Freedom of Expression For All Ethiopian Peoples , NOW !
ሐሳብን የመግለጽ ነጻነት ለሁሉም የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝቦች ፣ አሁኑኑ !
Free all Ethiopian Jornalist and Political Prisoners, Stop the Persecution of Independent Press in Ethiopia,
We shall prevail! Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!
FREEDOM,
FREEDOM !!!
TPLF leaders Debretsion Gebremichael and Abay Woldu
It is public knowledge that TPLF started its armed struggle in February 1975 with the sole intention of liberating and separating Tigray from Ethiopia. After EPLF pressured TPLF to abandon its objective of fighting for the separation of Tigray from Ethiopia and TPLF’s own understanding that only a radical change in Ethiopia can bring peace to Tigray, it put its original objective of the cessation of Tigray from Ethiopia to the back burner and started working for regime change in Ethiopia. However, in reality TPLF did not abandon the long preached dream of having an independent Tigray. In fact, for TPLF working for regime change in Ethiopia was considered as a good opportunity to prepare Tigray for an independent state. There are so many evidences that point to the latter argument. To mention some of them:
During the late 1980’s whenever TPLF controlled cities in Wollo, Gojam, Gondar and later in Showa, it continued to loot public facilities such as buses, generators, tractors and even school desks and chairs and transported them to Tigray. When TPLF controlled Addis Ababa in 1991 every Tigrian who was returning from Addis Ababa to Mekelle was asked to take a car and drop it in Mekelle. As a result, big stores that were used by charity organizations to store grain around Mekelle before 1991 were filled with looted cars, buses, generators and even hospital equipment’s and ambulances.
A big arm depot was prepared and all Armaments from all over Ethiopia was collected, transported and stored in a place called Endayesus, Mekelle.
Coffee was stolen from Southern Ethiopia and exported through Massawa. In fact, when the border war between Eritrea and Ethiopia started in 1998, EPLF was able to capture a looted coffee storage area around Zalambassa.
The strongest evidence that supports the claim that TPLF did not abandon its dream for an independent Tigrai was its interest for Tigray to have access to Sudan and the red sea. While incorporating Wolkaite into Tigray was done easily, having access to the red sea was set as a long term agenda. The surprising part of TPLF’s claim to Wolakite as part of Tigrai was the Tigrina name of the villages in Wollkaite. The truth is before 1991 Wolkaite had little or no contact with Tigrai. The connection was with Eritrea and the tigrina names came because many Eritreans use to travel and live in these areas. There was road connection between Wolkaite and Eritrea but not between wolkaite and Tigrai. Although telling the truth is not in TPLF’s culture, Mengesha Seyoum who was the administrator of Tigrai during the Haileslassie regime unambiguously told TPLF that Wolkaite has never been part of Tigrai. Yet the Twin Mentality TPLF considers such truth as an obstacle to its hidden agenda.
To facilitate the cessation of Tigrai from Ethiopia at a later date, TPLF insisted on including article 39 in the so called Ethiopian constitution.
Given the above evidences and incidents, the people of Gondar and for that matter the people of Ethiopia have strong reason not to trust TPLF. For them TPLF is an ethnocentric looting army with no regard to the people of Ethiopia. Superficially it preaches every state (killil) has a right to administer itself and take care of its affairs. Yet the people who are running or controlling these states are either local TPLF agents or Tigreans. Moreover, almost all federal ministries including the security, defense and foreign are controlled by trusted TPLF agents of Tigrean origin. After the expulsion of Eritreans from Ethiopia in 1998 all economic sectors are controlled by TPLF affiliated Tigreans. Hence at the center of the current turmoil in Ethiopia, whether it is in Oromia or Amhara, is TPLF’s Twin Competing Mentality. To be a government in Ethiopia and use Ethiopian resources to prepare Tigray for cessation. That includes the war with Eritrea.
