"We must protect national unity, peace and tranquillity of our country at any costs, " he added.
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Acting speaker Adnan Pachachi said the delay will help politicians form a national unity government.
The aim was to stroke conservative Christians, thereby fostering a warm feeling of national unity.
After a year of political polarisation, the floods have created an unfamiliar feeling of national unity.
And only with national unity, Kenyans have formulated, can a foundation be laid for everything else.
On the trickiest regional issue, Basque separatism, he has played the card of national unity.
Today, the country's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, went on television and appealed for national unity.
They want to form a very strong political base to support the national unity government.
It's an indicator that Iraq's leaders understand the importance of a government of national unity.
"These are times when we have to act with a sense of national unity, " he said.
In a statesmanlike way, he has promised to form a government of national unity.
But he admits even ideological parties like National Unity have been forced to change.
Mr Maliki eventually formed a government of national unity after nine months of tortuous negotiations.
Mr Luzhkov, like other leading politicians, has been calling for vigilance and national unity.
Mr Santos also praised his predecessor Alvaro Uribe, for whose Social National Unity Party he ran.
There are no faded flags or hand-painted signs of national unity, no simple tokens of remembrance.
Rather they portray them as gestures of defiance, of national unity and hence even of hope.
It also wanted a national unity government to be formed ahead of any new elections.
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They were constantly photographed or televised wearing their native costumes, presenting a comforting image of national unity.
President Pinera also hailed the sense of national unity and purpose the mining rescue evoked in Chile.
The Sarawak election was the biggest test of Prime Minister Najib's message of national unity and inclusiveness.
Odinga, who had challenged the election results, accepted the court ruling and urged national unity and peace.
"Tonight, Kadima has decided to withdraw from the national unity government, " Mofaz told reporters after the meeting.
Mr. PACHACHI: Well, now we are going to continue meeting for the formation of the national unity government.
The College undergirds the two-party system with its state-by-state, winner-take-all approach, which, in turn, helps preserve national unity.
Some of them are inclining towards a Greek solution - a government of national unity led by a technocrat.
Fanus is a political scientist and a member of Sudan's national unity government.
Mr Odinga later joined a government of national unity under a peace deal.
The present government of national unity was put together by Kofi Annan, a former UN secretary-general, after the election.
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What are the Kurds willing to give up in exchange for national unity?
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