Kinijit chairman Hailu Shawel has arrived in Washington DC Friday night. He was received at the Washington Reagan Airport by his friends, Shaleqa Yoseph Yazew and Ato Mirchaw Sinishaw.
Ato Hailu came to Washington DC to participate in a public meeting organized by the anti-Kinijit Shaleqa-EPRP alliance.
Earlier Friday, the Renaissance Hotel where the public meeting scheduled to be held had canceled the meeting over security concerns. But in the afternoon, the hotel’s manager for events (Tel: 202 898 9000) decided to reconsider her decision after being given a reassurance from the organizers.
The Sunday public meeting is being boycotted by all groups and most individuals that are affiliated with Kinijit, including Kinijit DC Metropolitan Area chapter.
Before coming to Washington DC, Ato Hailu was busy in the past two days making phone calls to former members of AAPO in the Washington DC area inviting them to meet with him privately Sunday night or Monday. Many of those whom he contacted turned down his invitation and expressed to him their disappointment at what he is doing.
Kinijit supporters in the Washington DC area are also organizing a protest rally outside the Renaissance Hotel on Sunday to:
1) Express disappointment at what Ato Hailu Shawel is doing — his recent dictatorial actions and attempt to cover up the Shaleqa group’s corruption.
2) Demand that Shaleqa Yoseph Yazew & Co. return the Kinijit funds that they stole and diverted to their personal accounts.
3) To ask Dr Taye Woldesemayat and EPRP to stop trying to divide Kinijit.
The protest rally will start at 1:30 PM in front of the Renaissance Hotel, 999 9th Street, Washington DC.
Sunday’s public meeting in Washington DC will be the first one where an Ethiopian opposition party leader to face protestors. All of those who will take part in the protest rally are the same Ethiopians who had been carrying Ato Hailu’s photos and marching in the streets of Washington DC appealing for his release from Woyanne jail just a few months ago. Those who are surrounding him now are those who were attacking him and the other jailed Kinijit leaders just as recently.
Ato Hailu Shawel’s current betrayal of his supporters and colleagues bring memories of his betrayal of Professor Asrat Woldeyes several years ago. After quitting the All Amhara People’s Organization (AAPO) over a minor disagreement, when Professor Asrat was languishing in jail for six years, Ato Hailu did not visit him even once in jail, and had never participated in any type of activity to help release the professor. For six years when Prof. Asrat languished in jail, Ato Hailu was making money and becoming a millionaire, without spending one minute of his time in politics. After Prof. Asrat died, Ato Hailu maneuvered his way back to the AAPO using his money. Once he became chairman of the AAPO, he had systematically pushed out most of the independent thinking leaders of the AAPO, including Ato Wondayehu Kassa, Ato Ali Indris, Col. Getahun Ejigu, and Ato Girma EnquSelassie. Many of these individuals had languished in Woyanne jails along with Prof. Asrat for several years.
Ato Hailu Shawel has also betrayed those of us who trusted him, and placed our hopes on him to provide an honest, principled, corruption free leadership. We were led to believe that he is a trust worthy, fair minded individual, a consistent, strong, unwavering leader. Little did we know that we were hoping against hope when all the signs were there — his crude betrayal of Prof. Asrat and all the other AAPO leaders. We were indeed fooling ourselves. The way things are unfolding now, it may turn out that he is the father of all corruptions, nepotism and bigotry.
As we look deeper into Ato Hailu’s past in trying to understand his current behavior, what we are finding is that his trail of betrayal, as well as his dictatorial behavior, goes way back. We will leave that for the history books. But what is now obvious is that when Ato Hailu told BBC’s Hard Talk two years ago that Ethiopians are double faced, we are now discovering that he was talking about himself.
50 thoughts on “Hailu Shawel arrives in DC where he faces angry Ethiopians”
The main reason, what I hate Eng hailu is ‘his betrayal of AApo’ and left the party for destruction and for all the crisis and the death for the be loved professor Asrat Woldeyes. is there any one who knows about Ato Wondayehu Kassa.
Ato Elias:
I think we should put the past behind. What Ato Hailu did in the past is something of the past. He did also make some huge contribution before. After all he also played a very istrumental role in teh foramtion of Kinijit. I think it is good if we leave the past and focus on the present and the future.
