Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) & Other Prominent Opposition Political Groups and Civic Societies Held a Conference at European Parliament to Discuss the Deteriorating Political Landscape in Ethiopia

 | April , 2015

On the 23rd of April 2015, a high-level conference, entitled “Cartoon Democracy – Authoritarian Rule and Elections in Ethiopia,” was held at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. The conference was organised by some members of the European Parliament from different parties and Member States, and UNPO (Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization). The conference was unique in a sense that it was standing against the established mindsets and traditional working systems of politics in the Ethiopian Empire. It managed to assemble a diversified gathering that included various opposition leaders, journalists, international experts, politicians and human rights advocates. The conference was aimed at consulting and coordinating various voices on the ever-worsening political landscape in Ethiopia.

U.S. Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman praised the Ethiopian ‘democracy,’ despite U.S. assessments of the oppressive Ethiopian government to the contrary [see speech of U.S. Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on April 16, 2015]

The conference was held a week after the U.S. official Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman praised Ethiopia as a democracy – suggesting Ethiopia made great strides toward an open and inclusive electoral process. Despite the U.S. official’s pre-election endorsement of the outcome of Ethiopia’s traditionally fraudulent National Election, on the other side the Atlantic Ocean, the Europeans are showing a firm stand against endorsing the sham and ceremonial election. The keynote speaker of the conference clearly indicated that assisting the authoritarian one-party rule might lead the country into a formidable civil conflict. The current prevalent inter- and intra-regional armed conflicts, popular uprisings, desperate repressive acts of the regime against civilians, rampant corruptions, mismanagement, famines, population growth, environmental degradation, displacements of peoples as a result of land grabbing, alarming expansions of pandemic diseases, government-instigated ethnic conflicts as an instrument of divide-and-rule, etc. are all indicative for Ethiopian regime’s authoritarian nature and lack of democracy in the country.

Conference Deliberating on Alternatives to the Current Authoritarian One-Party Rule in Ethiopia

The political organisations, which participated on this conference, were the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), the Sidama Liberation Front (SLF) and the Patriotic Ginbot 7 Movement. From civic organizations, such us from Anywaa Survival, Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA), Reprieve, Oromia Support Group, Ogaden Youth and Women Association, African Rights Monitor and Create Trust, had participated at the conference. Individual activists, freelance journalists, and ex-member of the Ethiopian Parliament and the ex-Executive Member of the Oromo Federal Democratic Movement (OFDM) Dr. Getachew Jiggi also gave witness accounts of the pre-election, the election and the post-election processes in Ethiopia – taking the 2005 National Election as an example.

Dr. Getachew Jiggi, ex-member of the Ethiopian Parliament and the ex-Executive Member of the Oromo Federal Democratic Movement (OFDM), gave witness accounts of the pre-election, the election and the post-election processes in Ethiopia – taking the 2005 National Election as an example. Photo: @UNPOintl

As far as the Oromo issues were concerned, OLF was represented by Dr. Shigut Geleta, Head of the Diplomatic Division; Dr. Baro Keno’s presentation focused on the Addis Ababa Master Plan and the Land Grabbing issue in Oromia; Dr. Alemayehu Kumsa from Charles University presented on the human rights consequences of the conflict between the Ethiopian State and the Oromo People, as well as Dr. Getachew’s presentation on the electoral process in the Ethiopian Empire. Dr. Trevor Trueman of Oromia Support Group (OSG) dealt with the refugee crisis of Ethiopia in general.

Dr. Trevor Trueman of Oromia Support Group (OSG) dealt with the refugee crisis of Ethiopia in general. Photo: @UNPOintl

Dr. Baro Keno’s (right) presentation focused on the Addis Ababa Master Plan and the Land Grabbing issue in Oromia. Photo: @UNPOintl

The following is an excerpt from Dr. Shigut’s speech on various issues concerning the Oromo people and Oromia. He was very articulated in defending OLF in particular, and the Oromo national liberation movement in general – exposing the atrocities committed against the Oromo people and outlining the general challenges of the Empire so as to attract the attention of the international community. He won the attention of his audiences. Nowadays, when most of Oromo politicians and elites engaged on internal matters, Dr. Shigut has proven being, consistently and persistently, the instrument for bringing the Oromo issue to international fora. Some extracts from his speech are presented below.

Conference Participants

Excerpt from the Speech of Dr. Shigut Geleta, Head of the Oromo Liberation Front’s (OLF) Diplomatic Division

On Violations of Human Rights:

” … Since EPRDF came to power, its conduct regarding human rights violations is characterized by mass massacres, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, tortures, displacements and forced conscription of the productive forces to non-ending wars on political opponents. Wanton killings of Oromos, Anuaks, Ogadeni, Sidama, Shako-Majenger, Omotic peoples and killings of Oromo students at various occasions are a few out of many atrocities to be mentioned.

