Deputy Speaker, I know that the whole integration process was not an easy task. In fact, seven different forces had to be integrated. But there was one criterion and that was the criterion of choice. People had a choice whether they wanted to join the new SANDF or not. Now in referring to military veterans, my question is as follows: Why didn't we have cutoff dates then, because this cannot be an ongoing process? Actually, what you are trying to address now are those people who had a choice, but did not go into the SANDF, by accommodating them in the new Military Veterans Bill.
We are creating a precedent in this sense. It is the same with the land claims Act. There was a cutoff date. Are we not creating a situation in which because one group is looked at again, other people will come forward and say that if you looked at the military side, you must look at the land claims side as well? Why not respect the cutoff date? Thank you.