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  "textContent": "For weary citizens, the president’s address has become a ritual of  promises rather than a moment of reckoning. If it is to regain its dignity, it must strip away the gloss and return to its core purpose",
  "title": "SONA 2026: What’s the real dealbreaker?"
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