Is the TPLF Using the Tigeri People for their Dirty Game?

 

by Surafel Admassu
First and foremost, I would like to let my Tigrian brothers and sisters know that my opinion in this writing does not intended to attack any one of you except those perpetrators and hard core TPLF supporters and members who work tirelessly to destroy our country and unanimity. Even though we speak different languages and rooted from different tribes, we, Ethiopians, has been intertwined with love and great respect for one another. Our country has been stand strong for long time because our forefathers and mothers defended the union as one nation and people. However, currently, the TPLF led Sicilian Mafia type government resides at Addis Ababa and Mekele endangered our perfect union as one nation.
Contrary to most Ethiopians, I did not surprise when I heard the TPLF click and cos are currently committing a very dangerous and heinous crime against one of the most populous and dominant ethnic figure in Ethiopian history. As we always hear from former and current TPLF highest officials in different times, since they were at Dedebit Berha, the TPLF ultimate goal was not only toppled the Mengistu regime but also to wipe out the Amaras from Ethiopian map. This is for me undoubtedly a nightmare. It’s not only improbable but it’s absolutely impossible to destroy the second most populous ethnic group in the country. How dare any human being think this?
We started to see here and there that the TPLF click is rushing to implement its long held agenda against the Amara people. They have a deep seated haterate for Ethiopia and its people. What is happening right now in the Benshangule area is the extension of their long held scheme to abuse the Amara people systematically and arbitrary. This action currently taken by the TPLF led government is outrageous and despicable! Based on the historical lesson, I am warning all Ethiopians from every corner of the country, if we are not stopping this ethnic cleansing as quick as possible, there is no doubt in my mind that our country will suffer for long lasting Civil War. This government, in addition to push the Ethiopian people in to the brinks of Civil War; it also committed a serious crime against humanity. As some individuals wrongly argue, the definition of Genocide is not only the mass murder of specific group but it also includes multiple definitions.
What is Genocide?
According to the United States Holocaust Memorial records, the term Genocide created during the Holocaust and declared an international crime in the 1948 United Nation Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the crime of Genocide. In this convention, they defined genocide as “acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.” The convention also elaborates the definitions as the following:
1. Killing members of the group
2. Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group
3. Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part
4. Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group
5. Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
As clearly stated in the above definitions of Genocide, the Ethiopian government violated the international law at list mentioned in number two and three. I am absolutely confident that sooner or latter the perpetrator will face justice in the International Criminal Court. What we have seen in the Benshangule region is just the beginning of the ugly reality. This minority group is executing their agenda crudely and methodologically. If we don’t act now, our country faces the ultimate consequences
What keeps me awake all night is; these scam bags (TPLF) are on the way to repeat the regrettable mistake done by the Rwandan Tutsi in 1990s. As most of us pretty much aware of it, the Rwandan Tutsis are 10% of the total population while the Hutus are 90% of the total population. During colonization, the Tutsis have been told they are unique and superior to the majority Hutus by their colonizers, however, instead of defusing this false comparison; the Tutsis convinced they are superior to the Hutus. During colonization, the Tutsis enjoyed better education, jobs and good life styles than their counterpart Hutus. After the Hutus take over the power, resentment among Hutus gradually built up and culminating a series of riots against Tutsis. As a result of long held grudge against Tutsis, the Hutus butchered thousands of Tutsis.
The main reason why I interjected the Rwanda genocide history is: In multiple occasions, by different TPLF clicks, our Tigerian people have been told they are unique and special people than the rest of the other Ethiopians. They have been told by the TPLF that they are the one and only who oppressed by previous Ethiopian leaders while labeling the Amaras are among the oppressors. Sadly, not all but most of our Tigerian brothers and sisters seem well coming this conclusion. The Tigerians should reject this B.S. coming out of the TPLF. They just simply are using our Tigerian people to clinging their power.
Please listen the late PM Meles Zenawi’s racist and dangerous speech!
What surprised me the most is that the TPLF junta doesn’t seem understand the constitution of the country they crafted. As stated on their own constitution, Article 32 states,
(1) Any Ethiopian or foreign national lawfully in Ethiopia has,
within the national territory, the right to liberty of movement and freedom to choose his residence, as well as the freedom to leave the country at any time he wishes to
(2) Any Ethiopian national has the right to return to his country.
As presented in the Ethiopian constitution, any Ethiopian can inhabit any place of his or her choice within the national territory. It is not the federal or local government duty to unsettle the settlers. Removing the Amara people from the Benshangule region with out the people’s interest is a felony. This government violates both the local and international law.
It is not new for the Ethiopian people that the TPLF primary goal is to eradicate the Amara people from Ethiopia because the TPLF, down from their heart, believes that the Amara people is the bedrock of Ethiopian unity. These parasites do not see a unified Ethiopia as a nation and country. I am not surprised by their action because they have been advocating their agenda to destroy the Amara people for the past 40 years. However what touches me the most is that they keep using our Tigeri people to fulfill their wishful thinking. Even though few Tigrian people are hijacked by the TPLF, there is no doubt in my mined that the majority of Tigerians will standing with their fellow Ethiopians in this very critical time.
The Tigeri people must condemn the TPLF regime unequivocally and stand with their Amara brother and sisters. Before the TPLF cancerous poison spells over in our country, our Tigeri people should say enough is enough; otherwise, the consequences will be calamitous. Unless the TPLF want to send our people to the ugly Civil War, it’s impossible to destroy the second most populous Ethnic group in the country. Today is the Amara people, whose turn is tomorrow?
Finally I will conclude my opinion by direct coating Abraha Desta, a political science lecturer at Mekele University.

