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በምርጫ ታሪክ አስገራሚ ክንውኖች እየተካሄደበት ባለው የሚያዝያው ምርጫ ከአዲስ አበባ ደቡብ ምእራብ 19 ኪ.ሜ. ርቀት ላይ በምትገኘው የአለም ገና ወረዳ የሚገኙት የምርጫ አስፈጻሚዎች ጽ/ቤታቸውን በመዝጋት የወያኔ እጩዎችን ብቻ በማስተናገድ ላይ እንደሚገኙ በስፍራው ተገኝቶ ያረጋገጠው ሪፖርተራችን ዘገባ አመለከተ፡፡ የምርጫ ጣብያው ሃላፊ የሆኑት አቦይ ሃይሌ በርሄ ሃላፊነት የተሞላው ተግባር በማከናወን ላይ ነን የሚል ምላሽ ሰጥተዋል፡፡

ወረዳዋ ለአዲስ አበባ ካላት ቀረቤታ አንጻር ሁሉም የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች እጩዎቻቸውን ያቀረቡ ቢሆንም ባለፈው ሳምንት አንድ የኦህኮ እጩ ላይ ከፍተኛ ድብደባ ከተፈጸመ በኋላ የምርጫ አስፈጻሚዎቹ ከቀበሌው የአስተዳደር ሰራተኞች ጋር በመሆን በለየለት ሁኔታ የወያኔን እጩዎች ብቻ ማስተናገድ ጀምረዋል፡፡

በተያያዘ ዜና በምእራብ ሸዋ ዞን ከአምቦ ከተማ 33 ኪ.ሜ. ርቀት ላይ በምትገኘው ጉርሰሉ ከተማ ኦፌዴን እጩ የነበሩ ግለሰብ ትናንት ሌሊት ላይ ከቤታቸው ታፍነው የተወሰዱ ሲሆን እስካሁን የደረሱበት እንደማይታወቅ ከጽ/ቤቱ ያገኘነው መረጃ ያመለክታል፡፡

ምርጫ 97ትን ተከትሎ በተፈጠረው ቀውስ ወያኔ ያሰራቸውንና የተፈረደባቸውን እስረኞች ለማስፈታት በወ/ት ብርቱካን ሚደቅሳ የሚመራው የቅንጅት የስራ አስፈጻሚ ቡድን ከፍተኛ ጥረት በማድረግ ላይ መሆኑን አንድ የስራ አስፈጻሚ አባል ለዜና አገልግሎቱ ገለጹ፡፡ ወ/ት ብርቱካን በዚህ ሳምንት አሜሪካ ውስጥ በሚካሄደው የቅንጅት ሰሜን አሜሪካ ጠቅላላ ጉባኤ ላይ ለመገኘት የነበራቸውን እቅድ የሰረዙበት ዋናው ምክንያት ይሄው መሆኑ ተጠቁሟል::

በቅርቡ 28 ያህል የቅንጅቱ ጠንካራ አባላት የይቅርታ ሰነድ ፈርመው እንደወጡ የሚታወስ ሲሆን ጉዳያቸው በሂደት ላይ የነበሩ እስረኞች የፍርድ ውሳኔ ሳያገኙ ይቅርታውን ሊያገኙ አይገባም የሚል አቋም ወያኔ በመያዙ የቆዩ ቢሆንም በአሁኑ ሰአት አስር ያህል አባላት የፍርድ ውሳኔ ያገኙ በመሆኑ እነሱን የማስፈታቱ ጥረት ተጠናክሮ መቀጠሉን የስራ አስፈጻሚው ገልጸዋል፡፡

የፍርድ ሂደቱን በማጓተት የትግሉን አቅጣጫና ትኩረት እስረኞቹን በማስፈታቱ ላይ ብቻ ለማድረግ የወያኔ ፍርድ ቤት እያደረገ ያለውን የተጓተተ አሰራር አስመልክቶ አባሉ በሰጡት አስተያየት ካለው የስራ ክፍፍል አንጻር ችግር አይፈጥርብንም ብለዋል፡፡

ይህ በእንዲህ እንዳለ ከእስር የተፈቱትና ወደየትውልድ አከባቢያቸው የሄዱት አባላት በወያኔ ካድሬዎች የማስፈራራት ሙከራ እየተደረገባቸው መሆኑን ለዜና አገልግሎቱ ገልጸዋል፡፡

በአየለ ጫሚሶ ቡድን አባላት ፍላጎትና ተነሳሽነት ቅንጅትን በወ/ት ብርቱካን ሚደቅሳ ለሚመራው የስራ አስፈጻሚ አካል የማስረከብ ሂደት በግላዊ አጀንዳዎችና ፍላጎቶች የተነሳ ተቋረጠ፡፡

ተቀባይነት በማጣትና በደጋፊ ድርቅ የተመቱት የአየለ ጫሚሶ ቡድን አባላት ከህብረተሰቡ እየደረሰባቸው የነበረውን ጫናና የፖለቲካ ሚዛኑን በማስላት ከስራ አስፈጻሚው ወኪሎች ጋር ለመወያየት ጥረት አድርገው የነበረ ቢሆንም በተለይ የአየለ ምክትል የሆነው ለገሰ ቢራቱና ጸሃፊው ሳሳሁልህ ከበደ የተለያዩ መደራደሪያዎችን ለመጠየቅ በመሞከራቸው ጉዳዩ በአጭሩ ቀርቷል፡፡