The Ethiopian Govt Responsible for Inhuman Treatments Against Refugees & Asylum Seekers from Ethiopia Around the World – HRLHA

HRLHA Press Release

The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa has been greatly saddened by the coldblooded killing of 30 Christian refugees and asylum seekers from Ethiopia in the past week in Libya by a group called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria/ISIS. The HRLHA is also highly concerned about thousands of refugees and asylum seekers from Ethiopia living in different parts of Yemen were victimized due to the political crises in Yemen, and hundreds have suffered in South Africa because of the unprecedented actions taken by a gang opposing refugees and asylum seekers in the country. The suppressive policy of the EPRDF/TPLF government has forced millions to flee their country in the past twenty-four years. The mass influx of citizens from Ethiopia into neighboring countries every year has been due to the EPRDF/TPLF policy of denying its citizens their socioeconomic and political rights. They have also fled out of fear of political persecution and detention. It has been repeatedly reported by human rights organizations, humanitarian and other non–governmental organizations that Ethiopia is producing a large number of refugees, estimated at over two hundred fifty thousand every year (Read ‘Migration in Ethiopia: History, Current Trends and Future Prospect‘).

In connection with the incident that took place in Libya, on April 22, 2015, tens of thousands of nationals marched on government-organized rallies against the killing of Christians from Ethiopia in Libya. However, with the demonstrators’ angry expressions were directed at the authorities, the police used tear gas against them, and hundreds of people were beaten on the street and arrested. On the 23rd and 24th of April 2015, others were picked up from their homes and taken to unknown destinations according to the HRLHA reporter in Addis Ababa.

The HRLHA calls upon the Ethiopian government to unconditionally release the detained citizens and allow those who have been injured during the clash with police to get medical treatment.

Recommendations:

1. The Ethiopian government must stop political suppression in the country and respect the human rights treaties it signed and ratified;

2. The Ethiopian government must provide the necessary lifesaving help to those Ethiopians stuck in crises in the asylum countries of Yemen, South Africa and others;

Letter to UN from Oromo Community in Seattle on Plight of Refugees in Yemen

Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Case Postale 2500
CH-1211 Genève 2 Dépôt
Switzerland

Dear Commissioner Guterres,

We, the Oromo Community in Seattle*, are writing this letter to express our deep concern and dismay regarding the inhuman suffering of Oromo refugees in Yemen. Thousands of Oromo refugees have fled their homeland to neighboring countries, including Yemen, seeking protection from persecutions, large-scale arbitrary detentions, disappearances, tortures and extra-judicial killings they would be subjected to from the Ethiopian government due to their ethnic identity and political opinions. According to the Amnesty Internationalreport ‘Because I am Oromo’ – Sweeping Repression in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia, that was released on October 2014, between 2011 and 2014, at least 5000 Oromo have been arrested, tortured, and faced extra-judicial executions due to their peaceful opposition to the government. This report is self-evident that Oromo were forced to escape to rescue their lives from possible harassment of the Ethiopian government.

Currently, it is estimated that over ten thousands Oromo refuges reside in refugee camps in Yemen, including Sana and Eden. The current political turmoil in Yemen put the refugees’ lives in dire situation. Reports reaching us from Yemen indicate that refugees are trapped with no help in situation beyond their control. We have also received a report that a number of Oromo refugees have been killed, and some of them wounded by the flying bullets and indiscriminate ongoing fighting due to lack of adequate protection. Lives that they clenched to save are again put them in grave danger.

We are gravely concerned about the deteriorating condition of Oromo refugees in Yemen unless your leadership and international community intervene as soon as possible, and necessary steps are taken immediately to save the lives of the refugees. Oromo refugees in Yemen are also suffering from lack of food, shelter and medical care. Furthermore, the Ethiopian government security agents follow Oromo refugees and abduct some individuals using the current political crisis as an opportunity. This situation also jeopardizes the safety of the refugees.

We believe that, at this critical juncture, your leadership and the active engagement of the international community could mean the difference between life and death for many Oromo refugees. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, signed in 1948 and 1951, have articles that recognize the rights for refugees. Any country that has signed these declarations is obliged to respect them. When every letter of these declarations violated, member countries of the UN and humanitarian organizations should not keep silent.

Your Excellency,

We strongly believe that as a UN refugee agency, you are sanctioned to making a lasting impact on the lives of refugees and other displaced communities around the world by focusing on the basic needs and rights for refugees – like shelter, water, food, safety and protection from harm. Silence about the dire situation of Oromo refugees in Yemen is not only inhuman, but it is also a flagrant violation of the letter and spirit of the 1951 UN Convention, the 1967 Protocol Relating to Status of Refugees, and the UN General Assembly Resolution 2198 (XXI).

