[Malawi News Agency] Madam Speaker, Malawi stands in the twilight hours between the receding gloom of a long dark night and the rising bloom of a new day. In this time of transition, the providence of God and the profundity of Malawians have conspired to bestow on me the honor of presenting you and this August House with a portrait of the state of our nation. Although I am no stranger here, having twice graced this body as a legislator, the miracle of my standing here as President is uniquely sobering.