By Ernest S. Doitoe
Fellow Liberians, I write today not on behalf of any group, but from the deepest place of my conscience as a patriot whose only loyalty is to the truth, to justice, and to the Constitution of the Republic of Liberia.
With pain and disappointment, I have read the April 7, 2025, joint statement issued by the Liberia Council of Churches, the National Muslim Council of Liberia, and the Inter-religious Council. These are institutions we have long held as pillars of moral guidance in times of national confusion. But today, I must speak plainly: you have failed us.
In the name of peace, you have endorsed the dismantling of our democratic processes.
In the name of unity, you have blessed the bypassing of the Constitution. In the name of dialogue, you have undermined the rule of law.
Your support for the Executive Branch’s recognition of a Speaker without full constitutional closure is not only troubling; it is dangerous. It tells the Liberian people that when power speaks loud enough, even our moral voices will kneel. It tells us that procedures and laws mean nothing when political comfort is at stake.
But let me remind you: Liberia was not built on comfort. It was built on principle. And principles must never be traded for temporary calm. I believe in peace, yes but not peace that requires us to silence the law. Not peace that demands we look away from injustice. That kind of peace is a lie and lies will not heal our land.
As a citizen, I reject this betrayal dressed in diplomacy. I stand with the Constitution. I stand with the right of every Liberian to be governed by laws not by the whims of power, not by the shortcuts of politics, and certainly not by the silence of those who once spoke for righteousness.
To the churches and mosques I once looked up to, I say this with a heavy but hopeful heart: it is never too late to return to the truth. We do not need managed peace. We need courageous justice. And history will judge every one of us for where we stood when the soul of our nation was on trial.
I will not be silent. I will not be neutral.
Because I still believe that Liberia belongs to the people not the powerful.
And I still believe that our Constitution is sacred not negotiable.
May God awaken our leaders.
May God forgive our silence.
And may God bless Liberia with people who love her enough to speak when it is hardest to do so.
A Concerned Liberian Patriot
The farmer’s son ~
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