Four of the six Kinijit top leaders who are preparing to come to the United States for a working visit have been granted visas from the American embassy in Addis Ababa today. The chairman, Ato Hailu Shawel, expects to get a visa next Tuesday, according to sources close to the leadership. Ato Hailu is made to wait until Tuesday because in his application for visa he stated that he is coming to the U.S. to get medical treatment.
Kinijit sources informed Ethiopian Review that the leaders my depart Addis Ababa for Washington DC by the end of next week.
Dr Berhanu Nega, one of the delegates, is already in the U.S., but will not make any public appearance until his colleagues arrive.
The reception team has finalized preparations for the Kinijit leaders’ arrival. The team has organized an elaborate reception that befits national leaders. In the eyes of most Ethiopians, the legitimately elected (de jure) leaders of Ethiopia are Ato Hailu Shawel and his colleagues in Kinijit, and they need to be treated accordingly. Meles is still in power only because he happens to have big guns and is using them against Ethiopians who rejected his rule. More in Amharic below:
ከአቶ ኃይሉ ሻውል በስተቀር አራት የቅንጅት አመራሮች ክሊራንስ መጣላቸው
ወደ አሜሪካ ጉዞ የሚያደርጉት አራት የቅንጅት አመራሮች ከስቴት ዲፓርትመንት ክሊራንስ መጣላቸው፡፡ ለፓርቲው መሪ አቶ ኃይሉ ሻውል ግን ክሊራንሱ እንዳልመጣላቸው ታውቋል፡፡ በትናንትናው እለት አዲስ አበባ ከሚገኘው አሜሪካን ኢምባሲ ተደውሎ ወ/ት ብርቱኳን ሚዴቅሳ: ዶር ኃይሉ አርአያ: አቶ ግዛቸው ሽፈራው እና አቶ ብሩክ ከበደ ከስቴት ዲፓርትመንት ክሊራንስ እንደመጣላቸው ሲነገራቸው አቶ ኃይሉ ሻውል ግን የተባሉት ነገር የለም፡፡ ምንጮች እንደጠቆሙት አመራሮቹ ዛሬ ከሰዓት በኋላ ወደ ኤምባሲ መሄዳቸውን ቪዛም እንዳገኙ የገለፁ ሲሆን አቶ ኃይሉ ሻውልን በሚመለከት በዛሬና በነገ መካከል ስቴት ዲፓርትመንቱ ክሊራንስ ሊልክ ይችላል የሚል ግምት መኖሩን ነው፡፡