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An Addis Ababa neighborhood honors Bertukan Mideksa

Posted on , Updated on by Elias Kifle

The Ferensay Legacion area residents of Addis Ababa have awared the Vice President of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) Bertukan Mideksa a brand new car on Saturday.

Bertukan MideksaFerensay Legacion is Wzt. Bertukan’s neighborhood. It is also an area that was savagely attacked by Woyanne tanks and Agazi special forces during the Nov. 2005 civil unrest when the residents tried to protect their favorite daughter from being taken away by security forces. To avoid further boodshed, Bertukan surrendered herself to the Woyanne, saving the neighborhood from Mogadishu-like devastation.

Also on Saturday, the Ferensay Legacion residents had organized a luncheon for the Kinijit leaders. Representing the party, Wzt. Bertukan and Prof. Mesfin gave speeches. Kinijit President Hailu Shawel could not attend the luncheon, but he was represented by his son, Shawel Hailu.

Ethiopian Review correspondent in Addis Ababa has filed the following report in Amharic (Amharic font can be downloaded here):

የቅንጅት ምክትል ፕሬዚደንት ብርቱካን ሚደቅሳ መኪና ተሸለሙ 

በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ በተለምዶ ፈረንሳይ ለጋሲዮን እየተባለ በሚጠራው አካባቢ የሚኖሩ ነዋሪዎች የአካባቢያቸው ልጅ ለሆነችው ወ/ት ብርቱካን ሚዴቅሳ መኪና በመሸለም ደስታቸውን ገለጹ፡፡ በተጨማሪም ከእስር ለተፈቱት የቅንጅት አመራሮች የምሳ ግብዣ አደረጉ፡፡ በግብዣው ላይ ፕሮፌሰር መስፍን ወ/ማሪያም እና ወ/ት ብርቱካን ንግግር አድርገዋል፡፡

ከቀኑ አምስት ሰአት ጀምሮ ነበር ግብዣውን ያዘጋጁት የአካባቢው ነዋሪዎች ጉድ ጉድ ማለት የጀመሩት፡፡ እንግዶቹ በተጠሩበት 7፡00 ሰአት ሲመጡ ግን አካባቢው በጩኅት ተናወጠ፡፡ ሁሉም ደስታውን በጭብጨባ መግለጽ ጀመረ፡፡

ዝግጅቱ ወደተደረገበት የቀበሌ እድር አዳራሽ ሲገባ አዳራሹ ውስጥ የተሰበሰበው ህዝብ ደስታውን የሚገልጽበት ስሜት ምናልባትም ከምርጫው በሓላ የመጀመሪያው የህዝብ ስሜት ሊባል የሚችል ነበር፡፡ ሁሉም ታዳሚ የቅንጅት አርማ የሆነውን የጣት ምልክት በማውጣት በፉጨት ደስታውን ይገልጻል

አዘጋጆቹ ንግግር ካደረጉ በሓላ የምሳው ግብዣ ሥነስርአት የተከናወነ ሲሆን ኣቶ ኃይሉ ሻውል ባለመገኘታቸው የተዘጋጀላቸውን ስጦታ በልጃቸው አማካኝነት ተሰተቸዋል፡፡

በተጨማሪም ለፕሮፌሰር መስፍን ወ/ማሪያም ስጦታ የተሰጠ ሲሆን ይህ ለሁለቱም የተሰጠው ስጦታ የቅንጅት አርማ የሆነው የጣት ምልክት የተቀረጸበት ዱላ ሲሆን ‹‹በትረ መንግስት›› ሲሉም ሰይመውላቸዋል፡፡

ለአቶ ሙሉነህ ኢዩኤል እና አቶ አለማየሁ ለተባለ የአካባቢቸው ወጣት ተጨማሪ ሥጦታን ከሰጡ በኋላ ለወ/ት ብርቱካን ሚዴቅሳ ሽልማት እንዳላቸው ተናገሩ፡፡ ህዝቡ ሽልማቱን ለማወቅ በከፍተኛ ጉጉት የጠበቀ ሲሆን ‹‹ጀግና›› ላለት የአካባቢያቸው ልጅ የመኪና ቁልፍ አስረከቡ፡፡ ህዝቡ ደስታውን በጭብጨባ ገለጸ፡፡

ወ/ት ብርቱካን ምን እንደምትናገር የጠፋት በሚመስል ስሜት በሁለት እጆችዋ አርማውን እያሳየች ከወገቧ በመጎንበስ ምስጋናዋን ገልጻለች፡፡ ወደ መኪናዋም በመሄድ የተሸፈነችበትን ጨርቅ ገልጣ ተረክባለች፡፡

