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    "content": "that defines “the nationhood”. As we all know, “nationhood” is the state of being an independent nation. We really need to keep that unity of intent as the President has emphasised. The covenant by our founding fathers of this nation is the one that comes down to the nationalist covenant. For nationalism to exist, a covenant has to be there. A covenant has to be there if nationalism is to survive. A covenant has to be there if nationalism is to fulfil itself. The President talked about the need for unity in this country. He suggested that we have to arm ourselves in order to address this covenant or unity of intent. We are all part of it. This is where he talked about the fact that leaders will come and go, administrations will come and go, but the covenant and the people will remain. Therefore, there is need for us, as leaders, or as a country, to reaffirm that covenant and keep it alive. In spite of all our differences like political affiliations, we should not aggress the covenant that our founding fathers put for this country. Still in that covenant and Address, the President talked about territorial integrity. Nationalism requires a very strong territorial dimension to exist. To say the very least, territories solve most of the problems of nationalism. If you look at the covenant angle of nationalism, you will find that the problems arise mostly on the grounds of who is in or out of it. What divides us as a nation is when we start talking of who is where or who is out. While we have all those differences as politicians, we must always have that common denominator of nationalism or the covenant. If you look at the President’s Address especially bullets 15 and 16, he talked of the covenant and the people who created it being sacred. You will then understand why our soldiers moved to protect the territorial integrity of this country. I applaud them as we did that day. I wish the soldiers of this country who are defending our territories well--- Five minutes was too short to finalise all these enumerated therein, especially on the issue of security. I am very happy that for the first time, the Jubilee Administration has recognised the welfare of our soldiers. It has done this especially to the police by giving them a health insurance and modernising their hardware. This has not been done before. I beg to second."
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