After 25 years of repression, killing and humiliation of Ethiopians by TPLF goons the dangers of TPLF’s twin mentality is unraveling in Oromo, Amhara and other places in Ethiopia. There no question that the recent public uprising in Ethiopia will facilitate the down fall of the ethnocentric regime in Ethiopia. Hence it time for all Ethiopians to think beyond the horizon. What kind of Ethiopia do they want to see after the down fall of TPLF?
“The Provinces of Amhara are : Simen, Waldibba, Wolkait,Wogera,Chilga, Kuara, Belesa, Fogerra, Damot, Gojjam, Begemidir, Beshilo ….. Waldiba situated to the NW of Semein between the Tekeze and the Angereb, extends as far as the junction of the two rivers. Welkait is to the west Of Waldiba it is intersected through its whole length by the two river tekuar and guang. It is more wooded than waldiba..” (Routes in Abyssinia (printed in 1867 G.C) page 188)
“The territory of Tigre whose capital is Adwa, is bounded on the West by Shire, on the Southwest by Temben and Adet on the South by Geralta on the South –East by Haramat, on the East by Agame, and on the North by the rivers of Mereb and Belessa”
“The territory of Tigray whose capital is Adwa is bounded on the west by Shire, on the south west by Temben and Adet, on the south by Geralta, on the South East by Haramat, on the East by Agamae, and on the North by the Rivers Mereb and Belessa”
“Tigre is bounded by the territory of the Bahirenegash that is by the river Mereb on the East and Taccazze upon the west. It is about one hundred and twenty miles broad from E. to W. and two hundred from N. to S. “
ጀምስ ብሩስ በዚሁ መጽሓፉ Chapter 10 ላይ Geographical division of Abyssinia into province በሚለው አንቀጹ ላይ በይበልጥ ቁልጭ አድርጎ እንዲህ ያስቀምጠዋል
The first division is called Tigre, between Red Sea and the river Tekeze. Between that River (Tekeze) and the Nile Westwards where it bounds the Oromo, it is called Amhara.
ካለ በኋላ ወረድ ብሎ ይበልጥ ጉዳዩን ሲያስረዳ “Tekezze is the natural boundary between Tigre and Amhara”
«Tractatus tres historico-geographici (1634): A seventeenth century historical and geographical account of Tigray, Ethiopia (Aethiopistische Forschungen) 1634» መጽሀፍ የመጀመሪያ ምዕራፍ ስለ ትግራይ ግዛት እንዲህ ይላል::
“Among all the kingdoms that the Emperor of Ethiopia possesses today one of the greatest if not the greatest and the most important is the kingdom Tigre. From north to south, that is from the limits of the Hamasen to Enderta, it covers an areas of from ninety to one hundred leagues (3.2 miles); and from the east, which is besides Dancali, located at the entrance to the Red sea to the southern end of the Red Sea, to the west bounded by the Tekezze River beside the Semen, it covers an area of similar size, so that the Kingdom has a nearly circular shape.”
ዮሓንስ መኮንን Ethiopia: the land, its people , History and Culture በሚለው መጽሓፉ Page 351 በአጼ ዘርዓ ያ ዕቆብ ዘመነ መንግስት የነበረውንና በመጽሓፍ አክሱም የተተነተውን የትግራይን ካርታ እንዲህ ያቀርበዋል
“The Book of Axum.. Shows a traditional schematic map of Tigray with its city Axum at its center surrounded by the thirteen principal provinces: Tembein, Shire, Seraye, Hamasen, Bur, Sama, Agame, Amba Senait, Geralta, enderta, Sahart and Abergele”
በተመሳሳይ ሁኔታም The World through Maps: A History of Cartography (ገጽ 352 ይመልከቱ)፡፡ በJohn R. Short የተጻፈው የዓለም ጂኦግራፊን የሚተርከው መጽሓፍ በ15ኛው ክፍለዘመን የነበሩ የትግራይ ግዛቶች ከላይ የተጠቀሱት መሆናቸውን መጽሓፈ አክሱምን በመጥቀስ ያስረዳል:: ይህም መጽሓፍ በተመሳሳይ መልኩ የሚነግረን፣ ወልቃይትና ጠገዴ በፍጹም የትግራይ አካል አንዳልነበሩ ነው::
“the area concerned (welkait -Tsegede) separated from Tigray by impressive natural barrier of Setit Tekezze river has never been governed as part of Tigray at any period in the past, but has come under Gonder and Semein.” (Christopher Clapham: Transformation and continuity in revolutionary Ethiopia (Cambridge: Cambridge university press 1988 pp 259)
