On Tuesday when I read, "259 MPs voted in favor of the protection of state information bill, with 41 no votes and 32 abstentions," I cried. A dream has died.
* Charlene Smith is an award-winning political journalist and biographer of Nelson Mandela. She lives and works in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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