Monday, October 30, 2017

ህወሃት ጣእረሞት ባጭሩ ሲዳሰስ (መስቀሉ አየለ ,October 24, 2017)


Meles Zenawi on fireለዘር ፖለቲካ የበላይነት በመስጠት ኢትዮጵያዊነትን ለማዳከም የቋንቋ ባቢሎን ገንብቶ ክልላዊ አድረጃጀትን ሲገነባ የኖረው ወያኔ የዘራው ዘር ፍሬ አፍርቶ ዛሬ የሱን ልሳን የሚናገሩ ሚሊዮኖች በየአቅጣጫው እንደ እንጉዳይ መፍላት ጀምረዋል። በዚህም የተነሳ ማእከላዊ መንግስቱ ሙሉ ለሙሉ በሚባል ደረጃ ግባተ መሬቱ ተፈጽሟል ማለት ይቻላል።
በመሆኑም ከታሰበላቸው አቅም እጅግ አልፈው በመሄድ ለራሱ ለህወሃት የማይበጁበት ብቻ ሳይሆን የህልውናው ስጋት ወደ መሆን ደረጃ የደረሱትን ክልሎች እንደገና በማዳከም ብሎም ማእከላዊ መንግስቱን በተወሰነ ደረጃ በማጠናከር የህወሃትን የበላይነት መልሶ ለማስጠበቅ ምን ማድረግ እንዳለበት መቀሌ ከትሞ የከረመው የትግራዩ ገዥ ጉጅሌ አንድ እስትራቴጅ ይዞ ወጥቷል።
ይኸውም በለማ መገርሳ፣ ዶር አቢይና አዲሱ አረጋ በኩል የታየው መቀናጀት፣ በተሾሙ በአጭር ግዜ ውስጥ ያገኙት የህዝብ ተቀባይነት እንዲሁም ከብአዴን ጋር የጀመሩት የጎንዮሽ ግንኙነት ቀጣዩን አደጋ ቁልጭ አድርጎ ያሳየው በመሆኑ በእድገት ሽፋን ወደ ፌደራል መንግስቱ አምጥቶ ከህዝብ በመነጠልና ሽባ በማድረግ እነሱን የተሻለ ሎሌ ሆነው ሊተኩ በሚችሉ አዳዲስ አሽከሮች ለመተካት ከስር ሰዎች አዘጋጅቶ የጨረሰ ሲሆን ሂደቱም ሃይለማርያም ደሳለኝን በራሱ በለማ መገርሳ እስከመተካት ድረስ ዘልቆ ሊሄድ እንደሚችል ፍንጮች መታየት ጀምረዋል።
ነገር ግን ይህ አካሄድ የማያዋጣ እና ህዝባዊ ተቃውሞውም የሚቀጥል ከሆነ “ማእከላዊ መንግስቱ ሃላፊነቱን ባለመወጣቱ የአገሪቱን ህልውና ሊያስጠብቅ ስላልቻለ በህዝቡ ላይ ያንዣበበውን አደጋ ለመቀልበስ መከላከያው ላልተወሰነ ግዜ አገሪቱን የመምራት ሚናውን እንዲወጣና ጸጥታ እንዲያስከብር ሃላፊነቱን ወስዷል” በሚል አጭር የማርሻል አዋጅ ቤተመንግስቱን በታንክ በመክበብ የሃይለ ማርያምን ካቢኔ ጠራርጎ በማውረድ በኩዴታ ስልጣኑን ለሳሞራ የኑስ ወደማስረከቡ ይሄዳል ማለት ነው።
የመጀመሪያው አማራጭ የማይሰራ ከሆነና ወደ መፈንቅለ መንግስቱ መሄድ የግድ ከሆነበት ደግሞ ለዚሁ እርምጃ እንደዋና ግብአት ይሆነው ዘንድ በተለያዩ የሃገሪቱ ክፍሎች ዘር ተኮር የሆኑ ግድያዎችና ዘረፋዎች በስፋትና በተቀናጀ መልኩ በተጏዳኝ እንዲካሄዱ ህወሃት ያለውን አቅም ሁሉ አሟጦ እየተጠቀመ ነው። እዚህ ላይ ወያኔ አሁን ባለው የዘር ክፍፍልና ውሱን አቅም እንደ ግብጹ ሴሴ መፈንቅለ መንግስት አደርጋለሁ ቢል ይሳካለታል ብሎ ማሰብ አይቻልም። ይልቁንም ለህወሃት እንደዳይኖስረስ እራሱን በራሱ በልቶ ለመጨረስ የመጨረሻው ደወል መሆኑ አይቀርም።
በመሆኑም በተለያዩ የኦሮሞያ ግዛቶች ሰሞኑን በከፋ መልኩ ሲፈጸም እያየነው ያለው ከኢንተርሃሞይ የማይተናነስ የዘር ማጽዳት ከጌታቸ አሰፋ እየተቀበለ የሚያስፈጽመው ሰው ረዳት ኮሚሽነር ደመላሽ ገ/መስቀል ይባላል። ይኽ ሰው የኦሮሚያ ክልል የአስተዳደር እና ፀጥታ ቢሮ ሃላፊ ነው።የትውልድ ስፍራው ምእራብ ሸዋ ዞን፣ የትምህርት ዝግጅት፦ በፖሊስ ሳይንስ የመጀመሪያ ዲግሪ እንዲሁም በአመራር ሳይንስ እና በፐብሊክ አድሚኒስትሬሽን ሁለተኛ ዲግሪ ሲኖረው የስራ ልምዱ በኦሮሚያ ክልል ከወረዳ አንስቶ እስከ ክልል የፖሊስ አመራር፣ የኦሮሚያ ፖሊስ ኮሚሽን ኮሚሽነር እንዲሁም በፌደራል ፖሊስ ኮሚሽን የወንጀል መከላከል ዳይሬክተር በመሆን አገልግሏል።እዚህ ድረስ የደረሰው ለህውሓት ታማኝ በመሆኑ እና በጣም ጨካኝ እንደሆነ ይነገራል።