Please let us focus on the main important thing of today.
Muziky
Good job Elias,
A well written analysis!!!
ELIAS KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK – I can’ believe what the so called “Tensae Radio” was broadcasting – a smear campaign against Elias and Ethiopian Review – talking about exposing Elias’s friends and relatives to Woyane. This so called Radio outlet tried hard to promote the slowly fading Hailu Shawel in the last few weeks. When that didn’t succeed they reverted to blackmailing Elias and friends. My guess is TENSAE RADIO which is continually soliciting for money now got a source of funds channeled by Shalequa Yosef, Taye and the has been Kinijit. It is too late to bring back the egotistitical and and mediocre Hailu Shawel. Until we find out the sponsors and origin of the funding – be aware of this Radio Station and its smear campaign.
We are fighting the thinking not the body. If ‘Atse-Hailu’ starts thinking like Zenawi, he has to know that he will face the same thing what Zenawi has faced. There is no double standard in real democracy. When we talk about the supremacy of law, it doesn’t mean that it works for Zenawi but not for King Hailu. What ‘Aste-Hailu’ is doing now is unacceptable by any standards. It is pure dictatorship and incompetence leadership. We don’t have a slight of patience for such kind of arrogance any more.
Great job Eliase! Keep it up!!!!!!!!
Muziky68:
If Hailu did good in the past he’s suppose to finish it not mess up like a kid. So far we didn’t read or hear any good reason why he abandond Kinijit. Anyway, who cares, let him hang out with his mafia friends. Good luck Hailu.
I am amazed by Ato Hailu’s grudges aganist the other Kinijit delagets . He have said that the problem is not that big. He also said that the cause of their problem was that they came to the U.S. a couple weeks earlier than he wanted them to. If this is the way how he handele’s such a petty diffrence, I wonder what he would have done if they had a very big policy or ideology conflict with his fellow Kinijit leaders. Should we thank God that He didn’t become a Prime minister when Kinijit won the election in 2005? Can you imagine what could have happened if anyone disagreed with him. I think Ethiopia have been saved from one more dictator.
I agree we can not be bogged down in digging people’s past actions while the march to demoracy is at stake. How many more years can we live like this. We are extending the life line of Meles every time we are fighting each other.
Teddy:
You said :” If Hailu did good in the past he’s suppose to finish it not mess up like a kid.”
Then let us talk about what he is messing up. Let us talk about what he is doing now. PERIOD.
If you go back to the past, all of us somehow have made mistakes. Ato Hailu is no different.
What the issue must be is not what he did or did not do 10 or 11 years ago. The issue must be the health and the continuation of the people’s struggle. I am afraid Ato Hailu is standing against the struggle.
We are upset by Ato Hailu for what he is doing now. What he is doing now is not something that is expected from any political party leader, let alone from Kinijit leaders.His interviews , his trash talk, his lies … are what makes me rejected by many of his former supporters. We have a lot of ammunitions against him today. We do not need to go many years back.
Muziky
Elias,
Hailu Showel has now clearly broken the trust we put in him. He has disregarded our plea and seems to have decided to go his own way. He is also in the direction of dismantling Kinijit. He thinks if he does not dominate it, it has to go.
He disrespected every thing we have done to secure his release. He is a dangerous lier and dictator who should be stopped now.
I and my friends are already finished our Preparation to come to the DEMO. We are well organized and prepared. Lets Join hand in hand and Expose these “Atse Groups” of Shaleka-Taye-EPRP.
I’m sure we will made it and it will teach once again that the Dictators are always against the wish of the people.
Down With Dictators
Long Live Ethiopia
Man hailu shawel wants to bring the old ethiopia back!! it’s not gonna work man. ethiopians need democracy with demoractic politicians. we don’t want some old fashion fedual system where the minoirty sits and lets others suffer!! Message for hailu if ur sick go to hospital or SEBEL TERICH because it was my brother and sister who died for the cause of democracy in the south!!! if u can’t handle the truth step down no one is holding ur hands!!
Thanks alias once more for the article!!!
\”…Can you imagine what could have happened if anyone disagreed with him? I think Ethiopia have been saved from one more dictator…\”
I like it!
