Tegbar gives 1 point for each of the Kinjit’s 8 points peace proposal that UDJ successfully accomplishes, and 0 point for those that it fails to deliver. We publish the Score Card every month.
As in June, for the of month July 2008 the Score is again 0 out of 8
Tegbar hopes that UDJ will perform better next month. Below is the result.
Kinjit’s 8 Points Score
1. The Restructuring of the Election Board into an Independent body;
Score: 0
2. Freedom of and access to All Media;
Score: 0
3. Independent legal system (free from Woyanne party control);
Score: 0
4. An Independent Commission to investigate the killings of innocent Ethiopians;
Score: 0
5. Non-involvement of armed forces or police in political affairs;
Score: 0
6. Reinstatement of Parliamentary procedures and Governance of Addis Ababa in accordance with the verdict of the people;
Score: 0
7. Release of all political prisoners;
Score: 0
8. Independent commission or body to adjudicate the above.
Score: 0
Total Score: 0
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Our Friend Shambel have to play hulume zero zero from his cd to them.This is a wake up call for the peace Squadron.
a nice score board
‘HULUM ZERO ZERO’
Elias, please post this article on the front page?
Elias Kifle: A dictator in the making
By Mulumebet Asfaw
The effort to democratize Ethiopia is not easy at all. Despite the fact that the opposition camp claims to aspire to demolish the monstrous tyranny of Meles Zenawi, there are many among his dissidents who have brought us nothing but division and rumour mongering. Like any ordinary citizen, I sometimes get confused and puzzled with the amount of information and disinformation tossed in cyber space to catch our attention, not only by Walta and Aiga but also the terribly mismanaged websites like the Ethiopian Review, Debteraw and Ethiolion. I will come back some other time with the issue of the two conduits of hatred and the extremism, Debteraw and Ethiolion. For now, allow me to deal with Elias Kifle, a miserably failed spin doctor.
Elias Kifle, dictatorial publisher par excellence of a tabloid website called Ethiopian Review, is destined to be a ruler. Sorry, I have already made a mistake. I mean, he is already an absolute ruler of Ethiopia’s cyber space. Every single day he is churning out orders, edicts, laws and doctrines… for us, his hapless subjects who can’t survive without his website.
Remember the emergency power he gave to Engineer Hailu Shawel; he ordered us to shun Dr. Berhanu Nega whom he once labelled a Weyane mole; he appointed Isaias Afeworki, Ethiopia’s man of the year, he designated Bertukan Mediksa “lady liberty” and then demoted her to “lady surrender” because she rejected his uncalled for advice to wage armed struggle; he called ONLF’s slaughter of innocent labourer’s and Chinese miners an act of heroism; he called for the dissolution of the newly formed Andinet party and ordered us again to give an unflinching support to Dr Berhanu Nega’s Ginbot 7 because he happens to be a lieutenant; he demonized Dr Taye Woldesemait for exercising his right of joining a political group of his choice; he has the audacity to urge us to pack up and join an armed struggle under the leadership of his man of the year Isaias Afewerki; he delivered the heartbreaking news to us, with no regard to his loved ones, that Professor Mesfin Woldemariam died in jail; that proven wrong he is now trying to bury the dear professor alive by calling him to leave politics to his likes…. As no time and space will allow me to list down the orders, edicts, laws, insults, slanders, blackmails and tantrums that Elias Kifle produces with utmost passion, let me stop the listing here and try to examine the underlying motive of the author of all such travesties.
Elias Kifle has started too many projects but usually ends up in conflict with anyone who ventured to work with him. He is a very bold man, ain awta as his website reveals, being sensational, emotional, judgemental, and even worse, dictatorial.
Anyone with his right mind won’t dare to tell Ethiopian to form an alliance with Isaias Afeworki, author of Ethiopia’s demise. It is quite obvious that even Meles Zenawi would not have made it to the helm of power without the Godfather of ethnic politics. What good has Afeworki done to be shortlisted as ER’s man of the millennium? Is it for the blood letting, the misery, the dictatorship, the mafia crimes or for land locking Ethiopia with the full support of the treasonous tyrant? As the facts on the ground tell us, Isaias is a dictator who committed so much crimes and bloodbath only to set up his own empire where he is the law, the constitution, the parliament, the army… and everything. There isn’t even freedom to worship the Almighty as he wants to be the only supreme power that must be worshipped in Eritrea. The Eritrean tyrant must be pleased to see our own liberator, Elias Kifle, joining the church of Afewerki worshippers. Yes, Elias has a right to join any church but it offends so many to publicly pester and bully Ethiopians to join Afewerki’s church that has a declared aim of liberating Ethiopia. No, thank you!
