MONROVIA-A number of Liberians have descended on and condemned former Solicitor Common, Cllr. Cyrenius Cephas over his current critique of the George M. Weah Administration wherein he additionally served.
Not too long ago, Cllr. Cephas criticized the Weah administration of mismanaging the state and in addition raised problems with misplaced loyalty and inner sabotage to lack of inclusion and coverage inconsistency underneath the Weah authorities.
A type of who’ve voiced his concern over the numerous allegations towards the CDC authorities by Cllr. Cephas is a US-based Liberian Journalist, Amari Jackson who raised a number of points relative to Cllr. Cephas’s barrage of allegations.
In a social media submit, Jackson famous, “Your current assertion explaining why you’re “unwilling and unable” to criticize President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s administration raises some deeply necessary points, but in addition reveals a troubling sample in Liberian political tradition that deserves reflection-especially from those that have held excessive public workplace.
Jackson went on, “First, the factors you raised concerning the earlier administration, wherein you served, are critical and regarding. From misplaced loyalty and inner sabotage to lack of inclusion and coverage inconsistency, your admission is each a confession and a public indictment of a authorities that many believed in and supported. The honesty is commendable-but it additionally begs accountability. If all these failures occurred underneath your watch and that of others in management, shouldn’t there be a accountability to talk in truth and constructively now, not keep silent?
Jackson reminded Cllr. Cephas that management just isn’t about tribal loyalty or partisan scorekeeping including, “It’s about constant values. Should you noticed improper up to now and may establish errors right this moment, then silence is complicity-especially in a democracy that thrives on constructive criticism and accountability from each supporters and opponents alike.”
He added, “To say that you simply can’t criticize the Boakai authorities as a result of the earlier administration failed just isn’t solely flawed reasoning, but it surely additionally continues the very tradition of silence and “get together over nation” that has stored Liberia in cycles of misrule.”
In line with him, one administration’s failures mustn’t change into an ethical excuse to disregard one other’s shortcomings.
Jackson mentioned it was excessive time Liberians discovered to evaluate all governments fairly-not based mostly on friendships or political allegiances, however on efficiency, integrity, and repair to the folks.
“Your disappointment with former President Weah’s post-presidency conduct is famous however dancing on social media just isn’t governance. Let’s not confuse private expression, nonetheless we could view it, with public coverage,” he scolded the acclaimed authorized practitioner.
“The actual situation is whether or not our leaders-past and current are constructing techniques that outlast personalities,” Jackson famous in his submit.
He added, “Should you actually consider in Liberia’s growth, then your voice-shaped by expertise needs to be used not simply to recount previous regrets, however to information the current and future with fact, irrespective of whose toes are stepped on. Silence just isn’t all the time golden. Generally, it’s the enemy of progress.”
One other poster, Jay Randy Jay Dorpoh famous, “Cllr. Cephas, you don’t get to play clear now-not after the injury is completed.”
He urged Cllr. Cephas to cease pretending “that is some noble act of honesty.”
What you’ve posted isn’t braveness, it’s a delayed confession soaked in guilt and self-preservation. You had been on the middle of energy through the CDC regime. You weren’t an outsider. You had been within the engine room. And but, when it mattered most, you mentioned nothing. You watched the system break down, you watched integrity erode, and also you selected to remain quiet. Now you need to sound reflective, after the hurt has been performed? Spare us. Let’s get one thing straight: I’ll have supported the CDC’s broader imaginative and prescient, however I used to be by no means inside. I used to be an outsider, and even from that place, I constantly referred to as out the wrongdoing, the lies, the mediocrity, and the betrayal of the Liberian folks. I didn’t have entry to presidential briefings or cupboard retreats, however I nonetheless used my voice to talk the reality.
He furthered, “You had energy, and also you wasted it. I had solely my voice, and I used it. So don’t come right here appearing like restraint equals integrity. You’re not staying silent on Boakai due to maturity; you’re staying silent as a result of you understand you helped injury the nation underneath Weah.”
“You’re carrying guilt, not knowledge. And simply so we’re clear; silence whereas in energy is cowardice. Talking fact after you’re out just isn’t bravery, it’s cleanup. It’s injury management. When you had been sitting on the desk, a few of us had been outdoors shouting on the door, demanding higher,” he mentioned.
Dorpoh reminded Cllr. Cephus that it’s improper to attend for issues to break down to all of the sudden discover our conscience.
He emphasised “You probably did. So no, you don’t get to “wash your arms” now. The Liberian folks deserved your honesty then. And had you spoken up when it mattered, perhaps Liberia wouldn’t be within the mess it’s right this moment.”
He concluded by saying, “My identify is Jay Randy, and I’ll by no means look ahead to permission or remorse to talk the reality. I converse when it issues most. And I stand by each phrase, then and now.”
Alphonso Toweh
Has been within the occupation for over twenty years. He has labored for a lot of worldwide media shops together with: West Africa Journal, Africa Week Journal, African Observer and did occasional reporting for CNN, BBC World Service, Sunday Instances, NPR, Radio Deutchewells, Radio Netherlands. He’s the present correspondent for Reuters
He holds first MA with honors in Worldwide Relations and a candidate for second grasp in Worldwide Peace research and Battle Decision from the College of Liberia.
