Ethiopian Review Editorial
The Shaleqa mafia is an unholy alliance of:
1) The former chairman of Kinijit North America Shaleqa Yoseph Yazew, and Ato Moges Brook, who is the shaleqa’s friend of over 30 years from their EDU days. These two individuals are long time friends of Hailu Shawel and have close family ties. The two individuals allegedly have diverted over $1 million of Kinijit’s funds to accounts they personally control.
2) Former president of the Ethiopian Teachers Association (ETA), Dr Taye Woldesemayat, who once proudly announced in a public meeting that he did not vote for Kinijit in the 2005 elections. Last month, the ETA executive committee fired Taye (see here) for, among other things, not handing over financial and other forms of assistance he had received on behalf of the ETA from teachers’ association in other countries.
3) Radio talk show host and former abiyot tebaqi (Derg’s revolutionary guard) Merchaw Sinishaw who used to torture high school kids suspected of being EPRP members.
4) Woyanne web sites.
5) EPRP web sites such as asimba.org.
6) Millionaire businessman Solomon Bekele who is now practically out of the group because of his recent change of heart.
What made these groups with conflicting interests come together?
For Shaleqa Yoseph and Ato Moges, who formed this unholy alliance, their sole and overriding objective at this point is to create diversion through chaos so that the Kinijit leadership will be unable to conduct an investigation into their corruption. They have found a perfect weapon in the unemployed and power-hungry Taye Woldesemayat. Shaleqa Yoseph put Taye on salary and is sending him from city to city falsely presenting himself as the head of Kinijit in the Diaspora. Now all Shaleqa Yoseph and Ato Moges are doing is just sit back and watch Taye carry out their mission.
Before accepting the invitation to join the shaleqa group, Dr Taye was busy attending EPRP- sponsored public meetings and attacking the jailed Kinijit leaders. After being anointed as chairman of the Kinijit International Council (shaleqa’s Trojan horse), Dr Taye brought with him several of his friends who are either members of or have close ties to EPRP. In short, the KIC is an EPRP outfit that is being financed by Shaleqa Yoseph and Ato Moges with the money they stole from Kinijit.
The KIC serves two purposes and two different interests:
1) to create diversion for Shaleqa Yoseph and Ato Moges;
2) to facilitate the Taye-EPRP take over of Kinijit.
For Shaleqa Yoseph and Ato Moges, it is a matter of covering up their corruption — not a quest for power. For Taye and EPRP, it is a matter of hijacking Kinijit. Both of them are exploiting Ato Hailu’s poor health and shaky state of mind.
The Shaleqa-Taye-EPRP plan
This is what will happen in the next few weeks:
1) Ato Hailu and friends (the shaleqa group), with the help of the EPRP media, will start labeling members of the Kinijit executive committee as Woyanne agents and sympathizers. They will say that Ato Hailu signed the apology letter that got him and others out of jail after being pressured by the other Kinijit officials. They will talk about how Ato Hailu is the only leader with the conviction to stand up against Woyanne, bla bla bla…
2) Next, after gauging the effectiveness of their propaganda, Ato Hailu will declare that he has dismissed most of the Kinijit executive committee members. He believes, and is being told by the shaleqa group, that he has the power to decide any thing on behalf of Kinijit by himself.
3) In about six month or less, Hailu Shawel will announce that due to his poor health he is unable to remain as chairman and will appoint Taye Woldesemayat to replace him.
Ethiopian Review has been informed about this plan from a source inside the shaleqa group who is against it. According to the source, all the mediation, negotiation, excuses, etc. are just delaying tactics to buy time until Dr Taye and crew prepare the ground for the next step.
Some parts of this plan are already being implemented. They have started making various accusations against the executive committee members in private meetings with small groups of individuals. Soon EPRP media outlets will be filled with attacks against Kinijit Vice President Bertukan Mideska and the other members of the executive committee.
The effort to save Hailu Shawel
The concern of many people is not that Kinijit will be harmed or divided because of what Shaleqa Yoseph, Ato Moges, and Dr Taye are doing now taking advantage of Ato Hailu’s condition. Last Sunday’s successful public meeting in Washington DC has demonstrated that individual leaders may come and go, but Kinijit will move forward because it is built on principles rather than personalities. Kinijit supporters were also reassured that the Kinijit leadership is united and intact. The concern of most Kinijit supporters now is not Kinijit’s integrity or viability, but Ato Hailu’s legacy. It would be indeed unfortunate if the first chairman of Kinijit leaves the party without proper farewell, even worse, in disgrace.