It is a duty of the United Nations High Commissioners for Human Rights, UNHCR and the international community to take a swift action to rescue the refugees whose lives and freedom have fallen in a grave danger. We earnestly demand the UNHCR and member nations to extend their humanitarian assistance so as to find a way in which the refugees could be rescued from that imminent humanitarian disaster that may result in carnage. We believe Oromo refugees, as any other people in the world, are entitled to get protection and humanitarian from the UNHCR and governments that signed 1951 Geneva Convention.

We, therefore, appeal to the UNHCR, all UN member nations and other humanitarian organizations to put all necessary pressure on the governments and groups to refrain from violating the rights of refugees in Yemen and territories under their control. As the current situation in Yemen exposes Oromo refugees to further threats, we demand respectfully the UNHCR Office to find urgently durable solutions in which the lives of the refugees can be saved. We also request

Ambo Defied TPLF’s Ban of Oromo’s Freedom of Assembly and Filled Stadium to Express Support for OFC for Upcoming Election

On April 20, 2015, Oromos in Ambo defied TPLF’s ban of Oromo’s freedom of assembly and filled a stadium, where Dr. Merera Gudina, Chairman of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), was campaigning for the upcoming election (watch the video below). It’s to be noted that the TPLF regime tried to subdue Ambo a year ago during the Oromia-wide #OromoProtests against the ‘Addis Ababa Master Plan’ for Oromo Genocide. Almost a year ago, on April 30, 2014, more than 100 Oromo students and non-student civilians were killed by the Tigrean regime’s elite killing squad known as the Agazi Force; and thousands have been arrested just because they are Oromos, as anAmnesty International report revealed in October 2014. Shortly after April 2014, TPLF imposed on Oromia a sort of martial law where Oromos have been prohibited from assembly. On April 20, 2015, Ambo once again showed that it can never been subdued into submission by the TPLF state-sponsored terror by defying TPLF’s ban on Oromo’s freedom of assembly – and holding a rally to express support for OFC.

Meanwhile, another top OFC official, Obbo Baqqalaa Nagaa, is on campaign tour overseas to solicit support for his organization. According to the schedule, Obbo Baqqalaa Nagaa will be meeting with supporters in Las Vegas on April 23, 2015, and in Seattle on April 25, 2015.

QEERROO: Mooraan Yuunivarsiitii Jimmaa humna Waraanaa Poolisoota Fedaraalaa Wayyaaneen Marfame. Humnootni Tikaa TPLF Heddumina Qabu Mooraa Yuunivarsiitii Jimmaa fi Koolleejjii Barasiisota Jimmatti Ramadamuu Qeerroon Gabaase

Gabaasa Qeerroo Jimmaa – Ebla 18, 2015

Ebla 17/2015 Mooraan Yuunibarsiitii Jimmaa humna Waraanaa Poolisoota Fedaraalaa Wayyaaneen Marfame. Humnootni Tikaa TPLF Heddumina Qabu Mooraa Yuunivarsiitii Jimmaa fi Koolleejjii Barasiisota Jimmatti Ramadamuu Qeerroon Gabaase Guyyaa har’aa kabajni Guyyaa Gootota Oromoo Ebli 15 fiYaadannoon wareegamtoota uummata Oromoo fi gootota dargaggoota Qeerroo barattoota Oromoo Ebla 2014 FDG irratti wareegamanii Waggaa tokkooffaan isaa guyyaa har’dhaa bifa ho’aa ta’ee fi hedduu ajaa’ibsiisa ta’een gootota barattoota Oromoo Yuunibarsiitii Jimmaa fi Koollejjii barsiisota Jimmaan kabajamuun wal qabatee mootummaan Wayyaanee raafama ulfaata keessa seenuun humna waraanaa, basaastoota fi dabballoota isaa dhabbilee barnootaa mooraa Yuunivarsiitii Jimmaa, koolleejjii Barasiisota Jimmaa fi magaalaa Jimmaa irratti bobbaasuun uummataa magaalaa illee doorsisaa olee jira. Goototni Qeerroon barattootni Oromoo guyyaa kaleessaa Ebla 16/2015 galgalaa irraa eegaluun barruulee warraaqsaa gootoota Oromoo kan faarsuu fi gaaffii mirga abbaa Biyyummaa uummata Oromoo kan of irraa qabu Mooraa Yuunivarsiitii keessatti barattootaa fi jiraattoota fi hojjettoota hundaaf bittinneessuun Magaalaa Jimmaa keessatti maaxansaa buluun guyyaa har’aa Ebla 17/2015 immoo gana sa’aa 12:00 egaluun uuffata gaddaa uffachuun nyaataa fi barnoota dhaabuun ifatti haala ho’aa ta’een kanajachuun mootummaa Wayyaanee raafama ulfaataaf saaxilan.