ሰዎች ከቀያቸው በሃይል (በግፍ በዘርሓረጋቸው እየተለዩ) ሲፈናቀሉ (ሲባረሩ) የከፋ የሰብኣዊ መብት ጥሰት ነው። ዜጎቻችን (ወገኖቻችን) ሲፈናቀሉ የሚደርሳቸው ኢኮኖሚያዊ፣ ማሕበራዊና ስነልቦናዊ ቀውስ (Helplessness) መገመት ኣይከብድም። ሁሉም ኢትዮዽያ ሊተባበራቸው ይገባል፤ መንግስት ይህን ተግባሩ እንዲያቆም ተፅዕኖ ማድረግ ኣለብን።
እኛም እየተፈናቀሉ ካሉ ሰዎች ጎን መሰለፍ ያለብን ይመስለኛል። ምክንያቱም (1) ወገኖቻችን ናቸው። እኛ ኢትዮዽያውያን ያልደረስንላቸው ማን መጥቶ ይረዳቸዋል? (2) ዛሬ በኣማራ ተወላጆች እየተፈፀመ ያለው ግፍ (ኣሁንኑ ካልቆመ) ነገ በእያንዳንዳችን እንደሚፈፀም ማወቅ ይኖርብናል። (3)-የማፈናቀል ተግባሩ የብሄር ፖለቲካ ችግር ኣባብሶ የጥላቻ ፖለቲካ ስር ሰዶ የኢትዮዽያ ሀገራችን ኣንድነት የሚፈታተን ይሆናል።
የስርዓቱ ደጋፊዎች ይህንን ችግር ተረድታቹ በገዢው ፓርቲ Pressure ፍጠሩ ፤ ኣለበለዝያ ግን ችግሩ ሁሉም ዜጋ ይነካል። በተለይ የትግራይ ተወላጆች በግልፅ ተቃውሞኣችንን ማሰማት ኣለብን። ህወሓት /ኢህኣዴግ ከተግባሩ እንዲቆጠብ ማድረግ ወይ ተግባሩ እንዲያቆም በመቃወም ከነዚህ ተፈናቃዮች ጎን መሰለፍ ኣለብን። ምክንያቱም እነዚህ ተፈናቃዮች ብዙ ችግር እንደሚደርስባቸው የታወቀ ነው። ቂም መያዛቸው (በገዢው ፓርቲ ቅር መሰኘታቸው) ኣይቀርም። ገዢው ፓርቲ (ኢህኣዴግ) የህወሓት ስራ መሆኑ ይታወቃል። ህወሓት ስልጣን መያዝ የቻለው በትግራይ ህዝብ ትግል ነው (ህወሓት ህዝቦች ማፈናቀል ወይ መጨቆን እንዲችል ለማብቃት ባይሆንም)።
ስለዚ የኣማራ ተፈናቃዮች በህወሓት ተግባር ምክንያት በትግራይ ህዝብ ቅር ሊሰኙ ይችላሉ። እንዲህ ከሆነ ደግሞ ዛሬ በኣማራ ህዝብ እየተፈፀመ ያለው ግፍ ነገ በትግራይ ህዝብ መደረጉ ኣይቀርም። ግለሰዎች በስልጣን ለማቆየት ሲባል በሰለማዊና ንፁህ ዜጎች ግፍ እየተፈፀመ ዝም ብሎ መመልከት ተገቢ ኣይደለም።