TPLF and their hatred for Amhara people.

Ever since TPLF took power, they have targeting people of Amhara origin in their campaign of ethnic cleansing. They have displaced, tortured, and brutally killed Amharas any way they could and continue to do so. The most notable being the Bedeno genocide, where they threw men, women, and children of Amhara ethnic group down a shallow hole while alive. They have also targeted Amharas in Wollega, Awasa, Jima, and also in all remote places in the country where Amharas reside. Nowadays, being from the Amhara ethnic group is being portraid as a crime by the TPLF propaganda machine. It is indeed a crime to be an Amhara as long as TPLF is in power for they would treat anyone who is found to be an Amhara falls with in the regimes radar for possible mistreatment in the hands of the regimes hirarchy. Just this week, DW radio and other media outlets reported the TPLF regime forcefully displaced over twenty thousand Amharas from a place in southern Ethiopia called Bench Maji Zone. Their only crime was being an Amhara. They have been told that they didn't belong in that area because they are not from the native ethnic group that traditionally inhabited the area and that they aught to go back to the designated area the TPLF regime called Amara Kilil aka Kilil 3 as it diveded Ethiopian by ethnic lines. As an amhara, I feel deep bitterness against Tigrayans, and evil thoughts cross my mind everytime I hear about the brutal campaign TPLF is waging against my people simply because TPLF came from the Tigrayan people. But I do my best to held my self back and avoid evil thought against Tigrayans because I know there are Tigrayans out there who fiercely oppose the crimes the TPLF regime keeps to commit against people of other ethnic groups; Amharas in particular. Tigrayans like Getachew Reda, who I see as my hero, and one of the few Ethiopian nationalists who are fighting the brutal, and racist regime that has marginalized Tigrayans from the rest of Ethiopian people, and possibly set them up for future retaliation in the hands of the oppressed, are who inspire me to refute such thoughts from taking control of me. The TPLF regime has been working day and night to divide Ethiopian people by ethnicity, color, religion, and terf since before they set foot in Minilik Palace, thanks in all part to Col. Mengistu Hailemariam who single handedly crippled his own regime and opened the door for them by riding Ethiopia of bright generation of students and military leaders alike who could have succeeded in dismantling the EPLF and TPLF bandits even before they crossed the Mereb river. Up on toppling the brutal DERG regime, TPLF bandits and their accompaning OLF/ Interhamwe militias couldn't wait to take action against an ethnic group they deeply dispised for crimes they alleged it had commited agains the people they claim to represent since the Milik regime or before, none of which is yet to be supported by evidence. They co-ordinated the infamous campaign in Bedeno and Arba Gugu where, like i stated above, they forcefully pushed Amharas into shallow holes and displaced their relatives who managed to escape in campaign. Ethiopia is in such a dire state. Never before there has been a regime in Ethiopia that intentionally gave away its territory and harbor without the people's concent. Never before, there has been a regime in Ethiopia that divided the nation by ethnic lines. Never before, there has been a regime in Ethiopia that gave away pieces of the nations territories to neigboring countries as if it is a piece of Ambasha/ bread it wants to share. Never before, there has been a regime in Ethiopia that targeted other ethnic groups for genocide. Never before, there has been a regime that claimed to have represented a single ethnic group in the country. That is why the only way Ethiopians can live in their own country without being treated like strange creatures is by over- throwing the TPLF regime by all means necessary. TPLF DOES NOT REPRESENT TIGRAYAN PEOPLE ! TIGRAYANS MUST DO MORE TO DISASSOCIATE THEMSELVES FROM THIS FASCIST REGIME AND LEAD THE FIGHT AGAINST IT ! THE WAY TO COUNTER A DIVISIVE REGIME IS BY UNITING AGAINST IT AND BEYOND ! LONG LIVE ETHIOPIA ! DEATH TO TPLF AND ITS AFFILIATES !

Ethiopian scholars are to blame for the suffering of Ethiopian people to this day.