Hailu, unless he is kind of power greedy guy, he would have joined the group. They have always been calling for him and have always pleaded to him to join them and why isn’t he doing it so then? If he were, as some of you guys say it time and again, dedicated to the cause of the people of Ethiopia then what is wrong with joining the group? The group in no way has indicated any sign of becoming traitors and Hailu himself didn’t give any of reason of such kind. If so what is it then other than power greediness? The guy is a crook!
Why ato hailu is coming odd ? he cannot represent the amhara group,amahara people belive in people equality and unification of ethiopia.What ato hailu doing is woyane action.
Engineer Hailu Shawel sacks top CUD officials
The leadership crisis within Kinijit has taken a new twist as it emerged that Engineer Hailu Shawel has already sacked three top Kinijit officials, Addis Voice can reveal.
In spite of the fact that Engineer Hailu Shawl’s defunct party, the All Ethiopian Unity Party (AEUP), was officially declared to have been dissolved to facilitate the merger with United Ethiopian Democratic Party-Medhin, which later decided to leave the CUD, Rainbow Coalition for Democracy and Justice and Ethiopian Democratic League, he dismissed the three prominent members of the party who have allegedly undermined his power.
In a secret meeting President Hailu held at his residence on September 9, 2007 in the presence of some members of his old party AEUP, including Ato Mamushet Amare and Shaleka Aragaw, a decision was made to fire Engineer Gizachew Shiferaw, Ato Aschalew Ketema and Ato Biruk Kebede from the AEUP’s executive committee in their absence. The three heroes, who are among the delegation of top CUD leaders touring North America and Europe, were all jailed with the other leaders of Kinjjit who spent twenty months in the tyrant’s harsh jails until they were released on July 20, 2007. Engineer Gizachew Shiferaw told Addis Voice on his part that AEUP had legally been dissolved and should never be resuscitated by anyone to take such an illegal measure that clearly violates and undermines the bylaws and principles of Kinijit.
[Addis Voice believes that the people have a right to know the truth. As a cover-up of this nature will seriously harm the struggle of the Ethiopian people for freedom, we will soon publish details of our findings on the disturbing leadership crisis that has threatened the very existence of Kinijit as a cohesive opposition against tyranny.]
Source http://www.addisvoice.com/
I believe that is exactly what Lidetu Kihdetu was telling us about this traitor long before none of us dared to speak up. What an irony!!
Frank
wholly or pertially Ing. hailu is accountable for what happend in the past two or three weeks in diaspora’s kinijit supporters,make conffusion and betrayal us.period.
After the meeting the kinijit delegation is supposed to do action.
The respect for “atse hailu” must have an end and the delegation must disband him soon and show us that they are able to manage such a kind of problem before he make more damage.
Decide soon to put the things aside and to go further.
Vote now to disband Shaleqa hailu.
He came from all amhara party which is pure ethnic and can not say than he will lead ethiopia.
Let him build the all amhara party and leave kinijit for the delegation.
KILETAM SHIMAGLE!!!
Ato Hailu, you are well-respected person and a very father figure to many and when I consider what would I do if you were my father? Here are some of the thoughts that cross my mind.
1. I do my best that you’re with the people and be on the RIGHT side of HISTORY.
2. I make sure your obituary read with pride.
3. I want to make sure when people call my father’s name or mention I am the son of “Ato Hailu Shawle” I want to keep my head high and not be ashamed because of my father’s deeds.
Just based on the current situation in KINIJIT leadership and your way of handling the situation, I am GLAD, you’re NOT my father. However, there is still an opportunity to turn this around and make YOUR SELF, YOUR FAMILY and YOUR COUNTRY PROUD.
I hate to say this but Ato Hailu is losing control of the situation. For someone who reasons the issues are minor and creating a circus is beyond comprehension.
May God Help You on making this happen!
Tazabi
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The main problem in Ethiopia has been the thinking of dictatorship.That is why Ethiopia has been suffuring for a long period of time.I am sorry to say such attitude should not be reflected from the leader like Eng Hailu once we thought he was honest and progressive.The good news is the people of Ethiopia is ready for change as well as for struggle.We love our liberty more than anything.That is not somthing one gives us.It is our natural right.We fight for it.We will get it soon irrespective of some dishonest people.The fight for democracy continues although leaders like lidetu and of course ato Haliu Shawel took wrong exit.