Ato Solomon Bekele and a few others who became aware of the Shaleqa-Taye-EPRP plan are now making an effort to save Hailu Shawel from disgracing himself in such a way. Ato Hailu’s legacy and their own reputation is at stake. Ato Solomon has been imploring Hailu Shawel to re-establish contacts with the executive committee and attend public meetings together. In a further attempt to change Ato Hailu’s mind, yesterday, Solomon Bekele had arranged a meeting between Hailu Shawel and Aklog Lemeneh, chairman of Kinijit North America chapters. During the meeting yesterday (Tuesday), Ato Aklog advised him that he is making a grave mistake and that he should change course before more harm is done. He invited Ato Hailu to join the delegation at the scheduled public meeting in Boston this coming weekend. Ato Hailu said he will think about it. Don’t count on that.
Over the weekend, some prominent Ethiopians who reside in the Washington DC area, including Ambassador Ayalew Mandefro and Dr Gebreye Wolde-Rufael, had a chance to meet with Ato Hailu. They begged him to reconcile his differences with the executive committee — to no avail. Ato Hailu kept repeating to them the false information he is being fed by Dr Taye and the shaleqa group. These individuals left the meeting terribly disappointed.
It is Ato Hailu’s frailty that Taye and the shaleqa are exploiting to their advantage. He is now completely encircled by the shaleqa group and has very limited access to individuals outside of the group. They carry his phone so unless he makes calls himself, no one can reach him by phone other than selected individuals. Many long-time friends of Ato Hailu are unable to reach him. When some individuals get a chance to see him, the people Dr Taye put around Ato Hailu, such as Assefa Dires, get nervous and find some reason to interrupt the meeting. All Ethiopian media are prevented from interviewing him. The only media personality who is allowed to interview Ato Hailu is Merchaw. Taye and the shaleqa have managed to control Ato Hailu’s every movement. He is now virtually a hostage. As a result, the likelihood that the effort of Solomon Bekele, Aklog Lemeneh and other will succeed is little to none.
According to inside sources, the shaleqa group held a meeting Monday night with Ato Hailu. They proposed to him to take a break for two weeks and then come back to Washington DC for a meeting on Sept. 30 with invited individuals only. Similar closed meetings would be held in other cities, too, according to the proposal. Dr Taye argued that public meetings that are open to every one would expose Ato Hailu to insults. Ato Hailu agreed and has accepted the proposal. This morning Hailu Shawel went to Reagan Airport accompanied by Shaleqa Yoseph, Solomon Bekele and Merchaw Sinishaw and took off for Minneapolis.
Why Shaleqa, Taye and EPRP will not succeed
It is because the Kinijit central committee members are united in their stand against any form of lawlessness and dictatorship inside the party. With the exception of Shaleqa Getachew Mengiste, who is currently in South Africa on a working visiting leading a Kinijit delegation, none of the other executive committee members approve what Ato Hailu is doing now. Some try to portray that the leadership crisis inside Kinijit is caused by a conflict between “the Hailu and the Berhanu factions.” This is far from the truth. There is no such a thing. The leadership problem is caused by the disagreement between Ato Hailu and two or three individuals on one side, and the whole Kinijit leadership, on the other. Simply put, the root cause of the leadership crisis inside Kinijit is Hailu Shawel’s recent dictatorial behavior that is encouraged and promoted by the shaleqa group. The strongest opposition to Ato Hailu’s disregard for the executive committee decisions is coming from members of his own former party, AEUP.
The Kinijit leadership has so far been extremely patient with Ato Hailu and his crooked friends. But not for long. The leadership needs to take steps to protect the party’s credibility and integrity.
More than the leadership, the people of Ethiopia would not allow the Shaleqa-Taye-EPRP plan to succeed. Taye and his EPRP buddies will be challenged and confronted every step of the way with the same vigor and energy Woyanne is being fought. In short, the Taye-EPRP plan to hijack Kinijit has a snowball’s chance in hell.
As to saving Ato Hailu’s legacy, it is in his hands and the hands of those who truly care for him, if he has such friends around him. The effort has already started by some. Let’s hope they will succeed.
71 thoughts on “Saving Hailu Shawel’s legacy from the Shaleqa mafia”
Dear Elias,
I agree most of what you said if not all. But the most exposure is what you found about the radio host Mirchaw Sinshaw. This is what you found “Radio talk show host and former abiyot tebaqi (Derg’s revolutionary guard) Merchaw Sinishaw who used to torture high school kids suspected of being EPRP members.” I know this person long time ago these rumors are said for long time but everybody kept quite until today you expose his true past. It is the right time now all Ethiopians have to know about this guy
About what he did during the Fascist Derge era.
Thanks
Kinijit will not be capable of leading Ethiopians, if it cannot solve its problem democratically.
I hate this goones EPRP gangs. They just don’t get it. There is no diffrence between Woyanes and EPRP. The Ethiopian People don’t even know that they exist now a days.If they do they will throw them to the pit. They are the one who tried to aggitate things among Kingit leaders in America, therefore they must be exposed. Thank you Elias! Their Marxism,Lenninism and Maoism shelf live expired 17 years ago. EPRP is labeled expired for ever. Can’t its gangs get it?
