I have been reading in the dailies and hearing in the grapevine that the family of Chairman Charles Gyude Bryant are rejecting the participation of the Liberian government in the funeral ceremonies ofthe Hon. Chairman, thus taking away his rightful dues as a former head of state of the Republic of Liberia.
I don’t know how true this rumor is.
But whether it is true or not; I will say what I said when some Liberians in the US refused for Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to speak to Liberians during her travel to the US to make campaign statements for the 2005 Presidential election.
I said to those Liberians who refused Ellen a platform to speak to her fellow compatriots: what the heck; let the oldma speak!
They accused her of saying, “level the Executive Mansion and we will rebuild it.” And of course she admitted to saying so during the early days of the generalized anarchy of violence that gripped the Liberian nation and plunged it into decadence.
All things considered, I thought the oldma needed to speak. And she did!
I say the same today, heck, let the Liberian government give Gyude his dues – give him a state funeral with the 21-gun salute. He deserves it!
Did the Liberian government do any harm to Chairman Gyude? Probably, it did! I don’t know. But does that take away from him his dues as a former Head of State of the Republic of Liberia? I say no!
Take a step further and ask President William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman – the longest serving President; did the Liberian government treat him right?
Maybe the Government did not!
But did Tubman not get his due respect as a former Head of State of the Republic of Liberia? Yes, he got it!
If one were to go another step further and interview Tubman in his grave as to the treatment he received from the Liberian government and other Liberians, I’m sure Tubman would just turn around in his grave and put up a strong frown. But all the same, he’s the 18th President of the Republic of Liberia. It is written; so shall it be!
Don’t stop there.
Ask the late William Richard Tolbert, the 19th President of the Republic of Liberia.
Did the Liberian government and some Liberians treat President Tolbert right? I’ll bet! he’s gonna say, hell, no! But did whatever wrong the Liberian government may have done him cancel and take away his position as a former Head of State of the Republic of Liberia? I say, No!
Well then, heck! Let Chairman Gyude, our Honorable Chairman, get his honors! It could have been worse!
Ask our former President who now sits in prison in the White man country, His Excellency Charles Gankay Taylor, whether or not the Liberian government treated and/or treats him right. I’m sure his answer is a resounding no! But does that take away his dues as a former President of the Republic of Liberia? Heck, no!
Well then, let Gyude get his props! Let him get a state funeral with all the pomp that comes with it! He deserves it!
What’s about President Samuel Kanyon Doe?
Does one think Doe was or is happy over the manner in which the Liberian government and other Liberians treated and continue to treat him? if you ask me, I’ll say no! But if you don’t believe me then you ask him.
President Doe was openly bludgeoned and murdered in the open for the world to see. Did that take away his respect as a former president of the Republic of Liberia? Heck, no!
Well, review the scope of things with His Excellency Moses P. Blah.
I understand President Blah cried his way into the earth asking for help from Liberia. But he was denied help. Did the Liberian government treat him right? If it is true, then of course not! But and still President Blah got his 21-gun salute and all other things that come in the package of a state funeral!
So, I say, heck! Let Chairman Gyude get his props, dues and salute, right now! No one should deny him his dues!
There’s more. And all of those former presidents, dead or alive, have reasons to cry out loud for justice.
All I am saying is, let Chairman Gyude get his 21-gun salute.
Everything that the Government of Liberia allegedly did to him just go into the pages of history. Anyone responsible for all that was wrongfully done to Chairman Gyude will have to give an accounting in the future.
Go Chairman Gyude! go home and join our martyrs in the Great Beyond.
Whatever you have done for our country will be left with history. Honorable Fidel Castro says it right, “History will absolve me.”
Indeed, history will “absolve” Chairman Gyude!
Farewell! Chairman Gyude, farewell!
May your soul rest in Perfect Peace and Light Perpetual shine upon you! Pass on our love and respect to the rest.
Long live Liberia!
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