ROBERT APPELBAUM: Actually, state capture amnesty would work
Last week, Open Secrets argued that an amnesty for state capture would fail. It’s wrong
Last week, Open Secrets director Hennie van Vuuren (https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/features/2020-03-12-why-amnesty-for-state-capture-wont-work/) castigated our proposal for a conditional amnesty for state capture in this magazine. His argument requires a reply.
Van Vuuren argues that our proposal doesn’t merit proper consideration because our motives are somewhat suspect. Our paper was written by four people — including two advocates and a senior attorney. Yet he argues that our judgment is flawed because one of us once described Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "down to earth". He maligns our character to cast our proposal as "odious". But in so far as his critique passes beyond the polemic of personal attack, his arguments are logically flawed...
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