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The next big debate within and around Kinijit

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Ethiopian Review Editorial

The controversy and heated debates caused by the recent dictatorial behavior of Hailu Shawel, instigated and promoted by the EPRP-Shaleqa unholy alliance, will soon be dwarfed by another issue — the upcoming local election in Ethiopia.

Next April, in about 7 months from now, there will be kebele, woreda and zonal elections in Ethiopia. Kinijit has not decided whether to participate in the elections. The leaders have put off the decision until they return from their worldwide tour. But Ethiopian Review believes that the discussion must start now, and Ethiopians in the Diaspora must take an active part in the debate.

Ato Hailu Shawel said in an interview with Abyssinia Radio on Saturday that unless Kinijit’s 8-point conditions are met by Woyanne, the party will not participate in the elections. As every one is fixated on the dispute between Ato Hailu and the executive committee, very few people may have paid attention to what he said. But it seems that Ato Hailu has already made a decision on this matter on behalf of Kinijit without the party’s central council had a chance to deliberate on it.

Putting aside for now Ato Hailu’s ongoing dictatorial behavior — which will be dealt with according to Kinijit’s bylaws when the leaders return home — should Kinijit participate in the upcoming local elections?

Ethiopian Review believes that Kinijit must take part in the elections for the following reasons:

1) If Kinijit wants to remain as an active political party inside the country, elections are the best way for it to communicate with the people and get its message across.

2) The Woyanne repression will be far worse than pre-2005 elections, but Kinijit leaders can bring international pressure to bare upon Woyanne to allow Kinijit access to the state-run media, open its offices through out the country, and organize its local chapters with less restraint.

3) Kinijit will lose local and international credibility if it decides to not participate in the elections.

4) Political parties are organized to participate in elections. If Kinijit is not willing to participate in the upcoming elections it will lose its raison d’être.

Participating in the election does not mean Kinijit has to accept the outcome if gross fraud is committed by Woyanne. Kinijit has correctly rejected the 2005 elections, and it should do so again if the next elections are also fraudulent. Also, by taking part in the elections, it doesn’t mean that Kinijit is accepting the legitimacy of the Woyanne regime, nor the election board, nor the judicial system, but if it chooses to operate inside Ethiopia, it must use every door and window that is open to it to challenge the Woyanne dictatorship.

The Kinijit leadership has learned a lot from the 2005 elections. Many of the mistakes that were committed then hopefully will not be repeated.

Obstacles to the debate

The EPRP losers are desperately trying to infiltrate Kinijit’s leadership through their agent Taye Woldesemayat, a self-proclaimed Kinijit hater. That is their modus operandi. They strive to influence public opinion through infiltration of their opponent’s organizations, fabrications of lies, and insidious propaganda. That is what they have attempted against the Alliance for Freedom and Democracy (AFD). They had demanded more than one seat in the table. When they could not get that, they walked out and tried to play the patriotism card. The funny thing is that EPRP is the least patriotic organization. In fact, in many occasions it has worked to undermine the national interest of Ethiopia by siding with enemy forces. For example, it is a well known fact that EPRP had collaborated with Somalia’s Siad Barre when he invaded Ethiopia in the late 1970s. It is to be remembered that EPRP agents were poisoning the food that was being prepared by kebele associations to go to Ethiopian troops at the battle front. Woyanne and EPRP had offices in Mogadishu at the time and were coordinating the attack on Ethiopia with Siad Bare. It is this same old EPRP that has been attacking Kinijit in the past few months for joining OLF, ONLF and other groups in calling for national reconciliation.

EPRP and their agent, Dr Taye Woldesemayat — who was kicked out of the Ethiopian Teachers Association last July for refusing to return the money he collected on the association’s behalf — are using to their advantage Ato Hailu Shawel’s poor health and shaky state of mind due to the numerous medicines he is currently taking. They are trying to tell us now that Hailu Shawel is their hero and the other Kinijit leaders are trying to oust him. These lumpens had been vilifying Ato Hailu just a few months ago when the rest of us were carrying his photo and marching in the streets of the capitals of the world demanding his release from jail. Their audacity knows no bound.

Taye and EPRP have already convinced Ato Hailu that he should not continue with the Kinijit leadership. Shortly, he will anoint Taye Woldesemayat as the chairman of Kinijit, or the faction that will follow him, and retire, as he hinted on Abyssinia Radio. It is a done deal as far as Hailu, Taye, EPRP and the shaleqa are concerned. Shaleqa Yoseph and his crooked friends will get what they want out of this — cover up of their corruption.

Let’s move forward

Ato Hailu said himself that he will not continue much longer. So why waste time arguing about him or with him? Let’s focus on other more important issues, such as Kinijit’s role in the upcoming local elections in Ethiopia. It is necessary for the delegations who are currently in the U.S., Europe and Africa to provide the forum for their supporters to express their opinion on this matter. Do the same thing in Ethiopia when they return. Then based on the opinions expressed by Ethiopians in the Diaspora and inside the country, let the central council weigh all the pros and cons and make a decision. What ever decision the Kinijit council makes, all the leaders must support it if they are indeed fighting for genuine democracy.

53 thoughts on “The next big debate within and around Kinijit”

  1. Thank you Elias for another wonderful poletical analysis. I have to admit you are the champion of Ethiopian poletical analysis for the past two years. The WEST alliance (a.k.a. Woyane-EPRP-Shaleqa-Taye group) are back to their age-old strategy-Chatracter assacination. They came up with new photo of Dr Berhanu with Tamrat and Meles. To me this photo is fake, especially looking at Tamrat Layne’s right hand -which is folded to pieces to finnish the fake photo. The WEST group has waged new front against the democratic, vibrant and hardworking North America Support group. All these will be history in a month’s time.
    God Save Ethiopia from The WEST Group!!!

  2. I differ on Your anaysis about EPRP. EPRP is playig a game of survival not for political power. They have tried everything for that and could not go forawrd for an inch. This is their livelyhood; most have never worked at all.

  4. ofcourse kinijit should participate in the election!!! that is what political parties do. kinijit is not a liberation front!!but from your writing you seem to give weight to the diaspora ethiopians than the ethiopians at home for being important for cud and its movement.although the diaspora has been very useful we are currently seeing the side effects as well. the diaspora and diaspora media have played a big role in creating rift in the party. if cud is wise it should dissociate from the diaspora political elements and focus its duty back home.