Elias I’m proud of you.Thank you so much for your information.
Elias, I don’t know how you do it; your articles are music to my senses. You stirred all the emotions in me when you mentioned Prof Asrat.He was my teacher at one point in Ethiopia. To learn that he was betrayed by the same man who is trying to damage our party is amazing. This info should have been out earlier for all to see what this Hailu Shawel is. A man who betrays his friends and supporters is not going to be good for kinijit or Ethiopia. He should be totally removed from Ethiopian politics. Keep on exposing the Enemies of Ethiopia. Thank You.
hello Elias,
Shouldn’t we ask Mr. Hailu the audit report ? Because they aren’t running this event from their pocket.They are using the peoples money for their …………
Ato Hailu is actually the master mind of the shaleka and gang’s conspirasy.
He should be accountable for all these mess-ups.
No more begging!
Let’s be stronger against him than ever.
He is talking repeatedly about name change of kinijit and seems to think of running out with his gang to declare another name upon being rejected by the majority kinijit members and the public.
Elias,
That is a nice lesson to the people who want to know more about Hailu.We need to dig more on this topic. please elias try to get those individual’s comment, if possible let them be interviewed by abebe or other hosts. You know many indvls including me confused on Hailu’s ethiopinism. He is a treat to our nation. I know he betrayed Prof Asrat. I was a meber of AAPO. I know Prof. Asrat closely. Prof stood for those who were massacred!I had a chance to deal issue with him. Why Hailu is so considered a firm/loyal leader? why people hide the truth? He let Prof suffuer alone after a historic speeech at D/Birhan. Hailu quited himself and targeted Prof. as illegal to meles rule.There are many true ethiopians whe languished in woyane proson along with prof.but never got to lead thier party.we need to invetigate Hailu’s ego on our nation.He is a treat to our people.Only Lidetu knows what Hailu was doing against Lidetu’s merit at that time.I’m not to promote Lidetu , he is a treat too.
I will come back with this,
Thx
Shotew
Is this another version of “the swift boat attack?” If Hailu Shawle is the kind of person as you described, why was he elected by his peers to leadership post in the first place? But I must mention that I’m very disappointed of Mr. Showel for his utter failure to quickly resolve the CUD internal problem.
I am disgusted about what Ato Hailu is doing to destroy CUD.This man is not only arrogant but he thinks he can manipulate every body.If he did not visit even once his leader Prof.Asrat when he was languishing in prison he really is the worst traitor to his collegues and that is exactlt what he is doing now to other cud leaders.He must be condemned and must be voted about his future role in CUD by other members.196 kids were killed by Woyane and their parents I am sure are angry when they see how Ato.Hailu is runing around to destroy Kinijit.Kinijit will not be destroyed by any arrogant person because it is a spirit inside all of us.Boycott the meeting.
It is time to say “Hailu who?”. Let’s move on Ato Hailu has boarded off the train. The train is going without him. Next stop..implementation of HR2003!
Well I tell you what my ppl. We made Hailu Shawel what he is today ..I promise you that we will brake him and put him where he blong…
Keep in mind that you are talking about a man who could have spent the last years living comfortably in luxury, but instead chose to accept 2 years in a prison hell for you. He is due some patience, respect and an open mind. Give the man a chance.
The sunday meeting oranized by Shaleka Yoseph Yazew and his cohorts is like a funeral for Enginner Hailu, once the mos loved leader of Kinijit. What one does not understand is what changed Engineer Hailu from that strong principled pre-Kality-prison leader we used to know, to the dicator and big time liar, twin tounged Hailu now. One would think that there must be something very clandestine operation that was going between him and his cohorts Shaleka Yoseph, Mirchaw, Dr. Taye and their collaborators behind the popular struggle, while he was incarcerated. This might be the corruption, the embezzling of kinijit fund by The Shaleka Yoseph group or it could be to cover the way they created KIC(keysie) behind doors to get away clean from their crimes. Kinijit Fund is Kinijit’s Nobody is entitled to steal and divert it for personal use or fame. It was contributed by strong Ethiopians from their hardly earned wages. We will fight to the end until these criminals are brought to justice and kiniit gates back its funds. The Sunday meeting that is arranged by the criminals should be the opening forum for showing our disappointment and our grivance and our decison to expose them to the Ethiopian people and the diaspora. We need to expose them on the meeting they have organized to legitimize they wrong doing and fool the under informed. That will be the beginning. We will not rest until this criminals appologize and ask for Mercy. Long live kinijit.
