The Front for Independent Oromia’s (FIO/KWO) Executive Committee Members, led by B/G Kamal Galchu, have held the FIO extraordinary meeting on December 5, 2015 and deliberated in depth on the conditions of the continuous killings, torture and arbitrary arrests of the Oromo students in particular, and the displacement, marginalization, forceful integration and land grab levied on the Oromo people in general. The so called Integrated Master Plan for Addis Ababa is the regime’s long-term deliberate plan to reduce the number of the Oromo people residing in the vicinity or ethnic cleansing perpetrated against Oromos by the regime.
Currently, the forefront runners for this struggle are Oromo students, whose families are directly affected by this land grab. It’s clear that the land is utilized for subsistence farming and as grazing for their livestock. Land is the only income and livelihood for the vast majority of the Oromo people.
The displacement of the people from their land means that there is no any alternative for this vast majority of Oromos, but to fight. This has been going on since 2005 and hitherto. The Ethiopian regime has taken for granted the silence of the international community. It’s obvious that the young generation of the Oromo people will not sit idle anymore. Oromo students have been trying to voice their concerns for the past 15 years, but their pleas have fallen on deaf ears.
Now, the time has come – where there will be no silence in the world of social media, which have exposed evil deeds of the Ethiopian security force known as Agazi, which have gunned down peaceful demonstrators of Oromo students. In May 2014 in Ambo and other Oromia cities, the world had witnessed the strewn dead bodies of Oromo students and their parents on the streets simply for peacefully protesting the unlawful eviction of farmers without any consultation with the indigenous people. And thus, we are again witnessing the repetition of this evil act without any sign of leaning back.
We believe the continuation of killing of Oromo students is tantamount to a war crime against humanity and demand the peace-loving international community, especially the donor countries, to denounce such an act by the Ethiopian regime to abide by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights before the situation gets out of control, at the same time, we, the Oromo citizens around the world, to denounce such an act. Remember, “If you are neutral in situations of in justice, you have chosen the side of oppressors,” Desmond Tutu.
The Front for Independent Oromia (FIO/KWO) has passed a resolution in order to prevent these repeated atrocious actions perpetrated against the Oromo students. At the same time, our organization (FIO/KWO) would like to seize this occasion to call upon all Oromo political organizations and all concerned citizens to set aside all their differences and create a vision for a common future as these can only be achieved if there is cohesion and cooperation. We should work alongside our people both at the community-level and organizational-level to foster national unity, and in this regard, we strongly believe:
1) We denounce the illegal imprisonment and arbitrary killings of peaceful Oromo students, and we will steadfastly stand by them in the fight against the oppressor;
2) We call upon all Oromo citizens collaborating with tyrant Woyane regime to refrain from providing a helping hand to the brutal Ethiopian government, and join the just fight of the Oromo students;
3) The Front for Independent Oromia (FIO/KWO) condemns the displacement of Oromo farmers from their ancestral land; the consequent student protest regarding this land grab is right, and their demand is justifiable and legal, where, sadly, their request was met with rain of bullets by the Ethiopian security force (Agazi); our organization, FIO, would like to reiterate its support for the just struggle of the Oromo students, and those perpetrators be brought to justice;
4) Experts say deforestation highly exacerbate drought. We believe that the drought in Oromia region is partly caused by man – which exposed millions to famine, as the government forcefully evicts farmers from their land for development, and as well as, clearing a vast area of land for different purposes. The Front for Independent Oromia (FIO/KWO) once again would like to reiterate its commitment in the fight against such environmental degradation by the TPLF regime;
5) We refresh our sincerest call to all Oromo intellectuals, religious and community leaders, and all concerned Oromos to go an extra mile in exposing the TPLF regime of Ethiopia to the international community regarding their unparalleled war crime against the Oromo people;
6) FIO/KWO respects difference of ideas and vise-versa. We don’t all see things the same, but as Oromos, besides some of our differences, we do share many common qualities as well. We encourage all Oromo political and civic organizations to work towards those common qualities;
7) The Woyane regime is working day and night, and plan ahead as to how to control and lure a small group of elites, intellectuals, farmers, government employees and private entrepreneurs by providing protection, handouts as well as special privileges to mercenaries and loyalists. These elites mostly control the highest level in the government and business sectors; it also includes all those foreign investors in the country. We urge these individuals to stop supporting the regime.
8) Our organization is fully aware of the other Nations and Nationalities of Ethiopia – which are under similar situations as the Oromo people. We do have a lot in common and ties in different aspects of geographical settings, linguistic and cultural similarities can be bundled as one subjugated people by a single regime. We, therefore, call upon these oppressed peoples to join hand in hand in an effort to remove our common enemy, TPLF, and restore our mutual respect that has been eroded by this tyrant regime.
9) The Front for Independent Oromia (FIO/KWO) struggles for liberty, justice, equality and freedom for all people. Any person, group or organization collaborating with the TPLF regime is considered as the obstacle to achieve these goals of the struggle. We urge those TPLF associates to suspend their support and join the struggle for better future for all of us.
10) The organization has reiterated the importance of mass media. FIO/KWO has its full confidence that all Oromo mass media to be free of any individual, group or organizational pressure to discriminate among any movement struggling towards liberty, justice, equality and freedom of Oromia, thus encourage all Oromo media to be the voices of all Oromo.
11) The Front for Independent Oromia (FIO/KWO) would like to address its supporters, the Oromo people, all Oromo Nationals serving in the armed and police forces of the TPLF to make history by standing with Oromo students’ protests, and join the struggle for the freedom of Oromia, so as to paving the way for a brighter future for ourselves and our children.
Victory to the Oromo People!
Executive Committee of the Front for Independent Oromia/KWO
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