The Kinijit top leadership led by Wzt. Bertukan Mideksa — in the absence of Ato Hailu Shawel who is still in Minnesota — has not been using the Kinijit office in Addis Ababa, claiming that they were pushed out by former AEUP members Ato Abayneh Berhanu and others. Ato Abayneh and Ato Mamushet disagree, saying that Wzt. Bertukan and her colleagues are free to come to the office and start carrying out their responsibilities.
First of all, it is not clear why Ato Abayneh, the former vice chairman of AEUP, is still in charge of the Kinijit office. Reportedly, the office staff and security guards are being paid salary from AEUP account that was re-opened recently. Second, many Kinijit rank-and-file members are expressing frustration that Wzt. Bertukan and her executive committee are reluctant to assert their leadership, allowing themselves to be pushed around by a few former AEUP officials who are systematically regrouping their former party, while trying to dismantle Kinijit. Read more in Amharic at zikkir News Service.