"Absolutely! Independence is political and sometimes sentimental, but the Republic is in its values. It is because we have not seriously instilled the Republic and these republican values ​​in the collective consciousness that it is very difficult for us to build a modern nation. It is for this reason that I sent a request to the President of the Republic and to the other Heads of the institutions of the Republic so that this Republic Day be included in the agenda of national festivities to be honored annually"