Hello all.
It is clear that these leaders have gone through a series of trauma especially Ato Hailu and Professor Mesfin because of health issue. Professor Mesfin had gone through a number of hardships and managed to endure. But I don’t remember Ato Hailu going through such an ordeal prior to this one. I am not surprised if his mental stability is affected. Please have sympathy for him and forgive him, from all his interviews and actions, it is not hard to understand his mental instability. Those of you who are close to him, Pease advise him and help him to get counseling and psycho-therapy. And the rest of us, please let us understand his situation and bear with him. Regarding the party’s work, the other honorable members are doing what is supposed to be done.
I urge every body to look into the bigger picture instead of getting lost in the details. Let us not waste our energy on the means of improving personal relationships among the members but how the party could move on and how the obstacles could be cleared.
ato hailu shawel is a traitor who sold out aapo. look his pattern.
God bless you elias. keep up your good job man. Eng ahilu is living with feudal’s mentality , but struggling for democracy. what a shame. does eng hailu think that his children had paid the highest price in their life or other innocent ethiopians in kinijit’s name? HE.will responsible for the un necessary saccrifices which our ppl have paid since the may election.betrayal is normal for eng hailu shawul. he betrayed prof asrat at that difficult time and was very busy collecting his millions of dollars from the westren nation. he had never visited prof asrat and he wrote an article against prof asrat. eng hailu is a memebr of that corrupted group who have been using AAPO, AEUP[AEUP is another form of the same AAPO,an old AAPO changed it’s [skin]name to AEUP to cheat innocent ethiopians in the name of multinational party; but there is no single ethiopiawi from any other ethnice group and now CUD’s fund is being taken by eng hailu’s maffia geoup. eng hailu is a day light dictator, liar and deciever. we need to expose him and even take him to court for our money’s misusing.Eng hailu has no legal right to fire any body from any party , because those who are being fired by this liar man have been struggling for more than weyane’s age in minilik’s palace. they were a part’s of AAPO when eng hailu betrayed prof asrat and went his way to do his business and collect millions of dollars, eng ahilu is not capable of leading any party any more. he has mental disorder. we are looking for justice from almighty God.
ወግኖቼ!
አንድ ነገር ልንገራችሁ በሀይሉ ሻውል ስራ በጣም ሳዝን ስበግን ነበር እናንተም እንዲሁ እንደከርማችሁ አዉቃለሁ ግን በከንቱ ጊዜ አጠፋን ትላንትና በኢንተርኔት በኢትዪ ቴሌቭዥን ኔትወርክ የኤሌውን ስብሰባ ተመለክቼ የብርቱካን ሌሎቹም ያድርጉት ንግግርና ከህዝቡ ለቀረበው የስጡት መልስ ለስጋቴ መልስ ስጥቶኛል ቅንጅት በሀይሉ ሻውል ሴራ ሊከፈል ወይም ሊናጋ የማይችል በቆራጥና አስተዋይ በጀግኖች የሚምራ ድርጅት መሆኑን ግንዛቤ አስጨብጦኛል ዶ/ር ብርሀኑ ከተናገሩት መልስ ያገኘሁበት አንኳር ብጠቅስ “ቅንጅት የሚናጋው ወይም የሚፈርስው የዲሞክራሲ መርሁን የተወ እለት ብቻ ነው” የሽማግሌው ጉዳይ ነገሩም እዚህ ላይ አበቃ ልብ በሉ ችግሩም የመጣው እኮ ስውየው ለድርጅቱ ዲሞክራሲያዊ አሰራር አልገዛም በማለታቸው ነው ስለሆነም መሪዎቻችን የአላማ ጀግኖች ስለሆኑ መፍትሄውም በእጃቸው ነውና መድሃኒቱን ሲሰጧቸው
ሰውየው ይውጣሉ ወይም ይወጣሉ! ደሰአይልም?
