Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — The state-controlled Ethiopian Television (ETV) reported that the military leader of the alleged coup plot by Ginbot 7 is General Teferra Mammo.
It is alleged that a military committee that is headed by General Teferra, who is an active duty officer, included several other active and retired military personnel.
The civilian coordinator of the coup is Ato Melaku Teferra, a local organizer of the Union for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ), ETV has reported quoting Woyanne security officials.
Ato Melaku had spent 21 months in Kality prison along with Dr Berhanu Nega and other Kinijit leaders before he was released in July 2007.
ETV program tonight has showed several automatic weapons, bombs, communications gears and documents belonging to the alleged coup plotters.
Watch the ETV report below:
34 thoughts on “Ethiopia coup leader identified as Gen. Teferra Mammo”
Long live Issayas Afeworki for giving head rotating homework for TPLF through Ginbot 7! Both Berhanu and Andargachew have lived up to their friendship, solidarity and comradeship in arms with Eritrea.
Terrorized Weyane will be eliminated by fear and terror only. This is because it knows that it has no any support from the public as well as the so called suppressed Ethiopian soliders. They are in the army waiting time to bring unprecedented change for their people.
OK, Firstly the Weyane dictatorship works and lives by some sort of state sponsored lying machine. But, even if one is to give the “Benefit of the doubt” for umpteen times, it is sad if they actually has pulled off on the “Coup” plotters!
Thank you Elias,
But this a fake story by EPRDF, we know them very well now, we have been living with them for the past 18 years I am sorry for 35 innocent people. Death to Pathological Psychopaths of Woyane
Elias if you aren’t willing to announce balanced news atleast let your reader read this message and react … please don’t erase it!!!
Why do you keep quiet about the peaceful ETHIOPIAN MUSLIM university demonistators that has been ended in beating and arrest in this cruel meles administration.
Those Ethiopian Muslim University, College, High school students I have a message for you nobody stands for your right except ourselves. We are fighting for religious freedom, for freedom of exercising religious obligation in our country without dectating from anybody/gov’t.
Believe me if we continue to be strong and unite we will win this undemocratic, corrupt, the most hated, divisive government.
I bet it is the end of this administration … previous silence is not a sign of fear instead it is a sign of maturity. If the administration doesn’t understand that it will be clear later on for them and learn lesson in the hard way.
Ethiopian Muslim abroad stand up for your right … put pressure wherever you are by gathering together exposing to all foreign Embassies(first the muslim country embassy then for all)what is happening in Ethiopia by the so called ethiopian government. Announce and demonistrate in every streetin the world how this government trying to opperess us and follow up until those islamic government put pressure on them. We are with you we have to back each other until we get our freedom of religious right Inshallah.
WE WILL NEVER COMPROMISE IN OUR RELIGION … ALLAH WAKEBER!!!
BREAKING NEWS
I HEARD THAT THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER IS IN ADDIS ABABA. SHE ASKED WOYANE TO RESPOND TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY. WOYANE USED THIS COUP DRAMA TO SHOW TO HER THAT IT IS FIGHTING AGAINST DISTABLIZERS AND TERRORISTS. WATCH OUT PLEASE, AND DON’T GO WITH THE WIND.
To my muslim friends
Elias is one person, but why you spread division if you really stand for unity, democracy and our beloved country ETHIOPIA. Me and most ETHIOPIA people stand with our Muslim brothers and sisters.
Ethiopia is a very unlucky country possessed by Woyanne devil. The only cure is hot iron. People won’t be silenced forever. They will take the iron to the fire and free the country of its ill one day. Another sad, very sad day for Ethiopia.
http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/2009/04/eritv-special-coverage-about-tilahun-gessesse-live/
To Minassie TPLF Cadre
you must be TPLF cadre. We know who you are. I assure you you will not live in peace for the rest of your misreable life. I assure you.
you must be TPLF cadre. We know who you are. I assure you you will not live in peace for the rest of your misreable life. I assure you.
Minassie Says:
April 26th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Dear all,
I’m tiered of the big mouths who simply shout for causing havoc and destruction at all costs without organizing oneself to become a better alternative governance group. We never learn from our passed mistakes. We simply shout with bravado for any silly action that takes place. No matter how bad we may judge the incumbent Ethiopian regime are we really organized to replace it with any genuine democratic force? Or are we simply shouting to simply end in oblivion?
