You agree with him? Good.
The same section, in paragraph 25(1.2)(c), mentions the ban on a request on humanitarian grounds in the 12 months that follow, including cases where the claim was abandoned before the hearing was even held.
Do you not believe that we should, rather, allow people who abandon a claim before the hearing has been held to make a claim on humanitarian grounds, if only for reasons of efficiency? In that way, people who realize they have made a mistake would not be blocked in the refugee claim process, when they should have invoked humanitarian grounds.