For the past fourty years, since the overthrow of the feudal regime of King Hileselassie I, Ethiopian people have been grossly mismanaged, terrorized, and oppressed by the regimes that followed. The popular uprising, followed by the bloodless revolution that brought down the fourty four year old regime of Emeror Haileselassie was led by Ethiopian scholars, who at the time were students of Haileselassie I university, and who envisioned a better Ethiopia for the people. Soon after the revolution, different political parties emerged to take over the reign of power from the military junta that was ranning the country during the transition. The main popular parties that enjoyed support at the grassroots level at the time, besides the military junta, were EPRP and Meison; both embraced socialist ideologies and identified themselves as communist parties. Also, both EPRP and Meison were made up of scholars, who were fresh out of college or on the verge of graduation. However, the military junta was composed mostly of lower ranking officers with little or no academic background above the highschool level, and who were not quite sure which way to go in terms of identifying themselves with an ideology. The timing of the revolution was in the midst of the cold war between the United States and Soviet Union, and a third world country like Ethiopia could not survive long without garnering support from one of the two super powers that were wages proxy wars instead of facing each other head on. That said, the military junta brought the other parties to the table to discuss the transition of power to the people, although in vain. Before long, EPRP opted out of the negotiation and declared war against the military, while meison pledged to back the military junta in exchange for power sharing to a certain level. That turn of event that was caused by the division among the scholars who were supposed to set aside their power ambitions to bring about change that the people at large desperately wanted was what started the plight of Ethiopian people to this day. From that time to this day, Ethiopian scholars are the ones who do not seem to compromise their differences in order to come together in defence of the people, and who conspire with the ruling party to sabotage the opposition movements that are waged against it. Given that fact, the regimes that ruled Ethiopia for the past fourty years used Ethiopian scholars as a tool to stave off popular apprising in order to hold on to power for as long as they could. The most recent popular uprising, not to mention the largest, was the uprising that followed the 2005 elections. That uprising, brought Ethiopian people together in puruit of freedom at last only to be spoiled by scholars like Dr. Birhanu and Prof. Beyene, who once again conspired with the ruling party and their western backers against their own people. The point is that Ethiopian scholars should examine themselves in terms of their loyalty to their country, and put the people's cause before their own power ambitions. After all, they are the ones better equiped with the knowledge to lead Ethiopia.

Meet Ethiopia's Sarah Palin.

