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7 thoughts on “Kinijit delegation issues a statement

  1. This is what we were expecting , no more confusion . The CUD coucil already dismissed the legacy of both KIL and the so called KIC. So, the delegate should not be expected to talk to the illegal KIC.It is also Ato Hailu’s legal and moral obligation to respect the council’s decision . He cannot waiver on this matter.

  2. I am glad to read this statement. It has all the looks and signs of kinijit.
    I have a strong believe that all involved individuals, in this bizarre saga, have (in the centre of their argument) the best interest of our county Ethiopia (who is crying for rescuer, more than any time) will sacrifice their personal interest to the majority’s decision. Please do not forget, even for a second, the people’s trust on you and their expectations from you.
    You are the only hope and aspiration!
    What ever conflicts you may have please do not show it out and make our enemies happier. This is what is hurting us more. Please take this as a test not only CUD, as a strong and vibrant party but mainly for your integrity and how far you can lead our hope and dream.
    Kinijit is spirit and shall win all the obstacles!!

  3. ATO HAILU – WHAT IS HE DOING ????

    Lately I have been observing some development within Kinijit. I support Kinijit for its values and principles. Kinijit values and principles are listed in the manifesto of Kinijit. One of the principles of Kinijit is transparency and accountability.

    Kinijit belongs to the people. It is us who defend and protect Kinijit. It is us who are the source of Kinijit’s power. Kinijit does not have an army nor was it supported by super powers. We are the power of Kinijit.

    20 month ago the EPRDF regime jailed Kinijit leaders and unleashed unprecedented campaigns against Kinijit. They vowed to destroy Kinijit once and for all. They miserably failed for Kinijit dwells within the heart of the people and is the symbol of the struggle Ethiopians are doing for the Unity of their country and their democratic right.

    Now Attacks on Kinijit are coming from a different corner. This attack on kinijit is coming from those ferocious and brutal groups of people, who embezzled the people’s money, undermined the Kinijit struggle in the Diaspora, demoralized Ethiopians and crippled the momentum. Tens of thousands came out to support Kinijit en mass. Many returned back to their closet being demoralized by the actions and uncivilized politics of these people.
    These individuals are behaving in this evil acts in the name of “HAILU SHAWEL”. What has Ato Hailu Shawel done about it? That will be the main focus and concern of this e-mail.

    Ladies and gentlemen, let the truth come out. It is time to hold Ato Hailu accountable. HOW COME ATO HAILU DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR HIS ACTIONS? IS HE ABOVE THE LAW?

    Some may not approve this message for fear it will worsen further Kinijit crisis. There is nothing worse than can happen to Kinijit other than seeing its supporters and leaders continuously attacked. I think we have to tell it as it is and say enough is enough to all sort of craps. For those people who are telling us to calm down for the sake of peace …..I say go and tell that to friends of Ato Hailu. Do not tell us to be quiet when our dignity, respect and ethiopiawinet are being constantly questioned. IT IS BETTER TO TELL THE TRUTH AND DIE. FOR SO LONG WE WERE SILENT… IT IS ENOUGH.

    Mind you one does not appease a cancerous tumor for if not removed of treated it will surely kill the whole body.

    1. Ato Hailu giving his back to the delegation

    So far Ato Hailu is not willing to work with the other Kinijit leaders. He has released his own schedule, talk to US lawmakers and release statement on his own. Some of his trips are intended to basically undo what the other leaders planned on doing. His supporters are releasing statement and fliers telling the people that the other Kinijit leaders are “weyanes”.

    As an example, I will list below a statement from Eng Mogues Brook a long time friend of Ato Hailu and the one who has currently sued Kinijit Supporters in Canada for using the logo and name of “KINIJIT”. It is to be remembered Eng Mogues moved more than 60000$ raised for Kinijit by LA Kinijit supporters to an account that is solely controlled by him.

    http://www.kinijit.com/content.asp?ContentType=News&contentid=2682

    This statement says that the other delegation is rejected by Ato Hailu Shawel because the others are selling the long term interest of our country. WOOOOWWWWW
    “Ye kehdet Sibseba begna ketema ayedereguem” says the statement calling the other leaders “kehadiwoch”. Ummmm . Is Judge Birtukan Mideksa “keyadi” ? Is Eng Gizachew Shiferaw “Kehadi” ? Is Dr Befekadu Degefe “kehadi” ? Is Dr Berhanu Nega the elected mayor of Addis Ababa, “kehadi” ? Is Dr Yacob Haile mariam , the great lawyer, “kehadi” ?
    In the first place this statement shows that the individuals who released it have no idea about democracy. What are they going to do about the meeting? Are they going to block the way to the door ? Haven’t they forgotten that people have the right to assemble in Los Angeles? Or it is only their body that is living in America but their soul and mind living in the middle ages?

