OPPOSITIONS’
AND SUPPORTERS’ ENDLESS SMEAR CAMPAIGNS
PART
7
By
Mathza
Most of the oppositions’ leadership and their handful
supporters, particularly the minuscule vociferous Diaspora, and some
individuals obsessed with lust for power and hatred against Prime Minister
Meles Zenawi have been and are doing anything to get rid of him, the TPLF and
the EPRDF. They are intimidated and demoralized by his intelligence,
capability, competence and the respect he commands in the international
community. Their hatred is limitless. In their obsession and desperation to
snatch power, they have crossed the line of treason by compromising and
endangering the sovereignty, security, territorial integrity and national
interests of
They condemn
They praise, congratulate, defend, encourage and
support—instead of denouncing—the atrocities committed by separatists and
jihadists;
They condemn
They collaborate and scheme with the Eritrean government
which has been and is trying hard to destabilize and disintegrate
They belittle EPRDF's sound government policies and
strategies, which have proved successful;
They deny and ridicule the double-digit economic growth, a
remarkable progress and performance in socio-economic development in the last
five years; and
They unashamedly accuse the Prime Minister of being a stooge
of developed countries because of, among others, his success to mobilize
foreign assistance (For example: by not giving in to pressure from such
countries to allow foreign banks to operate in Ethiopia he not only shielded
the development of local banks but also saved the country from the devastating
impact of the current global financial crisis).
In short, these hate-mongers and anti-Ethiopia elements do
not care at all about
One of their tactics is a
negative smear campaign portraying the country's image and, in particular, it’s
dedicated Prime Minister with all kinds of monstrous adjectives and pictures.
Among the methods used include politicizing everything, outrageous allegations,
lies, exaggerations, wild generalizations, spinning, misinterpretation and
spreading rumors. Practically all of the writings of these-diehards are replete
of despicable descriptions and character assassinations, all intended purely to
bring down the government. This writing ferrets out examples of statements that
do not make any sense, are illogical, are concocted, or are not supported by
facts—purely intended to misinform and mislead readers, particularly the
Diaspora silent majority. It is a modest attempt to expose those bigots who
have been hoodwinking and continue to hoodwink the Ethiopians and the
international community. (In the future, there will be a series of matrixes
like the one below, each preceded by the current two paragraphs).
|
Title/Source/Date |
Author’s Statement |
My Comments |
1. Assassinating dictators is a legitimate cause - Tecola
Hagos, Ethiopianreview.com,
|
…the generations [the young Ethiopian men and women], since then
[1960s and 70s], of the 1980s and 90s are ashes when compared to the
firebrand previous generations mentioned above. Thus,
I am very much aware of the fact that my advocacy of tyrannicide is neither a
popular nor an enlightened one—but an effective and a moral one. Rather than spending millions of dollars and years of hard work
creating, training and leading freedom fighters, it will take only a fraction
of that to train highly committed, fast moving and highly motivated vanguard
fighters to send on such type of mission of mercy. (Tecola Hagos
is a former legal adviser to |
The statemant on the left implies that the youthful
Ethiopian men and women of the 1980s and 1990s generation should have
followed the example of those of the 1960s and 1970s. One could
safely assume that the current young
generation (2000s) would have been included had this writing been done at
present instead of 1997. In any case, although there is no direct reference to
PM Meles Zenawi in the article, there is no doubt that the writer had him in
mind. If the PM was not the target of his “mission of mercy” why did he go to
the trouble of wasting his and the readers’ time writing such an article? The writer is right in admitting that the tyrannicide he
advocates is and cannot be “neither a popular nor an enlightened one” among
normal people. This is mainly so in regard to the PM. What has he done to be
the subject of assassination? As all humans are
susceptible to err, he may have made
mistakes as those who act are prone to do so. His good deeds, however,
immensely outweigh his shortcomings. Despite demonization by some vocal
individuals (like the writer) and oppositions, the public is increasingly
appreciating his maintenance of peace and security against all odds, his
keeping the unity of the country intact against all odds, his policies and
strategies and their executions, his capability in mobilizing foreign
assistance, and the commendable socio-economic development that the country
registered and is registering. As a former legal advisor to the PM, did the writer experience something that permanently
wounded his ego resulting in fathomless hatred against the PM? |
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2. Open letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, by Dr.