ቢቻላችሁ ዛሬም የሚተላለፍ ይመስለኛልና ለመከታተል ሞክሩ ድንቅ ነው::
sunday meeting protest has to be the same as Boston when Bostnian protest Addisu Legesse when he try metting in boston with hodam , that was sucessful and he left on the back door and sunday Shalqa yoseph , his pupy and Eprp dogs has leave on the roof
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An Extremely Alarming Development in Ethiopia
OMFDE / October 13, 2007
“Pathological findings are almost always accurate but they come too late” goes a joke cracked by those who mistakenly equate the wide field of pathology having multiple sub branches with that of only autopsy. For an Ethiopian Minister of Health, this is no more a joke but what a pathologist is all about. According to Reporter’s account (Amharic version 10/07/07) the Autopsy Department that is currently found under Menelik Hospital will soon be put under the administration of Police Commission. The two reasons given are 1) The Minister of Health could not see the link between the fields of medicine in which his Ministry is engaged and the usual activity associated with the practice of autopsy. 2) There are no Ethiopian professionals that are trained in this area.
If we are to follow the Minister’s line of reasoning, then the next department in line to soon leave Ministry of Health will be obstetrics and gynecology, for the simple reason that a Minister that finds difficulty in establishing a link between medicine and the deceased may have same difficulty in seeing a link between medicine and the unborn. The truth behind putting the autopsy department under Police Commission, however, is like putting the Department of respiratory systems under the direct management of Tobacco Monopoly so that it can effectively cover up the link between smoking and respiratory diseases. Let us explain how?
While various opposition political groups are distracted by their own internal priorities, Woyane seems to be busy elaborating its strategy of containment should the like of public protest that erupted in the aftermath of the last election occur once again in Ethiopia,. possibly in conjunction with the upcoming elections at Zonal and Woreda level. By the way, the outcome of this forthcoming election at local levels is believed to be a main determinant of the outcome of the national election to be held on 2010. In what appears to be a major component of that elaboration, Woyanne is now intending, as mentioned above, to place the autopsy department found within Menelik hospital under the direct management of Police Commission
The heroic role played by hospital sources in exposing the heartless massacre of innocent civilians by Woyane thugs during the previous public protest is still fresh in our memory. These sources, as we all remember, not only brought the magnitude of the slaughter to the attention of the general public but also the vicious pattern in which it was perpetrated. Besides, these same sources are presumed to have played a significant role in furnishing first hand information to the Inquiry Commission so that the entire world is able to see the real Woyanne that is hidden under the guise of demagogue and take it for what it actually is. This source is the one that Woyane intends to silence through this measure now.
It is an open secret that there always existed a tense relationship between Woyane law enforcement cadres and Ethiopian pathologists working in this mentioned unit rendering service to the entire country, a relation that is mainly characterized by a lot of arm twisting and bullying as these cadres are usually the main culprits in most of the cases.
This relation reached its worst stage when a courageous pathologist and a man of the highest professional integrity by the name Dr. Feleke Bojia was gunned down in broad day light by a member of the armed forces by the name Corporal Haile Woldetsadik on 24th of August 1999. On this mentioned date, while Dr. Feleke was about to enter his second office located at Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, the culprit who was in his full military attire and had been waiting for him in the compound inside a vehicle bearing a tag of defense forces, sprayed him with a volley of bullets from AK-47 combat riffle. The victim who miraculously survived six bullet wounds to his body is now compelled to lead an asylee life in one of the European countries.
This is a kind of situation that deterred Ethiopian pathologists from rendering their professional service to their country and this same situation is the one that the current Minster of Health is trying to tell us that there are no Ethiopians trained in the area.
If need be, we can name sufficient number of Ethiopian pathologists currently working in different unrelated capacities within less than one kilometer radius of the Minister’s office. Besides, the main reason behind this intended move could easily be understood by seeing the mismatch that exists between the stated problems and the recommended solution. It is simply ridiculous to state the problem as lack of trained manpower and recommend a kind of solution that only deals with the change of hands in administering entities. The Minister could be loyal to the politics he pursues but surely is a disgrace to his profession in this case.
