The banks have abdicated their moral authority to advise or even engage in these negotiations by virtue of their obvious inadequacies. It is now the responsibility of the Government, on whose shoulders fell the responsibility of extracting the economy from the mess it found it in, an exercise it undertook with care and diligence and which I am pleased to advise the House is beginning to have a positive result, to address the problems facing its citizens in a non-partisan and fair manner and to ensure the latter are protected from exposure to proceedings and forums that may present a real and lasting danger to their economic survival. These are extraordinary times and they require extraordinary solutions, but let us leave nobody behind in our endeavours. Let us take all along with us in an orderly and humanitarian fashion. Let not the bullies isolate and divide. Let the process we adopt be open and fair for all to see, and let it be a lasting solution to the economic woes facing citizens.

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