Golto Aila, ethiomedia.com, |
I hope 18 years after his rule in Ethiopia and the devastation
that his rule has caused and the catastrophic inter- and intra-ethnic tension
his rule has created will give those of you who will deal with him in the
coming days, weeks and months (hopefully not years) a critical look at
Meles. …it is time to help the people of |
What is the
matter with those with “Dr. or PhD” attached to their names? The accusation
that the MP’s rule caused devastation in
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3. Open letter to President Barack Obama, by Professor Seyoum
Gelaye, ethiomedia.com, |
The regime… is squandering the Nation’s resources on
unsustainable agricultural programs (Commercial Flower Production and
Bio-diesel-Crop production)… …Tigri Nation…(The home-base of Melese Zenawe, PM) with a
population of less than 3,000,000…have also formed the Rehabilitation Society
of Tigri (REST) to control and eventually replace international NGO’s. |
The open letter is full of a litany of lies and exaggerations.
The writer has done great service to the incumbent government and disservice
to his cause. The US Embassy in His objection to the production of flowers and bio-diesel shows
his is ignoramus.
Squandering the nation’s resources on such
unsustainable crops is the reason he gave. The professor for that matter any
professor who utters such nonsense should be barred from teaching. The
flowers are grown in green houses that occupy very little area with the
consequence that they use negligible space and therefore do not adversely
affect crop production. The bio-plants are grown mainly on marginal lands not
suitable for crop production. Flowers bring foreign currency and bio-diesel
saves foreign currency, both badly needed for the development of the country.
So what is his objective unless his intention is to disrupt the development
the country is witnessing and thereby tell the world that nothing is being
done, the mantra of his likes. Oh professor don’t you feel shame when you say REST was formed
to replace international NGO’s? It is apparent that you are trying to connect
REST with the recently adopted Charities and Societies Proclamation
related to NGOs and CSOs (civil society organizations). For your
information, REST was created during TPLF struggle while you were, perhaps,
working for your useless PhD. Besides, with what resources do you think REST
could replace the NGOs? And what is the purpose of reducing the population of
Tigray from over four millions to less than three millions? Finally, if, by some miracle, your letter were to reach
President Obama, do you honestly think he will consider your plea. On the
contrary he would be disgusted at such a presentation coming from a professor
at that. |
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4. ሳምንታዊ ዜና ዘገባ ፍኖተ ዴሞክራሲ የኢትዮጵያ አንድነት ድምፅ ራዲዮ,
ethiolion.com, ጥር 16 ቀን
2001 ዓ.ም. |
1. ወያኔ በፈጠረዉ ችግር ምክንያት የሃይማኖት ግጭ በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ ሊቀሰቀስ እንደነበረተጋለጠ፣ 2. በወያኔ የነፍስ አባት ተጠርቶ የነበረዉ የመስቀል አደባባዩ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ከፀጥታ ጋር በተያያዘ ላልተወሰነ ጊዜ ተራዘመ፣ በርካታ ወጣቶች ከቤተክርስቲያንና ከመስጊድ እየታፈሱ ወዳልታወቀ ስፍራ ተወሰዱ፣ |
The two items on the left are among the seven items that Finot
Democracy posted in one of its Samntawi Zena Zegeba. As usual, this week’s presentation is replete with report received
(“yederesen zegeba”). According to the “reports”, Woyane is behind the recent
trouble between Christians and Moslems. It accused Woyane of purposely
creating conflict designed for the followers of the two religions to
annihilate each other. It adds that this approach has been attempted a number of times in the past. The Samntawi Zena Zegeba accuses the Patriarch
Abune Paulos and Sheikh Elias Redwan as being accomplices in this act. It said that the
annihilation was avoided thanks to the forward
looking (arqo astewy) people. It is indeed sad that there are persons that think the
unthinkable and demonize government and religious leaderships. They have no
conscience. They are full of hatred to the brim. They are racists. They are
obsessed with snatching power at any cost to the people and the country. They
do not care of the consequences of their acts and incitement. If these do not
describe these creatures what does! What devilish mind can come up with the
above accusations? Are they telling us the government which prides itself on
religious tolerance is so foolish to play with fire, start religious war (a
ticking time bomb) that will spread like wild fire and consume everybody?
