The Beijing Olympics was opened with an extravagant ceremony yesterday. It was indeed the mother of all shows. Athletes from a record 204 countries marched proudly through the stadium carrying flags of their respective countries. Of course we eagerly awaited our Ethiopian athletes to do the same. Instead, when Ethiopia’s turn came, what we saw is reflective of the current ethnic politics in Ethiopia dominated by the Tigrean People Liberation Front (Woyanne).
Ethiopia’s superstar athletes such as Haile Gebreselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, Tirunesh Dibaba and others were no where to be found among the Ethiopian delegation. Instead, the flag (with that ugly Woyanne logo in the middle) was carried by Miruts Yifter, a great Ethiopian athlete from the 1970s, followed by Ato Seyoum Bereded, a Woyanne cadre who has never done any sport in his life, and some individuals from Tigray whom we have never seen compete in any international athletic event. It is obvious that the only reason Miruts, who had retired from athletics some 25 years ago, was selected to carry the flag is that he is a Tigrean. In short, the so-called ‘Ethiopian delegation’ at the opening ceremony did not reflect Ethiopia at all. It was a delegation from one ethnic group where the ruling party claims to come from.
Under the Woyanne minority rule, ethnic politics is injected in every part of life in the country — politics, business, arts, religion, and yes even the Olympics.
77 thoughts on “Woyanne tribal politics rears its ugly head at Beijing Olympics”
Dear Elias! that is wonderful obeservation
Merutse is a hero no one denies that, but it is because his from Tigeray that he is chosen to carry the flag. The tyrant TPLF regime doesn’t give chance to all heroes that deserve to be respected . Do U really know what Mamo woldie did for his country? He didn’t get such a privilege as Mirutse due to the only reason that he was not from Tigeray. Instead he was thrown to Kaliti.
They will continue to show their ignorance and narromindedness and will never stop abusing Ethiopia and its people. This is the nature of Barbarians and ignorant creatures. Let us pray to God so that he allows us to see them when the weather changes.
Only Woyane Forgives the Woyane!!
We are watching and laughing at hem!!
Temelkach
The point is not whether Miruts was a great athletic hero. Yes, he was. But that is not the issue here. Rather, the sad issue Elias is trying to point out is that the Weyane tribalists would not have selected Miruts to be the bearer of the flag if he were not a Tigrean. The proof for that is the fact that almost everyone else who marched representing Ethiopia at the openning ceremony was ethnic Tigrean. The message Woyane tribalists are sending by that image is not aimed at the international community, but at Ethiopians. In their backward and crude ways, what they are conveying to Ethiopians is that tigreans are the glorious masters of the land.
Elias
Bravo!!!
Good observation.
Now I know Why the so called ethiomedia took the link to your website off. By the way, ethiomedia has never been anti-woyane but anti-meles.
Mirut Yifter is a convention refugee in Canada . He got the status for the case he made against the current Government of Ethiopia. Onother refugee story…….
When I saw the Ethiopian flag with that blue emblem in the middle, I was disgusted and feel like throwing out, whe i saw Miruts I said what a hell he is doing there is he not a refugee in Canada the I saw a fat mulatu looking ugly lady and the dingay ras hodam Bereded, I said thanks god our heroine athlets are not there with these disgusting people carrying Woyannes flag.
Woyanne knows how to spoil a party.
ወይ ወያኔ ያመጣዉ ጣጣ ቁጭ ብሎ ህዝብ ሊያጋጭ የማይፈትለው ጉድ የለም:: እረ ለመሆኑ ይህ ሁሉ ሰውን ሲያተራምሱ ተው የሚል አንድ ወያኔ ይጥፋ
የሀገር ሰው ተጠንቀቅ ወያኔ አላማው አገራችንን ሊያጠፋ ነው እያነዳንዱ ኢትዮጵያዊ በሚችለው ለትግሉ ማበርክት አለብት እያወሩ ብቻ ቁጭ ማለት አይቻልም
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If there is an Ethiopian who doesn’t believe that we are the Woyannie Tigraian colony by now, he/she got to be dreaming and living in the pre 1991 Ethiopia.