  6. Great and timely editorial. We should not leave the field wide open to TPLF. We have to challenge TPLF making use of any little openings we get just like what we did in 2005. We always go for an outright victory but without overlooking and forgoing any little and incremental victories that come our way and that add up to bring us to the finish line. Remember, those victories that seem little at the face value may be strategic victories that thrust us forward. Winning the battles add up to winning the war. To win we have to first enter the battles and fight. Right now we do not have the luxury to choose when, where and the circumstances under which we confront the enemy(TPLF). The enemy is already in our territory and we should not sit back and watch it do whatever it likes. We have to fight it using every opportunity including at any sham election it is holding to hoodwink the international community. Whatever the purpose and circumstances of the election are, we MUST NOT leave TPLF unchallenged and we have to hold it to its words like the one we did in 2005. Imagine what would have happened if we had not taken part in the 2005 election. We have at least exposed TPLF for what it is in front of the international community; we left it bruised, battered and rattled. TPLF has been fatally wounded at the election and it is clinically dead but it is on a life support machine provided by the U.S. State Department. TPLF is trying to recover by further terrorizing the Ethiopian people but that even is proving more difficult despite all the support from the U.S. State Department. Seizing any opportunity to challenge this wounded beast will result in the demise of the beast sooner than later. So we have to mobilize our people and start making the necessary preparations to take part in the upcoming TPLF election no matter how sham it is we know.
    Ayenew

  7. 1. Kinijit should cautiously take necessary steps from now on to achieve its ideals and deliver its promises. If Ato Hailu reconciles his differences with the rest of the CUD council, that is fine. If not, the leadership is still expected to prove that it is not a party of individuals, but of pricniples, by pursuing the party’s objectives living up to its promises: intra-party democratic procedures and collective leadership.

    2. Whether Kinijit can take part in the upcoming elections or not, is dependent on several factors such as the willingness of the TPLF to restore the legal status of the party and the leadership, reopening of its offices, use of media, etc.

    I have the confidence that the CUD leadership will handle the issue with a great wisdom.

    (Note: Please forget about EPRP. They know pretty well that they cannot defeat even the TPLF in free elections, let alone Kinijit. They know that they have no political feature in a free Ethiopia. Their strategy is therefore to create mess and turmoil wherever they can so that this Achille’s heel of them is not exposed. They have no constitutency at home, nor do they persue serious political activity, other than what we are witnessing now).

  8. Nothing wrong to a have a picture together with Meles or Tamirat. How can you make a transition in case CUD wins unless you talk to the current rulers ? It is normal to think that a kinijit shouldn’t talk to an EPRDF.
    They can talk but should stand firm by their own principles.

    After all we don’t need to hate any Ethiopian.

    Berhanu is right to work with anyone as long as he sticks to his democratic principles as he presented it in his speech.

    I don’t agree with Hailu’s and the like who don’t want to compromise.

  10. The released leaders need to get their prioprties straightened up first. Remember the Kinijit you and me know is not the legally recognized Kinijit in Ethiopia. The Kinijit lead by Ayele Chamiso is actually has the recognition by the election board and any decision including to participate in local elections would be up to that Kinijit.
    The question to answer is, how do the recently released leaders get the leadership back? Otherwise, whatever they say or do will be irrelevant. The first priority should be how do they get the legal leadership of the Kinjit back. Then they decide what the party’s action should be. Especially if they decide NOT to participate and the Kinijit in Addis decide to participate.
    P.S I agree that Hailu needs to quite to make such bold statement whithout consulting the majority.

    – Seattle

  11. If Hailu doesn’t agree to what his firends say and doesn’t allow his friends to have their opinios, then it means he wants to make “teletafis” just like Meles did and rule by force.

    Yigermal, “zoro, zoro yaw hone”

  12. Hi Elias,

    I don’t know where you got the idea of the next election, you must have stolen it from me. In fact, you just put your finger on the most important issue ahead of us. I bet the Weyanes are rejoycing thinking that we have forgotten about the election. By the way, you don’t go to the election without preparing for it. The Weyanes have been preparing for it for some time investing a lot of money. Raising the salaries of government workers is one of them and there are many other temporary financial and even political bribes they have planned to win the election fair and square, this time. Of course, if they loose they will return to their old ways in a heartbeat and win the election by force.

    To tell you frankly, this does not need any debate. It should be very clear to every one what to do. In fact, we are loosing time everyday. Right now, we are wasting our precious time fighting each other instead of restructuring Kinijit throughout Ethiopia and aggressively raise the funds necessary to prepare for the election. Raising a mere $40,000 on one event does not do it. And even raising $100,000 on every event is not enough to meet the financial needs of Kinijit to restructure itself and prepare for the election. In stead of raising the maximum amount of money they can, Kinijit is waisting its precious time and opportunity here in America to raise the money it desperately needs to get back on track. Short-sighted politicians and their less-than-average intelligence followers are waisting this precious time fighting each other. And I think it is about time for Elias and everyone to focus on this task of preparing for election rather than
    going after what Elias calls ‘the evil trio’–Shaleqa-Taye-EPRP.

    I am afraid we may be too late already. And there is a good chance that Kinijit may be bitten fairly and squarely in the next election, if it does not correct itself as soon as possible. If this happens then everything after that is going to be downhill to the point of being swept away from the poitical scene just like EPRP. May be that is why EPRP is working hard these days to get a company since misery loves company as they say here in America.

    Let us start preparing for the next election-financially as well as through restructuring. There is no time to waste.

    Kebede

  13. Elais,

    I agree with most of your suggestions. Thank you for talking up front the right thing. But, before they declare to participate on the coming election, they need to get legal status for the party. Wayane is trying to delay or deny solving this matter. For sure it will take their time energy to solve the matter. Some within the party try to use this advantage to pull back the Kinjit to their old party which is against the interest of most Ethiopian people.

    The other issue is to get minimum practical ground to participate in the coming election. Wayane must be pushed to this before election under take. Such as, free movement of party’s supporters, the party office must function with out interference of wayane cadres, media air time for competing parties, release of jailed kinijit and other party supporters stop negative propaganda and intimidation of the public on government media, etc. Otherwise, it is not worthwhile to participate in artificial election which the result is pre determined.