ማስረጃ : መጽሓፈ አክሱም , Ethiopia: the Land, Its People, History and Culture By Yohannes Mekonnen. The World through Maps: A History of Cartography (ገጽ 352 ይመልከቱ) By John R. Short
2. 1634 ዓ.ም የተጻፈው የ እማኑኤል በሬዳ መጽሓፍ Tractatus tres historico-geographici (1634): A seventeenth century historical and geographical account of Tigray, Ethiopia (Aethiopistische Forschungen) 1634» እንደሚያስረዳው የትግራይ ወሰን ተከዜ እንጂ ተከዜን ተሻግረው ያሉት ወልቃይትና ጠገዴ አይደሉም
3. በዘመነ መሳፍንት ኢትዮጵያን ጎብኝቶ የነበረው የጀምስ ብሩስ መጽሓፍም በግልጽ የሚናገረው የትግራይ ወሰን ተከዜ እንጂተከዜን ተሻግረው ያሉት ወልቃይትና ጠገዴ አይደሉም፡፡ Travel to discover source of the Nile Volume 3 page 582
“the area concerned ( welkait -Tsegede) separated from Tigray by impressive natural barrier of Setit Tekezze river has never been governed as part of Tigray at any period in the past, but has come under Gonder and Semein.
5. Tractatus tres historico-geographici (1634): A seventeenth century historical and geographical account of Tigray, Ethiopia (Aethiopistische Forschungen) 1634
For over a decade now this author have repeatedly expressed that the ultimate goal the Tigray People’s Liberation Front is to break away from Ethiopia and declare independent Abay Tigray by invoking Article 39 of Ethiopian constitution which unequivocally states:
“Every nation, nationality or people in Ethiopia shall have the unrestricted right to self determination up to secession.”
On June 29 Ethiopian Satellite Television Service (ESAT) reported,
“Residents in Lafto Sub City of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa (Kersa Kontuma neighborhood) clashed with the regime loyal police forces in attempt to protect their houses from demolition. People are posting pictures of deceased police officer bodies on Social Media. The police officers believed to be killed during the clash with protesters.
Some says the casualty figures could be 10 to 17 police officers.”
Two weeks after Eritrea accused the TPLF of military aggression ESAT news reported,
“The TPLF regime in Ethiopian has been moving its army and heavy military equipment in large numbers to the north of the country, Acording to eyewitness accounts. The witnesses said public transport buses, as per the instructions given by the regime, have been transporting large numbers of the army from south and central regions of the country to the north.”
This is move is peculiar because as Mr. Neamin Zeleke on his latest piece, “The Myth of a stable Ethiopia under a Minority Regime” wrote, the army and the people need be on the same page for the army to succeed on all its endeavors.
Clearly, the people of Ethiopia and the TPLF army are not in the same page and that is the reason why the residents in Lafo city in Addis Ababa killed soldiers loyal to the TPLF. This happened because the people of Ethiopia have now concluded, without a shadow of doubt that the TPLF is not in any way representative of their interests. Furthermore, they have concluded that there is no institution that they can go to and express their grievances effectively.
What this means is that what the TPLF seeded is coming to fruition. The division between the people and the TPLF organ and its army is real. The people are certain now that the TPLF army is not there to protect but harm them. As a result the people are forced to take measures in their own hands to protect their lives and livelihood as in this case. They are raising arms to fight against TPLF. People are running away from authorities even when they are desperately in need of medical attention.
This demonstrates that seeds for civil war are planted by the TPLF and the likelihood that it could spread like wild fire is as real as daylight. Absent of urgent intervention by Washington there is absolutely nothing that can stop this runaway train.
The question, does the TPLF leadership understand the gravity of the situation?
