Emultiselect Help me Please

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ive got this problem and i dont how to fix it…im just new to this framework…can someone help me regarding this issue…

this is my code on view

<div class="row">

    <?php

	$this->widget('application.widget.emultiselect.EMultiSelect',array('sortable'=>true,'searchable'=>true));

        $dbval = Faculty::model()->findAllbySql('SELECT id, CONCAT(Firstname, " ",Middlename," ", Lastname) as Lastname FROM tblfaculty ');

	$list = CHtml::listData($dbval, 'Lastname','Lastname');

	if($model->isNewRecord){

	    echo $form->dropDownList(new Setpeer,'setpeers',$list,array('multiple'=>'multiple','key'=>'setpeers', 'class'=>'multiselect'));

				}

   ?>

   <?php echo $form->error($model,'setpeers'); ?>

</div>

thanks in advance