First of all do we know who Berhanu Nega Bonga of Ginbot 7 is? Berhanu Nega has zoomed himself from EPRP to a TPLF tug and from there to KINIJIT and now leading an Ethiopian new terrorist group called GINBOT-7 conspired and organized no where else but at Issayas Afework’s Asmara headquarter to dismantle the remain Ethiopia into mini-states. Berhanu is a bandit leader who is serving Shaabia mission in Ethiopia nothing else. Berhanu Nega and Andargachew Tisgie were running around to comfort the Ethiopian Diaspora by working hand in hand the Pirates and terrorist EPLF-gang leader Issayas Afeworki of Asmara, Eritrea.
Berhanu Nega Bonga is waging terror and havoc from his comfort home in Bucknell and the end result is for those poor 35 G-7 terrorists to toil in prison. This crocked man never even tries to struggle to see Bertuken Mideksa released from Kaleti jail. Instead his mission is to do what is tailored in Asmara with the help of Andargachew Tsige.
It is irrational of a fair minded Ethiopian to stand by the side of G-7 and clap hands in bravado when these evil minded bogus fellows continue to commit crime only to keep EPLF and Issayas Afeworki glad about their destructive missions. It is only fools who say bravo to their own home made enemies like Berhanu and Andargachew.
Commenter #5 [not to be mistaken with our Elias], what is your beef. I am not a Moslem, but I know there are all sorts of discrimination in Ethiopia whether one is a Moslem or not. What we need is a universal equality and freedom. Otherwise we tend to be divided and the ONLY winner is the ruling party.
Invitation for a NEW DRAMA
The title of the drama is “Coup against the government”
Prepared and Directed by “Weyane”,
Distributor “Radio and TV Weyane”
Fee: as cheap as WEYANE
Common people:: Wake up let us not be people with high emotions and short sighted with no view.
What is new?,and what do we expect from an ethnic based heartless,sensless and brutal government who is led by a known compulsive liar and psycopath Meles Zenawi.If you are not submissive to weyane rule,and shut-up and be ruled with out asking for your rights and suppress your consciousness or be from tigray ethnic preferably christian you will be O.K. Otherwise again and again I Will put you in prison when ever I wish so what.That is the promise from from weyane.So get organized have a vision and fight with every thing possible until weyane”s coffin is sealed tight.
Who Believes Woyane?!
Whether you belief or not this statement from woyane is a fabricated propoganda and their aim is to accelerate the pressure and crimes against discriminated nations therefore iam saying wake up and stand for your right and freedom.
Déjà vu! When Weyane assassinated Assefa Maru, in the early morning, it had shown arsenals of arms which Weyane itself introduced in the house of Assefa after evacuating the family and filmed for propaganda purposes. What a liar! Now, the bonbs and arms which Weyane claims to belong to the Guinbot people was a false. The arms belong to Weyane itself. Weyane is really living in a nightmare with Guinbot coming to it as a Ghost to take its power.
Ermias wesh ebelabet ychohal new
EPLF malet TPLF new ye Ethiopia andnet yetenagaw woyane sltan seyz gemiro new endante yalu hodamoch lerasachew ketegebu ethiopia and yehonech ymeslachewal. ahun ychin monechachreh tinish gursha lemaschemer new.enj ewenetu teftoh aydelem.lemanignawem woyane yareje jib new memotu aykere new.yanye Ethiopia and thonalech.antem frdihn tagegnalh.woyane eko yehawzenin hizb yscheresew hon blo temesatiro new.yhn sew bela woyane ye Eritria tewolaj lela asmesleh ltinegren tifeligaleh? Mles, bereket sbhat,Ethiopiawian nachew? tadia bemin melku new le Ethiopia andenet ye mikomut? Brhanu Nega,Andargachew tsge biance ethiopian nachew.HODHN TEBEB CHINKLATIHN SEFA ADRGEW AMLAK WONE ENA EWKET YSTIH !!!
Ermias wesha ebelabet ychohal new
EPLF malet TPLF new ye Ethiopia andnet yetenagaw woyane sltan seyz gemiro new endante yalu hodamoch lerasachew ketegebu ethiopia and yehonech ymeslachewal. ahun ychin monechachreh tinish gursha lemaschemer new.enj ewenetu teftoh aydelem.lemanignawem woyane yareje jib new memotu aykere new.yanye Ethiopia and thonalech.antem frdihn tagegnalh.woyane eko yehawzenin hizb yscheresew hon blo temesatiro new.yhn sew bela woyane ye Eritria tewolaj lela asmesleh ltinegren tifeligaleh? Mles, bereket sbhat,Ethiopiawian nachew? tadia bemin melku new le Ethiopia andenet ye mikomut? Brhanu Nega,Andargachew tsge biance ethiopian nachew.HODHN TEBEB CHINKLATIHN SEFA ADRGEW AMLAK WONE ENA EWKET YSTIH !!!