The Woyannie Tigraians have every say in every decision made in the country. Look who is getting more scholarship and sent outside of the country, look who are the top level army Generals in the country, look who are the top ministers advisors and decision makers in the country, look who owns all the businesses and the money …
Is it an accident that Meles, Sium Mesfin, Bereket Simon, Sibhat Negga, Samora … top business owners and many many more speak Tigrigna as their first language? Can you show me a single high ranking Oromo, Amara or Ogadieni … none! zip!
Told you, we are Woyannie Tigraian colony.
To those who say that Miruts lives in Canada and therefore shouldn’t have been the standard bearer, I will say this: We don’t care if Miruts lives in Mars and has become an extra terrestrial Alien; he deserves to be in Beijing bearing the Ethiopian standard. The shame is on TPLF and NOT Miruts. Shame on TPLF for dragging such a great hero into their ethno-centric dungeon!
To Beijing air pollution experts:
What is so unique about our athletes that they cannot breathe the same air the rest of the world athletes and the ninety four thousand people at the stadium were breathing last night, not to mention the 1.6 billion Chinese? According to your lame brained excuse, our real athletes, instead of coming to Beijing earlier and acclimatizing themselves and getting familiar with the venues, and taking part in the greatest of all the events, have chosen to stay back home to breath the fresh air of Addis. Apparently they will be arriving in Beijing just minutes before their competition, wearing a masks and carrying clean air canisters (packed with high altitude air from Tigrai) on their backs. You know, this is exactly why all Ethiopians hate and despise you, chronic bullshit and feeble reasoning.
Some of you TPLF cadres are shocked that people are reacting like this, but please understand that the Beijing opening ceremonies was the last place we expected to see TPLF cadres. Ethiopians don’t want to see your face anywhere; they want to see your backs and don’t let the door smack you on your way out.
Tizibt:
Now that we are talking about ‘how one was raised’; is talking about masturbation to complete strangers in a forum like this part of your upbringing or just part and parcel of your training towards your ‘Advanced Degree’?
Hingid Wedi Raya:
Let’s face it, ever since Woyanie assumed power in Ethiopia, they have been runing things as if Tigreans are the only Ethiopians that are capable of running anything and everything. Our athletes are the only people that they couldn’t replace with Tigreans, until last night that is, for it requires a talent and God given ability that the world does notice. TPLF Generals defending Ethiopia and saving Ethiopians, please let’s not go there. For one thing a TPLF general, trained and anointed by Shabea and defending Ethiopia, is an oxymoron. If by TPLF generals you mean those gonorrhea and HIV ravaged bandits like Samora Yenus and the like, give me a break!
TPLF, in its zeal to replace our best trained air force pilots with their cadres has totally and completely destroyed the Ethiopian Air force, once known the best in Africa. These crossed-eyed and bug sighted would be TPLF top guns, have crashed more jets and training planes in the last 15 years than all our pilots combined both in training and combat over the last 60 years. Ask any non-TPLF air force personnel and they will tell you an earful.
My wife and I were eagerly waiting to see the Ethiopian athletes marching in Beijing Olympics caring our flag. When it was the Ethiopian’s turn, we could not tell who is in there, we do not know any of them. We though we will see most of the athletes who have been getting the gold and other medals recently. The commentator called Abebe’s and Hail’s name not Miruts name. I would think Hail would be a good candidate to carry the flag of our country because of the following reasons
1. He has won more gold Medals
2. He lives in Ethiopia
3. He is an example of the future new generation of athletes
4. He is doing more for the country such as investment, helping the poor etc.
Amir,
I totally agree with you. Weyane is trying to target and upset Ethiopians living abroad or inside. They know that Ethiopians are proud of their “natural” flag, and costume therefore, the only way to get to Ethiopians is by doing the opposite. They know that Westerners don’t recognize or don’t care who real Ethiopians should be (color of rainbow) not just a Tigrayan ethnics. Indeed Weyane is targeting Ethiopians. Weyane is at war with not Somalia but Ethiopians who are proud of who they are. Weyane detest that and are jealous of this. This means they never consider themselves as inclusive Ethiopians. They heart is full of hate and resentment. The truth is that I don’t know why they have that feeling. If they are targeting Amara then, they can still be bias towards Amara (not promoting that) because Amara had been in power. But this has something to do with resentment against the entire Ethiopians ethnicities. Perhaps they believe that however the rest of Ethiopians are, they see Ethiopians in the reflection of Amara? I don’t know. I will leave that answer to you and Weyane.
