In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the
four alternatives.

The very _________(1)__________ of apologizing and forgiveness _______(2)__________ the importance of memory and the vitality of the community as a link between
past, present and future. It ________(3)________ the question of the responsibility ______(4)________ the past and its injustices. Somehow for many politicians, the past
is a different country for ________(5)_________ they have no responsibility.