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Shamefully, we turned 50 with ‘infantile patriotism’

Today, I speak of those great patriots present or departed, who gallantly fought for the liberation of this country regardless of their stations in life.

Many among them were maimed in the struggle for independence and the expansion of the democratic space. When death reaped one defender after the other, there was none among them who through cowardice refused to fill the gap. I salute them all!

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