President Sirleaf Seeks ‘New Brand’ of Reconciliation
- Rallies Nation’s Support
Sworn in for a second six-year term, Liberia‘s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is seeking a ‘new brand’ of reconciliation base on provision of “economic justice” to every Liberian citizen and has rallied the nation to support the government .
She said the social, economic and political factors that plunged the country into decades of bitter civil war are still visible today despite the end of the conflict in 2003.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner said true reconciliation seeks “economic justice” for each citizen and decentralize economic and infrastructural development that benefits every Liberia across the nation.
This new brand of reconciliation, she said, is not merely based on political bargaining or balance of power, but one that strives for genuine national healing, equality of opportunity and better future for every Liberian.
“The cleavages that led to decades of war still run deep. But so too does the longing for reconciliation- a reconciliation that defined not by political bargaining or an artificial balance of power by tribe, region, religion or ethnicity but equality of opportunity and a better future for every Liberia,” she told cheering crowd of heads of state and foreign dignitaries attending the occasion today in Monrovia.
Youth Development
President Sirleaf said true reconciliation means creating jobs, opportunities and developing the skills of young people to enable them to be happy and lead rewarding lives.
President Sirleaf: “The youth are our future, and they sent us a message. They are impatient. They are eager to make up for years of conflict and deprivation. They are anxious to know what their homeland offers them grounds for hope. Let me say to them: we heard that message and it is our solemn obligation to ensure that their hope will not be in vain.”
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