  14. Elias,

    You have all the right to support Birhanu Nega, Birhanu Mewa and Andargachew for the leadership of Kinijit if you think they can stand for the cause of Ethiopian people and unity of the country. However, splashing mud on Hailu and Taye will not justify or prove your case right. Since the inception EPRP has been working for their organization and power at any cost. But Taye as Chairman of Teachers’ Association has been working hard through the teachers and students to diffuse the Woyane ethnic policy throughout the schools. There are many schools where the students refused to take separate language classes such as the Oromos, Aafan Oromo and the Amhara Amargna. The Woyane Government found it difficult to implement its divisive policy thanks to Taye Woldesemayat. He is an Ethiopian not EPRP person. Even then I wonder if EPRP is in existence. Their chances are like an egg that has dropped off from high level distance and it has broken. Don’t fret them. I agree with you that his appointment should be through the normal channel. It should be the Council which decides his appointment and not Hailu alone.
    T. Desta

  15. Elias,

    Let me begin by saying that though I may disagree with you on some matters, I do appreciate your service, which is why I’m writing this.

    One big thing I disagree with you on is the way you always find a way to included insults and inflammatory rhetoric into your statements. For example,

    These lumpens had been vilifying Ato Hailu just a few months ago when the rest of us were carrying his photo and marching in the streets of the capitals of the world demanding his release from jail. Their audacity knows no bound.

    Look, you just fan the flames of hate and conflict when you go off and insult whole groups of people for no reason. What the hell does EPRP have to do with this? Why insult the EPRP? No one’s holding a gun to Hailu’s or Shaleqa’s or anyone’s head. Hailu, Shaleqa, et al are big boys who’ve made some bad decisions. Certain members of the EPRP have certain opinions and agendas – they are free to have them. They have the right to try and influence Hailu Shawel. The way to fight against them is to show what they say and do is wrong, not to insult their whole clan and alienate a lot of innocent people by the way.

    Kinijit’s fate is in the hands of Kinijit. Period. Let’s not blame others for our own problems. We’ll fix our problems regardless of what certain EPRP members and others do.

  16. I am Belay Zeleke from houston texas. sory for Mr. Hailu shawel, he puts loyality instead of his country. Please tell him , his weakness. Woyane’s leadership is better than hailu shawel.Please leave the organization with honorable. I prefer meles than hailu because melese stands for his idea. I am sorry. Hailu was the enemy of profesor Aserat. I am very dispointed with this guy. the problem , ican’t blame him because he doesn’t have any political back ground. thank you,

  17. On what coditions kinijit will Participate on the up coming woreda & kebele election ? What do you think about the electrol board? Do you think that we can have a free & fair election? Participating on the up comin election will not bring anything to the ethiopian people unless EPRDF is willing to learn from its mistake & makes Electrol Board free from any political influence.Do you(Elias)have any information about the Electrol Board? P/s think about the Ethiopian people who have lost their lives for peace & Democracy.P/s stop insulting someone.Leave kinjit problem for kinjit.

  21. It is disgraceful that the name “EPRP” still exists. EPRP is responsible for the death of so many people, killed during the red-terror and white-terror era. They are as guilty as the DERG for the death of our brothers and sisters. I believe that the current EPRP should ask for forgiveness from the Ethiopian people. If they realy love their country they should join other parties or at least use another name. The wound is still fresh for so many families.

  22. Dear editor/Elias kifle may be… Sunday Ethiopian herald admas page editor/,…U are great futured mind gentleman. I really admire ur yellow light warning before the dangerous red light pops up. It is great to ‘ve such kind of poletical Engineer that give a clue for what may happen. Beside that i’m really afraid to say ,..but it is really shame to divert ppl attention from corruption to poletical chaos.My brotherly advice is pls Mr Hailu Shawul the ethiopian ppl respect you! The CUD member who is already on tour also respect you. Why can’t you take the respect greeting from ur fellow? Why can’t you solve internal issue/problem/ around table? Aren’t u ENGINEER? Is that is what suppose to be done by educated gentleman? Why are u trying to run away when u see gathered ppl like a wild deer? Could you stop and think ur step pls? Just do a favour for those poor ethiopian ppl.I know u are very smart to defeat weyanne! Am proud of u about that. Why don’t u be smart then to cooperate with ur lovely Ethiopians and ur fellow cud members? The ppl who vote for u is dieing for you anytime cuz of they give u respect and love. Pls do not betray those ppl who loves u and respect you & they don’t expect betrayal From EDUCATED ENGINEER. Thank Youuuuuuu!

  23. Elias,

    I agreed with you in principle that CUD should participate in the up coming local election. However, I total disagreed with your suggestion that CUD have to move on without dealing the division within its party rank. If CUD want to have any realistic chance of challenging EPRDF/TPLF in any election, first and foremost it have to deal with its division and restore its unity

    Elias, with all due respect, I found your argument unconvincing because you are a partisan of one of CUD factions. You have a conflict of interests to give unbiased and objective opinion about CUD factions. You also fail to present any supporting evidence for your claim of deal between Ato Hailu and Dr Taye.

    SWDU

  24. Elias,

    I strongly believe that you really care about our country and as much for the survival of Kinjit. However, your pendulum-like emotional reactions sometimes counter-act your good deeds. I think, sometimes you need to take a moderate view of issues, instead of the two extremes. Like you, I worry a lot about Hailu Shawel’s actions and decisions. My concerns date back to 2005, at a time when you were one of his biggest fans. I had concerns about his decisions like his speech at the National Press Club which were not discussed with the Kinjit central committee. However, for the success of kinjit’s tour in the US, and the survival of the party, it’s imperative, at this time, that they all be united until they return to Ethiopia, where the central committee could discuss the issues and pass their own resolutions.

    Despite my reservations towards the Chairman, I totally disagree with any rhetoric against him or the other side for that matter, just on grounds that their division will only lead to the collapse of Kinjit than any solution. Thus, I hate to see name-callings in your articles, like calling ato Hailu a dictator and so on. If your wish is a united, democratic and strong Kinjit, which I think it is, then, you are not doing any good by calling him names or painting the other side as heroes. All of them are our heroes anyway.

    Just so you would be careful for the future, two years and three days ago, you had an article against Dr. Berhanu. Among other things, you wrote, “The people of Ethiopia are with Ato Hailu Shawel. If Dr Berhanu wants to work with the murderous regime of Meles Zenawi, that is his right. But he must not be allowed to use CUD as a cover to advance his own agenda.” Today, Hailu Shawel is the dictator, advancing “his own agenda,” while Dr. Nega is the champion of democracy and freedom. That’s why i said you need to rub off this pendulum-like attitude of yours.