Peace and harmony to ALL Ethiopians.
we have to consider woyanne and those tigrians who support it as mad people who are subnormal in their mind. Meles himself is a mad man who takes pleasure in killing people and sucking their blood. I think, he is psychotic.
i think, as far as the olympics is concerned, we need to focus on the victory of our athlets and let us pray that they will get multiple wins and victories.let us prepare ourselves to celebrate their victories, as we always do.
Let us also be ready to bury woannes and their thugs in their tombs in the days and years to come.
To: Hingid Wedi Raya (#17)
You and your TPLF gangsters are either so intoxicated in the power that you have today which you may have envisaged while fighting in your Tigray hills or are irrationally and blindly indoctrinated in believing that you are actually doing something good for Ethiopia. You seem to be in disblieve and asking youself why Ethiopians are not so thankful that you are ruling them. It is as if you consider everybody in the country as belonging to the Tigray tribe and therefore appreciative that you ascended to power and are sharing the loot with them.
You need, however, to grasp the reality and come to terms with what Meles and his TPLF gangsters did to Ethiopians in general and Ogadenis in particular over the 17 years of your rule. When the time comes, and it is not far, you will come to your senses and finally find out what your generals were doing to others and how much hatred they sowed for
themselves. You seem to be out of touch with reality or foolishly arrogant enough not care adding injury to insult. But there are those who have been working hard to prove you wrong and have already smashed the myth of your invicibility in where it actually matters most and that is in the battlefield. There is no doubt that the day of judgment will come and on that very day you will be or rather be made sober so that you will answer for your crimes. And it does not matter how long it takes as long as the wronged have their day either in the battlefield or in a court of law.
#39 you said it best!!!!. talk is chipe do some thing about it. you know that Woyanes are KILLING the people of Ethiopia the country what more do you need to see and hear?.
You are telling us that we do not have a developed brain. Huh! You know what? You are the one who were conceived and borne in hunger and misery. It is most proably you who do not process a developed brain.
You are telling us we are haters? If you had a developed brain you wouldn’t say that because you would have known what tplf really means. Is it not a liberation front? Liberation from others? So, why are you guys wanted to continue with the people you do not like in the first place? Why is your liberation taking so long? The answer is simple, you are colonizing! You really need to suck resources in oromiya and other places. So, are we expected to love colonizers? Are we expected to give any benefit of the doubt for the people who instiutionalized their hatred by the name tplf?
Let me tell you one more thing. You wouldn’t be a tplf if you had a developed brain. Look Mr. “critical thinker”, you wouldn’t dare to compromise the unity of the empire where you are the most beneficiary from the union.
So now are you convinced that you are a dedeb woyane? Before anything else, try to know the meaning of tplf. It simply means hatred.
reality,
Woyane Tigreans have one serious conundrum. They want to become the Israelis of Ethiopia, i.e., a small minority group that has managed to establish dominance over the much larger Arab population in the Middle East. But the only claim to fame of the Woyanes is the gun. Otherwise, Woyane Tigreans comprise basically unpolished and half-baked school dropouts and semi-literate peasants. They suffer from a severe inferiority complex, particularly vis a vis Amharas and Eritreans. While they have a love-hate relationship with the above two, they honestly look down upon every other ethnic community in Ethiopia. For example, all other ethnic groups in Ethiopia have intermarried, and many Ethiopians take pride in their mixed ethnic heritage. But Woyane Tigreans largely stand alone, because of the closed nature of their culture and the parochial prejudices they harbor towards non-Tigreans, in particular towards Oromos and Southerners. The despicable conduct Woyane Tigreans show towards Ethiopians is a result of this messed up passive-aggressive psychology. They either hate, resent, or look down upon other Ethiopians. They think the psychological war they are conducting against the Ethiopian population will help them break their resistence and rule over them for ever. If they only knew how ideotic those assumptions are!
