The amendment to section 49 is not a major amendment. It has been blown out of proportion and exaggerated. It deals with ambiguities in terms of the law. And I suppose that in the near future the amendment would come before us and we would debate it. What we encouraged is - and this is what the national commissioner has always said and done - that the police must apply the law in their own self-protection. Words have been put in the national commissioner's mouth - basically, much of what he says is interpreted out of context.
We are not going backwards. What we have been telling our people is that when you are confronted by dangerous criminals, use the law, use deadly force, in self-protection and the protection of the innocent. The law permits you to do that. So, there is no retreat into the past in this regard. This is what has actually been said over and over again. Thank you. [Applause.]