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7/11/08
Would you bring your drops of water to the river?
We know that the Ethiopian people evolved in a history entirely outside of the control of the
indigenous people; Mother Nature beautifully shaped our people with linkages in marvelous
transitions that Meles Zenawi and the likes want it to be discrete entities with no
connections. Even though the idea of citizenship created to suit the needs of the people,
sometimes, the indigenous people wisely handled the intrusions of governments. When
foreign invaders attack, the people protect their territory as the land of the country and the
people are inseparable. In some periods of our history, as in the case of Meles Zenawi’s
regime, the people have been exposed to his unlimited power over their lives, values and
property. What the Ethiopian people want is to live freely in their ancestral land without
forced eviction, denial of their inherent rights, absence of basic human dignity and respect
to their values and customes.
From Gambella all the way to Western Gondar, 1,600 km long strip of land, varying from 60
to 30 km in width, is ceded to the Sudan by this dictatorial regime. The plan became vivid
during the implementation of the agreement when the Sudanese army crossed the border,
imprisoned peaceful citizens, devastated property, and established an alien government
within our people. The news of giveaway of this big chunk of land was known, in a whisper,
long time ago, when the first clandestine agreement was reached between Meles and Al
Beshir. The regime of Meles sold out our land to quench his and his ethnocentric party’s
petty desires---to rule with iron feast while exploiting the wealth indefinitely. This is evident
as the people have never been allowed to have the opportunity to address and document
their concern through a hearing in public forums and the parliament---the supreme ruler of
the country.
The leader of the ethno-fascist party, Meles Zenawi, along his right hand men--- Bereket
Simon and Addisu Legesse and others broke the silence of this huge scandalous deal with
the Sudan after the people defended their land, family, and property from the invasion of the
Ethio-Sudanese army. Though he tried to deny the deals by creating illusions, he finally
accepted his ill-conceived performance as evidenced in the speech he delivered to his
puppet parliament. When the superiorly armed Sudanese military advanced further inland,
the people took defensive measures; thus, the enemy was made to retreat with heavy
loses. It is still true that the Beshir government in collaboration with Meles continues
sporadic attacks against the peaceful Ethiopians within and outside the territory of
Ethiopia. Yet, the people continued their fighting determined to never bow down to the twin
enemies for they know that if they do, they will not rise up to their original self and dignity
again.
At this juncture of our history, it became clear the Ethiopian people do not have a supreme
sovereign government that stands to secure their safety and interest. The Ethiopians know
very well that Meles unilaterally made the country to be landlocked for the first time in their
thousands of years of history. This corrupted tribal leader, who has deep hatred to Ethiopia
would leave a legacy that is will be remembered for fragmenting Ethiopia, bringing
economic destitution and man made starvation, rampant corruption, rape, authoritarian
abuses, invasion, terror, etc.
When I first heard the phrase “power and money corrupts,” I was very much doubtful how it
can be able to do so, but now it is clear to me by looking at the performance of Meles and
his gangs. He lost the popular support due to his doctrine of hatred spreading, and his
sense of betrayal of the people and the country’s sovereignty. Because of the escalating
war between the people of Gondar and the Sudan, Woyanie’s army, out of frustration,
engaged itself in fighting back the invading Sudanese army. To me, this is a face saving
act by the regime as it is humiliated in front of the world with no hope of obscuring the hard
facts. There is no more chance for the tyrant dictator to win the love of the people. Their
struggle to throw him to dust is intensified day by day. The people, simultaneously, are
fighting the two enemies boldly. Those who are still against the people’s struggle need to
reconsider their decisions at this crucial time of our history. We shall empower the people
to be successful in any wisdom, leadership skill, moral and technical support that we may
provide. For instance, I felt so happy when EPPF chose to be along the side of the people
regardless of the severity and adversity of the conditions they are going through together.
How about the rest of us? Are we fetching in our drops of water to add up to the river in the
direction of its flow, or already chose to work out against the river’s unidirectional motion?