Haluma kana irraa ka’uun abbaan irree mootummaan Shororkeessa Wayyaanee EPRDF/TPLF/OPDO’n sodaa ulfaataa keessa seenuun dhiphatee waan qabee gadhiisuu dhabaa jiruu mooraa yuunibarsiitii Jimmaa arfan Main Campus, Mooraa Economics and Business, Mooraa Agriculture fi Mooraa Saayinsii fi Teeknoloojii galma irra poolisoota isaa dhaabuun barattoota fi hojjettootaa hunda irratti sakkatta’insa guddaa gaggeessa oole. Magaalaan Jimmaas raafama guddaa keessa jirti. Goototni qeerroon barattootni Oromoo immoo sodaa tokko malee wareegama kamuu baasnee mirga keenyaaf ni falmanna, mirga bilisummaa uummata keenyaa fi walabuummaa biyyaa keenyaa hanga gonfannutti duubatti hin deebinu sochiin warraaqsaa FDG itti fufa wareegama kamuu baasuuf qophii ta’uu ibsachaa jiru

HRLHA: Western Governments’ Aid Is Funding Human Rights Repression in Ethiopia(OSA Midyear Conference at Maximilians- University, Germany)

The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA)

Presented by Garoma B. Wakessa, Executive Director
OSA Midyear Conference at Maximilians- University, Germany
March 28-29, 2015

After its first year of being in power, the TPLF government made its next step: weakening and/or eliminating of all independent opposition political organizations in the country.

To pretend that it was democratizing the country, the TPLF signed five international human rights documents from 1991 to 2014. These include the “Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment”. Despite this, it is widely known that the TPLF has tortured many of its citizens ever since it assumed power and has continued that to the present day.

The TPLF government adopted a new Constitution in 1995; based on this Constitution, it formed new federal states. The new Ethiopian Constitution is full of spurious democratic sentiments and human rights terms meant to inspire the peoples in Ethiopia and the world community. The TPLF’s pretentious promise to march towards democracy has enabled it to receive praise from people inside and outside, including donor countries and organizations. The TPLF government has managed somehow to maintain a façade of credibility with Western governments, including those of the U.S.A. and the UK, which have supported it since 1991.

From 1991 onwards, the TPLF militia has been fully equipped with the UK government, equipment that the TPLF security force has used for intensive killings, abductions, and disappearances of a vast number of people. The victims were Oromo, Ogaden, Sidama peoples – and others whom the TPLF suspected of being members, supporters or sympathizers of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and others. The top TPLF officials and ordinary-level cadres in the various regional states have engaged in enriching themselves and their family members by looting and embezzling public wealth and properties, raping young women in the occupied areas of the nations and nationalities of Ethiopia, and committing many other forms of corruption.

The TPLF government declared, in 2004[1], an investment policy that resulted in the eviction of indigenous peoples from their lands and livelihoods.

Ethiopia is receiving a significant aid package estimated at one-third of its annual budget from donor governments and governmental ganizations each year. The donations pouring into the Ethiopian government’s banks are in the name of development, humanitarian and security aids. The Ethiopian government is using these development aids to suppress political dissent, freedom of expression and assemblies. Human rights campaigners have repeatedly urged donor governments to ensure that their aid money is utilized in an accountable and transparent manner – not for political repression.

However, the Ethiopian government has boldly rejected even measured criticism of its human rights record with sweeping, contemptuous denials. Donor governments have appeared reluctant to challenge the Ethiopian government’s complete refusal to engage in constructive dialog about the donor government’s many human rights-related failings. Western governments have been too timid to challenge the government publicly. Instead, their aid policies are influenced by Ethiopia’s perceived status as the most stable country in the Horn of Africa and made Ethiopia their friend to fight the “global war on terrorism.” The development project funded by the UK government and run by the World Bank has been used for a violent resettlement program in Ethiopia. Britain’s Department for International Development (DfID) is the primary sponsor of the World Bank’s foreign aid initiative, supposedly set up to improve basic health, education, and public services in Ethiopia[2]. Those who attempted to oppose or resist evictions were murdered and/or jailed by the TPLF[3].

The European Union (EU) is also working with the government of Ethiopia on several development programs. The partnership between Ethiopia and the EU is based on the African-EU strategic partnership[4], which gives emphasis to peace, security, good governance and human rights. Regarding the governance and human rights under the strategic priority (b) it says, “the promotion of democratic governance and human rights constitutes a central feature of the Africa-EU dialog and partnership.”