In fact, this unit is one of the areas where Woyane does not want to see Ethiopian professionals around and prefer to man it with hired expatriates. Right now, this unit is solely staffed by Cubans. So, as shown here in above, the reason behind the proposed measure is not in anyway related to the lame excuses given by the Minister but rather an ignominious preparation to cover up yet another round of butchery they seem to be fond of repeating.
It is really an alarming development as it is outside the wish and expectations of our people at this particular time especially when seen in juxtaposition with the conciliatory tone reflected by the Prime Minister during the speech he delivered on the occasion of the Millennium celebration. This is a time when our people hope to see political rapprochement among various political groupings so that the derailed democratization processes in the country could be reset on the right track once again and not to mislead the public and try to improve one’s capacity in concealing one’s intended heinous deeds from the rest of the world.
Therefore, we believe that this development needs to be seriously noted by the wider public in general and opposition political forces in particular and by the international community as well. For the record, we would also like to publicly request the parliamentarians to intervene in this matter and try to block it from happening.
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The Oromo Movement for Federalism and Democratic Ethiopia : [email protected]
We should NOT allow the political prostitution conducted by certain individuals/groups whose propaganda is with out any grain of truth. Yes, we must say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH to those who are trying to insult the very intelligence of Ethiopians who are fighting against all kinds of evil acts and behaviors. Ato Hailu is not an idispesible person as long as he is not willing to play a constractive role.It is not a TABOO to protest against someone who BETRAYED the PROMIS HE HAS MADE to the Ethiopian people who stand for the realization of democracy and development.
Despite his contribution to the formation of CUDP, Ato Hailu is unfit to any real and transparent democratic institution.
I strongly believe Ato Hailu & his friends still have most of the fund that has been diverted from Kinijit accounts in NA (Prior to their imprisonment) to their group of confidantes in Africa & NA. Their actions are motivated by having complete domination of Kinijit party by their group. The group members are mostly in NA. This group was formed in the AEUP days without the knowledge of AEUP members in Ethiopia and NA.
The genesis of the crisis in Kinijit is the attempt of this group to control Kinijit at any cost. The key architects of this operation are the two Engineers, Hailu & M. Brook.
Please this info on Ethiozagol.
Dr. Taye and his gangs got some one who support Ato Hailu; Ato BEDNU. Ato Hailu was telling us the problem within KINIJIT is the little disagreement b/n the North America delegation and himself. And Ato Berdru, sorry Ato Bednu told the Jury in Addis Ababa that he is not any more a memeber of CUD. Ato Hailu also emphasiszed in name changing to legalize CUD in all his infamoues interveews. We also learned from Addisvoice that he sacked three of the CUD delegates in North America from his old party, AEUP. I don’t understand the reason to call the non-CUD member, Ato Bednu to the DC meeting in the name of KINIJIT. But Dr. Taye is not a memeber of CUD. Guys make your own synthesis based on the true events where Ato Hailu, Dr. Taye are heading and decide for yourself what you can do concerning tomorrow’s meeting.
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Saturday, October 13, 2007
Bedru Adem Goes to Washington
Bedru Adem, the former MP who, in court of law, claimed to have relinquished his Kinijit membership long before the November 2005 protest which led to the killing and imprisonment of thousands of pro-democracy activists, flew to Washington yesterday to participate in tomorrow’s meeting where Kinijit chaiman Eng. Hailu Shawel will have his first public appearance. Bedru who since his release from prison in July has been attacking the integrity and good name of many Kinijit leaders including Brehanu Nega and Birtukan Mideksa on EPRDF leaning newspapers here in Addis Ababa is expected to continue doing more of the same in tomorrow’s meeting.
Posted by ethio-Zagol at 9:13 AM
bedru adem was in qality with ahidden mission which he got his master weyane from day one . believe me bedru adem is a hidden weyane’s agent, just follow all his action starting from his speech on kinijit’s demonstration’s day,[theu will go back where they came from”, he give legitamacy to weyane’s court and weyane’s court punished his three years in prisonkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk bedru adme, we know you you are weyane’s agent, stop your destructive move
It does not matter whether the person is Hailu or Zenawi. If the so called leader does not respect the majority’s voice he is a dictator.
Hailu is one.
Opposing Zenawi is not a criteria to be supported or to become a democrat.
