'The sections of the Bill dealing with amnesty were not plucked out of thin air. They have been taken from legislation adopted and successfully used elsewhere. The principles of amnesty are well known and accepted internationally. We have done the research on this.' (14 June 2005)

'I emphasise again that people who participated in the 2000 uprising with criminal intent, as established by the police, will continue to be subject to the ful…

'The foundation in which the Bill was introduced was for the Government to offer a political solution that was legally binding, because if the Government had n…

'We cannot bring the people together and concentrate all our energies on developing the country when the agony of 2000 is continuously haunting us.' (27 May 20…

The problem of cat versus bird is as old as time. If we attempt to resolve it by legislation who knows but what we may be called upon to take sides as well in …

There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws.

'I think in this case international law stood in the way of doing the right thing.' (2003)