THIS PAST WEDNESDAY, THE LEADER OF UDJ, BIRTUKAN MIDEKSA WAS RELEASED AFTER SPENDING CLOSE TO TWO YEARS IN KALITI PRISON. UPON HER RELEASE, SHE WAS GREETED BY MANY OF HER SUPPORTERS AT THE PRISON GATES AND AT HER NEIGBORHOOD KNOWN AS FERENSAI LEGASION. WE ALSO MUST NOT FORGET THE MANY PEOPLE THAT EXPRESSED THEIR GRATITUDE THROUGH DIFFERENT MEDIA OUTLETS. HOWEVER, ASSUMING THAT THIS SHOW OF SOLIDARITY BY HER SUPPORTERS IS NOT A REHEARSED DRAMA ORGANIZED BY THE LIKES OF DR. NEGASO GIDADA AND SIYE ABRAHA, WHO HELPED STAGE THE SAME KIND OF RECEPTION UPON HER RELEASE IN 2008 ONLY THIS TIME HIM AND HIS FRIENDS COULD NOT COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO BUY HER A " GIFT ", DOES SHE REALLY DESERVE SUCH A WONDERFUL TREATMENT FROM ETHIOPIANS ? LET'S EXAMINE THAT, SHALL WE ? I HOPE IM NOT OFFENDING ANYONE BY RECALLING THE TIME WHEN SHE WAS TPLF APPOINTED SITTING JUDGE AT THE HIGHEST KANGAROO COURT OF THE CURRENT POLITICAL MACHINE IN ARAT KILO PALACE. IT IS THEN THAT SHE RELEASED MR. SIYE ABRAHA BY CITING LACK OF EVIDENT ALTHOUGH IT WAS LATER REVEALED THAT SHE DID SO BY MISTAKE, OR ONE CAN SAY BY NOT QUITE UNDERSTANDING THE RULES HER APPOINTEES HAD SET UP FOR HER TO GUIDE HER DECISIONS WITH. WE ALL KNOW THE MELES REGIME DOES NOT APPOINT ANYONE TO SUCH A POWERFUL POSITION, ALTHOUGH ITS BY NAME ONLY, UNLESS HE OR SHE IS PROVEN TO BE LOYAL TO THE TPLF/EPRDF POLITICAL GUIDELINES. THAT BEING SAID, I DO NOT SEE WHY HER FOLLOWERS IN THE SHABIA ADMINISTERED CURRENT AFFAIRS DISCUSSION ROOM IN PALTALK AND ELSEWHERE REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MEMBERSHIP OF ALL THOSE " SUPPOSED " EX-TPLF/EPRDF LEADERS AND SELF CENTERED TRAITORS IN HER PARTY ? IS SHE NOT EX-TPLF/EPRDF SERVANT HERSELF ? BESIDES, WE ALL KNOW SHE IS A SINGLE MOTHER WHO BORE A CHILD OUT OF WEDLOCK, A DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES ONE CAN NOT EXPECT FROM A SUPPOSED " OPPOSITION LEADER ". WHO VOTED HER TO BE THE LEADER OF ALL THE OPPOSITION CAMPS TO BE ENTITLED " OPPOSITION LEADER ". AS FAR AS I KNOW, SHE IS ONLY A LEADER OF THE CALLED UDJ, A PARTY FORMER AFTER ITS LEADERS AND THEIR FOLLOWERS BROKE RANKS WITH THE LARGEST AND STRONGEST PARTY AEUP, WHOSE MEMBERS AND OFFICES ACCOUNTED FOR THE COALITION FOR UNITY AND DEMOCRACY AKA CUD. A PERSON IN HIS OR HER RIGHT MIND WOULD NOT EVEN CALL THE LEADER OF AEUP, THE LARGEST POLITICAL PARTY IN ETHIOPIA JUST BELOW THE RULING EPRDF, " OPPOSITION LEADER ", A TITLE THAT INDICATES THAT HE OR SHE IS A LEADER ENTRUSTED BY OR REPRESENTING THE MAJORITY OF OPPOSITION PARTIES IN ETHIOPIA. ALSO LET US NOT FORGET THAT BIRTUKAN MIDEKSA JOINED CUD THROUGH THE BACK DOOR WITH HELP FROM DR. BIRHANU NEGA, FOUNDING MEMBER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE THEN KESTEDEMA PARTY. IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT BIRTUKAN JOINED CUD AFTER THE VOTES WERE CASTED, WHICH GIVES US A REASON TO QUESTION WHETHER SHE VOTED FOR HER FORMER EMPLOYERS OR THE PARTY SHE JOINED UNNOTICED ? DR. BIRHANU PERSONALLY MADE HER HIS PARTY'S NOMINEE TO RUN FOR THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF CUD THAT LEAD TO HER BEING THE VICE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE PARTY. THE REASON WHY DR.BIRHANU RAILROADED HER TO SUCH A LEADERSHIP POSITION UNDER HIS WING IS ANOTHER STORY I WILL DISCUSS AT A LATER TIME. BIRTUKAN CAME TO THE SPOT LIGHT WHEN SHE WAS THROWN IN PRISON IN A MATTER OF WEEKS SINCE SHE BECAME VICE CHAIRWOMAN OF CUD. SHE WENT TO KALITII PRISON ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE CUD LEADERSHIP, MEMBERS, JOURNALISTS, CIVIC ORGANIZATION LEADERS, AND ACTIVISTS AS DID INNOCENT CITIZENS WHO DARED TO STAGE PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST MELES AND HIS MAFIA LIKE ORGANIZATION. FOLLOWING THEIR RELEASE FROM PRISON, THE INTER PARTY FEUD AMONG THE LEADERS CAME TO A COLLISION IN FRONT OF OUR EYES. AS EXPECTED FROM SOMEONE WHO CUD SUPPORTERS AND THE PEOPLE AT LARGE HAD NO ANY KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT SO EVER, BIRTUKAN TOOK THE CENTER STAGE IN WIDENING THE DIVISION THE PARTY MEMBERS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS ALIKE. FIRST OF ALL, AFTER HER RELEASE FROM PRISON, SHE DID NOT EVEN BOTHER TO EXPRESS HER CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES TO BULLETS FIRED BY AGAZI MILITIA. IN HER FERENSAI LEGASION NEIGHBORHOOD ALONE, FOUR MEN LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE TRYING TO BLOCK SECURITY FORCES WHO WERE ON THEIR WAY TO ARREST BIRTUKAN MIDEKSA. INSTEAD SHE WAS BUSY PREPARING HER VISA TO FLY OUT OF THE COUNTRY EAGER TO SEE WASHINGTON DC AND THE REST OF NORTH AMERICA. AFTER ACCOMPLISHING SUCH A TASK OF DESERTING ETHIOPIAN PEOPLE IN ORDER TO FULFILL HER PERSONAL AMBITION, SHE QUICKLY WENT RIGHT TO DOING HER ASSIGNMENT BY RUTHLESSLY ATTACKING CUD CHAIRMAN ENG. HAILU SHAWEL IN PUBLIC, POLARIZING THE DIASPORA MY ENSIGHTING RACIAL TENSIONS BETWEEN TIGRAYANS AND THEIR FELLOW ETHIOPIANS, AND FINALLY BY TESTIFYING AT THE US CONGRESS THAT THERE ARE " ONLY 100 " POLITICAL PRISIONERS IN ETHIOPIA. WOW ! MELES CAN'T GET A BETTER WITNESS THAN THAT. WAY TO GO OUR LEADER BIRTUKAN. I FEEL DISGUSTED WHEN I SEE PEOPLE CELEBRATING HER AS IF SHE IS THE ONLY FEMALE EVER INVOLVED IN ETHOPIAN POLITICS. SOME OF HER FOLLOWERS WENT EVEN AS FAR AS COMPARING HER TO NELSON MANDELA, KING TEWDROS, BELAY ZELEKE, QUEEN TAITU, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. I MEAN, COME ON PEOPLE ! OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE WHO BIRTUKAN MIDEKSA REALLY IS. IN FACT SHE IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING QUALIFIED TO BE A PARTY LEADER, LET ALONE A POLITICAL FIGURE.