Moreover, the Cotonou (city of Benin) Agreement defines relations between the EU and Africa collectively, and between the EU and ACP countries. Based on this policy, EU and Ethiopia signed in Nairobi on June 19, 2014 European Union aid in favor of Ethiopia in an amount of 745.2 million EUR to be made available to Ethiopia for the period 2014-2020 based on Article 8 of the Cotonou Agreement – which is to provide the basis for political relations and dialogue between Ethiopia and the EU.

By providing help to the dictatorial regime in Ethiopia, the EU has breached:

1. The Africa-EU Strategic Partnership, a joint Africa-EU strategy policy adopted in Lisbon in 2007/ Lisbon, 9 December 2007 16344/07.”[5]
2. EU International Cooperation and Development policy which is primarily based on good governance and respect for human rights, their national country’s laws and international human rights standards,[6]

Hamma Hin Jirree Bookkisa Dullacha | Oldie’s Bellow of No Significance

By Ibsaa Guutama*

A Tigrean Oldie, who seems to have misunderstood the trend of history, was heard bellowing from somewhere in Hawaasaa an anti-Oromo stance as if the Oromo were still those of yester years that Yohaanis had cut their tongues to impose his will. Since the colonization of Oromiyaa, Oromo movements towards liberation had come being sabotaged by those who originated from her bosom and registered to serve the enemy knowingly or unknowingly. Oromo, by nature, are effective and efficient in all fields of engagement. As fighters, they were known for bravery that thousands could not subdue. Believing that, the colonizer gave priority to hiring them in fields that required guts and open mindedness. For internal and external conflicts, including against the Oromo, it used to deploy mostly such hirelings. Those forget even the ethical and cultural obligations of their ancestors once their bellies are full. In their cultural setting, they used to brag by their father’s name, as galtuu to brag by the master’s name become their source of pride.

Many non-Oromo anti-colonial activists take the Oromo as a force of reaction – merely from the number of galtuu (runaways) mobilized against them. These days, those ashamed of serving the enemy are increasing. Gone are the days the Oromo join the colonial camp en masse – hired to strengthen colonial forces. The trend is joining the liberation force to empower the subjugated nations. The objective of the Oromo national liberation movement, that was set by the vanguard OLF, is not only to liberate the land, but also includes the liberation of the enslaved minds. As long as there are those brainwashed, Oromiyaa will remain a forest from where everybody cuts shafts for their spears. For this reason, whenever we talk about organizations that are formed in the name of Oromo, this should not be forgotten. To leave behind one’s nationals behind will be pilling up shame for the nation. They have to be told daily that the enemy’s organization is not compatible with their identity. Stripping them or adding curse to humiliation they are already suffering in hands of the enemy is of no use for the nation. That should be the way progressives think. Progressivism is not a monopoly of a class or a party; it is the determination of individuals or groups from all walks of life – who/that stand for change to betterment of the society. Negotiations are possible, but the nation’s kaayyoo is not negotiable.

The Tigreans are occupying Oromiyaa by changing their ancestors’ tactics – keeping the major strategy constant. They had contacts with Oromo activists when both were in the struggle for liberation, but failed to enroll them for their major mission. However, it was then that they were exposed to strong and weak points of the Oromo struggle. That helped them to devise ahead the means by which to thwart the Oromo struggle. Though the basic objective is to lure and recruit from among the Oromo, it was not as glaring recruitment for servitude as their forebears. But they created a pseudo organization for Oromummaa seemingly with an equal status as theirs. The tither attached to it was not as discreet as they thought, but was visible to the naked eye. In that way, a fake organization, OPDO – was molded for POW galtuu. They formed a similar “PDO” for the Amaaraa and others, and created EPRDF under the leadership of TPLF that is now reigning. OPDO means the Tigrean ruling Oromiyaa – with the mask of Oromummaa on. Thus TPLF, that came pretending to be a progressive force, was exposed as the most reactionary batch of all past autocratic rulers of the empire.

Those who are now called members of the OPDO are mere servants like olden times galtuu and never represent Oromiyaa. Some Oromo persons had their doubts to call openly OPDO is a mere servant. But others have given it an adjective “Maxxannee” (appendage). To assure its continued loyalty periodically, OPDO was called for “gimgamaa” (assessment) meetings chaired by the masters. With this “gimgamaa”, members of OPDO were subjected to insults, reprimands, threats and harassment, being chased out, disappearances and imprisonments up to this day. This time, knowingly or unknowingly, sour relations between the colonizer and OPDO was leaked from a meeting hall. A Tigray oldie – who gathered his “Maxxannee” leaders in an Hawaasaa meeting hall – was heard swearing and reprimanding them. Unless he was drunk, he would not have dared provoke a swarm of bees.

