PRETORIA Oct 24 — Sapa

CP REPEATS CALL FOR AMNESTY CUT-OFF DATE EXTENSION

The Conservative Party on Thursday repeated its call for the extension of the amnesty cut-off date to May 10, 1994, saying this was the only way to bring an end to what it called the witchhunt against Afrikaners.

In a statement issued in Pretoria, CP safety and security spokesman Daan du Plessis accused the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of being intent on declaring the Afrikaner guilty in the eyes of the world.

"It is clear that the Truth Commission is playing a pertinent role in the African National Congress' ideological struggle, and that there is no objectivity and so-called reconciliation."

The only way to bring about equity and end the witchhunt was to extend the amnesty cut-off date and disband the Truth Commission, du Plessis said.

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