MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. has by official proclamation declared Saturday, July 5, 2025, as “Nationwide Therapeutic, Reconciliation and Unity Day” to be noticed as a working vacation throughout the nation.
In line with a launch from the Ministry of Overseas Affairs, the proclamation calls on all residents and households to take part within the commemorative occasions organized by the Presidential Reburial and Reconciliation Committee, which has been tasked with coordinating the day’s observance.
The proclamation follows President Boakai’s announcement earlier this yr, on January 27, 2025, relating to the official reburial of former Presidents Rev. Dr. William R. Tolbert Jr. and Dr. Samuel Kanyon Doe. A particular presidential committee was subsequently established to supervise a dignified reburial course of for the previous leaders.
Along with honoring the previous presidents, the committee additionally acknowledged the necessity to keep in mind different victims of Liberia’s tragic previous, together with those that misplaced their lives throughout the 1980 coup d’état, the civil wars, and the Ebola and COVID-19 pandemics. Many of those people had been by no means correctly buried, and their households haven’t had the chance for closure.
The proclamation emphasised that “Nationwide Therapeutic, Reconciliation and Unity Day” is meant to offer an area for nationwide mourning, reflection, and therapeutic, whereas additionally renewing Liberia’s shared dedication to peace, unity, and reconciliation.
“Today will not be solely to honor the reminiscence of distinguished nationwide figures,” the proclamation reads, “but in addition to acknowledge the 1000’s of unnamed abnormal Liberians who suffered and perished throughout the nation’s darkest hours. It’s meant to provide their households a way of closure and to affirm the resilience of our democracy and nationwide id.”
The day’s official program can be held on the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ministerial Complicated in Congo City, Montserrado County, and can be led by the Presidential Reburial Committee. The keynote tackle can be delivered by Rev. Dr. Antoine Rutayisire, a globally acknowledged knowledgeable in post-conflict therapeutic and reconciliation.
The discharge additional highlights that in gentle of Liberia’s painful historical past of civil unrest and its lingering influence, embracing nationwide therapeutic and reconciliation stays crucial to fostering long-lasting peace, unity, and nation-building.
All residents are urged to watch the day in a spirit of solemn reflection and nationwide solidarity.