He trod over the sovereignty of Oromiyaa – which was claimed to have been recognized by their Constitution. The fire was not limited to OPDO alone, but jumped to the people they originated from. His reprimand to his “Maxxannee” was not surprising, but what made the Oromo rise together in furry was his demand from the servants to hogtie and hand over the Oromo people to him. Even those in the meeting roared with laughter at his bellow, it seems. The Oromo national liberation movement had its own pre-drawn program on how to handle the enemy’s machination. Rumbling of the person seemed new because of foot-dragging of the Oromo revolution. His doings brought forth the true nature of EPRDF to the open and excited Oromo who were giving it benefit of the doubt; otherwise, it did not surprise those who knew its nature. The oldie verified the truth for those who had doubts of OPDO being an Addeet-forged arm of TPLF – not of the Oromo.

ኣቶ ኣባይ ፀሃዬና ወያኔዎች ሆይ! በዋልታ ሃሰት ፋብሪካ ኣማካኝነት ኣዲስ ፈብርካችሁ ለማሰራጨት ያሰባችሁት የማስተባበያ ድራማ የኦሮሞን ህዝብ ልብ ሊገዛላችሁ ኣይችልም!

በቦሩ በራቃ*

ለራስዎም በወጉ መመከር የነበረብዎት የ‘ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ’ ‘ኣማካሪ’ ኣቶ ኣባይ ፀሃዬ ሆይ! የፍንፍኔን ማስተር ፕላን ተግባራዊነት ኣጉዋተቱ ባሉዋቸው የኦሮሞ ህዝብ ወገኖች ላይ ያቺን ኣነጋጋሪዋን ‘ልክ እናስገባለን’ ቃልዎትን ከሰነዘሩ እነሆ 50 ቀን ገደማ ሆነው። 50 ቀን ማለት ባለስልጣናት ነን ለሚሉት እንደርሶ ላሉ ‘የኣገር መሪዎች’ ቃል ማረሚያ ኣንደ 50 ኣመት የሚቆጠር ረጅም ጊዜ ነው። በቅንነት ተነሳስተው በኣስነዋሪ ንቀት የተሞላውን ቃልዎትን ለማረም ቢፈልጉ ኖሮ ኣይደለም 50 ቀናት የመጀመሪያዎቹ 50 ደቂቃዎችም ከበቂ በላይ ነበሩ።

ነገሩ ግን ወዲህ ነው። ኣቶ ኣባይ ፀሃዬ በወቅቱ ሃዋሳ ላይ በታደመው የግንባራችሁ ጉባኤ ላይ ‘የማስተር ፕላኑን ተግባራዊነት ያጉዋተቱትን የፍንፍኔ ዙሪያ ልዩ ዞን መስተዳድር ባለስልጣናትን ልክ እናስገባለን’ ሲሉ የኦሮሞን ህዝብ ከቁብ ኣልቆጠሩም ነበር። የርሶ ‘ልክ እናስገባለን’ ዛቻ እንደፈጣሪ ቃል ወዲያው ገቢራዊ የሚሆን ኣየመሰልዎት ‘ወደዱም ጠሉም’ እያሉም ጭምር በሃይለ-ቃል ደንፍተው ነበር። ነገሩ ግን እርሶና ግንባርዎ ባሰባችሁት መሰረት የጠቀሱትን የመንግስታችሁ ኣካልና የኦሮሞን ህዝብ ‘ልክ የሚያስገባ’ ሆኖ ኣልተገኘም። እንዲያውም ይባስ ብሎ ይህ መረን የለቀቀው በንቀት የተሞላው ቃላት ኣጠቃቀምዎ ከድሮም ጀምሮ ልቡ ተክፍቶላችሁ የማያውቀውን የኦሮሞ ህዝብ በይበልጥ ኣንቅሮ ኣንዲተፋችሁ ከማገዝ በተጨማሪ በኦፒዲኦ ውስጥ ሳይቀር መቁዋቁዋም የማይቻላችሁን የተቃውሞ ማእበል ኣንደሚያስነሳ የተገነዘባችሁት ከድፍን 50 ቀናት በሁዋላ መሆኑ ነው። ይህ ደግሞ የመንግስታችሁ መንግስታዊ ስነምግባርና ኣደጋን የመቀልበስ ኣቅም ምን ያህል የወደቀ መሆኑን ያስገነዝባል።

