MARGIBI COUNTY – The corpse of Senator Geraldine Doe-Sheriff was Friday brought back home through the Roberts International Airport (RIA) from Accra, Ghana where she passed.
Report by Henry Karmo, [email protected]
The cascade bearing the late Montserrado Senator remains was received by several sympathizers including; lawmakers, partisans, family members and well-wishers.
Senator Doe-Sheriff died recently last weekend at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. She had been battling cancer for over a year.
Her death news came as a shock to many, especially members of the Senate whom usually referred to her as the ‘General’ or ‘Floor Fighter’ because of her outspokenness and firm stance on issues.
“She was a strong floor fighter, a very strong politician and a good-hearted Liberian,” the Pro-Tempore of the Senate described the fallen Senator. He said the Senate will work closely with the family to ensure that she is given a befitting burial.
“It’s a sad thing to see our colleagues who went for treatment come back as a cargo,” said Maryland County Senator Gble-gbo Brown.
For his part Mr. Abe Darius Dillon for the Liberty Party spoke against what he called deception by people who only identify with people when they are dead. For him, the late Senator was a human being who had human in her.
He also hoped that the death of Senator Sheriff will teach Liberians the spirit of forgiveness and reconciliation. “We are all human beings but Geraldine also had human in her. She had no deception in her body, she was a soldier who was ready to die; even on her dying bed Liberia will missed her.
“I can only hope that her death will teach us the spirit of forgiveness and reconciliation. She was sick for a year, nobody saw her in the public, nobody panicked. She is dead [and] everyone is crying, probably we could have done something.”
“All of a sudden, people want to claim love and attention for her, where was all of us. Don’t say rest in peace to people, save them, show them love so even if they die they will die knowing they played their part and they were loved.”
Like many, former Gender Minister Julia Duncan-Cassell described Senator Doe-Sheriff’s death as a big loss for women in the Legislature. According to her, the fallen Senator stood for children and women’s right in the Senate.
“We worked closely together on the domestic violence bill, the gender parity bill. Madam Jewel Howard-Taylor is no longer Senator, she’s Vice President now. Now that Geraldine is gone, we only have one female in the Senate.