    IT IS WITH THESE PEOPLE THAT ATO HAILU SHAWEL IS ALIGNING HIMSELF. IT IS IN A MEETING CALLED BY THESE PEOPLE THAT ATO HAILU ADDRESSED OVER THE PHONE FROM ETHIOPIA AND IS NOW PLANNING TO VISIT. SHAME ON HIM.

    2. Is Ato Hailu behind the evil attacks on other Kinijit leaders?

    As many of you know when KIL is formed by Kinijit leaders (including Ato Hailu), immediately this group is attacked. Some of its members were immediately characterized as “weyanes”. Particularly the attacks of Ato Andargachew have been fierce. This attack has been organized and coordinated by Commander Girma Bekele, a gentleman who knows nothing but “slander” and “neguer”. This gentleman with his comrade in chief Abebech from London, and heavily supported by Dr Getachew Haile, a man I used to respect but lost all of it now, unleashed attacks beyond my imagination. Fortunately Ato Andargachew has a thick skin.
    They brought the past of Ato Andargachew where he used to be a deputy mayor of Addis Ababa. They brought the old book he wrote on “amhara nationalism”. What they are not telling you is that since then Ato Andargachew has written many books, changed some of his old views, contributed more than half a million birr to Kinijit, was jailed and beaten up for supporting Kinijit, is one of the 60 council member of Kinijit, organized chapters mainly outside North America, represented Kinijit in various media and above all came up with the design of Kinijit structure.

    Again these individuals are mobilized to do the same thing on our elected mayor of Addis Ababa, Dr Berhanu Nega. They are sending to their supporters a picture that Dr Berhanu took with Tamrat Layne and Meles Zenawi back in 1991. They are not telling you what the meeting was all about. They are bringing old articles from ER that contained views highly critical against Dr Berhanu. (That the ER editor himself apologized in private for that)

    What they are not telling you is that Dr Berhanu was jailed in 1994 because he promoted democracy. Was Ato Hailu jailed before by the weyane? When Major Getachew , Ato Wondayehu ..got many years …..was Ato Hailu jailed even for one day? Wasn’t Ato Hailu at odd with professor Asrat, our hero? Hasn’t he left Prof Asrat and continued his own business?

    TELL ME WHO HAS SACRIFICED A LOT ???????
    IT IS WITH THESE PEOPLE THAT ATO HAILU IS ALIGNING HIMSLEF WITH. IT IS WITH THESE PEOPLE, WHO CALL HIS FRIENDS AT KALITI “WEYANES, THAT HE IS SIDING WITH.

    Ato Daniel Kassa is the webmaster of the renegade “kinijit.org” website a foster child of Eng Mogues Brook. Ato Abate kassa is a gentleman who is the editorial board member of the “kinijit.org” website. Attached is an e-mail exchange directed to attack and blemish our elected mayor Dr Berhanu Nega. Aren’t these people worse than the “weyanes” ????? IT IS THIS THAT ATO HAILU IS NOT PUTTING AND END TO !!!! SHAME ON ATO HAILU.

    http://www.kaliti.org/attackonberhanu.pdf

    If Ato Hailu want hardball, we will surely bring all those pictures he took with the killer of thousand of our young sons and daughters, dictator Mengistu Hailemariam. Wasn’t he a full fledged minister under Mengistu ?

    3. Why is Ato Hailu avoiding other Medias and major big chapters?

    Ato Hailu is chairman of Kinijit. Kinijit is an open transparent organization. A Kinijit leader cannot shy away from the public and the media. EMF, ER, Netsanet Radio, Addis Dimtse had a teleconference interview once with Secretary Muluneh and once with Judge Birtukan Mideksa. Ato Kinfu of EMF complained that he could not have access to the chairman of Kinijit.

    In a similar way ethiomedia repeated attempt to reach Ato Hailu and get objective clarification about the mission of the delegation has failed. Ato Hailu is only being interviewed on ethiopiawinet radio. So why is Ato Hailu afraid of? Why doesn’t he face the media? Is he hiding something? Is he covering something? Or is he controlled? Why does he want everything hidden and conspired?
    From what I know Ato Hailu when he had repeated meetings with the Shaleka folks, had never once addressed the majority Kinijit chapters in North America. Had he contacted the largest chapter of Kinijit, the DC chapter? Has he contacted the Atlanta chapter? Has he contacted the Oakland Chapter? …You see Ato Hailu does not want to face the public ………

    4. Is Ato Hailu approving the suit against Kinijit Canada ?
    On aigaforum I read :” CUD versus cud”. What aiga has posted , I am afraid is 100% factual. Kinijit Supporters are accused for supporting Kinijit. Ato Hailu Shawel was informed about this. He did nothing about it yet. When he has authority to stop this, for him to be silent is considered as being an accomplice of this. Ato Hailu is coming after Kinijit Supporters, through his friends Eng Mogues.