ወዲ ፀሃዬ ሆይ! በወቅቱ ቃላት ኣጠቃቀም ላይ ያሳዩት የስነ ምግባር ጉድለት ለመንግስታችሁ ህልውና ምን ያህል ኣደገኛ እንደሆነ ተገምግሞ ማስተባበያ እንዲሰጡበት በድርጅትዎ ታዘው ሰሞኑን ልሳናችሁ በሆነው ዋልታ ኢንፎርሜሽን ማእከል በኩል ብቅ ብለው የተናገሩት ነገር ብዙዎቻችንን ፈገግ ኣሰኝቷል። ‘ቃሉን (ልክ ኣናስገባለን የሚለውን) ከየት ኣንዳመጡት ኣላውቅም፣ እኔ በበኩሌ እንደዛ ኣላልኩም፣ የተናገርኩት ንግግር ሙሉ ቃል ሰሞኑን ሊሰራጭ ይችላል፣ እዛ ውስጥ ይሄ ቃል የለም’ ነበር ያሉት። ኣይደለም እንዴ? ነገሩ ጅብ ከሄደ ውሻ ጮሄ ኣንዲሉ በሃዋሳው ንግግርዎ ተመስሎ ኣዲስ በዋልታ ስቱዲዮ ውስጥ በቅርቡ የተቀረጸውንና ‘ልክ እናስገባለን፣ ወደደም ጠላም ልክ ይገባል’ የሚሉት እነዚያ ከሃዋሳ የተሰሙት የድንፋታ ቃላት ተገድፈው በምትኩ ስነ ምግባር የታከለበት የማስተባበያ ‘ንግግርዎን’ ለማስተዋወቅ ብቅ ያሉበት ቃለመጠይቅ መሆኑ ነው። ይህን ደግሞ ኣንድ የጎሮቤቴ የ4ኛ ክፍል ጩጬ ተማሪ ሳይቀር ነቅቶብዎታል። ኣይገርምም? በዚህ ዘመን ኣይደለም ሰፊውን የኦሮሞ ህዝብ ጨቅላ የ1ኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት ቤት ተማሪዎችን ኣንኩዋን ማታለል ከቶ የማይሞከር መሆኑን ኣዩት?

ሌላው ኣስደማሚ ነገር ደግሞ እርሶ ኣልተናገርኩም ያሉት ‘ልክ እናስገባለን’ የምትለዋ ቃል በንግግሬ ውስጥ ኣልነበረችም የሚሉ ከሆነ ከየት መጣች ብለው ያስባሉ? እርሶንና መንግስትዎን የሚያዋርደው የለየለት ኣስነዋሪ ውሸት ደሞ ይሄ ነው። ኦሮምያ ሚድያ ኔትዎርክ (OMN) ላይ ሰምተውት ከሆነ የድምፅዎት ቅላፄ፣ የትንፋሽዎ ተመሳስይነት፣ የውስጣዊ ስሜትዎ ግለትና የባክግራዉንዱ ድምጸት ኣንድ ላይ ተደምሮ ሲገመገም ቃሉ በፍፁም ባንድ ወቅት ኣንድ ቦታ ላይ ሆነው ባንድ ትንፋሽ የተናገሩትና ቆርጦ-ቀጥል (doctored) ያልሆነና ገሃዳዊ እውነታ ፈጦ የሚታይበት (authentic) ኦዲዮ መሆኑን ለመገንዘብ ኣያዳግትም። ዳሩ ግን ይህን ለማስተባበል 50 ቀን ሙሉ የወሰደባችሁ ያለምክንያት ኣይደለም።