Prison term does not make one a saint Dr. Taye!
ER pin-pointed EPRP’s desperate attempt to stay valid in the Ethiopian political landscape. In sharp contrast to the age profile of Kinijit members and supporters who are young, EPRP’s members are 55 and over. If a party cannot appeal to the young generation it is toast, it is dead. Look at the leadership of EPRP, the same faces are in the leadership for over 35 years. Hello! do you see something wrong there?
That is why EPRP is salivating over the success of Kinijit, the breadth and depth of its membership. EPRP is a party who is stuck on stupid filled with the most venomous tounge. If nobody is going to take EPRP seriously ever, the only way is the backdoor of Kinijit. That is where Taye Woldesemayat a known EPRP and Kinijit-hater comes to play. This is one of the most arrogant persons I ever saw. Just because he stayed in prison for five years, he wants us to believe he has attained sainthood and that Ethiopians owe him. Hell no! we don’t owe a damn to any back-stabber and opportunist like Taye.
CUD’s Corporation
Shelequa Yazew’s CUD appears to be dissolving in to a very special private corporation or political entity after series of devastating blows following the money scandal and the futile attempt to oust those who challenged its accountability and leadership.
Rather than facing the truth Shelequa Yazews corporation appears now recklessly threatening the political career (if any) of many CUD compatriots including Hailu Shawel.
According to information obtained from many sources, Hailu Shwel may incline to support those who have failed the CUD’s leadership in the Diaspora and think as one may able to run the Diaspora politics with an iron fist, assigning a hand picked MISLENAES (representatives) and without questioning accountability and excellence. If that is true and the case, the regime in Ethiopia will not be alone in being despotic and incapable of recognizing the political dynamism both at home and in the Diaspora.
If Ato Hilu cannot see this simple trick by the mafias how can he led us out of the intricate problem we have as Ethiopians. To me hilu has faild one big test and is time to resign with honour or disgrac-the choice is his. As to the Taye, Shaleqa group they will not be left unchallengd by all rules: legal, sochial and moral. History will also give them their place. What they are doing to Ethiopia and Ethiopians during this critical time is not less than what woyane, Derg, Mosoloni, Ahmed Gragn, and Yodit have done.
It is unfortunate that many have failed to see that Ato Hailu is not the right person at least for the top position in Kinijit. As an Ethiopian and an opposition, I respect him but he was unfit from the beginning to lead such awsome movement for democracy. He was always dictatorial. He has never been effective leader. His inflamaorty and counter productive speeches contributed to the Kinijit’s ladears suffering. I am glad things are clearing up now. We get experience now. We learn to challenge and hold each other accountable. It wasn’t so in Kinijit thus far. Any one who challenged were labeled Woyane. Thanks Elias for your contribution.
God bless you Elias:
You are doing a great service for Ethiopia and the Ethiopian people. Let us be reminded that kinijit is the people’s Organization, It is vital that people know the truth. The truth will unite us, there will be no confusion. Elias keep digging and let the truth surface so that the people will know it. As for Eng. Hailu Shawel, whom I respect and admire greatly, He is a victim here. He has been abducted by the terrorists, the Shaleqa & his crew and EPRP. These people and EPRP. should be sued for kidnapping the kinijit leader. I also wonder what happened to Eng. Hailu Shawel? Is he unable to think right? I am sorry to say, but, this man, who put his life in line for death or life in-prison whichever the case may have been would not abandon his devotion and his vision for democracy in Ethiopia and equality for all Ethiopians in his right mind. Some thing is not right. I think in his captivity his right to speak his mind has been stripped off by the terrorists. I pray for his well being. As for these Terrorist group this time is their last attempt to divide the Kinijit and the Ethiopian people. IN GOD WE TRUST.
I don’t think Kinjits problem is external. It is internal problem. You can’t blame all this external forces for all problems of this organization. I think it is time for the leaders to seat and find out what the real problem is and fix it. If not, Kinijit will be history. I personally don’t think EPRP have that much power to do a single damage on CUD. EPRP is almost dead.
Hi guys , please read what is posted on Ethiozagol – evidence based analysis that highlighted in the last two years which is real and led to the current crisis . It is written from Addis . It made clear what is happening .and with ER’s analysis you don’t need any further investigation to understand Ato Hailu’s stand who should surrender to the majority before it is too late !
