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Joseph H. Kebbie
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ACCRA PEACE TALKS
July 22, 2003 - 08:55 AM
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In the wake of the on going fighting in Monrovia and the intensive bombarment on the capital city thus leading to the death of innocent civilans (most espcially WOMEN AND CHILDREN), there are some positive news coming out of the Accra Peace Talks.
The New Democratic Alternative for Liberia Movement (the New Deal Movement), has said it will support a neutral personality as the interim head of state.
A communiqué issued by the movement in Accra said Liberians want “one having no political ambition, one who has no blood on his hand”. It made it clear that “Liberians will not support anyone who has taken arms directly or indirectly against the Liberian people”.
The communiqué called on the delegates at the Accra Peace Talks to be open minded and consider peace, stability, dignity and democratic virtues as being pivotal to the ultimate interest of Liberia, its people and the West African sub-region as a whole.
The movement stressed that Liberians are all at a critical junction of their existence as people.
“We can act as patriots and transform our native land by decisions to exist in poverty, backwardness and dependency”, it said.
The communiqué urged Liberians to act for the collective good and their common patrimony or “we will continue to scramble for the gradual diminishing goodwill of other nations.”
It urged ECOWAS leaders and peace facilitators to be careful not to repeat the mistake of their last intervention in the Liberian crisis by seeking an expanded and quick-fix solution to the problem.
In a related development, a well respected Liberian international evangelist, Bishop Augustus Marwieh, has offered himself as a compromise interim leader of war-torn Liberia as ECOWAS and other world leaders attempt to stop the carnage in that country.
In a mission statement issued in Accra yesterday after his arrival to take part in the Accra Peace Talks on Liberia, Bishop Marwieh, who is the Head of the Agency for Holistic Evangelism and Development, said as Liberia continues to search for peace under the auspices of Ghana and the international community, “the time has come for Liberians to select the right person who will restore the dignity of Liberians among the community of nations.”
The statement, signed by Rev Hananiah Zoe, Spokesman for Bishop Marwieh, noted that in a land where people have used ethnic and political factors to divide themselves over the years, Bishop Marwieh is the most neutral and deserving head of the interim government.
“Liberia, at the moment, needs the people together to bring healing to those wounded by the war”, it said.
It said as a consensus builder, Bishop Marwieh will motivate all the factions such as the LURD, MODEL and GOL, to unite and rebuild Liberia which has been destroyed by almost 14 years of civil war.
The statement said in his determination to ensure that peace is achieved in Liberia, the Bishop has planned a special grand family re-union and national reconciliation conference at which he hopes to convince the victims to forgive and embrace their compatriots.
Long Live MAMA LIBERIA
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