I remember Endargachew Tsige boasting in the Germany meeting he held, saying toppling woyane was a simple thing to do. Now, relating it to the news of the Ethiopian government makes sense that the Ginbot7 has met its first defeat when the secret work that was undertaken has been fully exposed and undone.
In addition to that the main instability of the UDJ has been uncovered as well. We have seen UDJ leaders having a problem making any sense; whether joining the “medrek”, believing there is a space for peaceful struggle, etc. that they couldn’t come to a term as to where to lead their party. I hope those who believe in peaceful struggle have gotten their way at ease, so that they prepare for next year’s national election.
I happen to support all political forces whose intentions are to promote peaceful struggle in Ethiopia, for it guarantees continuity of peace and establishment of solid democracy. Here it has to be clear that I’m not in anyway saying this is an easy task to undertake, but peaceful struggle strengthens the hands of the civilian citizens so that they exercise it to the fullest term after term.
Otherwise, the alternative is so much aglly as it ruins the countries economy, destabilize peace, cuts off the lives of many who at the end would be victims, and last but not least it would be a norm for whoever wants to remove the government not to seek the ballots in the box rather the use of force. If we believe now is woyane (as some say the tigreans) time, Ginbot7’s would be leveled as “Amhara’s”, and the Oromo and others have to seek their terms by force.
My conclusion is that our country is in crossroads, and we shall seek the safest possible turn than the short. Let’s think wisely and avoid all sorts of bloodshed as it would widen the conflicts into none reconcilable. I am very much convinced that if there would be forcefully removal of this government, then we kiss goodbye to the Ethiopian unity and existence forever, and we should not let that happen.
The head of the coup plotter is a man named Berhane
the general you mentioned is the chair person of the defence wing of the plotter. They tried and failed like EPRP. We have never seen a gureilla formed in the middle of a big city succeed. What they did is a repeat of EPRP adventurism. Hope, in the future, they will understand that
any movement that won’t include the rural population is a failure.
This is the begining of the end for weyane’s brutal rule. And there will be more like this until weyane is sent back to the bush were it belongs. They have been desecrating our beautiful “Eyobeleu” palace for the last 18 years.
wow!
IT REMINDES ME WHEN DERG WAS LEFT WITH THE LAST OPTION WHEN HE TOTALLY LOST CONTROL OF THE BRAKE OF HIS OWN MILITARY JEEP.WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED NEXT AND WE ALSO KNOW FOR SURE WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS TIME SOON.
WHILE I CANT SAY that THE 35 PEOPLE IN THIS CASE ARE INVOLVED OR NOT BUT I KNOW FOR SURE THAT THIS ACCUSATION EMANATES FROM THE narrow and POOR MENTALITY OF THE TPLF tribal gangs bcs they are in state of a “DEPPRESSION AND IDENTITY CRISES” for the reaSon that THEY KNOW SOMTHING IS HAPPENNING BUT THEY COULNT EVEN PREDICT THE NATURE OF THE SECRETS AND TACTICS OF THEIR ENEMY ,THAT IS WHY THEY ARE ACTING LIKE A “MAD DOG” AND they come to a conclusion that they MUST TRY AN ARBITRARY STRATEGIES RATHER THAN SITING AND EXPECTING FOR THE ” unknown” to come ,atleast they will try to get ride of the people they dont simply like or the geniune and potential citizens OF ETHIOPIA FOR SIMPLE REASONS, LIKE THEY COULD BE RESPECTED PERSONALITEIS WHICH MAKES YOU AN OPPOSTION IN THE JELEOSE MENTALITY OF TPLF.THE LIST IS CONTLESS……BUT THE TACTIC IS ” DRAIN THE WATER IF YOU WANT TO KILL THE FISH” this was the last futail attempt of the DERG.
