{"id":993612,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/993612/?format=json","text_counter":416,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"The Deputy Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"My accusers – I have already said that it is not the Head of State or any Senators - may have mistaken this restraint for weakness. They thought I had no views to air publicly or that fear had triumphed over me. They wrongly diagnosed that I could be manipulated, cajoled or even threatened to join them in what, in my view, is a treasonable project of destroying our beloved country. I respect their choice to be petty, but they also ought to know that humility is not cowardice, neither is silence a sign of ignorance."}