liberation Movements, and specifically at the ANC with a view to overthrowing the Government.   The context was therefore clearly political.
      The offences for which the applicant has applied for are listed in his application.   It is submitted that in certain instances there may be doubt on the facts if the applicant had committed a certain offence.   In this regard it is submitted that the applicant, Mr. Beneke, should be afforded the benefit of the doubt, and that he should receive amnesty for such offences as well.   Furthermore, all competent verdicts falling under a specific offence is also included in the application amnesty.
MR. POTGIETER: Does that include murder?