July 15, 2018
Job 14 of The Holy Bible reads,
“Man
that is born of a woman is of few days…As the waters fail from the sea, and the
flood decayeth and drieth up, So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the
heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.”
The Koran also agrees!
Truly, Mackie Nyema Bedell
affectionately referred to as “Mackierere” as a son of a woman, has lived his “few
days” and is gone to sleep permanently.
His departure from this earth is
an immeasurable loss sustained both by the family and the nation as well as The
Alternative National Congress Political Party of the Republic of Liberia, ANC
in short. A loss also sustained by Ourstory (not our history) in community
development, in the death of this man. The gap that has been left by the
departure of Mackierere’s mighty spirit will soon enough make itself felt in ANC
and Maryland County, yea the Republic. No man is unimportant irrespective of
his economic class on Planet Earth!
Mackie exhibited and
demonstrated an immense sense of patriotism when he served his nation, Republic
of Liberia, pro bono, at the General Services Agency (GSA) for eleven unbroken
months as a volunteer. Even though some people rumored that his patriotic labor
to country was a “monkey work, bamboo draw” situation and that some big shots
at the GSA took away the monetary earnings that was produced by his hard labor and
that it was awarded to the big shots’ families on “cold sweat,” Mackie never
wavered in his service to country. He never broke a sweat or query anyone over
the possible exploitation of him. He always said, “I did it for my country whether
or not I’m appreciated by the Liberian government.” Unquestionably, that’s
what we call immense sense of patriotism! All things considered, Mackie and J.
F. Kennedy had the same thought for country. Mackie agreed with J. F. K. when
he opined, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your
country!”
In ANC, while some were
complaining for stipend and compensation, Mackie never mind. He diligently
served his party with a strong sense of commitment and dedication in the
security coordination sector. He never left the Party executives and others
unattended and exposed to security threats. That includes and not limited to Messrs.
Alex B. Cummings, Party leader, Horatio Lafayette Gould, National Chair and the
vice national chair, Rev. Fr. Kennedy, during all their visits to Maryland
County. Mackie was then the County Security Coordinator.
Faced with recurrent economic
crises, characteristic of capitalist economy, Mackie struggled with the
remnants of his motor bike accident for over one year. At that time, so-called petite
bourgeois aspirants in Liberian politics divorced themselves from the relevance
of immense sense of patriotism that Mackie preached, practiced and realized. He
did so for us to understand why things are the way they are today Liberia.
Paradoxically the petite bourgeois aspirants and the reactionary impressionists
are more truthful in their practices and determination to hold down progress in
the country while so-called good politicians blame others for their own
failures in making fundamental national and personal change.
I encourage Liberian
politicians and wanna be leaders as well as youths of Liberia to get acquainted
with the works of Mackie which will open their eyes about the sharpening
contradictions unfolding tragically in Liberia from political party to
political party and other social movements. Otherwise, Liberia faces an
impending doom!
Aluta continua!
Kwe Fe Kpe!
Barteoo Bartee!
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