People were concerned when they heard that the TPLF is moving soldiers close to Eritrean borders, rightly. Their fear is legitimate however, this time, it must be clear to the world that the TPLF is running back to Tigray not readying for war against Eritrea. War against Eritrea will destroy them.
For the last 25 years the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have been busy making enemies with Afars, Gambella, Ogaden, Amhara, Oromia, Wekait, Somalia and every ethnic group. They have picked a fight with the very country that gave them notoriety and legitimacy, Eritrea.
To pursue US’s interest TPLF cutoff relations with every constituency in the region. With the belief that the US cannot pursue its interests without the TPLF in the region, TPLF wrongly undermined every constituency.
This approach has a very short shelf life. In order to succeed the TPLF needed to succeed by ensuring the regime change agenda and destabilization of Eritrea. Controlling Eritrea would have made controlling the rest of Ethiopia easier. That however, was a tall order. As is evident now the TPLF failed to control Ethiopia and its Eritrea agenda is no longer possible.
The TPLF criminals that have been pillaging Ethiopia and created tremendous hardship in the region have finally come to realize that their time is up and they are running back to their original base of Tigray.
Therefore, the troop movement back has nothing to do with initiating war against Eritrea. It is self protection and move towards Article 39, Greater (Abay) Tigray. It is to protect their interests from their bases in Tigray.
The TPLF has been disconnected from the people of Tigray for a long time. However, recent developments in Ethiopia have reignited their interest because their very lives are at stake and they have nowhere else to go but Tigray.
Of late there has been tremendous PR moves directed at the people of Tigray designed to re-entice their base’s support. July 2, 2016 ESAT news reported, the TPLF has built a Peugeot car assembly plant in Wikro Ketema in Tigray. It further noted that the TPLF established a pharmaceutical company worth one Billion Birr in Adi Grat.
“Chief executive Officer of the Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray (EFFORT), Azeb Mesfun said the manufacturing sector has a significant contribution to achieve Ethiopia’s target of becoming a middle income country by 2025.”
EFFORT is abbreviation for Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray. Yet, the wife of the late dictator Meles Zenawi Azeb Mesfun claims that, “The manufacturing sector has a significant contribution to achieveEthiopia’s target of becoming a middle income country by 2025.” Emphasis is added. However, Azeb is trying to reestablish her base in Tigray In the name of Ethiopia.
Conclusion
The TPLF invested heavily in Oromia and other parts of Ethiopia to loot. That however was short lived and dangerous. Because when people resisted the TPLF went on a killing spree everywhere living no room for any good will. As a result the people of Ethiopia have rejected the regime everywhere. The TPLF has no place inside Ethiopia and has no where else to go but Tigray. Hence, the TPLF is making a last ditch effort to hanker down in Tigray. It will declare article 39 and try to mend fences with Eritrea. Will this become a saving grace for the dying regime?
No, they will sure be hunted by the people of Ethiopia and Tigray. They have hands that are soaked with blood and they will certainly pay for it.
ጎንደር ከተማ ንብረታችው የተጎዳባችው ትግሬዎች የከንትባ ተቀባን ቢሮ በብዛት በመግባት ንብረታችንን ያወደሙ ሰዎች ተይዘው ካላየን አንወጣም ብለው ኣስከኣሁን ድረስ መስሪያ ቤቱን ከበው ይገኛሉ፡፡ ንብረታችው ተገምግሞ አንደሚከፈላችው ከንቲባው ቃል ቢገቡም አሻፈረን ብለዋል፡፡ ይህ ጉዳይ ሌላ ችግር ኣንዳፈጥር ተስግቷል፡፡ ስልክ በወያኔ ስለሚጠለፍ አብዛኛዉ ህዝብ ልዩ ጥንቃቄ ኣያደረገ ነው፡፡ ብ አዴን ኣስከአሁን ድረስ የዉስጥ መፍረክረክ ባይታይም ካሳ ተክለብርሃን የተባለው አዉሬ የወያኔ ዋነኛ ሰላይ አንደሆነ ይጠረጠራል፡፡