“AT PRESENT THE SITUATION IN ETHIOPIA IS UNPREDICTABLE AND OPPEN FOR ANY EVENTUALITIES”
and as dr.birhanu put it ” FIGHTING FOR AN ILLEGAL GOV BY ANY MEANS AVAILABLE IS LEGAL….”
sleepless night has began for real!!!!!!
freedom for the oppressed!!!
Sounds looks familiar: A TYPICAL DICTATORIA AND MISERY END OF THE ETHIOPIAN PEOPLE. I’m not quite sure what the good weyanes- – if there are any, are awaiting for! the solution and an immediate resolution to the current horn of Africa tormoil is the arrest of Meles, Seyoum, Azeb, and Bereket. If these thugs are brought to the court of law in Ethiopia then there is a mutual co-existance between all brotherly and sisterly communities of the horn of Africa. Until these thugs are eradicated from the face of the planet earth then the mistrust and suspicion of weyane will continue to grow and the consiquences could be unpredictable for many generations to come. Lets end the misery by bringing Meles, Azeb, Seyoum, and Bereket!
NO one belive woyane !! please let us help genbot 7 with money and information. we have the only choice party that is genbot 7! long live patroit and educated Dr berhanu nega and his members. death to meles and his regime!
Commenter #5, I know you are Weyane. Weyane is looking for any thing to divide Ethiopians so that they stay in power. They want to divert attention away from them. For example, Pal talk, there is forum called Ethio christians vs Muslims. I don’t see the point. This is not the time to be divided when there is more enemy, Weyane and it is for sure it is Weyane who opened that forum. Pure west of time.
Elias,
What is the big deal about Muslim students being beaten by Federal police? People are getting shot in broad day light in our country and you are talking about …
I can understand your sense of belongingness, but that story is the tip of the iceberg. Considering what Woyane is doing , that “Muslim students prtest” doesn’t make a news. Got me?
Let us first solve the root cause of all the problems in that country. Others problems will be solved progressively.
That idiot minassie is trying comment on how we are unprepard to live in freedom if we get rid woyane. A little peace of advice,start packing and get the hell out of our countery before its too let because the people have said NO MORE to woyane.
Is there any kind of record keeping in effect to find who is supporting woyane?and who is on the side of the majority right now.Do people contemplate and evaluate who they thrust in a plot like this?My experience tells me not to thrust anybody.I wouldn’t thrust my own mother.Lots of back shooters exist that don’t care about solidarity or thrust.I suggest not to risk our future by working with Woyane’s behind kissers.
hey I don’t have PROBLEM with muslims exercise their religious freedom but when they try to change the very fabric of the society not only woyanne who is in bed with radical muslims but all of us will react. Actually, Jihad has been wage to destroy Ethiopia and we will see soon sucide bombers all over the country because woyanne’s eye is blind covered with petro dollar. Ethiopian MUSLIMS we know you but the wohabis and the Mohajins we also know your plot hiding behind the curtain.
There are so many reasons why Woyane must be sleepless, the blood on its hand and the robery of the nations wealth to mention the few. I wonder how foolish they are to do what they do wish to govern the people of Ethiopia in the 21st century. As the guy from the Human Rights Watch said, Melese will soon be “the wanted guy” by the world court.
I don’t wish any one to be in his situation.
Bless Ethiopia.
U.S. Should Deport Dr. Berhanu Nega
Adal Isaw
[email protected]
April 27, 2009.
Terrorism is “the calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological.” This definition of terrorism is neither EPRDF’s nor Premier Meles Zenawi’s. It’s the definition of the U.S. State Department of Defense- a part of the executive branch of the American government, which the few and vociferous violent prone Ethiopian Diaspora love to solicit with deceit.
The unfolding of the recent terrorist plot in a civil manner is a testament to arduous and efficient democratic governance in Ethiopia. A government that adheres to the rule of law under the Constitution is truly alive, where similar plot two decades ago would have been dealt with deadly force head on. A country that bore a fascist regime which levied the price of a bullet on a grieving mother is now endowed with a government that justly treats the treasonous elements of its citizens for the sake of exacting the rule of law.
Not by our choosing, our country sits in the Horn of Africa-arguably one of the roughest neighborhoods in the world. Abutted by a rogue one-man state of Eritrea that exacerbates conflicts through out the region and a failed state of Somalia, it is extremely self-defeating for few of our citizens to choose a terrorist route to force a political change of their inkling. As is, we Ethiopians have handful detractors of states and non state actors, such as Egypt, Libya, the one-man state of Eritrea, and others helping Al-quaeda and Al-shebaab to curtail our development as a people; enough is enough.
