We have not learnt our lesson as a nation and the
annulment of the June 12 election would remain a sad reminder of how far
removed from nationhood we are. But we can still make amends. The first step in
this national rebirth is for the present government to recognise June 12 as the
turning point that made the current dispensation, with all its faults,
possible. Of course, we can't do that without paying tribute to all those who
died in the process.