As a supporter of CUD, I do not give a damen for an individual… CUD means the voice of the people not Hailus..
I am glad things are caught here… Hailu’s era is gone…
Ethiopiawi. DC
Good job Elias.
Review his latest interviews and the way that he conducts himself, he thinks already he is on the throne, the imperial majesty kings of kings his Excellency Engineer Hailu Shawel wow. Now is clear what was in the back of his mind. Amazingly he created his own downfall. He can only blame himself.
By the way I take this opportunity to Ask Wt Bertukan Mideksa to revise her speech when she humbly invited publicly the Eng. to comeback to kinijit and her loyalty that she still believe he is the guide and the Gashay Hailu.
You guys in kinijit are in a very serious, in the highest hierarchy of public affair, your are accountable only to the poor people of Ethiopia and seriously abide by the rule. A world renown leader once said, “ there is no friendship among Nations only common interest” we learn from this one thing, you can not by any means build friendship with a colleague in public affair unless there are personal interest, and it will become
“ekekegne/lekekeh”. Mutual respect is the way to go.
You have the responsibility to purge kinijit until you find the truly disinterested individual, a leader that let you freely work under the rule of the law to advance the struggle for a long lasting peace, unity, democracy and economical development.
No, no for someone who get mad because no body came to the airport to welcome him and he talk about it boldly as a public affair on the public media.
Ethiopia today deserve and need better than that.
No hard feeling Eng. Hailu, your time is up here, don’t insist further to kill kinjit that you help to found. Your contribution will not in vain if you intelligently prepare your exit without further damage to the party and yourself.
I’m entering my sixty’s, I’ve no active affiliation to any party, but I love my country and KINIJIT and dream to see it succeed before I die, this world is not the same as you think you know it, everyday rapidly changing, don’t try to get on its way, leave it to the younger one.
Remember Atse Haile Selassie if he kept his intelligence when the whole Africa celebrated his 80th Anniversary, that day was his due date to recede the power, he insisted… and you know how…!?
I still think Hailu Shawel deserves chance, remeber he is the one with the big public support when Birhanu and Birtukan joined Kinijit. Trust me he still has a big public support in Ethiopia.
I just heard on one radio that Ato Hailu will present the audit report on tomorrow’s meeting. I will be surprised if he does that. When asked on VOA if he is the one who called Sunday’s meeting, Ato Hailu replied “NO” and said that he was just an invitee. I hope he doesn’t try to give the report on a meeting others have organized. If he plans to do that he has to call a meeting in the name of Kinijit I don’t think EPRP and MERCHAW contributed money for KINIJIT. Even Dr. Taye didn’t vote for Kinijit when he had the chance.
To#46 Zena
Ethiopians supported him before they know about his double face now every thing is out no more MASK U get it?
I was wondering in the past why the Ethiopians struggle for democracy never leaves the ground. Whenever one party or organization starts to do something it never bears fruit. Part of the reasons is, it is because of people like Hailu, Taye, Shaleka, of course EPRP and the self centered criminals. Because they are busy on their main concern to build fences around them with febble minded mafia supporters. That is what the derg/mengistu did. to have the yes people around him. Now the time is up to these kind of criminals and we have to work hard to go foreward by shaking off the dirt off kinijit. We have to up hold democratic principles not dictatorship. Confrontation for our right is the only way to save our country from woyanes miseary. These people are the reasons for our prolonged weaknesses. They are the source for woyane strength. We have to think and analyse things clearly and intellectually. Don’t buy the suggestion that there are few disagreements b/n kinijit leaders, it is the difference b/n hailu and democratic principles. Nothing to do with our heroic leaders. It is hailu who is head butting against the brick wall. It is his own creation. By the way all our past kings,atses, emperores were patriotic so these guys do not deserve these titles. They are just dicrtators.
we have to stop the enemies with in.
God Bless Ethiopia.
Dear readers , Just a sentence or two to clarify the situation Ato Hailu is in. In his intrview with the german radio, one should remember, he SAID THERE MAY COME A TIME THE NAME kINJIT MAY HAVE TO DROPPED. This alone should explain whereto Ath Hailu is going . He no more has his heart with kinijit. He is out to distroy this organization.