    I don’t want to get in detail with the current problem, but both sides have played roles in it. Ato hailu’s childish “akurafi” actions and his friends’ roles might have been the source, but the delegation’s immature reactions, like not welcoming the chairman from the airport, and Dr Birhanu’s practical but untimely provocative speech in VA all played roles. Now that the media, including you, is adding gas into the fire, and especially The Reporter misinforming the Ethiopian people, the whole thing is getting out of line. Again, I highly appreciate your contribution for the advancement of democracy back home, but your actions need to be measured.

  25. Dadi
    Elias I am one of your admirer,what the political analyses you allways states are really objective and to the point.Eng.Hailu has deface his repetation as wellas the acceptane and support of the disspora.Poor man.
    Elias contiue your wisely struggle. Your Suggestion are wisely illustrated. Good Bless you.

  26. whoever is competing with EPRDF on the upcoming elections, EPRDF will never ever win if they play it fairly on a level ground to all political parties .. But, we all know that EPRDF Dictators will not be willing to offer level play ground .. becuase they do know it very well that they are a curse to the majority Nations.. they know it quite well that they are the most hated Entities in Ethiopia sicne written history……. Whoever it is, Ethiopians strongly believe, it will definetely be far better than TPLF led EPRDF

  27. Elias,

    I am not a big fan of yours. In the past, reading your editorials, I wondered if you insane. This time you proved me wrong. My hats off to you. Yes, Kinijit still has a choice. A choice to participate in all elections, start a grassroots movement, educate the public about its democratic right. This has to start somewhere, somehow. And, today is the day. Well done, Elias. Keep it up.

  28. Elias, you are able to clearly articulate the current situation. As always give you a great credit but this reality is hard to swallow for Shaleka’s thug’s. I am in the middle of 20’s and I don’t know anything about EPRP but what I heard from my dad it is group of failed individuals and their struggle won’t succeed. It should be history. We need a fresh idea and let the young people take care of the current situation.

  29. Elias ; your state of mind is shaky ; not Hailu Shawels’ , when you prpose Kinijit should participate in Kebele elections to be ruber stamp for Woyane ? You are so desperate and out of mind . Please keep your mouth shut and
    try to find a job to keep yourself busy.

  30. At least we should have the decency to respect our elders.

    Why do we resort to playing ‘The Terminator’, instead of being conciliatory in our opinions,from which all could benefit and thereby get the blessings of God?

    How could we claim to be pro-Kinijit,where infact,what we say and write stands to the contrary?

    How could one claim to be a Champion of Unity and call for the rulling party to sit down for National Reconciliation; when infact the deeds speaks the opposite?

    Do we really have a problem?;a National cause to fight for?; a Destination to march to?; a National agenda?’-which is about our land, our country, our Ethiopia; our people, our fellow Ethiopians??

    If YES, then this problem,this cause, this destination, and this vision- as it is of/about Ethiopia and Ethiopians- IT SHOULD INCLUDE ALL! NO ONE SHOULD BE LEFT OUT!

    If we couldn’t have the courage to sit down together and confront our ills,fears and problems within the smallest group of individuals or parties head-on and hammer differences out; how could we tackle the giants of the problems looming over our people and our beloved country?

    If we choose to ignore this fact,…hey NO ONE BELIVE US!

    Respect our elders! remember the last time we lost our elders and leaders to the “…ye-Fe-yel Wo-te-te”! We couldn’t afford to repeat it this time!

    The past from their graves; the present as you sense it; and the future in the vision of the present generation begs you to come to your senses!

    One more thing, when I was in Ethiopia, I used to be a fan of The Ethiopian Review (in the print),and didn’t remember an issue that I had missed.I also had them all stacked to this date.But,now-a-days,I began to question my understanding as to where it stood. That is with respect to the values and issues we Ethiopians keep close to our heart.

    Therefore, as much as I respect the Ethiopian Review, I am also morally obliged to demand you to have a conciliatory opinion!

    We should stop feeding the fire.

    We should stop exaggerating differences.

    This way we could do a favour to our people.

  31. If we are going to change a leadership now and then it will be difficult to be able to have a trusted leader who is able to take us to victory. In the first place a party that has promised its supporter to lead and achieve a certain goal has to be able to resolve problems that may arising while in progress. In our case Kinijit has to be able to resolve this problem. This is the least we expect from our leaders. They need to know that they are supposed to lead us to democracy and organize the public in its efforts to come out of the quagmire of poverty, backwardness and other economic and social evils that are torturing the nation. While they are expected to do this; if they cannot over come this simple stumble, I am (we are) wrong when I (we) hope them to lead me (us) to victory. It is natural to have differences in thoughts, views and name it, however, it is unnatural to go to a divorce court whenever there is a difference. As supporters we have our own duties, responsibilities and limitations. I assure you we did not fail you. When you needed our support we were out there. Nothing has stopped us from doing what we have to do while you were imprisoned. We said we are on your side and we did it. When you moaned, we did moan; when you groaned we groaned. We stood together more than ever before so that we would not fail you; so that we would not fail the vision, hope of freedom we gave to one another. When you were released we were all overwhelmed by happiness and joy. Now that when our unity is needed the most you hesitated. What are you going to say to the poor farmer who have tortured, killed and chased from their land and forced to abandon their families because they elected you, simply because they shared your dream? What a hell are you going to tell the mothers of the martyrs; to the mother who has given her only son? And to a mother who is convinced that her son has not died in vain. Nothing is indispensable. With or with out we are determined to fight for our freedom. Gabrielle misikire new agerachinin bezihim beziam netsa enawotatalen.

  34. Thank you Elias. You are a life saver. I folow the news about Kinjit on your web site,Tensae Radio, VOA and others. No one realy gets me the truth exept you. Those EPRP losers let’s isolate them from the society because they wish war and Marxist revolution. Many of them were killers during the Derg so they have no hope to go back home. They may be wanted by the families of those they killed.

  35. I differ from what has been argued by Elias kifle as to whether the CUD party has to take part in the woreda and kebele election. First of all woyane lost the 2005 election. The Ethiopian people gave thier vote for oppsition parties mainly for CUD. Now it is very clear that woyane never give power to the people. They always saied that if they can not rule Ethiopia they will destroye Etghiopia. Secondly, Woyane has cheated even the CUD leaders many times during the post election time. I don’t see any reason for CUD and other oppsition parties to participate in this election. We don’t have to expect a bird from a snake’s egg. What we have to do is,We have to put all our strength together and free our people from Woyane. I think Elias failed to understand how woyane works.

