The word national must be interrogated. Will the national dialogue be truly national and what does that mean? And will it be a genuine dialogue and what does that mean? If it is not truly national, the dialogue is impugned just as the character of the dialogue must engage in a manner that entails talking with one another - all of us – talking and listening, listening and talking to each other, otherwise the national and “inclusive” character is undermined.
Professor Raymond Suttner unpacks part four of his column, 'It is unclear whether the National Dialogue will be either national or a dialogue'.
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