Thanks ELIAS for your current information i think it is time to move on.everything becoming clear and more clear .we apriciate what ENGINEER HAILU has done the past years untilhe let the GANGISTER manipulate hime . folks now everything is OVER OR OROMAY.BIRLEA KENEQA AYHONM EAQA YLAL YHAGER SEW.i have heard what ENGINEER HAILU saidon that hodam mirchaw interview,i really disapointed about his attitude and i learned he is a dictatership therfor in my opinion he has to RESIGN RESPECTFULLY. may be this is difficalt to digest but it is a FACT and MUST like we have seen here in USA like DONALD RUMSFILD,AND GANZALA … many more so we have to focus on colective leadership and accountebility not individual so that ENGINEER HAILU I ask u to stepdown immediatlly? if u do that u will have RESPECT,LOVE and GLORY foe what u have done to beloved ETHIOPIA.our kinijit is getting better and stronger every singl day.AND THE ETHIOPIAN PEOPEL SHALL WIN. LONG LIVE KINJIT LONG LIVE ETHIOPIA. MAY GOD BLEASS ETHIOPIA!!!
Dear all:
I have just had a chance to listen Ato Hailu’s interview on Tensae Radio. If you get a chance please do listen to it. From his voice it seems he is well. Thanks to God.
Now back to some of the points he raised.
1. He mentioned that Kinijit is democratic and have principles. He said that no individual is above the party. He declared that KINIJIT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE and that there is no other option for KINIJIT to follow what the people want.
2. He said that Kinijit is one. As there are problems and differences in any problem, he says that there are also problems within Kinijit. He explained that in a democracy there are disagreements, differences and heated exchanges. That must not and should not consider as “division”. According to him all these are normal. He says:” two or three individuals may create problems”. “They will be dealt” he says.
3. He emphasized that all accounts must be audited by independent auditors and investigated in detail.
4. He at the beginning of his interview announced clearly and unambiguously that there will be no appointment and that chapters must be organized independently and democratically. (Though at the end he contradicted himself)
I honestly like what I have heard. If Ato Hailu truly believes in this, I cannot comprehend why it was difficult to solve outstanding minor differences with his colleagues. If what he said is truly what he believes in then , then was he afraid to come in the same house and discuss with his friends from Kaliti ? Why does he limit and surround himself with individuals that has been violating for the last two years what he just said ?
What we all wanted from the get go is for the people’s money be audited and returned back. What we wanted from the get go is to establish democracy within our chapter and within or North America Chapter Association in a democratic and transparent manner. What we wanted from the get go is for the consorted attacks on other Kinijit members be stopped. It is not us who have been regularly attacking individuals on radio and on renegade websites(like kinijit.org, debteraw, ethiolion ..). It is not us who have been attacking strong Kinijit Supporters as “weyanes”. It is not us who illegally patented the name “Kinijit” and Kinijit logo and sue those who voluntarily support Kinijit for helping Kinijit.
By the way when I say I like what I have heard, I do not mean I like it all. There are one minor item and another major item that Ato Hailu mention that I reject.
Let me start with the minor item. He mentioned that some Kinijit leaders want to come to America because they have not seen America before. To quote him ” be weret mekniyat”. I think he may be referring to w/t Birtukan for the others at one time were all out of the country. I call this arrogance and “tiebit”. That can be considered also as an insult to millions of Ethiopians. Because he is rich he may have come to America multiple times before. However, who gave him the authority to talk with disrespect against those who have never been out from the country like this ? SHAME ON HIM.
The major item is his endorsement of the group that calls itself “KIC” but many calls it “Keyissi”. :) Ato Hailu after telling us that we will have no-one to be above us, that chapters must be organized on their own democratically, he makes a shift and tell us that there is KIC. WHAT IS KIC ? He said that the political leadership will be in Addis Ababa. So KIC is not doing any political work. If political works are not done then the other work items that is left are supports. That are the roles of Chapters, which Ato Hailu explained that they must choose their own leader.
I AM CONFUSED HERE . I think At Hailu is mixing everything and must correct the fact. He cannot have it both ways. I think he must be honest and announce that there is no KIC. This way one of the major differences he has with the other Kinijit delegation will be solved.
Other than that relatively speaking, I give a C to Ato Hailu speech. It was not confrontational and deteriorating. I applaud his attempt to calm the people. I applaud his confidence that problems will be solved. I will share his optimism and pray for it.
Will Ato Hailu do as he says ? I do not know. His separate schedule to address Ethiopians is a clear indication that he may have chosen the “go it alone” approach. He will have meetings in 5 cities organized mainly by EPRP folks. I think he must scrap this non-sense and immediately join his colleagues. “Ersu binekachewoum ye etiopia hezb yakebrachewal. Ersu ke enersu guar bale mesratu erasun newou miyawaredewu”.
Last I would like to say few words about the tensae radio interviewer. The radio host, Ato yewarkaw Mengistu, was intentionally probing Ato Hailu so that he can give sparking and divisive comments. Their intent was to get something bad from
Ato Hailu against the other leaders and widen more the crisis. Fortunately Ato Hailu was calm and except of couple of minor guffs were very civil. This is telling me that there are some groups (out of which the Tensae radio reporters and producers and those who sponsor them, who may be up to not the strength of Kinijit but its demise. THEY WILL FAIL. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE KNOWS ABOUT IT AND BE VIGILANT AGAINST THEIR POISONOUS AND DIRTY PROPOGANDA CAMPAIGNS.
