Thinking Outside the Box -Bility Extols Politics’ 3rd Lane Over two Sickly Worn-Outs

Carefully studied, Liberian politics over the years has burst into two tributaries – one with citizens amused by and drunk with familiar failures on the one hand and recycled broken promises on the other. Elections featuring different faces of electorates and candidates, these two have been the traditional pathways along with citizens line-up, and it would take a bulldozers to get them a switched position, let alone think of a third tributary. Beyond Liberians’ two-sided political and electoral preferences that are bogged by these considerations, Bility sees a third alternative which brings out the nation from its political dullness and social and economic stagnation. His “Letter from Saclepea” this week on “the third Lane Where Principles Trump Politics,” makes an interesting read. See full text of the letter from Saclepea below:

Letter from Saclepea

Title: The Third Lane – Where Principles Trump Politics

By Musa Hassan Bility

In every election, we are told we must choose between the same two roads—one paved with familiar failures, the other with recycled promises. And when we dare ask for something new, they say we are being unrealistic. They insist Liberia has only two choices.

But Saclepea says otherwise.

There is a third lane—narrower, harder, but nobler. It is the lane of principle over politics, of conviction over convenience. It is the path where loyalty is not to party or tribe but to the people and the truth.

Liberia is not broken because we lack options. It is broken because we keep choosing between what we already know doesn’t work. We dance between extremes—one-moment seeking saviors, the next surrendering to strongmen. And in that dance, our dreams fall between the cracks.

But the third lane is different.

It does not promise instant results. It does not offer quick fixes. It gives us honest leadership rooted in uncomfortable truths and demanding, often painful, choices. It calls for integrity, not alliances. Thinking, not theatrics.

Those who walk this lane are often mocked, misunderstood, and mislabeled. They are told to pick a side or stay silent. But they choose to stand—firm, even alone—because they know that standing for something is far greater than falling in line.

This third lane was not born out of protest—but out of purpose. It was not created to oppose for opposition’s sake. It was forged to build. Build a nation where public service is sacred, leadership is accountable, and progress is measured not by who wins power but by who uplifts the people.

In this third lane, politics is not war. It is work. It is sacrifice. It is the courage to say no when others say yes and yes when people cry out in despair.

This is the politics we owe our children. We must clear this path for those who will come after us. The road may be rough—but the destination is worth it.

So to every Liberian who feels politically homeless—to every citizen tired of choosing between the lesser of two evils—know this: the third lane exists.

And we are walking it—not because it is easy, but because it is right.

Join us. Not as followers but as fellow builders.

The third lane is not a party. It is a principle.

And principles, when held with courage, can move nations.