    We are all coming to Kinijit to support the struggle. Many Kinijit supporters were persecuted because they are Kinijit. Now the persecution continues in the Diaspora and Ato Hailu is condoning it by failing to stop it. ATO HAILU IS DIRECTING IT. HE IS COMING AFTER KINIJIT SUPPORTERS.

    5. Ato Hailu gave 1500 Birr to families who suffered because of the struggle.

    Ato Hailu is not using his money. He was given the people’s money from Shaleka. He, on his own, without getting the approval of Dr befekadu Degefee the finance chief of Kinijit, gave money in the name of Kinijit. This is exploiting the suffering of our brothers and sisters for his own political advantage.

    Ato Hailu has been repeatedly telling us different stories. He has been embarrassing himself by not acting as a leader and a statesman. He has shown to be a great flip-flopper with no capability to make firm decisions. He has been going east to west north to south in seconds being influenced by crooked people who are around him. He refused to listen to his old friends. He acts and talks with arrogance. His credibility is going down to the ditch day by day.

    I again call for the chairman to immediately take decisive action and correct some of his unfortunate actions. He must know for sure, that Ethiopians knows everything. They can read and are more politically savvy than many western educated political scientists. If Ato Hailu thinks he can mislead the people with his cheap interview on Tensae radio, he is deceiving himself. Instead he would better open his eyes, abide by the principle of Kinijit and work with his colleagues who were in jail with him. Time is running out for him.

    More and more questions can be asked. Ato Hailu’s friends are constantly attacking the VOA Amharic service, the Ad Hoc Committee members and all that object to what they are saying. They are easedroping teleconferences, looking for dirt on individuals, and blackmailing people.
    Ato Hailu , if he want his legacy to be preserved (whatever it has remained ), must apologize Kinijit Supporters and immediately join the delegation team. His place is to lead the delegation not eat kitfo made from the flesh of his colleagues with crooked old friends of his. Again Time is running out for him.

    As to the other Kinijit leaders, I caution they do not reply in kind to all those nasty assault against them. As they ignored the “political propaganda” of the EPRDF, the equally undemocratic slander (possibly approved and tacitly supported by Ato Hailu) do not deserve their reply. I suggest they focus on their mission. Let Ethiopians knows what their vision for the future is, that their politics is a civilized politics that transcends personal prides. As to Ato Hailu, if he comes back fine. If he does not let him be whatever he wants. “Who cares about the dead fish except the fisherman”

    More and more questions can be asked. Ato Hailu’s friends are constantly attacking the VOA Amharic service reporters, the Ad Hoc Committee members and all that object to what they are saying. They are easedroping teleconferences, looking for dirt on individuals, and blackmailing people. Ato Hailu , if he want his legacy to be preserved (whatever it has remained ), must apologize Kinijit Supporters and immediately join the delegation team. His place is to lead the delegation not eat kitfo made from the flesh of his colleagues with crooked old friends of his.

    muziky

  4. I wish and pray for total recovery and fast healing of ato Hailu. He has paid such a high price to bring democracy to the Ethiopian People. Ato Hailu, please come back to your senses and continue the work for which you almost got killed by woyane. Remember that Ethiopia is hungry for democracy (not a king). Please do the right thing. Think more of Ethiopia than Shalaka. (Shalekan serachew yawetachew).

  5. This is a very important move towards halting confusion and stopping EPRDF agents who are using this situation as an opportunity to inject the supporters of CUD their venom. We have to be aware of these selfish agents who are pretending to be concerned for kinijit and underneath spreading poisoned info that creates frustration and hopelessness among supporters. Thanks for the statement and please when the need comes give us follow up info and save your supporters from the misinformation.
    Dear supporters,

    This is one of the moments in our history that we should be cautious, tolerant and persistent. We need to be vigilant simply because EPRDF is working more than ever before to destroy Kinijit using different forms of media. They are now disseminating toxic lies, unsubstantiated facts in order to create confusion, illusion, and delusion in side kinijit. They are devils in the skin of sheep. These people are crying tears of a crocodile. Your major source of information should be CUD.We hope everything will be all right. It seems it is too early to judge people.

  6. I totaly agree with DINKA that this would be the very time that we kingit suporters should be persistant, strong,and be aware of the conspiracy which is going on behind the screen by woyanes and there buchelas. please lets not be quick to comment and judge specialy with out any basic graund,lets remember those thausands who sacrify there lives to the brutual woyane killers for the sake of freedom,and finaly lets artfuly describe AKAFA as AKAFA because this beloved and strong organization -KINIGIT doesnt belong to few people it belongs to many miliion people.

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