"أن الشكوى الوحيدة لصاحب البلاغ تتعلق بالفقرة 5 من المادة 14 من العهد، والتي تنص على "أن لكل شخص أدين بجريمة الحق في اللجوء إلى محكمة أعلى كيما تعيد النظر في قرار إدانته وفي العقاب الذي حكم به عليه".
“First, the author alleges that he did not have the services of a counsel during his first five months of detention. The Committee notes that the State party is silent in this regard; it also notes that the copies of the relevant judicial decisions do not address the author's allegation that he was not represented for five months, even though the author had mentioned this allegation in his complaint to the Supreme Court dated 29 April 1997.