ESAT News (October 30, 2017)
A member of the European Parliament who is a fervent critic of the TPLF said current political developments in Ethiopia could lead to conflict with tremendous consequences to the Horn of Africa.
Speaking to ESAT on the phone, the Portuguese politician said she fears that the ongoing conflicts in various parts of the country will go out of hand with serious ramifications to the region and even to Europe.
Ana Gomes, who was an observer for the rigged 2005 election in Ethiopia, said the 2015 election in the country was a farce and no one came to observe it. As a result, the MP said the Ethiopian regime has no legitimacy. She wonders why the U.S. and EU still continue support the regime.
“It is really shocking to me that powers such as the U.S. and the EU and its member states know very well that TPLF has no legitimacy and democratic bases in Ethiopia and still continue to support under the pretext that it is an ally against terrorism,” Gomes said.
She said recent resignation by officials of the government and members of the army show that there is “tremendous fragmentation” and “lack of coherence with in the TPLF.”
“It shows that the situation is fast unravelling.”
“Those in U.S. and Europe used excuses to turn a blind and have neglected the democratic aspiration of the people of Ethiopia. The fact that they have supported and turn a blind eye to the totalitarian regime of the TPLF is going to provoke an uncontrolled explosion in Ethiopia. I am very very worried for Ethiopia as well as the Horn of Africa and Europe too because it has an implication for Europe,” Gomes added.
Speaking about Bereket Simon, who recently announced his resignation, and an official whom she dealt with during the 2005 election, the Member of Parliament described him as “cynical, cruel and despicable.”
“After Meles, he was the most despicable character i had to deal with.
He has a murky character. He could be operating from behind. I had always been extremely suspicious about him.”.
She also talked about Dr. Tedros Adhanom, the Ethiopian Director General of the WHO who was recently under fire for nominating Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe. She said Dr. Tedros is “a member the TPLF and responsible for crimes committed by the criminal organization.”
She advised that change in Ethiopia will occur if Ethiopians come together and take matters in their own hands.
“They should not expect someone else come and make changes in the 

Ethiopia: 'Red Terror' war crimes trial begins at The Hague



An Ethiopian soldier stands inside the Martyrs Memorial to the "Red Terror" at the Holy Trinity Church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 24 February 2004.
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caption Eshetu Alemu is accused of ordering the execution of 75 people during Ethiopia's "Red Terror"

The war crimes trial of an aide to Ethiopia's former communist ruler has begun in the Netherlands.
Eshetu Alemu, 63, is accused of ordering the execution of 75 people during Ethiopia's "Red Terror" purges in the late 1970s.
The former aide to then ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam is also accused of torture and inhumane treatment. He denies all the charges against him.
More than 300 victims have been named in four war crimes charges.
Ethiopia has sentenced him to death in absentia.Read more about Ethiopia
Prosecutors allege that Alemu, a dual Ethiopian-Dutch national, was a henchman for Mengistu in the north-west Gojjam province.
As his trial opened at a domestic court in The Hague, Eshetu Alemu said that prosecutors had "the wrong person".
"I was really shocked when I heard what prosecutors are accusing me of doing, that I could behave like that as a human being. I deny the charges against me," he told the four judges.