ይህ በእንዲህ እንዳለ ቀጣዩን የትግል እንቅስቃሴ በጽናት ይወጣሉ የተባሉ የቅንጅቱ ነባር አባላት በሁሉም ክፍለ ከተሞች ውስጥ አባላትን የማደራጀትና ህጋዊ ፓርቲ በሚመሰረትበት ወቅት ሊከናወኑ በሚገባቸው ተግባራት ላይ በሰፊው እየተንቀሳቀሱ እንደሚገኙ አንድ የአመራር አባል ለዜና አገልግሎቱ ገልጸዋል፡፡

After a Woyanne general bitch slaps the Somali president twice in the face this week, Meles has summoned former Somali prime minister to Addis Ababa for talks. Can it get any more bizarre?

(Garowe Online) – The former Prime Minister of Somalia’s transitional government, Prof. Ali Mohamed Gedi, flew unexpectedly to the Ethiopian capital Wednesday amid much speculation.

Gedi, who was fired earlier this year by President Abdullahi Yusuf, retained his position as Somali legislator after resigning from the Prime Minister’s office last October and maintains close relations with Ethiopian Woyanne government leaders, including Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.

A reliable source in Nairobi, Kenya, where Gedi is now based told Garowe Online that he will return to Nairobi after discussions with Ethiopian Woyanne officials.

It was not clear who accompanied the former Prime Minister on this surprise trip to Addis Ababa or the real purpose of the trip, but much speculation has been associated with the visit in the Somali press.

Some reports said the Ethiopian government Woyanne is grooming Gedi to become Somalia’s next president, following general elections next year when the interim government’s mandate expires.

Other reports said Gedi went to Addis Ababa for personal reasons.

Last month, Gedi told reporters in Nairobi that he plans to run for Somali president in the upcoming 2009 general elections.

Gedi resigned after feuding with President Abdullahi Yusuf over the management of government finances and policies.

Earlier this month, UK-based The Independent newspaper reported that former Premier Gedi bought a house in the United States and had negotiated a teaching position.

By Louis Charbonneau

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Eritrea does not want another war with Ethiopia and seeks good relations with its neighbor, provided Addis Ababa withdraws from Eritrean territory, Eritrea’s U.N. ambassador said on Friday.

Ethiopia and Eritrea have both moved tens of thousands of troops to the border because of a dispute over their 620-mile (1,000-km) border. U.N. officials have expressed fears that the present withdrawal of U.N. peacekeepers from the border region could open the door to a new conflict.

“I would like to assure you that we in Eritrea are sick and tired of wars,” Ambassador Araya Desta told Reuters in an interview. “We don’t want another war. We are not warmongers.

“There is no reason why we should not have good relations with Ethiopia, provided they withdraw from Eritrean territory,” he said.

Ethiopia also has said it does not want a new war.

U.N. peacekeepers started work in 2000 after a two-year border war between the Horn of Africa neighbors that killed an estimated 70,000 people.

The peacekeepers have been stationed in a 15.5-mile (25-km) buffer zone inside Eritrea. But Asmara turned against the mission because of U.N. inability to enforce rulings by an independent boundary commission awarding chunks of Ethiopian-held territory, including the town of Badme, to Eritrea.

On Thursday, the U.N. Security Council condemned what it called “systematic violations” of its resolutions by Eritrea, including a food and fuel blockade, which led to a decision by the U.N. mission on the Ethiopian-Eritrean border to withdraw.

The council statement came as the 1,700-member force, known as UNMEE, sought to regroup in the Eritrean capital Asmara after being forced by the blockade to leave the disputed border it monitored for more than seven years.

“We are very sorry about that (council statement),” Desta said. “We are very mad about this … We are cooperating (with UNMEE) in all areas.”

ERITREA: U.N. TROOPS HAVE FOOD

Although Asmara has said the U.N. presence on the border was tantamount to occupation, U.N. officials have said the Eritreans were making it difficult for UNMEE to leave the border zone. However, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday there had been no problems reported on Thursday.

Desta denied there was a food or fuel blockade.

“We didn’t cut off the food supplies,” he said. “Food has reached those people in the countryside. They (currently) have enough for one good month.”

Western diplomats have said they suspected Eritrean soldiers wanted to get their hands on UNMEE’s equipment, which would explain why they were making it difficult for them to withdraw. Desta denied that allegation.

“We are not expecting anything from UNMEE,” he said.

On Wednesday, Eritrea accused the United Nations of making false accusations against it.

“The press offices of the United Nations and other private media have been leveling unfounded accusations against Eritrea about UNMEE’s situation in the country,” the Eritrean mission to the United Nations said in a statement.

Desta said he had personally complained to the United Nations about what Asmara sees as incorrect information it has been providing to the media.

(Editing by Bill Trott)