GK
The best next move on the part of Kinijit in order to gain credibility from formost the Ethiopian people and even the world (however is watching; i.e. US Watch Groups) is to do the following:
1) Hold a town hall meeting to address all issues that have been raging til now…mainly the Shaleqa Group’s misactions as well as Taye needs to be there.
2) The decision process should be open to the public and although may sound controversial, it will make news and give the Kinijit a level of democratic transparancy that they have not reached before. They need to do such things in order to build on their international credibility which needs some work still in my humble opinion.
3) The chapters around the country including around the world should take part in knowing all the facts and use Kinijit’s democratic principles in voting the wrong doers out of office and out of Kinit and in return out of Ethiopian Politics.
This move I think would give Kinijit again, credibility and perhaps send more disatisfied non EPRDF Ethiopians to Kinijit in the diaspora such as Oromos and Tigreans as well.
Ok, just a suggestion, thanks for the comment.
Wow!!! What a detailed shocking story though Mr. Elias!! Great Journalism my friend!!
I think the bad fruits in Kinjit are done already if you ask me!
Great work Ato Elias! …as always!
Sincerely,
S.
ይድረስ ለቶ ሃይሉ ሻውል,
ቅድሚያ የተከበረ ሰላምታዬ ይድረስዎት:: ቅጥሎም ሙሉ ጤና እና ረጅም እድሜ እምኝለዎታለሁ:: በህግ ትምህርት ላይ በውጭ አገር የምገኝ ኢትዮጵያዊ ነኝ:: በምርጫው ወቅት ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ስለነበርኩ ቅንጅትን መርጫለሁ:: ቅንጅትን የመረጥኩት ግን እርስዎን ወይም ብርሃኑን ወይም ብርቱካንን በማለት አይደለም::
የቅንጅትን ማንፌስቶ እና መርህ እንዲሁም እራይ መሰረት በማድረግ ነው:: ባጭሩ ቅንጅትን የመረጥኩት ግለ-ሰብን በማመን አይደለም::
አንድ የሰማሁትንና ከህሊናዬ ሊጠፋ የማይችልን አንድ ነገር ሊንገርዎት:: አንድ ጎጃም ውስጥ ደጀን አካባቢ የሚገኝ የቅንጅት ደጋፊ በወኛኔዎች ድብደባ ጉዳት ይደርስበትና እሞታለሁ ብሎ ስላመነ የልጀን ነገር አደራ ለአቶ ሃይሉ አድርሱልኝ አለ ብሎ የቅርብ ጓደኛው ነግሮኛል::
በኔ ግንዛቤ ይህ ሰው ይህንን አደራ የሰጠው እርስዎ በዘመድ አዛምድ ባምቻ በጋብቻ ባካባቢ ተወላጅነት አያምኑም የሚል እምነት ስላደረብት ነው እንጅ ዛሬ እንደሚታየው በዘመድ አዛምድ ባምቻ በጋብቻ ከተሰባሰቡት ከነዮሴፍ ያዘው ጋር መጠለፈዎን ቢአውቅ ኖሮ ቢአንስ አደራውን ለርስዎ አይተውም ነበር:: ለምን ቢሉ ይህ ሰው ከነዮሴፍ ያዘው ጋር በዘመድ አዛምድ ባምቻ በጋብቻ እንዲሁም ባካባቢ ተወላጅነት የተሳሰረ አይደለም እና::
ዮሴፍ ያዘው ካገር ወዳድ ኢትዮጵያዊ የተሰበሰበውን ገንዘብ በዘመድ አዛምድ ባምቻ በጋብቻ ከተሳሰሩ ቡድኖቹ እንዲሁም ባካባቢ ከሚወለዱት ጋር ተካፈለው እንጅ ለዚያ ምስኪን ጎጃሜ ቤሳ ቢስቲ አላለውም:: ይህ ጎጃሜ ለጎጠኞች ቦታ ቢኖረው ኖሮ በተለይም ቅንጅት በዘመድ አዛምድ ባምቻ በጋብቻ በተሳሰሩ ቡድኖቹ ሊጠለፍ እንደሚሞከር ቢገነዘብ ኖሮ ላገሩ ገበሬ ልጁን አደራ ይሰጥ::
ክቡር አቶ ሃይሉ,