#5 tezibt
Shame on mother ethiopia 2 have a birth people like you
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atleast be a man ta say i´m Weyanie
just shut up Dingayras
As much as I love my country, I hate the flag that was carried into the stadium. I do not understand the meaning of the huge ugly star in the middle. I did not see any recognizable athlete in the line. I am suspecting the likes of Haile, Meseret, Tiruniesh etc refused to come into this clown show. I am sure they didn’t feel like representing the dictatorship of Ethiopia by carrying its flag for the world to see. I am glad they didn’t show up. If I was in their shoes i would also not show up because I do not believe in that ugly flag as well.
Mirus has a lot to explain to the Canadian tax payers if he is still planning to come back to Canada to collect his welfare . I totally disagree with his role as a flag bearer after his big story of political persecution in Ethiopia in order to secure a refugee status in Canada. We all have to know the impact of his action on other assylum seekers who are currently going through the process.
It is the ugliest logo put in our flag to desecrate it. It is a good thing the likes of Tirunesh and others refused to carry it.
By the way Mirutse was recruited from Eritrea by the then Imperial Ethiopian Air Force.
I am happy that other people also observed the situation. It was really shameful even the narrator couldn’t say much about Ethiopia, whereas he could have said a lot had Kenenisa, et al were at the march. I have a very high respect for Miruts Yifter he is also a hero! But what about the others who did a marvelous victory during the past olympics? Besides, they were passing like lekesetenoch! Of all the people Bereded? Who the hell is he in the sport field! This is not a show case after all it is olympics! Have you you seen other countries how many personalities were marching! May the Almighty God help our country!
Meto Aleka Miruts Yefter is a hero. I got nothing but respect and luv for him. As for the rest of the woyane marchers shame on them….
I am ashamed of the way our Country is presented In Beijing . I have seen a lot of Olympics before, but i have never witnessed like this one which humilates our country.
Why Miruts is there? he is not even living in Ethiopia. why not Belayneh Dinsamo, Abebe Mekonnen or Mammo wolde. What is that fat woyane women is doing with the delegates , i hope she is not a runner because she is too fat. What is the secret that the real runners were not there?
Each and every activties of wayane is to destroy Ethiopia. Those who supports them please wake up.
May the God of Ethiopia bless the real information hero our Elias kifle and the Ethiopian review team.
It is because of Elias and ER that we can respond, speak and read all comments made by our own brothers and sisters from all over the world.
Now we know why the Woyanees hate Elias Kifle and the one and only Ethiopian Review. we love the Ethiopian Review and keep up the good work. Best wishes to our Olympians in Beijing.
God Bless You
Men and women of my country!………………..
why do you think that TPLF is acting this way? snd doig all this blunder fast? This is because their time is running out. Therefore,before their time is over and out they wanted to act like they do now.Infact,be it someone or
regime he/or it wants to make history of his/its own.The woyanes do understand this very well.They do understand also history will be recorded for good or bad. but they fooled themselves when they failed to perceive good history could could not be made vicariously by isolating oneself from the people.All what one could achieve merely is bad history. Any ways good history or bad histort,it doen’t matter to the Woyanes.After all they have already failed for the good one.From now on they only aim for the bad one.
thank god i finally found a place to say something. i respect meruts to he fulest.in my opinion he represent my ethiopia. wether we like it or not he is our hero ethiopian hero.what i dont get is who are those chiwawas? especially that women? is she a sumo wrestler? i didnt know we have. n’ways what i witnessed that day is absolutly disugsting.
I am waiting for one of the athletes to have a courage to pull some sort of protest in front of the world community the way the black american athletes raised a black power fist on the podium a while back. How about sneaking in a real Ethiopian flag and waving it instead of the fake woyane crap?