አዘጋጆቹም ሽልማታቸውን ካጠናቀቁ በኋላ ‹‹አቅማችን ፈቅዶ ሁላችሁንም ብንሸልም ደሰ ባለን ነበር… ግን ለሁላችሁም የሚሆን አንድ ስጦታ አለን እሱም ልባችን ነው›› ብለዋል፡፡

ወ/ት ብርቱካን ሚዴቅሳና ፕሮፌሰር መስፍን ወ/ማሪያም ረዘም ያለ ንግግር አድርገው ፕሮግራሙ ተፈጽሟል፡፡

72 thoughts on “An Addis Ababa neighborhood honors Bertukan Mideksa”

  1. እጅግ ድንቅ የሚያኮራ ተግባር ነው:: ለተቀረነውም ለእኛ አራያነት ያለው ተግባር በመሆኑ ለቀጣዩ ትግል ሁላችንም የወያኔን የኑሮ ውድነት ቅጣት ተቋቁመን በጽናት መቆም አለብን::
    ድል ለኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ////////

  4. በጣም ደስ የሚል ነው:: በሌሎችም ቦታ እንዲህ ቢደረግ ትሩ ማበራታቻ ይሆናል::. እንደሚከትልም ባለሙሉ ተስፋ ነኝ::

  6. I want to know what the Woyanes feel at this time. Really it is shame for the suporters of this insane party. I believe that this will continue in other areas and for other CUD leaders as well. People will describe their haterade to this “government” in many ways and this is one way if they understand it. Thank you men. I am very much surprised on what you did.

  7. i am amazed and my eyes are full of tears. imagine the infilation in addis this days which makes people difficult to survive let alone contribute money. despite all this hurdles addiss ababians show their commitment by buying a car for bertukan.

  8. የፈርንስይ ለጋሲዮን ነዋሪዎችህ በሙሉ ምስጋና ይድረሳችሁ:: በጣም የሚያኮራ ሰራ ነው የሰራችሁት:: ይህ የተቀደሰ ሰራችሁ ለሁላችንም አረአያ የሚሆን ነው:: እግዚአብሄር ኢትዮጵያን ይጠብቅ.

  17. What a fitting gift to our hero Birtukan Mediksa! when in our history leadres loved so much as this? I have no word to express my happines and admiration to the people who started this uplifting idea to award Birtukan with Car. I hoper the eveil woyane will understand how love can over come heaterd.

  19. ይህ የሚያኮራ ተግባር በሁላችንም ሃገር ወዳድ ኢትዮፕያውያን መደነቅና አርአያ መሆን ያለበት ተግባር ነው

  20. The people of Ferensaign legacion, you deserve great appluad for you bravery.

    It is indeed a sign of deep love for a person stand for the cause of the people, and it is also a sign of hate for the most hated regime that wanted to humiliate the people’s precious diamond’s.

    The millennium should be used to express people’s love for the CUD leadership and hate for Meles and his mafia ganges.

    All public millennium celebration in Ethiopia and outside should be start by remmebering those killed, tortured, imprisoned by Meles.

    The “V” sign of CUD should be visible in peoples hand and everywhere.

    The millennium celebration shouild be used to voice our support for the democratically elected CUD leadership, and denouncation of Meles the thief of 4 kilo, the killer of Addis Ababa, the lier of Africa

  21. ለቅንጅት አና ለቆሙለት ትልቅ ሕዝብ:
    ግሩም ድንቅ ! እግዚአብሔር ይርዳችሁ !
    ከማክበር የፍቅር ስላምታ ጋር::
    smz

  22. God bless you Ferensya Legatsionoch. What a message to the diasporans, amidst all untouchable daily life costs, the hero people do what they want … they award our heroine and all their heart. In a good sense we can support the struggle but in messing it NO NO NO. The very people in fire and struggle are at home and they are signaling what it means by KINIJIT – a spirit of love and unison, love and democracy.

  23. This is how we Ethiopians are devoted to respect our true leaders. And this is a very clear lesson to the weyanes if they have the ability to understand. Storming the public medium with full of lies is not the way to conquer our hearts.

    Kinijit is the right way for democracy.

    People of Ferensay Legasion, you are good symbols of struggle.

    Viva Birtukan, viva Kinijit!

  25. Hail our leaders, the authentic elected leaders of our people. Led by its true sons and daughters, Ethiopia will be a shining example where democracy, freedom and justice prosper. KINJIT has become synonymous with peace, love and forgiveness. No amount of violence perpetrated by zenawi and his henchmen can divert us from the true cause we stand for.

  26. ጥያቄ:-

    በኢትዮጵያ ታሪክ ውስጥ ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ በደጋፊዎች መኪና ወይም ሌላ ሽልማት አባሎቹ የተሸለሙለት የፖለቲካ ፓርቲ/ድርጅት የትኛው ነው::
    ሀ) ኢሕአፓ
    ለ) ኢህአደግ
    ሐ) ወያኔ
    መ) ቅንጅት \/ \/
    ሠ) ህብረት

  27. Birtukan our heroine beloved daughter has been treated like she deserves it. God bless her.
    A little twist in this interestng event is why Mr. Hailu was represented by his son. Are we headed towards absolute monarchy of Shawel Dinasty?

