Liberia History & Information

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Congruent with this reality, the National Legislature has an obligation to save our country the chaotic past by moving expeditiously with impeachment proceedings in the interest of the future of our children and the nation. This is one moment the Legislature of Africa’s first independent republic cannot and should not miss, because Taylor’s removal will be the beginning of sanctity and sanity to our devastated republic.

Cognizant of the regime’s demonic nature, therefore, our recommendation could put you Honorable Members of our Legislature at risk. But nothing could be more redemptive than the total liberation of your people. As devotees of political progressivism and national transformation, you are duty-bound to free our country immediately from the clutches of the tyranny of a few and the subjugation by economic vampires.

Liberia needs to move forward, not backwards. In Article 1, Chapter 1 of our Constitution, we are reminded that all power is inherent in us, the people. That our authority institutes all free governments for our benefit and that we have the right to alter and reform any government when our safety and happiness so require.

The Liberian Constitution also indicates that to ensure a democratic government, which responds to our wishes, we, the people shall have the right at such period, and in such manner as provided for under said legal instrument, to cause our public servants to leave. One would hope the Constitution is truly the supreme and fundamental law of Liberia and that its provisions shall have binding force and effect on all authorities and persons throughout the republic.

Here are some plausible reasons Mr. Taylor must go:

Before general elections in 1997, Presidential Candidate Taylor promised to develop and protect our human dignity. We voted him president hoping he would provide life’s essential requirements. At the level of civil and political rights, we thought we could participate freely in Liberia. The slaughter of Sam Dokie and his family, the execution-style death of Papa George by one of Mr. Taylor’s in-laws, the mysterious death of Vice President Enoch Dogolea and the systematic execution of opposition politicians exacerbated by government’s recent attempt to slaughter former deputy information minister and a partisan of the United People’s Party, Mr. J. Milton Teahjay, are indications that, indeed, we were mistaken.

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