And so it happens that in today's elections there are those participants whose expressed goal is the destruction of democracy. All of these partake in celebrating the very democracy which they are trying to destroy. The skills required for governing a state are different from those required to win an election. But those who want to govern the state must first be elected. Soon we shall know whether we have elected the person in whose hands we can entrust with relative confidence the steering of our ship of state.
Today is the true day of celebration for our country.
Not the Day of Independence, which has lost its meaning. Not the days of mourning which have turned into routine events, but today, when we determine with our own hands our destiny, for good or for bad.