  36. It’s so sad to see all this golden time wasting on arguing about one person. Do they have any rule or policy in the party on how to handle this kind of situation. I am embaressed by Hailu Shawel. How can he rule Ethiopia if he can’t solve his problem with in his own party. Who ever don’t abide by the rule should leave the party. We have the same problem in every political and church group. Why is it hard for Ethiopians to get rid of a touble maker? Why don’t the party pass a resolution and move forward. Why is it so complicated? If Hailu Shawel don’t agree with the rest of Kinjit members, show him the highway. He is not feeling good anyways. Let him take care of himself instead of confusing the other devoted members. I feel sorry for the other members. Hopfully we’ll hear important decisions from the party soon.

  39. Mr. Hailu Shawuls decision not to join the next election does not wonder me. He was also the one who decide not to join the parliament after election 2005. The majority were at that time ready to join the parliament. I hope that the rest of the Kinijit make their decision in democratic way. Some persons in the council can have their own opinion. But important decision must be done by majority.
    The way how Mr. Hailu Shawul make the decision in the name of Kinijit remember me col. Mengistut. He was his Student. But the old man seems not be able to learn from history.

  40. Elias,
    Do you remember what you used to write against Dr Birhanu in the past? Now you completly turned upside down and you are in favour of him. Time will show us later, if not so soon,that the so called kinjit will end up sitting in parliament acknowledging woyanes democracy. Dr Birhanu has never been strong and firm against woyanes action. he dare to say things open against woyane, which woyane loves most,but when it comes to action which requires sacrification against woyane swift measures, he won’t stand for his word and he will never be.

    pity…

  41. ወቅታዊ ጉዳይ ስለሆነብኝ አንድ ጉድ ላውራላችሁ::
    በሚሌኒየሙ ዋዜማ አዲሳ አበባ ነበርኩኝ (ለሥራ ጉዳይ):: እናም የዋዜማው ዕለት ማታ ዋሽንግተን ዲሲ አብሮኝ የሚኖር ጓደኛዬ ዘመዶች ቤት ነበርና ያረፍኩት (የኔ ዘመዶች አልቀዋል) ከአንድ በዓሉን አስመልክቶ ከተዘጋጀ ፓርቲ ላይ ይዘውኝ ይኼዳሉ::
    ብዙ ትላልቅ የተባሉ ሰዎች (በዕድሜም በሃብትም) ነበሩና ሙዚቃውና ጨዋታው ደስ በሚል ፍቅር ቀልጧል:: የእንግዶቹ ስብስብ ጉራማይሌ ነበር:: ትግሬ, አማራ, ኦሮሞ, ጉራጌ.. ብዙ ዓይነት ነው በጣም ደስ ይላል::

    በመካከል ሳይታሰብ የቤቱ ባለቤት የእጅ ጭብጨባ አሰምተው ጸጥታ ሲሰፍን “ሻምፓኝ” ከመታደሉ በፊት ፈቃደኛ ከሆኑ እንግዶች ውስጥ ለአሥሩ ብቻ ለአዲሱ ሚሌኒየም ያላቸውን መልካም ምኞት (ራዕይ) (wish) እንዲገልጹ ዕድል ይሰጣሉ:: የተለያዩ ገሩም ግሩም ምኞቶች (በተለይ ስለአገራችን) ተሰሙ:: የአንድኛው ሰውዬ ምኞት ግን እጅግ አስደናቂ ነበር::

    ምን አለ መሰላችሁ? ያለ ማጋነን ነው የማወራላችሁ:: ፊቱን ቅጭም አድርጎ, ዕንባው ባይኑ አቅርሮ በስሜት “መንግሥቱ ኃይለ ማርያም ለሶስት ወር ብቻ ወደ ሥልጣን ቢመለስ እመኛለሁ” ቢል ቤቱ ውስጥ የተሰበሰበው ሰው ባንድ ድምጽ “ለምን!?” ሲል ባረቀ::
    ከዚያም በረጋ መንፈስ ቀጠለና “ያልጨረሰው ሥራ (Unfinished Business) ስላለው”.. ሲል መለሰ ሰውየው::
    “እንደምን ያለ ሥራ?” ተብሎ ሲጠየቅ ጉደኛው ሰውዬ ጉደኛ መልሱን ሲሰጥ “ኢሕአፓን ጨርሶ ስላላጠፋ ተመልሶ በሚገባ ማጽዳት አለበት” ብሎ ሲያበቃ ዓይኖቹ ቋጥረው ይዘውት የነበረው ዕንባ በጉንጮቹ ላይ ኮለል ብሎ ወረደ:: እስከዚያች ቅጽበት ድረስ ሰውየው የሚቀልድ መስሎኝ ነበር, ለካስ ካንጀቱ ነበረ! በጣሙን ገረመኝ::
    ወደ ዲሲ ከተመለስኩ በኋላ ያ ሰውዬ ትዝ ያለኝ ኢሕአፓዎች አሁን በቅንጅት ላይ እያደረጉት ያለውን ነገር ካስተዋልኩ በኋላ ነው:: ወደ ኋላ ሄጄም ለአገር ተቆርቋሪ በመምሰል ራሳችንን መሳሪያ አድርገው በኦርቶዶክስ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ውስጥ የሚረጩትን መርዝ ካለፈ በኋላ ለመገንዘብ በቃሁ::
    የኢሕአፓን ማንነት ማጋለጥ የኤልያስ ብቻ ሳይሆን ወቅቱ የሚጠይቀው የሁሉም አገር ወዳድ ኢትዮጵያዊ ቀዳሚ ተግባር ሊሆን ይገባዋል!! የኢሕአፓ አባል በሙሉ እንደ ኢሠፓ ድሮ በሠራው አሣፋሪ ሥራው አፍሮ ተሸማቆ ማንነቱን ደብቆ መኖር ይገባው ነበር:: ግን ቆማጣን ቆማጣ ካላሉት… ነውና ባንድ ድምጽ ”ወጊዱልን” ልንላቸው የግድ ሆኗል!!

    ብራቦ ኤልያስ, በርታ! ብዙዎች ከጎንህ ነን!!!!