Our livelihood should not again be jeopardized under the same political ploy of the likes of Ginbot 7. Those nations with interest, especially the U.S. and European Union should take a serious note to amend their diplomatic engagements, to completely and absolutely disassociate themselves from the violent prone Ethiopian Diaspora. U.S. and the European Union should come to terms and realize that the vociferous Ethiopian Diaspora is the basket case of intolerance and backward thinking. In cases of those Diaspora leaders who are openly advocating for violent means, the U.S. and European Union should deport persons of interest as soon as possible. In regards to this matter, the U.S. should take the lead for it has a compelling interest to keep in so doing.
The Ethio-American diplomatic engagement is dictated by U.S.’s counter terrorism plan and it is a must for the authorities in the State Department to look into this matter quickly and forward the name(s) to Department of Homeland Security for deportation. The persons of interest includes Dr. Berhanu Nega and the evidence is everywhere for documentation.
Consider what BBC World News documented on April 25, 2009: “…one of the most charismatic opposition figures at the time of the last elections in Ethiopia in 2005 and if all had gone well he would have become mayor of Addis Ababa. But he was arrested along with other prominent opposition figures and tried for treason, sentenced to life imprisonment, then pardoned and released. Along with several of his colleagues he travelled abroad after his release, but while most of the others have returned to Ethiopia and are now organizing themselves as a legitimate opposition party to fight next year’s elections, Dr. Berhanu chose to stay in the US, saying that the situation in Ethiopia was such that the government could not be changed by constitutional means.”
It is thus public knowledge that Dr. Berhanu has convinced himself and his followers to pursue a terrorist plot in lieu of adhering to the democratic processes set forth for political contest under the Constitution of FDRE. It is also very apparent that, Dr. Berhanu’s choice of a violent route by forsaking an established democratic process in and it self fits the State Department’s definition of terrorism. The U.S. State Department of Defense should thus make good on its own definition of terrorism and forward the case of Dr. Berhanu Nega and his cohorts to D.H.S for deportation.
Dr Berhanu Nega is the lead person of interest for the simple fact that the recent terrorist plot in Ethiopia is his brain child, and the evidences can be compiled from several news articles and other ample sources. In fact, his self-incriminating depositions without oath can be found at ease in arrays. This is not at all a trial to draw guilt by association but a trial to find justice for an apparent criminal intent by Dr. Berhanu Nega, to unlawfully coerce and intimidate a government and its people to exact his political and ideological inkling. His deed is criminal and is defined as terrorism by whom else but by the U.S. State Department of Defense, which should make good on its own definition and recommend to D.H.S for the deportation of Dr. Berhanu Nega.
The U.S. should not be an adobe for violence prone individuals of the likes of Dr. Berhanu Nega. After all, under U.S. Code 1227, section (4), subsection (I), in reference to deportable aliens, an alien whose presence or activities in the U.S. the secretary of the State has reasonable ground to believe would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences is deportable. The State Department should pursue the deportation process for Dr. Berhanu Nega sooner than later if it really wants to keep the Ethio-American counter-terrorism alliance as effective as it has been.
Ethiopia’s endurance will continue!!!
It is quite natural for dictators to use excuses to destroy opponents . this is what Wayane doing. A word of advice for commentators. They better stop fanning religious issues and focus on critical problems of removing Wayane
Anyone of you who are interested or trying to inject religon in ethiopias problem are dirictly connected or activelly working to promote woyanes divide and rule agenda.Ethopia has never had religous intolerance betwen its people.We should instade disscous how we could help G7 get even more nightmare to this backward junta.
Would the US Immigration Grant Asylum for Al Qaeda or Ginbot 7?
Dag Dange 04/28/09
A very ironic title for an article, but only intended to show few facts on how the US asylum process has been compromised, by scruples Immigration Lawyers and a US based terrorist group called Ginbot 7.
In the last several months, we have all read and heard the intentions of Ginbot 7 leaders’ public declaration of an Al Qaeda style insurgency to destabilize and overthrow an elected government in Ethiopia. Many of us, as I did, laughed it off as another hot air of a bruised ego.
Last week, it was reported by several news agencies that the Ethiopian Anti-Terrorist Task force foiled the groups under ground activity and its plan to commit terrorism in Ethiopia. Caught red handed all with smoking guns and stocks of US currency. This became a no laughing matter for me!
