Help People You Do Not Know
On Friday, April 12, 2024, National Fast and Prayer Day in Liberia and the day of the unconstitutional change of government in Liberia, the Memorial Service for Cllr. Emmanuel Berry was held in the Fendall Community where he lived and built a school and a church. Cllr. Berry was eighty seven years of age, having been born in 1937 and passed away in 2024.
The true story is told about the freeing of a prisoner from the Monrovia Central Prison by Cllr. Emmanuel Berry, who did not know the prisoner. On one of his usual visits to the Monrovia Central Prison to attend to the problems of the prisoners, one of the prisoners held on to the attire of Cllr. Berry tightly, pleading with him to secure his release from the prison. Cllr. Berry went to the Court and secured the release of the prisoner through the Rule of Law.
The true story goes on to point out that during the Civil War in Liberia, a Son of Cllr. Berry was about to be executed but one of the executioners, a rebel group leader, recognized the Son and said that he, the rebel leader, would execute him because the Son had killed many innocent people. So, the rebel leader took the Son away to be executed. On the way, the rebel leader whispered into the ear of the Son and told him to run away as fast as he could because his Father, Cllr. Berry, was a good man who released him from the Monrovia Central Prison although he did not know him.
The freed Son is alive and well today as you could see him and hear him speaking on behalf of the Cllr. Berry Family at the Memorial Service. Although Cllr. Berry has passed away, his works shall not pass away. From the Tributes of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Liberia and other Churches in Africa, the Supreme Court of Liberia, the Liberian National Bar Association, the Movement for Justice in Africa (MOJA), the Liberian People's Party (LPP) and global entities, one can observe that the works of Cllr. Emmanuel Berry shall not pass away. His works are characterized by his honesty, humility and integrity. His works remain protected by his Darling Wife Martha and the Berry Family who continue the Berry Tradition of serving people although they do not know the people.
It is through this service to people that the prevailing unfair electoral system is being transformed into the enduring fair electoral system. It is only through this transformation that persons with good records can get elected to bring in the system of Justice, the indispensable ingredient for Peace and Progress in Liberia and in any other country.