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The Negotiation the Meles regime is struggling to abide by contrary to its decades long history of fascism

The signing of the ethics document regarding the conduct of the up coming election is historic in all aspects of its nature. That is because of the fact that this is the first time ever in history that political patries came close to solving their difference in a peaceful manner in accordence to the expectations and desires of the majority of Ethiopian people, which is to see a peaceful political transition among political parties.
According to all parties involved, the ruling party/ EPRDF, under enormous pressure from the international community, initiated a proposal to sit down and work out the differences it had with opposition parties, and come up with a " win win " agreement all parties involved are satisfied with. The main issues covered in the agreement were human rights, free speech, and free assembly in the run upto the election and beyond.
Five major parties, including the the ruling EPRDF took part in the two months long,closed door, and at times tense negotiations that began with the defection of one of the parties known as MEDREK ( After its proposal to negotiate alone, instead of collectively was rejected by EPRDF), but resulted with the emergence of historic document that seemed to have leveled the playing field to a certain degree.
According to sources, the negotiation was an outcome of increased pressure on both sides of the political spectrum, by the international community via NGOs operating in Ethiopia, who also observed the negotiation process through out and up to the signing ceremony at Sheraton Hotel.
From the opposition side, AEUP, AEDP, and CUD were able to endure two months long of negotiations despite verbal attacks and threats from " good for nothing " political parties and their followers in Ethiopia and abroad. However, the facts of the agreement, including public testimony from Lidetu aka Kihdetu Ayalew, the chairman of AEDP, indicate that AEUP, led by the honorable Eng. Hailu Shawel, single handedly pressured EPRDF to accept the infamous " eight points " proposal it had rejected in 2005, plus six more proposals totaling fourteen demands that are vital to conducting a free and fair election. After the negotiations were concluded, the four opposition parties involved were successful in bringing more than sixty political parties aboard in support of the final document.
Soon after the document was signed, the parties that took part in the negotiations recalled their cadres from their constituencies to designated headquarters or conference rooms in Addis Ababa and other cities, and gave them general knowledge of the document with instructions to hold similar meetings among party members they co-ordinate.