Dumb founded by the group’s capacity to finance such operations; I did a few phone inquiry and ended up with more disturbing fact on how the group does its fundraising by prying on Ethiopians who reside in the US without a proper residency papers.
Touring several US cities, the group has claimed that its leader, Berhanu Nega, has met several Congressmen and State Department Officials, and that Berhanu Nega has the green light and the blessing to form his organization-Ginbot7!. Moreover, they urged the audience to contribute more money for future planned activities and advised those Ethiopians without residency papers to become members in exchange for $500 and a certificate to prove membership that will automatically qualify them to get an asylum. See certificate used on ginbot7.org.
Though it is not new that one country’s terrorist can legally hide in another country to be used as a negotiating card, I wonder why America tolerates such a scam that subverts its legal system. America harasses Pakistan all the time to deliver Bin Laden and other wanted terrorists on its list yet Ethiopia’s most wanted terrorist roam America freely!
After reading and viewing video clips on the failure of Ginbt7’s terror activities in Ethiopia, both with joy and shock last week and this week, I was expecting a show down between Ethiopia and the US on the extradition of Dr. Berhanu Nega from Pennsylvania. Dismayed by the silence, I have quietly decided that Pennsylvania will become my Tora Bora, and guessing from the anger that was generated against this group in the Diaspora, I think the Keystone state is now the official Tora Bora for Ethiopians
Berhanugate!
When Berhanu deceived us in 2005 it was shame on him, but now it would be shame on us.
By: Dilwenberu Nega
28th April 2009
No sooner had Ethiopians finished mourning the death of Ethiopia’s legendary singer, Dr. Tilahun Gessesse, than the foiling of a terrorist operation in Addis was made public. Here in London, this news had set the chattering class of the Ethiopian Diaspora into a panic mode with perspiring Andargatchew Tsiege seen spending hours hobnobbing with his cabbie colleagues in a north London pub frequently interrupted from the discussion he was having by calls from Behan Nega in America. The Ethiopian in London, on the other hand, was busy making telephone calls to dear and loved ones in Addis in an attempt to get a clearer picture of the true state of affairs back home. At the other extreme, the avatars of the politics of hate; you know who I mean: those who dread to hear good news flowing out or into Ethiopia, were planning on the way forward to “keep the momentum of the opposition on the right track.” Should they or shouldn’t they come out in support of the foiled terrorist operation which had all the hallmarks of the man who only four years ago goaded innocent Ethiopians into taking the law into their own hands – “The Petticoat Opposition Leader” (Berhanu Nega, so called because he quickly sought refuge at Mrs Ana Gomez’s boudoir when the going got tough for him post the 2005 National Election)
So, what did actually happen in Addis? This would be a matter that needs to be vivisected by gluing ourselves to ETV in the coming days. It is only by so doing that we are able to safe-guard ourselves from being jet-hosed with outright lies by you know who. On the bigger question of “Berhanugate”, however, there ought to be no muddle and fudge about him aiding and abetting the plotters of the terrorist operation to ensure that he bombed his way to power. This is not guess work but hard facts. We have heard his sabre-rattling declarations to overthrow Ethiopia’s democratically elected government, not to mention of course, his upmarket “Get an Ethiopian Patriot Certificate for only USD 500” blitz. Incidentally, those close to Berhanu Neganot only laugh at his cowardice but are at one in describing him as a houdini of political deceit.
Mind you smart-Alec Berhanu and fickle Andargachew are not that nincompoops to officially claim that they were behind the putsch for that would be self-incriminating. But we all know in our hearts of hearts, and we also know from our bitter experiences in 2005 during which money raised from such gullible Ethiopians, like my good-self, was used to catapult the now moribund Kinijit to power. Had the terrorist plan succeeded in bulldozing public buildings, maiming and killing innocent Ethiopians, the duo would have deafened our ears with their bravado.
Thank God for our Defence and Security Forces. They have proved to friends and foes alike that the committed and dedicated Ethiopian Defence Forces will not be party to the political pantomime of Ginbot 7 whose leaders are the puppets-on-a-string of Shabia. Nor would Ethiopians allow Berhanu and Andargachew to deceive them, for the second time, for that would be a shame on us and not them. Let me conclude, then, by quoting an inspiring saying of one of Britain’s great historians, Edmund Burke: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” So good men of Ethiopia rise in defence of DEMOCRACY!