A look in the mirror

Typically, such utterances are designed to stir up national fervour and also warn the said saboteurs that the state is on to them and the gig is up. And typically, local media would clamber on board in amplifying the warning and defending the Republic’s image.

However, in this case, a pinch of caution or at the very least, scrutiny is required. At the risk of sounding immodest, this publication has been at the vanguard of pointing out external saboteurs and robustly defending the country’s image despite our Lilliputian platform when compared with hostile foreign titans such as the BBC and others.