ጉዳዩን ለማስተባበል በጣም ኣስቸጋሪ ኣንደሆነባችሁና በምን መልኩ ቢስተባበል እውነት ሊመስል ይችላል የሚለው ምክክርና ክርክር ሰፊ ጊዜ እንደወሰደባችሁ ያሳብቃል። በመሰረቱ ኣንዴ ያመለጠን ቃል ለማስተባበል ያሉት ኣማራጮች ሁለት ብቻ ናቸው ብዬ ኣስባለሁ። ኣንዱ ያው ኣሁን እንዳደረጋችሁት ሁሉ ‘ቃሉ የኔ ኣይደለም’ ብሎ በድርቅና መዋሸት። ኣልያም የምሬን ‘ለክፋት’ ሳይሆን በቃ ‘ቀልዴን’ ነበር ብሎ መጃጃልና ማጃጃል ነው። የሁለተኛው እንደማይሰራ ሲገባችሁ የመጀመሪያውን ለመምረጥ ተገደዳችሁ። ምክንያቱ ደግሞ ግልፅ ነው። ከ50 ቀናት በሁዋላም ቢሆን ይህን ኣደገኛ ቃል ሳያስተባብሉ መቅረት በዚህ የምርጫ ዋዜማ ኣደጋ ኣለው። ለነገሩ እናንተ ኣትሞክሩትም እንጂ ሶስተኛ ኣማራጭም ነበረ። ማስተባበል ትቶ በኢፋ ይቅርታ መጠየቅ። ‘በወቅቱ ስሜታዊ ሆኜ እንደዛ በመናገሬ ጉዳዩ ያነጣጠረባቸው ወገኖች ብቻ ሳይሆኑ መላው የኦሮሞ ህዝብም ጭምር ይቅርታ ያድርግልኝ። እውነት ለመናገር ማንም ማንንም ልክ ማስገባት ኣይችልም’ ብሎ ማረም በሳልነት ነበረ። ግን እድሉ ያመለጣችሁ ይመስለኛል። 24 ኣመት ሙሉ ኣንድም ጊዜ መንግስታዊ ስህተትን የማረም ክህሎት ያላዳበራችሁ ጉዶች ዛሬ ድንገት ኣይዲያው ከየት ይመጣልና! ሞልቶ የፈሰሰው ትእቢታችሁ ለዚህ ቅንነት የተሞላበት መንግስታዊ ማስተባበያ ኣይፈቅድላችሁም። በበደል ላይ በደል ደርባችሁ መጀመሪያ ያሰማችሁን ዛቻና ድንፋታ ሳያንሳችሁ ኣሁን ደግሞ በስመ ማስተባበያ ኣስነዋሪ ውሸት ትዋሹናላችሁ።

Eenyuumaa Oromoota Godina Matakkal Bulchiinsa Gumuz Jala Jiraatan Balleessuuf Jecha Dhibbaa Mootummaan Wayyaanee Taasisaa Jiru

Gabaasa Qeerroo Godina Matakkal Waambara – Ebla 1, 2015

Oromoon maccaa hanga daangaa Sudaanitti fulla’ee jiraachaa kan ture ta’uun ni beekama. Warreen sirna gadaa Maccaa keessatti durumaan ykn Oromduroo ta’anii laficha irra jiraatan GABAROO yeroo jedhaman warri hanga Oromoo itti ykn Macca lakka’atanii darban WALAANNAA jedhamu, Oromoonni kanneen abbaa biyyaa fi abbaa dachii ilmaan Oromiyaa ta’uun isaanii beekamaa dha.

Akka bulchiinsa Wayyaanee yeroo ammaa itti Oromiyaan qoqqoodinsa federaalizimii sobaa ta’een ijaarame lafa godina Wallaggaa naannoo Beenishaangul Gumuz jedhee erga moggaasee Uummanni Oromoo bulchiisa Gumuzii keessa jiraatan abbaa biyyummaa dhabuun seenaa, aadaa, afaanii fi eenyuummaa isaanii dhabaa jiru.

Mootummaan Wayyaanee yeroo sabaa fi sablammooti Gumuz naannoo jedhamee moggafame keessatti Oromoonni naannoo san jiraatan dachiin isaanii fi eenyummaan isaanii naannoo Gumuziif kutamee kennamuun osoo hin jaallatiin sabummaan isaanii akka jijjiramu guddisee qoodaa fi dhibbaa guddaa itti fidaa jira.

Akka bulchiisa Feederaala Wayyaanee yeroo ammaatti Oromootni Oromiyaan ala godinaalee adda addaa keessatti amxakamanii akka iraatan ta’an dhiibbaan guddaan waan irra jiruuf daddafiin birmatnaa akka barbaadan ta’uu beekama.

Oromoonni naannoo Gumuz keessatti dhibbentaa(%) 25n yeroo ta’an kanneen kunis Bulchiisa Gumuz godina Matakkal aanaaleen

1. Wambaraa

2. Gaalessaa
3. Dibaaxii
4. Bulanii
5. Naannoo Hawwii Zooni

Kanneen jiraatan dhibbaan adda addaa irratti ta’u keessaa :-

– Akka sabaatti hin ilaalaman;
– Afaan Oromoon hin baratan jedhuun Amaariffaan barsiifamu;
– Bu’uuraaleen misoomaa isaaniif hin hojjetamu fkn daangaa Oromiyaan akka wal hin qunnamsiifamne taasisaman;
– Aadaa ofii ibsachuu hin danda’an fkn booqaa birraa ayyaana masqalaa irratti dhaabbati raadiyoo fi TV Oromiyaa aadaa Oromoota Matakkal waraabuun dhorkamaa dha.

Yeroo ta’u uumanni Oromoo waliigalatti Oromoota Matakkal rakkoo fi dhibdee Wayyaaneen irraan gahaa jirtu hubachuun barbaachisaa ta’uu Qeerroon dhaama.