  42. Guys

    Please do not add feul to the fire by calling names and hurting the psychoemotional make up of individuals whether they are Kinikit officers, members or the general public. We have to think of the long-term consequences of our unchecked words and expressions. It is only a few weeks since the leaders of Kinijit left the prison cells behind and it will take time to settle, re-integrate into society, re-examine the sustainablity of public backing and start meaningful political action. Lets us give them time both to mend the fructures within the party and to straignten up their strategy for the struggle for democracy in Ethiopia. As you know, Kinijit has already been fragmented into a number of pieces started by Kihdetu, followed by the so-callled Kinijit parilamentarians which themselves broke into two, and now the division is gripping the leaders out of jail. As Meto rightly pointed out this phenomenon will benefit no one but the regime in power. So why fan the flame that is going to destroy the spirit of unity and the rising tempest for democracy?

    I wish therefore finally urge all of us to refrain from widening the gap for the sake of the Ethiopian people which is extremely fatigued from too much clevages.

  43. On the question of collective leadership
    By Walter Mothapo 31
    The concept of collective leadership in organisational terms refers to:

    mutual responsibility for proper running, guidance and overall leadership of an organisation in accordance with the stated principles. Collective leadership is a mechanism to ensure that the organisation moves in a cohesive and homogeneous manner in its struggle to convert its stated objectives into realistic and attainable goals. It is a tool to ensure that the organisation focuses on its mission with an atmosphere characterised by less or effectively no internal hurdles.

    We can best apprehend the principle of collective leadership if we understand the concepts of an organisation and leadership. A political definition of an organisation is the coming together of people from different backgrounds, who share a particular ideological conviction and political perspectives and as such become organised in a formal movement to struggle for the realization of their shared objectives. Leadership simply means using whatever power is vested in one to influence; in revolutionary terms such influence should be to transform society for the better. It is within this context that it becomes an ethical and political obligation that binds every member at whatever level of an organisation to take responsibility for programmes that are geared towards the attainment of organisational objectives. This is what we mean by collective leadership.

    Our inference should be that every member of the organisation is a leader in revolutionary terms as he/she does not only advocate the interests of an organisation he/she is affiliated to, but also represents the views of a particular class in society. The term responsibility is an integral feature of collective leadership, as leadership per se starts with a pledge by oneself to assume responsibility for actions that go along with it.

    The six core principles of collective leadership

    The principles mentioned here should not be seen as the “alpha and omega” of our reflections on the question of collective leadership, but be viewed as being central towards the conceptualization of this question. They are familiar concepts in the Mass Democratic Movement and we often refer to them in passing.

    Organisational communication: Leaders in an organisation have a democratic obligation to account on their actions, to report on significant developments in order to ensure proper information flow within the organisation. This is important to ensure that members understand the political direction of the organisation and capacitates cadres to defend the movement. It is only when members are involved in shaping a particular perspective that they will go out to pioneer its implementation.

    Communication should deliberately unite and organise people to remain mobilised. Lack of communication on the other hand, is damaging and dangerous to the well being of an organisation, because it brings about rumour mongering, disorientation and disgruntlement. It provides fertile ground for the counter revolutionary forces to operate within a movement, thus further polarizing it.

    James and Grace Lee Boggs in their book entitled “Revolution and Evolution in the Twentieth Century” have this to say on leaders who undermine inputs from other comrades: “The idea of human being moving simultaneously like a school of fish with no ideas in their heads and without struggling among themselves over these ideas, actually provides the basis for a totalitarian dictator who manipulates people as masses, turning elections into plebiscites which deliver mandates to the leader”. (Boggs, 1974, p.217)

    Unitary leadership and cadreship: All of us in an organisation can possess leadership qualities. This is a good thing, as a revolutionary movement must contain a cream of leadership in all its layers. But there will be cadres who will through an election are entrusted with a responsibility to lead the organisation and thus deserve respect of all of us, no matter how intelligent we think we are as compared to the elected leadership. We must regard them as unitary figures in the organisation that help to bind the organisation together. Our duty as fellow cadres is to ensure that we strengthen their capacity in building organisational unity.

    We can take a leaf from the constitutions of any organisation within the Tripartite alliance: a democratic constitution empowers the national leadership to be responsible for running the affairs of an organisation in between the Congresses. During the term of their office, the national leadership needs to act decisively on certain critical developments and thus it is not feasible nor in the interest of effective leadership to always seek mandate on whatever issue. Democratic centralism gives space for leaders to exercise creativity in their leadership.

    However, respect given to leadership is not given, but must be earned. To this end the ethics of integrity are crucial towards the realisation of the latter. If we adhere to this principle we shall minimise and ultimately eradicate factionalism, groupings and the tendency for being other “comrade’s comrades”.

    Organisational discipline: It indeed requires organisational discipline to understand the application of the principle of “democratic centralism”.

    Organisational discipline is above all a revolutionary obligation and the principle advocates adherence by every member. Organisational discipline ensures that members become loyal in defending and implementing decisions of the organisation. During discussions about particular issues some members might feel dissatisfied on a particular conclusion as supported by the majority, but once it becomes an organisational position, each and every member has a political obligation to rally behind it. The same applies even though some were not even part of the forum that decided on such a position.

    All members have a duty to communicate and implement organisational decisions.

    Organisational discipline also advocates that we have to raise issues constructively and internally. This principle is against seeking media gimmick and as once said by comrade Netshitenzhe on the issue of “false popularity”. (Netshitenzhe, 2000). The notion here is that there is a large space in a revolutionary movement for us to raise differing opinions and thus rushing to raise issues in the media without first raising them internally is detrimental to the well being of our organisations.

    Managing internal contradictions: The basic principle of collective leadership is cultivating a culture of open debates within an organisation.

    Leaders must never be immune from criticism; they should be humble enough to listen to comments and opinions of other comrades. Every member of an organisation is responsible to level criticism that will assist in building the movement. It is only when we listen to each other’s criticism that we shall move forward as a cohesive force that builds on its strength and seeks to improve on its weaknesses. Criticism and self-criticism is the way in which individuals who are united by common goals can consciously utilise their differences and their limitations, i.e., “the negatives in order to accelerate their positive advance.” (Boggs, 1974, p. 133).

    Cadres should continuously reflect upon themselves in a quest to improve on their revolutionary activities, as a necessary condition for positive criticisms from fellow comrades. Criticism reflects internal contradiction within an organisation. Internal contradictions are in themselves dialectical in nature. Revolution creates new basis for tension, new unities, which split again into dualities. In the dialectical process of development, opposite forces can be brought together in unity. (Bogg, 1974.p. 220-221). This theory should inform us whenever we manage contradictions within the Alliance.