  28. Abraham Lincoln in his famous Gettysburg Address said,
    “this nation under God shall have a new birth freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.”

    I strongly believe that those who gave their lives for their country and people will always be honored, remembered and loved by all of us. Our dear Ferensay Legacion residents did something big that will be cherished by all of us. Imagine what we all could do for these amazing leaders. My great respect and love for you all. You made us happy and I am sure that you sent a strong message to our political leaders……

    Let the new Millennium be the beginning…

  30. የፈረንሳይ ለጋሲዎን ነዋሪዎች ድንቅ ስራ ነው የሰራችሁት ከሁሉ ነገር የበለጠ ስጦታ የህዝብ ፍቅር ነው በምንም ሃብትና እውቀት ሊገዛ የማይችል ብርቱካን እውነተኛ ኢትዮጵያዊ ጀግና ናት ህዝብ ገንዘቡን ብቻ ሳይሆን ህይወቱን የሰጠላት እንኮራብሻልን
    ጀግናችን በርቺልን

  33. ይህ በጣም የሚያኮራ ስራ ነው:: በውጪ ላለነው አኢትዮጵያውያን የሚያስተላልፈው መልእክትም የፈረንሳይ ለጋስዮን ህዝብ ያለበትን የወያኔ ዐፈና ሳይፈራና ካለው አነስትኛ ገቢ ቀንሶ ይህን ማድረግ ከቻለ ከወያኔ ዱላና ጥይት ርቀን በጣም የተሻለ ገቢ የምናግኝበት ቦታ ያለን ሰዎች ለህዝባችን እስከአሁን ካደረግነው በላይ በጣም ብዙ ማድረግ መቻላችንን ነው::

    ለፍትህ የበላይነት: ለእኩልነት: ለመልካም አመራር: በጋራ በሰላም ለመኖር: ህሳብን በነጻነት ስለመግልጽ: ለሀገር አንድነት ከፍትኛ መስዋእትነት ለከፈሉት መሪዎቻችን የሚያስፈልጋቸውን ድጋፍ በመስጠት ትግሉ በመልካም ውጤት እንዲጠናቀቅ እናግዝ::

  34. በጣም መኩሪያችን ነሽ ብርቱካን መዴቅሳ የፈረንሳይ ለጋስዮን ነዋሪዎች ትልቅ ትምህርት አስተማራችሁን እኛስ በዲያስፖራ የምንኖር እስኪ አይናችንን እንግለጽ ውጭ ሲመጡ ምን አስበናል

  35. It is a great sign of support from the people who have little but high hopes. What makes the greatest gift of all is when it comes from the loving heart without any conditions attached.

  39. The Ferensy Legasionees give us a lesson how to honour a hero and a beloved leader. Birtukan is one of those heros that we are proud of.

    LONG LIVE CUD
    LONG LIVE OUR LEADERS

  42. Thanks Elias for this good news!

    I am extreamly happy about the gift the Ferensay Legesuen provided to Birtukan and the others. I could not stop crying after I read the news. I was following the news closly and when I heared that the people have collected about 80,000 birr, I was sure that the people would give her car. Amazing!. More importantly, the Ferensay people have given the lesson for all Ethiopians: they started the struggle inside the country. They have already sacrificed in 2005 and are keeping their workd to continue the struggle. WOW!!!! We love you Birtukan and the people of Ferensay Legasion.

  44. አምባገነን መሪዎች ለህዝብ ክብርና ፈቃድ መገዛት ምን ያህል በህዝብ ዘንድ ክብርና መዎደድን እንደሚያጎናጽፍ መቸ ይሆን የምትረዱት? ቅንጅት በአጭር ጊዜ ይህን ሁሉ ዝና ያተረፈው የህዝብን ፍላጎት አላማ አድርጎ በመነሳቱ ነው::

  46. OHHHHHHHHHHHHH, That is realy a great gift to our heros. when I read this my eyes were full of tears. Realy Birtukan is a abridge to unit the Country which is under risk by the divid and rule strategy of woyane. Now Kinjit is love and unity. All should follow the way what Fresay Legacion people are doing.

  47. Siye Abraha paid tribute to her as a judge with integrity and knowledge. She proclaimed her party’s philosophy as a spirit of freedom that cannot be stopped. Her constituency has shown that it is behind her all the way. God willing we have not yet seen the last of her. She is a leader we need to honor !!!!

  50. Can U see that God is blessing ethiopian people and the CUD. This is a reward from Ferensay Legasiyonoch pocket not withdrawn from ethiopian tax payer like woyane state is doing.

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