ስለኢትዮጵያ ታሪክ ሳነብ ስለርስዎም አንድ ነገር አንብቤአለሁ:: ባንድ ውቅት ከንጉሱ ፊት ለሽልማት ቀርበው የማን ለጅ እንደሆኑ በንጉሱ ሲጠየቁ የገበሬ ልጅ መሆነዎን ተናግረዋል:: እጅግ የሚአስመሰግን መልስ ነው:: ንጉሱ ራሱን ካገር እና ከህዝብ በላይ አድርጎ ከኢትዮጵያ ክብር ይልቅ ለራሱ ክብር ይሰራ ነበር:: እኔ ለንጉሱ ከብር አልሰጥም:: ለምን ቢሉ በመላ አገሪቱ ላይ ካደረሰው ችግር በተጨማሪ የጎጃም አርሶ አደር ገበሬዎች በቦንም ጣይ ጀት: አርቦኞችን በስቅላት ፍጅታል እና::ለንጉሱ ከሰጡት መልስ የተርዳሁት በስራቱ ደስተኛ ያልነብሩ እንደነበር እና በገበሬ ልጅነትዎ ይኮሩ እንደነበር ነው:: በምርጫው ውቅትና በኋላ ጉዳት የደርሰባቸውን ወገኖቻቸውን መጎብኝትዎን በኢሃፓ ሚዲያዎች ሰምቻለው:: መገብኝትዎ የሚመሰገን ነው:: ግን ግብኝትዎን ልክ እንደ ንጉሱ ለከንቱ ውዳሴ እና ክብር እየተጠቀሙበት ነው:: ጉብኝቱን ብቅንጅት ስም ቢአደርጉት ኖሮ እጅግ እጅግ ባማረ እና ያለፈው ስራት ፊውዳል ቅሪቶች ዮሴፍ ያዘው እና ተከታዮቹን ሳይሆን የመላ ኢትዮጵያዊያን ልብ ማሸነፍ ባቻሉ ነበር:: የጎጠኛ ጎጠኛነት ወያኔ ይበቃናል:: ያለፉት ስራቶች ከማናቸውም ኢትዮጵያዊ በላይ በኔ ወገኖች ላይ የፈጸሙት በደል የከፋ ነው:: የዚያ ፊውዳል ስራት ቅሪቶች ዮሴፍ ያዘው እና ተከታይ ጎጠኞቹ ዳግም እንዲፈነጩብን አንፈልግም:: በቅርብ የማውቀው የጎጃም ህዝብ ለቅንጅት በቀጋ ተገርፏል:: ከስራ ተፈናቅሏል:: ተሰዷል: ታስሯል: ተገሏል:: ይህንን ሁሉ የፈጸመው ግን ሊትዮጵያ ሲል እንጅ የዚያ ፊውዳል ስራት ቅሪቶች ለሆኑት ለዮሴፍ ያዘው እና ተከታይ ጎጠኞቹ አይደለም::
ክቡር አቶ ሃይሉ,
የቅንጅት ባልደረበዎችዎ, እርስዎን ለመቀበል የመምጫ ቅንዎን ከሚዲያ ሰምተው ርስዎን ለመቀበል አውሮፕላን ማረፊይ መሄድ ያለባቸው አይመስለኝም:: በስራቱ ሊነግሯቸውና ሊአሳዊቋቸው ይገባ ነበር:: ይህንን አለማድረግዎን እርስዎ ከሰጧቸው ቃለ-መጠይቆች አረጋግጫለሁ:: ቅንጅት የአንድ አካባቢ ሰወች ሊሰባሰቡብት የሚችል የድር ባህበር ወይም እቁብ አይደለም:: ቅንጅት በዘር ማንዘር በጋብቻ ባምቻ በትወልድ አካባቢ በማያምኑ የመላ ኢትዮጵያዊያን የፖለቲካ ድርጅት ነው:: መላው የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ለርስዎ ትልቅ ክብር እንዳለው በሚገባ የተገነዘቡ ይመስለኛል:: ይህ ክብር የሚጸናው ግን የኢትዮጵያን ህዝብ እን ደልደያያሌው እስካልከዱት ድረስ ነው::
እግዚአብሄር ወደትክክልኛ ህሊናዎ እንዲመለሱ ጸሎቴ ነው!
It sometimes looks funny. Eng. Hailu’s stand during the turmoil was one of the major reasons for the ~2yr jail time, all the unaccounted or accounted killings and total destruction of the Kinijit grassroots network that was growing strong by then. Now, he can’t compromise with other executive members. Whoever people are around him telling whatever lies, he should judge as a matured politician, if he actually is. Otherwise, I say that what has to be done should be done now, even excluding him, though it certainly is very sad.
Elias,
Great editorial analysis based on facts. I take exception to your description of the ‘millionare businessman’ though. In his latest role as an advisor of Ato Showel, is he really having ‘change of heart’as you indicated or practicing the “…delaying tactic to buy time until Dr. Taye & crew prepare the groundwork” as you correctly observed? I believe it is the later. I would like to remind you that the so called millionare is at the center of this unforunate though temporary debacle which is diverting Kinjit’s focus from the external to the internal to the delight of the Woyanes. He is the architect, as one writer put it, of all this mess from the get go. All the running around he is doing now is to save himself, and not Ato Hailu. He never had any respect for Ato Hailu before the formation of KIL. Aware of this, Ato Hailu did not even want to meet with this individual during his last visit to the USA, i.e. before his incarceration. So, Elias, in stead of being deceived by the chameleonic personality of this feuadalist individual, find out what makes him tick. For sure, it is not the cause that Kinjit stands for.
