Chairperson, I am not sure about the denial of bail, whether that is in relation to matters that are on trial in that regard, or whether the member actually wants to refer to parole, because the matter of Mr Eugene de Kock was essentially about an application for parole.
However, be that as it may, if indeed the hon member is asking about parole, we would like to first indicate that indeed following a dispensation that political parties represented - most of which are represented in this House in 2007 - a dispensation was agreed upon to consider presidential pardons in respect of certain persons who committed political offences.
Certain recommendations were made to the then President. However, they were intercepted by court judgments following court challenges that were mounted in that regard. We have in the interim decided to fast-track the parole applications in respect of those who were identified and are still in our correctional facilities in order to ensure that their parole applications are processed speedily and are brought to finality, whilst the issue of presidential pardon applications, in respect of those offenders, continues to be dealt with in the Office of the President in consultation with the Justice Ministry and us.
So, certainly, very soon we should be in a position to make some announcements with regard to the release on parole of some of those offenders who were affected in that regard. [Interjections.]