Anyone with his sanity intact won’t have the audacity to tell Professor Mesfin Woldemariam, a lifetime freedom fighter, to leave politics, the struggle for justice, freedom and democracy. Where is the decency? Where is the common sense? Where is the desire for justice? I was shocked to read Elias’s scribbling like a naughty school child that enjoys defacing a good desk or a toilet wall: “The current visit to the U.S. by Ethiopia’s distinguished scholar and human rights activist Professor Mesfin Woldemariam has one mission: To preach to Ethiopians in the Diaspora NOT to support all-inclusive struggles to defeat the Meles fascist regime in Ethiopia and instead to start preparing for the 2010 elections. It is a mission to disarm the people of Ethiopia and make us all spineless people who do not stand up and defend ourselves.” [ER, July 10, 2008]
The outrage did not stop there. It becomes boundless when Mr Elias pours insult: “Dear Professor, you are a great scholar in the field of geography. You are a respected human rights advocate. Please stick to those fields. Leave the politics to those who know the kind of language Woyanne thugs understand…” Such is an example of cyber terrorism that Mr Elias wants to commit. Assaulting and damaging anyone who do not subscribe to his views is his trademark.
On so many occasions, Elias Kifle has declared that he is struggling to bring about democracy, justice, freedom and equality in Ethiopia. As Ghandi has once advised us: “You must be the change you wish the world to be.” If one aspires to bring about democracy that person must be a democrat who does not dictate the destiny of others. If one wants to bring about freedom that person must know what freedom entails and must allow others to live in liberty without any fear of his cyber blackmailing, holding any views and making any choices without infringing on the rights of others. In the same manner, anyone who declares to bring us justice has to desist from committing injustice. All the evidence from Elias cyber trails is damning. Elias tries to destroy others using his WMD [Website of Mass Destruction] unjustly.
Let me conclude by referring to Elias Kifle’s spin again. Here are the winners of ER’s person of the year in 2007: “Alemayehu Gebre Mariam, Berhanu Nega [ER had named him a Weyane spy], Bertukan Mideksa [lady liberty now undeservedly named by Elias as “lady surrender”], Daud Ebsa [OLF leader with a secessionist agenda], Isaias Afeworki [an architect of Ethiopia’s turmoil, but now Mr Kifle’s Godfather of liberty].
Here are those who won the ER vote for “harming Ethiopia the most”. Take note of the interesting voting tally! Hailu Shawel [60%], Meles Zenawi [36%], Taye Woldesemayat [11%], Iyasu Alemahu of toothless EPRP [4%], Jenday Fraser, an employee of George Bush [7%].
There are many who think that Elias is a fighter, fighting for Ethiopia. But what I am witnessing is a confused man fighting with himself…not for democracy or anything to that effect. He is a dictator in the making that I would not allow to dictate me what to do and choose. If ER wants to be a credible source information, the owner must stop giving orders to Ethiopians what to do, what to wear, eat, believe or worship. In all honesty, the reason I sometimes visit ER is just to see watch a shallow spin doctor called Elias Kifle making a fool of himself. Nothing else!
Mulumebet Asfaw, [email protected]
Tegbar,
I can’t argue on the points that you evaluated the UDJ respect to the 8 points; however I still have a big respect and honor for the leaders, members and supporters of UDJ. Although, I would assume that weyane will not be satisfied one UDJ points out of the eight, since weyane still considers that it was a miscalculated mistaken was made by weyane in 2005 election, to give a little space for kinijit which kinijit used it to gain the majority of its supporters. So to me weyane wouldn’t be given the chance to UDJ leaders to acquire their goals, so UDJ leaders have to be able to change and re- create some kind strategy that can break the weyane poor and idiot ideology. I am not siding but at this moment it is very clear that the principles of Ginbot 7 seem very essential and fundamental to break the weyane stupid network. United we win……the most instrument that weyane don’t like is Unity among Ethiopians. ….
To create unity we don’t have to be under one umbrella but working towards the same target that can remove the weyane gangsters.
Death to weyane members and supporters!!!!!
Dear Addis Voice,
Please just leave Elias alone, as he is fighting weyanes as he can and he is brave. Just fight TPLF not each other for now. Let prof. mesfin defend himself. Do not worship doctors or professors. You never published about the last AEUP/Kinijit meeting in Addis or anything good about Hailu shawel teh president of CUD. you are Brtukan’s follower, always publsihing good stories about her. For me brtukan is kehadi. She said she would particpate in 2010 election without any precondition. she told US congress there are only 100 political prisoners in ethiopia. She tried to change the name of Kinijit. Elias exposed her. so dont be mad. You are mad on ethiolion because he supports Eng. hailu.
Mulumebet you are asking kindly for front page it was not abad idea until your emotion control your mind.You might not be a bad person for now you are a very disturbed attention hungery who does not respect other peoples idea except to relief your own emotional constipation.Elias is not a dictator,he posted your s- -t.When camels are walking dogs always bark.
Democracy is neither an overnight task. Tegbar needs to define the milestone within the category. It will never get a meaningful number if they keep the measure between 0 and 1 even though some steps have been taken. As a “journalist” Elias should first digest the underline issue and its importance before post it on your site.
One of the woyanne crumb hunters using the alias Mulumebet Asfaw has attacked the editor of this pro-democracy web site, ato Elias Kifle. The attack on him shows that the Woyanne guys fear him very much and his methods of exposing the anti-ethiopia nature and crimes of Meles Zenawi are effective. Some good meaning Ethiopians have criticized the editor but the woyanne person Mulumebet came in through this opening like the hynena entering your compound through the opening made by a dog.
The editor of the Ethiopian review is doing a marvellous job in exposing the crimes of Meles Zenawi and his thugs.
Long Live Ethiopia and Ethiopian review.