አቶ ኤልያስ
ያቀረብካቸው ነጥቦች በጣም ሊታሰብባቸው የሚገቡ ናቸው፡፡ ዋናው ቁም ነገር አቶ ኃይሉ ሀገር ወዳድ ናቸው፡፡ እስካሁን ለከፈሉት መስዋእትንት ተገቢውን እውቅና መስጠት እንዳለብን አምናለሁ፡፡ በምንም ሁኔታ ግን ቅንጅትንም ሆነ ሌላ ህብረብሔር የሆነ የፖለቲካ ድርጅት ለመምራት ብቃት አላቸው ብዬ አላምንም፡፡ በጊዜ ከፖለቲካው መድርክ በተለያ ካመራሩ የሚሰናበቱበት ሁኔታ ቢኖር የተሸለ ይመሰለኛል፡፡ የሻለቆቹና የእነ ዶ/ር ታዬ ነገር በተለየ መልክ መታየት አለበት፡፡ እነሱ ትግሉን የሚያዩትና የሚፈልጉት ዛሬ ለመኖሪያ ነገ ደግሞ ለስልጣን መንጠላጠያ እርካብ አርገው ነው፡፡ ለ50 ዓመት የተገነባው የሀገር መከላከያ ሠራዊት በደርግ ካድሬዎች ተገዝግዞ በወያኔ የተበተነው እኮ አነዚህ ዓይነቶቹ መኮንኖች ስለመሩት ለመሆኑ የትናንት ትዝታ ነው፡፡ መፈጠሩን የማናውቀው ታዬ ወልደሰማያት የትግልን ሀሁ ሳያውቅ በወያኔ ስለታሰረና ወያኔን ስለሚሳደብ ብቻ ጋኑ ባለቀበት ምንቸቶች ጋን ሆነው ከተራራ የገዘፈ ሰው መስሎ እንዲታይ ያደረገውን የመምህራን ማህበር በምን ሁኔታ እንደተለየው ባይናችን በብረቱ አየነው፡፡ አንድ ሀኪም የመድሀኒት ቤት ከፍቶ እንደሚሠራ እኔም የፖለቲካ ሱቅ መክፈት የምችል ምሁር ነኝ የሚለን ታዬ ለመሆኑ አንድ ወይም ግማሽ ገጽ የምሁር ጠረን ያለው ጽሁፍ አስነብቦን ያውቃል? በስብሰባ ቦታ ከስድብና ከቀረርቶ የዘለለ፤ እገሌ ወያኔ አገሌ ሲአይኤ እያለ ብቻውን እንደ ሰደቅዓማ ለመሰቀል ከሚያንቧችር በስተቀር ምን ቁም ነገር ሲናገር ተደምጦ ያውቃል? ስለዚህ በነዚህ ሰዎች ዙሪያ እሰጥ አገባውን አቁመን፤ የኢህአፓን ሰዎች እኔ ከከሰርኩ ሌላው ለምን አትርፎ ብለው ከወዳ ወዲህ የሚራወጡበትን ያፍራሽ አካሄድ ወደጎን ብልን ይልቁንም 1ኛ የሀገር ቤቱ የቅንጅት አመራር አዲስ ጊዜአዊ አመራር እንዲመርጥ ግፊት ማድረግ 2ኛ ከዚሁ ጋር ህጋዊ ሰውነቱን ማስያዝ 3ኛ ድርጅታዊ አቅሙን በየደረጃው በሰው፡ በገንዘብና በቅርንጫፍ ጽ/ቤቶች ማጎልበት 4ኛ ሀገራዊ አጀንዳ ካላቸው ሌሎች የፖለቲካ ድርጅቶች ጋር በሚያግባቡ ሥራዎች ላይ መተባበር 5ኛ ከዓለም አቀፉ ህብረተሰብ እውቅናና ድጋፍ የሚያገኝበትን ስልት መቀየስና የተግባር ስራ ላይ ማትኮር እንዲችል ግፊት ማድረግና የድርሻችን ማገዝ አለብን የሚል እምነት አለኝ፡፡ የነቃ ብርሌ እቃ ላይሆን በእሽሩሩ እውቀታችን፤ ጊዜአችንና ገንዘባችን በከንቱ አይባክን፡፡ የወገናችን የስቃይ ጊዜ አይርዘም፡፡
Dear ELIAS,
Thank you for this great editorial analysis. It is a fact of course, but I would like to refer to this proverb as a comment. The old buffalo never died with dignity, but was eaten by wolf.
Peace,
Tadesse
Elias thx a lot that is the core problem of all this theater.There is no another group which challenge Hailu Shawels leadership inside kinijit,those who are singing this old song are the hidden hijakers of the struggle with there preplanned destrecutive mission only.It is time now to confront these evils where ever they are .