    Political education and revolutionary ethics: We should acknowledge that comrades do not grow at the same pace in terms of political maturity. The collective approach to the question of political education should be that comrades must never take an advantage of each other’s weaknesses but instead complement each other. The COSAS slogan of “each one teach” one is pertinent to this issue. In this current conjuncture the question of knowledge and skills also play a crucial role. Comrades have a responsibility to share skills among each other; and we must all be willing to learn. At one stage SASCO converted its departments into “collectives” in order to encourage the spirit of comrades working with each other in a less hierarchical but complementary manner.

    Coming to the question of ethics one needs to pose some controversial but equally important questions such as: Is there not a fast developing trend of comrades finding it somehow “boring” or de-motivated to discuss political issues? Is there also not a “paradigm shift” of comrades looking upon, treating and relating to each other according to material and social achievements?

    Comrades have a responsibility to behave in a manner that portray revolutionary values, both within and outside the movement and to counsel and advise rather than mislead each other with corrupt practices.

    Solidarity and Internationalism: One of the pillars that made us emerge victors against apartheid was solidarity both at a national and international level. Solidarity however is not the thing of the past; in fact it holds a key to winning the current global struggles. This is one principle that advocates for selflessness and sacrifice not only for visible and immediate day to day struggles within our vicinity but also for others remotely. It needs cadres to be aware of the global nature of the struggles so as to withstand cynical criticisms in the name of “charity begins at home”. Comrades need to be educated that the struggle is integral and intertwined and therefore the liberation of others is one’s liberation.

    PERORATING REMARKS
    We should not deceive ourselves with an ambition to build a perfect revolutionary movement or cadre. We should not only acknowledge that comrades do not develop at an equal level but even that the human factor is also responsible for certain deliberate false ambitions and counter revolutionary tendencies. There is also an issue of faceless infiltrators who will always strive to bring polarity in the revolutionary movement. But as cadres of the movement we should always pledge to strive for political maturity that is informed by revolutionary principles.

    References
    ANC. (1997). “Challenges of Leadership in the Current Phase”, Umrabulo No. 4. Johannesburg.
    Boggs. (1974). Revolution and Evolution in the Twentieth Century, Monthly Review Press, New York.
    Joel Netshitenzhe. (2000). “Class Struggles and the NDR”, The Shopsteward, COSATU Communications. Johannesburg.
    SACP. (1998).”Our Marxism”, African Communist, SACP DIP, Johannesburg.

  44. Hello Elias:

    Thank you for thinking our political enfrastructure plat form with respect to the coming election of 2008.

    We should remember, the EPDRF-TPLF. The mission is simple. all what they need to destroy all political parties who is againist them. therefore, what do expect from them? to loss or win? Its a game of blood. In the TPLF Bible with thier top Engineer ” Aboy Sebhat if you want to live with us you must follow us ” that’s why we the KINIJIT support committee and the actual KINIJIT PARTY Memeber must have a very wise plan, to survise and capture the TPLF supporters and finally we will set democratic system for every individual citizen to respect and protect by the constitution of the charter..

    Today ofcourse The KINIJIT-ETHIOPIA The majority party does not have a free license to move place to place with in the County. How ever, the copy of the license still holds by the KINIJIT party member by Mr. Ayele Chamiso.Therefore it is the matter of time, we are united to be able to for our country. That’s why,the KINIJIT party should exercise legaly to promote and expand the parties plan and political aimes and ideas’ propaganda.

    I am sure the KINIJIT leaders, if they work hard, they shall be a winner, by participating in the next primery election such as ‘ Kebele, Woreda as well Zonal Elections.

    Today the KINIJIT_ETHIOPIA should learn the mistake and the unbalance error brought by the inocent party member during election 97.We should learn From USA During 9/11.Also. Remeber let us United’Seek a help From other countries such as The USA and so on. God bless Ethiopia.

  46. Dear Elias

    I have followed most of your views and analysis and I concur with you most of the time. I do not know much about what is going inside the Kinijit leadership other than what is discussed openly; but I could sense that there is an ideological divide within the leadership between the conservative and chauvinist wing of Kinijit on the one hand and the liberal and progressive wing on the other hand. All along, my views were these two groups should have never joined in the first place because if not now, they would have ended up in separate camps if they had the opportunity to be in power later on. I say it is much better to have the separation now rather than later. The conservative wing was planning to bring back Ethiopia to the rule of Haile Sellasie and the Dergue and as Dr. Berhanu pointed out succinctly, no one is nostalgic about the past as well as the present system of rule except those that are salivating about being in power. People should understand that this is not about personality clashes between the leadership; it is a clash of principles, policies, ideologies, our future path. I urge everyone to listen to the substance of Dr. Berhanu’s speech in DC and you will see that he is very clearly talking about this dichotomy. The turmoil within the Kinijit may upset some people who thought that the struggle follows a straight path without hurdles, but on the contrary, this is all for the best and in a way it is cleansing and what Kinijit desperately needs.

    But, Elias, in your zeal to show your hatred for the role EPRP is playing in what is going on in Kinijit right now , you went all the way back to its history and tried to put blame where it does not belong. First thing first and let us put the facts straight. At a certain point in EPRP’s history, the overwhelming majority of Ethiopians were its members, supporters or its sympathizers; there are no ifs or buts on this one. Along the way, EPRP made its share of errors and ended up in a sorry state it finds itself right now. What it is doing right now should be condemned by all freedom loving people in Ethiopia, but let us not forget that the best sons and daughters of Ethiopia gave their lives in pursuit of the dreams once this organization upheld high. Although nothing surprises me in politics, the changes that EPRP went through just boggle the mind. I can not believe that I, like so many other thousandths, heeded the call of EPRP and fought for its ideals. But, Elias, I can not believe for a moment what you have written about EPRP poisoning Ethiopian soldiers in an effort to support the Ziad Barre government. Forgive me for saying this and I am not sure who told you that but it is a complete lie. In fact EPRP never had an office in Somalia. How do I know that? Because I was in Somalia during the time period you are talking about. Everyone new that EPRP had an office in Aden, Yemen for a while but not in Somalia. Did EPRP tried to have an office in Somalia? I am not privy to that information but it never had an office or a single member on the territory of Somalia. What the EPRP is doing right now is really deplorable, but Elias, you don’t have to add anything to make EPRP look any worse that it looks. EPRP has been marginalized for a long time, I don’t think there is anyone who is seriously considering it as a force in Ethiopian politics. It has found an opening in what’s happening in Kinijit to rear its head and tell us it is a viable force but, when the dust settles, it will surely reap the harvest of its labor. Therefore, Elias don’t be carried away and make up things to bring more supporters to the camp of the progressive Kinijit wing; in time, people will see things for what it is. Peace.

