Celue Doe, daughter of Late Liberian President Dr. Samuel K. Doe, calls out to Liberian President Madame Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to publically REJECT warlord Prince Johnson’s presidential endorsement.
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PRESS RELEASE
NJ USA – As a concerned citizen and daughter of the Late President of the Republic of Liberia Dr. Samuel K. Doe, I am deeply moved to call out to Liberian President, Madame Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. It is with a heavy heart filled with profound concern for peace, reconciliation and stability in Liberia that I am publicly asking President Johnson-Sirleaf to publicly reject the recent presidential endorsement of warlord Prince Y. Johnson. In an interview with BBC News on Tuesday October 18th, Prince Johnson went on record to announce that he will be giving his support to President Johnson-Sirleaf, a recent Noble Peace Prize winner because She is the lesser of two evils…..” That statement in itself speaks volumes and should be an embarrassment to President Johnson-Sirleaf and Liberians everywhere.
President Johnson-Sirleaf has stated that her days of aligning herself with warlords of the like of Prince Johnson ended many years ago when her ties with Charles Taylor was severed. Prince Johnson is a notorious warlord around the world who has gone on record to account for his inhumane acts of evil in the 14 years of the Liberian civil war that destroyed Liberia and caused the loss of thousands of precious Liberian lives, including the life of my father Dr. Samuel K. Doe. It is a well-known fact that my father was brutally tortured, mutilated and killed on tape by Prince Johnson for the world to see. I like many Liberians around the world have forgiven and is focus on healing, peace and reconciliation. However, it is very unfair for the Liberian people to once again be reminded of the evil deeds of Prince Johnson in light of his recent “popularity” as the “kingmaker” in the Liberian elections. Wounds that were beginning to heal after 21 years are now wide open once again.
Liberians and non-Liberians all around the world have been in constant discussion of the criminal deeds of Prince Johnson. A huge surge of graphic images of his killings are circulating the web once again. I am afraid that the mentality of the Liberian people is shifting backwards instead of healing and moving forward in unity. The memories of the atrocities committed by Prince Johnson are overshadowing the importance of this historic moment in our nation’s history. Unfortunately, it is not just Prince Johnson’s past that concerns me. I am deeply concerned by his actions as of late. In a recent interview on Monday October 17th, 2011 with Liberian newspaper The Daily Observer, Prince Johnson’s comments of the tribal affiliation of the political party CDC caused deep concern in me.
“But in the CDC camp there is no one there from Nimba. Those within the CDC are all Grand Gedeans and Southeasterners. I raise the issue many times to Cllr. Tubman, but they have failed to address that. They are not reconciliatory.” Every informed Liberian is quite aware of the historic strained relationship between the two tribal groups of people mentioned by Prince Johnson. It is a known fact that the conflict between the Krahn tribe (Grand Gedeans) and the Gio tribe (Nimbaians) has proven to cause the senseless loss of many lives in the 14 years of civil war.
I found his statement to potentially once again incite violence between the two groups and may break this election down to being about the Krahn and Gio tribes. What these two tribes need is healing and reconciliation and not the incitement of conflict from a pot stirrer. The Liberian people need and deserve is a peaceful, free, fair and transparent election with a victorious candidate that will lead us into the next peaceful chapter of Liberia’s history.
I am appealing to President Johnson- Sirleaf. I believe if lack of action or no action taken publicly on her part to reject Prince Johnson’s endorsement, it may prove to be detrimental to the peace and reconciliation process in Liberia. President Johnson-Sirleaf must say no to all things and individuals associated with violence. As a newly crowned Laureate Peace Prize Winner, not only are Liberians watching the likes of who President Johnson-Sirleaf is associated with, so is the world. Anything and anyone that may jeopardize the fragile state of peace in Liberia should not be accepted.
Madame President, as a young Liberian woman who loves her country and has committed myself to help promote peace and unity in Liberia, I am looking to you as the leader of our great nation to always set the example of what a peaceful Liberian citizen is. I urge you Madame President; please show us that you mean what you say, that peace is what you stand for. Publicly reject Prince Johnson’s presidential endorsement.
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Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. – A Einstein
Drawing the line in Liberia
Crimes sponsored, committed, or masterminded by handful of individuals cannot be blamed upon an entire nationality. In this case, Liberians! The need for post-war justice is a step toward lasting peace, stability and prosperity for Liberia. Liberia needs a war crimes tribunal or some credible legal forum that is capable of dealing with atrocities perpetrated against defenseless men, women and children during the country's brutal war. Without justice, peace shall remain elusive and investment in Liberia will not produce the intended results. - Bernard Gbayee Goah
Men with unhealthy characters should not champion any noble cause
They pretend to advocate the cause of the people when their deeds in the dark mirror nothing else but EVIL!!
When evil and corrupt men try to champion a cause that is so noble … such cause, how noble it may be, becomes meaningless in the eyes of the people - Bernard Gbayee Goah.
If Liberia must move forward ...
If Liberia must move forward in order to claim its place as a civilized nation amongst world community of nations, come 2017 elections, Liberians must critically review the events of the past with honesty and objectivity. They must make a new commitment to seek lasting solutions. The track records of those who are presenting themselves as candidates for the position of "President of the Republic of Liberia" must be well examined. Liberians must be fair to themselves because results from the 2011 elections will determine the future of Liberia’s unborn generations to come - Bernard Gbayee Goah
What do I think should be done?
The situation in Liberia is Compound Complex and cannot be fixed unless the entire system of government is reinvented.
Liberia needs a workable but uncompromising system that will make the country an asylum free from abuse, and other forms of corruption.
Any attempt to institute the system mentioned above in the absence of rule of law is meaningless, and more detrimental to Liberia as a whole - Bernard Gbayee Goah
Liberia's Natural Resources
Besides land water and few other resources, most of Liberia’s dependable natural resources are not infinite, they are finite and therefore can be depleted.
Liberia’s gold, diamond, and other natural resources will not always be an available source of revenue generation for its people and its government. The need to invent a system in government that focuses on an alternative income generation method cannot be over emphasized at this point - Bernard Gbayee Goah
Liberia needs a proper system
If Liberians refuse to erect a proper system in place that promotes the minimization of corruption and mismanagement of public funds by government institutions, and individuals, there will come a time when the value of the entire country will be seen as a large valueless land suited on the west coast of Africa with some polluted bodies of waters and nothing else. To have no system in place in any country is to have no respect for rule of law. To have no respect for rule of law is to believe in lawlessness. And where there is lawlessness, there is always corruption - Bernard Gbayee Goah
Solving problems in the absence of war talks
As political instability continues to increase in Africa, it has become abundantly clear that military intervention as a primary remedy to peace is not a durable solution. Such intervention only increases insecurity and massive economic hardship. An existing example which could be a valuable lesson for Liberia is Great Britain, and the US war on terror for the purpose of global security. The use of arms whether in peace keeping, occupation, or invasion as a primary means of solving problem has yield only little results. Military intervention by any country as the only solution to problem solving will result into massive military spending, economic hardship, more fear, and animosity as well as increase insecurity. The alternative is learning how to solve problems in the absence of war talks. The objective of such alternative must be to provide real sustainable human security which cannot be achieved through military arm intervention, or aggression. In order to achieve results that will make the peaceful coexistence of all mankind possible, there must be a common ground for the stories of all sides to be heard. I believe there are always three sides to every story: Their side of the story, Our side of the story, and The truth – Bernard Gbayee Goah
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