The Mengistu regime and the Red Terror



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Image caption Mengistu Haile Mariam governed Ethiopia between 1977 and 1991
Marxist strongman Mengistu Haile Mariam ruled Ethiopia between 1977 and 1991 following the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974.
There was significant repression under his communist regime. This became known as the "Red Terror".
Mengistu was ousted in 1991 after a series of revolts by insurgent groups. He then fled to Zimbabwe where he still resides.
In 2007, Mengistu was found guilty in absentia of genocide.

In a statement, prosecutors said that Alemu "allegedly ordered the killing of 75 young prisoners" in a church.
The bodies were then dumped in a mass grave, they said.
Alemu is also accused of "arbitrary detention and cruel and inhuman treatment of civilians and fighters who had laid down their arms" .
It is alleged that he tied prisoners up, suspended them in mid-air and beat their bare feet with sticks.
It is expected that a number of his alleged victims will give evidence during the trial.

'Terrible things happened'

Alemu testified in Dutch and told judges that he was a senior member of the Marxist-Leninist regime which governed the country. He said he was "responsible for propaganda" and had been targeted for assassination by other political groups.
In a statement read by presiding judge Mariette Renckens, Alemu said that "terrible things happened". He responded "no" when asked if he had "ever signed an execution order".
But the judge told Alemu that his signature was on an August 1978 order saying that "revolutionary measures" had to be be taken against more than 70 prisoners.
Orders of this kind, she said, usually meant "execution without trial".
Alemu denied giving the order, saying he lacked the authority to do so. "I was never there," he said.

Most big names already tried

Analysis by Tibebeselassie Tigabu, BBC Amharic service
People in Ethiopia are only really interested in this case because it is happening in The Hague.
Alemu is not a well-known figure from the Mengistu regime. Most of the big names have already been tried - and pardoned - over the past few years.
The trauma of the genocide is still felt among the people because it touched every house across the country.
The thing that interests and troubles people most is the fact that the late president Mengistu Haile Mariam is still at large in Zimbabwe, despite the fact that he has been sentenced to death in absentia.

Ethiopia: “I am worried Ethiopia will explode:” Ana Gomes


ESAT News (October 30, 2017)
A member of the European Parliament who is a fervent critic of the TPLF said current political developments in Ethiopia could lead to conflict with tremendous consequences to the Horn of Africa.
Speaking to ESAT on the phone, the Portuguese politician said she fears that the ongoing conflicts in various parts of the country will go out of hand with serious ramifications to the region and even to Europe.
Ana Gomes, who was an observer for the rigged 2005 election in Ethiopia, said the 2015 election in the country was a farce and no one came to observe it. As a result, the MP said the Ethiopian regime has no legitimacy. She wonders why the U.S. and EU still continue support the regime.
“It is really shocking to me that powers such as the U.S. and the EU and its member states know very well that TPLF has no legitimacy and democratic bases in Ethiopia and still continue to support under the pretext that it is an ally against terrorism,” Gomes said.
She said recent resignation by officials of the government and members of the army show that there is “tremendous fragmentation” and “lack of coherence with in the TPLF.”
“It shows that the situation is fast unravelling.”
“Those in U.S. and Europe used excuses to turn a blind and have neglected the democratic aspiration of the people of Ethiopia. The fact that they have supported and turn a blind eye to the totalitarian regime of the TPLF is going to provoke an uncontrolled explosion in Ethiopia. I am very very worried for Ethiopia as well as the Horn of Africa and Europe too because it has an implication for Europe,” Gomes added.
Speaking about Bereket Simon, who recently announced his resignation, and an official whom she dealt with during the 2005 election, the Member of Parliament described him as “cynical, cruel and despicable.”
“After Meles, he was the most despicable character i had to deal with.
He has a murky character. He could be operating from behind. I had always been extremely suspicious about him.”.
She also talked about Dr. Tedros Adhanom, the Ethiopian Director General of the WHO who was recently under fire for nominating Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe. She said Dr. Tedros is “a member the TPLF and responsible for crimes committed by the criminal organization.”
She advised that change in Ethiopia will occur if Ethiopians come together and take matters in their own hands.
“They should not expect someone else come and make changes in the