The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party (EPRP) has been trying to hold its congress for the past few days in Washington DC. But two items that are placed on the agenda have caused the party’s leadership to split into two camps. The two contentious proposals are:
1) Transforming the party into an open, transparent, democratic organization, and
2) Stop interfering in the internal affairs of another political parties, namely Kinijit.
The faction led by Ato Iyasu Alemayehu, Ato Fassika Belete and Ato Tegegn fought tooth and nail to prevent even discussion on these proposals by repeatedly raising procedural questions. After two intense days of wrangling, the group led by Ato Mersha Yoseph, Ato Solomon Gebreselassie and Dr Getachew Begashaw that is calling for a democratic EPRP walked out of the meeting in frustration. For now, the reactionary wing of the party has the upper hand.
14 thoughts on “Major development regarding EPRP”
What does it help to the people at home the split and re-form in the diaspora. Does EPRP really exist. Please come to your senses; leave your part time politics and live your life. Or at least have a party and organize a support group like Kinijit.
God Bless Ethiopia
It is a huge blow for us all who want EPRP open up and be part of the political struggle that hard liners are taking control of the leadership. It is a party which has lost tens of thousands of lives in the struggle agaainst dictatorship. We dont want their sacrifice remain in vain and would urge the leadership to get read off the hardliners and create a democratic party which will play a bigger role in the struggle against TPLF. We want EPRP reorganize itself and support the new generation of leaders. Let it forge ahead with the struggle kinijit is waging and share the experience it has accummulated over the years. We want EPRP and Kinigit create a common front against hardliners and embezzlers on both sides
I agree with Gedam.
There are only few people who claim to be EPRP. Acutally the reall EPRP fighters are not alive. These memebers were just the cowardice who dashed to Europe and America to trade in the name of EPRP. The Genious ones left the party and went to school. These ones are just morons who did not go to school, has no family and life.
Frustrated people sometimes fighting and sometimes joing the Getachew Haile bizzare group are disturbing the diaspora. I think if they don’t stop meddling with the kinijit internal affairs they will loose their few members let alone supporters.
They should learn that jelousy on educated and loved people does not take them long distance.
your time is up. Nobody is getting fooled any more. Our country needs democracy not anarchism. Remember all those young Ethiopians who sacrified their life for your ill seek propoganda.
Thanks.
As a person who has been affiliated with EPRP while I was young, from a number of signs, I knew EPRP was suffering from such undemocratic internal problems.
I have a mixed feeling on this latest development. I would have loved if EPRP stayed united and reformed itself. However, if few individuals are obstacles (which I have observed (by reading HAMA TUNA/Iyasu on Debtraw) to such reform the breakdown is a much preferred option than keeping a regressive force.
The reformists in EPRP now have a great opportunity to be a major force in the current politics of Ethiopia and be a uniter not a divider of the opposition. Additionally, EPRP can now start the renewal process to bring back the hundreds of thousands of its former members and supporters to their organization.
In short, it seems hope is on the way for both for EPRP and Ethiopia.
Daba Seboksa
I Am so happy that the Dictatorship in EPRP leadership is being challenged by genuine democratic party members.
It is high time that this party become responsive to the prevailing political realty in a democratic manner.
The age of Dictatorship is gone and the leadership in EPRP
must realize no time is left for Dictators.
The Iyasu group claiming to be EPRP now is not different from Ayele Chamiso’s CUD. We know the color of the genuine CUD, so did we know the genuine EPRP.
I will not be surprised if this group works hard to fan the crisis in the CUD. He is trying to get someone who joins his club of fake party, a group of imposters.
He could find the best buddy in Ayele Chamiso (fake CUD) and private Tolossa Tesfaye (fake ONC) since all the three are in the same boat. Is there anyone volunteering to pass my advise to him?
Over 40 years around Ethiopian political landscape – enormous potential to be part of the bigger picture – leading ethiopians to victory against TPLF. If they cannot reform whilst still united, better a faction with an urgent task of reorganizing this age old party to be compatible to modern way of thinking. The hardliners have gone too far away from the objective reality and their role in kinigit’s internal affair is beyond our imagination. What would Eprp benefit from split of kinijit. Nothing at all. As one comment states, it is high time now to bring together thousands of former members and supporters. As a democratic eprp, it will bring back the strength it had in the late 70s when evey sector of the population was rallying around its lead slogan “hizbawi mengist yikuakuam”
I would say Eprp is reborn. It is the wish of the MARTYRS who were the cream of the revolutionary struggle
to late why they didn’t took this action early now all ethiopian won’t hear about this dead party b/c they left bad history for the second time and no place in ethiopian poltics for this divider ,i think they decide after they lose all thier mission to destroy kinjet and finally they find out that’s useless and they want came back the right line my answer is toooooo late. NO ” BATA KOIEJE”
To Helina #8
I can’t say more than what you said. It is indeed the reborn of the EPRP. As a former member of EPRP and as someone who has sacrificed a big chunck of his youth life in prison and who nearly escaped not death but deathes(if I may call it) to ascertain a democratic people’s government in Ethiopia, the many fallen geniuses of this goal should not be in vain.There are still people in thousands, like me, who are still in the shadows and who’s altimate goal is highjacked by shameless dectators while our day to day life was taken by events in the midest of the lose of our genune friends and the dispersal of the organization in the struggle against the Derg.
Let alone kinijit, any political organization who stands by the basic tenets of democratzation should not be discouraged as we are wetnessing now by EPRP under Iyassu and his entourage, who seems to have his own interpretation of existance for the rest of his life, upon the blood of his compatraits. Let God Bless their soul!I think the time has come to uplift their banner.
I look forward for this development and I wish there is a call for a meeting soon.
I sincerly believe EPRP is done for good. And this recent crisis may open up room for democratic values within the Party. Still, too little to late to survive the tide as it lost any credibility both at home and abroad. If there is any chance EPRP to re-emerge as viable political organization, in my opinion, the new faction must be free of I-know-it-all attitude.
EPRP is an organization just on name.I am sure their members are not even 100. Lossers.
EPRP has been a poison for Ethiopia. They killed with MAESON then with DERGE and they killed everyone who does not not agree with them in the name of BANDA and what have you and they will stop at nothing.
Bunch of ignomaniac stupids, thorn for democratic Ethiopia. Any one associated with that party should seek pardon from the people of Ethiopia before anything else. They are simply the curse of that land…
the dictator of EPRP leaders are on success of failure.their solution is always worest than the problem.but now,the dimocratic EPRP can be the vital power for kinijit playing remarkable roll and form unbreakable united democratic oposition force against woyanee.