Speaker, as a follow-up on what the Deputy Minister of Safety and Security has said, I just hope the House has actually noticed the difference between what was said by the two men who have spoken here. The leader of the ACDP, Rev Meshoe, first and foremost was concerned and worried about the lives that have been lost. He started off by expressing condolences and making a constructive proposal about police training, as the Deputy Minister has said. The hon member from Cope, "Editor" George ... [Interjections.] ... in cold-blooded, unashamed opportunism started attacking the President, accusing him of destroying the Constitution. [Interjections.] At the end of his speech, he remembered that he was a human being and finally threw in condolences, as an afterthought. So, his aim was to attack the President.
Let me repeat the fact that the President clearly said that they must shoot a thug who points a gun at the police. He never beat about the bush; he was referring to a thug pointing a gun at the police. If one policeman got careless, that does not justify what hon George said. He deliberately forgot ... [Interjections.]