You see my kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions, or its officeholders.
你看,我所说的这种忠诚,是对于我们国家的忠诚,而不是对于它的制度和官员们的忠诚。
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They appear to be in a mood to vote against office-holders in the elections.
在选举中他们似乎不想投身居要职者的票。
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But also, possibly, to put the fear of God into those plotting his downfall at the ANC's crucial national conference next year, when all party office-holders come up for re-election.