Musa Bility Steps Down as Liberty Party Chairman After Over Three Years of Leadership

Nimba County district 7 lawmaker Musa Hassan Bility has officially resigned from his position as National Chairman of the Liberty Party (LP). 

His decision comes after three and a half years at the helm, during which the party experienced major constitutional reforms and strategic political alliances, including its key role in supporting opposition candidate Mr. Alexander Cummings during the 2023 Presidential and General Elections.

Under Bility’s leadership, the Liberty Party became an influential member of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), a coalition of opposition parties. 

However, with the party now heading toward a phase of internal reconciliation, Hon. Bility has chosen to step aside, citing differences in vision and direction.

In his resignation statement, Bility emphasized that while he is proud of the progress and changes made under his leadership, the party’s future requires leadership that is aligned with its evolving goals and Liberia’s broader development. 

He expressed that his principles were no longer in sync with the concessions needed for reconciliation within the party.

Bility, who also serves as the Representative of Nimba County’s District 7, hinted that his political journey would continue but likely outside the traditional party system. 

His departure is seen as a pivotal moment for the Liberty Party, as it embarks on a new chapter and prepares for future political challenges.

In his farewell, Bility thanked the Liberty Party members for their support throughout his tenure and extended his best wishes for the party's success moving forward.

Full Resignation Below 

"Liberty Party National Executive Committee
Monrovia, Liberia
 
September 24, 2024
 
​RE: Resignation Letter of Musa Hassan Bility – Liberty Party National Chairman
 
Dear Fellow EC Members:
 
Greetings, and I hope this letter meets you all in good health. It is with a heavy heart that I today announce my resignation as National Chairman of the Liberty Party (LP) and withdraw my membership from LP. The last three and a half years have been the most satisfying, complex, and challenging adventure of my political career. It has been an incredible privilege to lead the LP National Executive Committee (NEC), and I have been blessed to have been a part of a group of people bound together by a commitment to build a political institution rooted in the principles of inclusive decision-making, democracy, and the rule of law.
 
During this period, we have experienced great highs, most notably the amendments to the LP Constitution that brought about an environment of inclusive and consultative decision-making and working together to form a part of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) during the just-ended 2023 Presidential and General Elections. We have also weathered numerous storms because of opposition to these very changes we brought about to the Constitution and our decision to support opposition presidential candidate, Mr. Alexander Cummings, in the 2023 elections.  
 
In an effort to recalibrate, LP recently embarked on an important phase of reconciliation, a necessary process given what the Party has been through over the past three years. As with any reconciliation process, certain concessions had to be made by all sides at the table. However, I also believe that it is equally as important, in a political environment such as ours, characterized by competing definitions of nationalism and patriotism, that the LP’s vision, values, and actions reflect leadership qualities critical to our nation’s future growth and development. As we go through the reconciliation process, and in my consultations with the broader Party membership, it has become abundantly clear that some of the concessions being sought to achieve reconciliation are fundamentally against my core belief of what is needed to continue to build a vibrant political institution and prepare for national leadership and I cannot, in good conscience, endorse the new direction that is being proposed. Albeit, standing firm in my belief in democratic systems, I also cannot and will not allow my personal beliefs to stand in the way of the reconciliation process. Consequently, faced with this juxtaposing dichotomy, it has become necessary to hand over the baton to those who champion this new direction and allow them the space to chart the future course of LP.
 
The LP is the first and only Political Party that I have been a member of. I am extremely proud of the changes we have been able to bring about in the Party over the past three years, albeit the tenuous road we had to travel to get there. Although I have affiliated with members of other political parties in Liberia in the past, I never sought or took membership in any political party because their vision for Liberia and expression of core values did not align with mine. My decision to join the LP came after several conversations and interactions with LP’s Founder and Vision Bearer, Cllr. Charles Walker Brumskine, about his hopes and dreams for the Party, which aligned with mine. At this juncture, I am of the belief that my continued contributions to charting a pathway to the Liberia we all aspire to have will be more effectively carried out through different and non-traditional mediums. I still hold the same opinion about the political parties within our current dispensation, and therefore, I will not seek or take membership in any of them. Rather, I will continue my political journey through the office I now hold as Representative of Nimba County, District 7, and other political and developmental action vehicles.
 
I sincerely wish the LP well in these endeavors. Thank you again to the leadership and broader LP family for the support during my tenure as National Chairman.
 
Regards,
 
Signed: ____________________​
Musa Hassan Bility
National Chairman
 
Cc:​LP National Advisory Council
​LP County Committees"