  47. Eleias, you wrote ” Ato Hailu Shawel said in an interview that unless KINIJIT’s 8-point conditions are met by woyane,the party will not participate in elections ” What’s wrong with that ? with out those conditions what kind of elections we are talking about ? what makes candidates and voters fell different now that election will be free and fair ? will meless will pick the Election bord members again? or any opposition party will get equal time on any mass media? or we just have to trust them that this time they are not going to steal the election. give me a break. one other thing you can express your opinion with out insulting those leaders who are contributing a lot for Freedom and Democracy for our mother ETHIOPIA!!

  48. Kinjit (CUDP) is a people’s party. In this party nobody is above the law. Every member of the party including the chairman should play by the rule. Kinjit has statute approved by all its members and all the members have taken the oath to uphold it. It is saddening to see that the chairman, Hailu Shawul, instead of upholding and protecting the statute of the party, he is being seen leading the way in violating and breaching it in favor of his cronies. All the members and supporters of Kinjit must say loud and clear that we cannot tolerate such a flagrant violation of and disrespect for the organization for which hundreds if not thousands lost their lives, tens if not hundreds of thousands were incarcerated and languish in TPLF concentrations camps and for which as many compatriots were forced to flee their beloved homeland. I dare say that Kinjit is the first people’s institution in Ethiopia in which an overwhelming majority of Ethiopians both in homeland and in diaspora invested in blood, treasure and many other forms and it deserves at least a respect from all of us including the chairman. If he wants to be part of this people’s institution, first and foremost, he has to respect the statute of the institution and play by the rule. If there is any disagreement among the leadership, it must be resolved based solely on the statute of the organization. That is what we have the statute for in the first place. Otherwise we would not need it. As members and supporters we have to push our leaders to abide by the statute of the organization. That is how we strengthen our institution. If we let them violate it and get away with it without being held accountable for whatever reason, we are equally responsible with the violators. It means we cannot have a strong people’s institution and that prolongs our struggle for freedom and democracy in Ethiopia. It sad to say but that is the main reason why we do not have a strong people’s institution in Ethiopia today and as that is why the country a fertile ground for dictatorship. If we had had a strong people’s institution, we would not have suffered under successive dictatorships including the present TPLF terrorist regime. Kinjit is and has the potential to be a strong people’s institution in Ethiopia and we should not allow few individuals to squander this window of opportunity and weaken it. If we lose this opportunity it might take a while before we come up with another one like Kinjit. If we lose it now, we do not have to be worried to point accusing fingers to someone else or TPLF for that matter. Each of us has to ask ourselves whether or not we made the right decision. At least, we have to ask ourselves the following question to and give an honest answer to ourselves: where did I throw my weight behind – behind the people’s institution or behind an individual? This is the time to stand up for our people and our people’s institution and get counted. Let our voice be heard. TPLF and other adversaries of Kinjit have no role here to play in our decision and if we squander it, we have only ourselves to blame. I do not mean we are operating in a vacuum and there is no pressure from any group. To the contrary, we know a massive and relentless propaganda effort and other gross satanic attempts are going on around by enemies of the Ethiopian people ranging from TPLF to EPRP to Talkshow hosts like Mirchaw to destroy Kinjit. However, we have to break out of the encircling of our enemies. We have to get it right this time around no matter what. We must not fall prey to our enemies all the time and get divided and weakened as they love to see us and, make no mistake, they are working around the clock to realize that. We have to say enough is enough. That will send a strong signal to friends and foes alike and to those who are knowingly or unknowingly trying to destroy the party by violating its statute. It will also be a lesson for everybody in the future. So we have to stand for upholding the statute of this great people’s institution than for individuals whoever they are and whatever contributions they made in the past. We should not be held hostage to their past contributions and allow them to breach the rule in front of our eyes. If we allow them to do it today, where and when will it end? Such behavior must be nipped in the bud before it treks down and spreads throughout the organs of the party like a cancer and destroy it completely. Early detection and prevention is the best policy and the best and effective cure.
    Needless to say, we need to respect, revere or even adore individuals for their contributions in the people’s struggle, but we must not make fetish of them. Our respect for individuals must be within the framework of the organization and not at the expense of the organization. Individuals come and go, but strong people’s institutions can pass down from generation to generation. That is what we want Kinjit to be.
    Behig Amlak

  49. I am still trying to understand what is it Eng. Hailu’s rationale for being so stubborn to even communicate with the delegates that he had approved of coming to US and other parts of the world. We learned now that the delegates trips was approved by the committee and on the interview he gave to Tensae radio it does not make sense that he said he asked them to stay. The clarification given by the US delegates and the Ad Hoc committee clearly show that there is intentional or unintentional communication problem between the Chairman and the delegates. There are many well meaning Ethiopian elders who may know Eng. Hailu personally that can help mediate between him and the delegates. Is he not open to any negotiation for the sake of the Ethiopian people, for sacrifice they paid, and for those who sacrificed with their lives?
    What really baffle me is that Eng. Hailu had signed a letter that dissolved the KIL and why is it that some members of the KIL gracefully accepted his request and some still trying to hold on illegally (some people still refer to them as KIC) that he himself defy his own decision by continuing to associate himself with them or even recognize them as some Kinijit representative in Diaspora? It is because they are holding large amounts of money?
    How would he fall in trap for some Diaspora radio outlets and pal talk groups who were major critics of Kinijit and himself few year ago that would leave any stone unturned to create rift between Kinijit members and, who are continuously fanning the flame of non-existence division between him and the delegates?
    How bad is his state of health? For someone who had sacrificed a lot for a just cause fall for this scheme?
    It is disappointing the least to say the Chairman associate himself with individuals or groups known as the Shaleqa group trying to create a wedge between members of the delegates. Some of this people got on board due to their personal and family tie, which are despised by the community who will never get elected in an open meeting.
    The struggle is not about changing the Prime Minister with someone but to change the undemocratic system with democratic system of government that is elected by the people and accountable to the people. So the delegates are and should continue to do what they came here for. We should give them our outmost support and hopefully when they go back they will resolve their differences.

  50. one thing certain is kinijit will rise to the situations and the eprp losers will be dumpped in disgrace again. these losers suffer from big time attention defficent disorder. insterad of getting medical help they medle in ethiopian politics with their sick mind. thank you elias! you did the right thing.

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