Quick Intervention Needed:
1.Kinijit Ethiopia Leaders sit together urgently and comission an independent professional investigation on the problems in the North American Support groups,
2. Get yourself a travel agent and conitnue your \’Thank you\’mission to the different states, don\’t take sides on the diaspora conflict before getting the comission\’s report\’
3. Don\’t ever discuss \’Leadership Issues\’while in the US. COme back home to your main constituency first. You are essentially our representatives!
4. Stay intact and Ethiopian ! Don\’t forget that you have sacrificed your personal health,time,energy and life for Ethiopia!
5. The quote for the day \” Let us hang together, other wise they will hang us separatley \” If you don\’t show your unity today you will never unite Ethiopians! You will all fail if one group succeds!
Sincerely
Dear Elias,
Your timely and cautious editorial analysis serving as a green-light to all concerned has clicked my mind to think of the following question: WHAT COULD ONE LEARN FROM DR TAYE’S CURRENT EXPERIENCE WITH ETA? The pronoun ONE refers to not only the rank and file but also the senior leaders including Eng. Hailu Shawel, Dr Berhanu Nega, W/rit Bertukan Midekssa and many others.
According to the suspension statement endorsed by the ETA officials in August this year as enclosed herewith, Dr Taye W/Semayat has quitted his contact with them for more than two years and yet he has been managing some affairs in the name of ETA. (It seems that they have some reservations to disclose which readers could guess as it might be the money he has collected in the name of ETA and possibly the mistrust he has developed with the international community.) The suspension letter states that in breach of the ETA bye-laws, in his capacity as ETA president, he has been issuing some, among many other things, declarations without the knowledge of the National Executive Board. I asked an insider to let me know one instance of this experience. According to my informat, it has something to do with a nominal organization. If you remember Dr Taye used to tell people that there was a civil forum supposedly composed of Ethiopian Youth International Association, Ethiopian Register, Ethiopian National Congress, Ethiopian-American Society, Ethiopian Free Press Journalist Association, and ETA to which he was claming himself acting as a chairman. It is sadly regrettable to learn that none of the ETA Executive members was aware of this fake composition. Taye concocted it merely to serve him to build up his image and at the same time to snatch funds from the innocent. This is Taye who has no a pinch of respect for ETA, for his colleagues and for many more citizens paying hardship to contribute their shares to the struggle at homeland. This is Taye who never hesitates to let down even the ETA so long as his personal advantage is being promoted. To the surprise of all concerned, he has been elected as a leader to the so called a political party KIC without officially publicizing his resignation of presidency from ETA. The damage would be very serious as the government could use it as good excuse to ban the legal status of the Association altogether, by accusing it of playing double standard. Taye has made the distrust worse when he gave deaf ears to the request of the head office for submission of his resignation letter.
The ETA officials have made it crystal clear that had Dr Taye done at least the last option, submission of resignation letter, they would have honored him a graceful farewell that fairly meets his previous contribution to the struggle despite his misconducts committed repeatedly. But, he has preferred to ignore their humble request. Instead, he has been too quick to declare a call for Ethiopian teachers and ETA to cooperate him whenever he is in need, pretending as if he would work with their leaders smoothly. In his surprising call, he has left his old and new positions ambiguous. This implies that Dr Taye intends to ride two horses at same time, to remain as an ETA president and as the same time to act as a chairman of the newly introduced political group, KIC. He has been intending to enjoy a marriage of convenience with two parties, civil and political organizations, at the expense of ETA and the leadership. This is nothing but an irresponsible act of deception that equates to a political prostitution to be condemned with the strongest possible term.
Had it not been for the wise disciplinary measure of the ETA officials, this irresponsible act of Taye would have directly affected the legal status of the Association. As the officials have adequately explained it, this is a fatal misbehaving that violates a trade union principle in general and that of the ETA bye-laws in particular for which the officials are responsible to defend to the best of their capacity. This is a question of an independent trade unionism principle which cannot be subject to any form of give and take negotiation. They cannot compromise on this issue. They are also equally responsible to justify their decision for suspending Taye which they did with concrete and careful statements that help all concerned know facts on the ground including some uncovered misbehaviors of Dr Taye.
It is my believe that such a courageous act gives a good lesson to public figures to behave themselves, and be accountable whenever they run public affairs. It further helps the rank and file to be cautious whom to appoint as a leader for the struggle to defend their national interest.
Apart from discharging their responsibility firmly and courageously in this remarkable manner, just calling a spade a spade, the ETA officials never stand in Taye’s way of joining a political group of his choice. They are not showing any animosity to Taye either. What they are against is his intention to play double standard. What they are questioning is the purity of his motive to join a party he has been publicly propagating against. Hence what are the lessons we could learn further from this experience?