In the hilarious opening scene of the movie Hitch, a nerdy and clumsy  character played by Will Smith is standing in the rain desperately pleading for an ex-girlfriend — who is busy kissing another boy in the car — to take him back. He asks: “What have I done wrong?” and the new boyfriend answers: “Exactly what you are doing now.”

After reading all the letters by DA members and supporters responding to my letter, I feel the same. It is like the DA is asking me: “What have we done wrong that you won’t vote for us?”  How about the public lynching, labelling and demonisation because of dissenting views? When you demonise me, you are destroying the bridge between us...

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