Monrovia – Training Minister Dr. Jarso Maley Jallah and members of the Reburial Committee are receiving nationwide commendation for the profitable execution of the Nationwide Reconciliation, Therapeutic, and Unity Program held in Monrovia over the weekend.
By Francis G. Boayue
The high-profile occasion, hosted on the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ministerial Advanced, marked a major milestone in Liberia’s effort to deal with the legacies of its civil battle and foster long-term peace.
Held underneath the theme “Therapeutic Our Previous, Constructing Our Tomorrow Collectively,” this system introduced collectively senior authorities officers, members of the diplomatic corps, the judiciary, civil society leaders, and abnormal residents in a solemn present of nationwide unity.
President Joseph Boakai, delivering a keynote handle, praised Minister Jallah and her workforce for what he described as a significant and well timed nationwide engagement. The president described this system not as a symbolic occasion, however as an important second for nationwide reflection and dedication to justice, reconciliation, and unity.
“This isn’t merely ceremonial,” President Boakai mentioned. “It’s a very important nationwide train to replicate deeply on the soul of our nation. To each sufferer of our civil battle, to each household damaged, to each dream shattered, we are saying: We’re sorry. The State might have accomplished higher however was used as an company, however we’re right here now, and we should do all the things we will to be sure that it by no means fails you once more.”
President Boakai’s apology marked a proper acknowledgment of the state’s failures throughout the civil warfare period and was met with broad applause from individuals, lots of whom represented households affected by the battle.
Minister Jallah, who additionally chaired the Nationwide Reburial Committee, addressed the gathering and echoed the president’s message. She careworn that true reconciliation should start with an sincere confrontation of the previous and a dedication to by no means repeat the errors that led to division, violence, and nationwide trauma.
She highlighted the significance of the reburial of former Presidents William R. Tolbert Jr. and Samuel Okay. Doe, calling it a major first step towards therapeutic. In response to her, the act signaled a collective willingness to grieve correctly, to forgive, and to pursue nationwide unity.
“That is the primary necessary step to permitting us to duly grieve, heal, forgive, and forge forward in direction of nationwide reconciliation and unity,” Minister Jallah mentioned.
She revealed that in preparations for this system, she studied public reactions on social media to know the emotions surrounding the reburials. One specific message, she famous, stood out because it captured the deep emotional wounds nonetheless felt by many Liberians.
“It screamed of injustice, abandonment, loss, ache, and hopelessness,” she recounted. “All through all of our planning course of, we had been guided by the cost from President Boakai, and the screams of the wounded voices of our brothers and sisters sharpened our focus.”
Minister Jallah emphasised the significance of collective accountability in nationwide therapeutic, urging residents to embrace “transculturalism”—an idea that encourages studying from each other’s various experiences and views.
She referred to as on all Liberians to make sure that the atrocities of the previous are by no means repeated, and to work towards constructing a society grounded in justice, inclusion, and shared prosperity.
“We bear in mind what took their valuable lives and commit as a people who by no means once more,” she mentioned. “We must always pledge to ourselves that the previous societal ills won’t occur once more and objective in our coronary heart to combat for a simply society the place our future is propelled by unity and characterised by prosperity for all.”