They should be reminded that it is thanks to the EPRDF’s instituting
religious and ethnic harmony that saved the country from being a failed
state, worse than |
5. Why did Aba Dula Gemeda donate his home to OPDO?, ethiopianreview.com,
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Aba Dulan lnleqew anchlm. Esun yemiteka tamagn sew yelenm. |
The two short sentences in Amharic are supposed to have been
uttered by PM Meles Zenawi. It is difficult to buy this allegation. The PM is
smart enough to make statements of this nature in front of persons that are
likely to leak them. So one could safely conclude that Elias’s factory of
lies is the only source. He fabricatred this lie with the intent to create a
wedge between the two. |
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6. የኢዴአፓ-መድህን 4ኛ መደበኛ ጠቅላላ ጉባኤ ያከናወናቸው ተግባራትና ያሳለፋቸው ውሣኔዎች,
ጥር 24-25 ቀን
2001 ዓ.ም አዲስ አበባ,
aigaforum.com, |
--ገዥው ፓርቲ ከምርጫ
97 በኋላ ከፍተኛ ድርጅታዊ ሥራ በመስራት እራሱን እያጠናከረ እንደመጣና ከዚሁ ጋር በተያያዘም የአባላቱና የደጋፊዎቹ ስነ ልቦናዊ ሁኔታ በአንፃራዊነት በአሁኑ ወቅት የተሻለ ደረጃ ላይ እንደሚገኝ አምኖበታል፡፡ --ተቃዋሚ ፓርቲዎች(ኢዴፓን ጨምሮ) ከምርጫ
97 በኋላ በውጫዊና ውስጣዊ ችግሮች ምክንያት ከፍተኛ የመፈረካከስ አደጋ ውሰጥ በመግባታቸው እየተዳከሙ እንደመጡና በአሁኑ ወቅትም የአባሎቻቸውና የደጋፊዎቻቸው ስነ-ልቦናዊ ሁኔታ በጥሩ ደረጃ ላይ እንደማይገኝ አምኖበታል፡፡ ገዥውን ፓርቲ ሁልጊዜ ብቸኛ ተጠያቂ አድርገው ከማቅረብ ይልቅ ያለፉበትን የትግል ሂደት በድፍረት በመገምገም ከራሳቸው ስህተቶችና ድክመቶች ጭምር በአግባቡ መማር እንደሚገባቸውና ከጭፍን የፖለቲካ አካሄድ ተላቀው ወደ ምክንያታዊ የፖለቲካ አቅጣጫ መግባት እንዳለባቸው ጠቁሟል፡፡ |
UEDP-Medhin is now Ethiopian Democratic Party (EDP) የኢትዮጵያውያን ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ (ኢዴፓ).
Its assessment in regard to the
incumbent ruling party and oppositions is summarized on the left column. This
frank assessment in itself makes EDP the only genuine party among the blind
oppositions in the country. It is genuine because it gives credit and
supports the government when justified and criticizes and confronts the
government when it thinks it is at fault, when its policies and strategies
are at variance, e.t.c. At parliament level it is practically the only opposition
party which comes with new and alternative ideas and solutions to problems facing
the country. It believes, and rightly so, that the mistaken notion of
struggle is understood to mean wiping out the EPRDF government. |
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7. Time to Dismantle Ethio-Eritrean Despotism to its Demise, by
Alex Birhanu, ethiolion.com, |
At the time, Herman Cohen who brokered the 1991 soft-landing of
the TPLF / EPRDF in Addis Ababa and that of the EPLF in Asmara told the
Conference stating: "… by not allowing Ethiopia a country of 70 million
people access to the sea - if this is not the crime of the century then it is
the biggest mistake of the agreement". |
Did Herman Cohen really say that? The quoted part sounds tyical Ethiopian
oppositions’ and their supporters’ mantra. |
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8. Open letter to Economist Conference Organizers, by Tedla
Asfaw, ethiolion.com, |
My telephone call to you few minutes ago was not welcomed …The
Economist…organizing a conference in Addis Ababa in March 24, 2009…barbaric
regime of Meles Zenawi is going to use this opportunity to get credibility in
the eyes of the world. The only aim of this conference is to give a platform for
Meles Zenawi and his racist buddies to show their English language
skill for possible job opportunity if they survive the coming upheaval in |
According to the Economist Executive meetings the “First
Business Roundtable with the Government of Ethiopia is scheduled for 23-24
March, 2009. Mr. writer you seem not to understand why the person you tried to
convince to cancel the conference in Addis rebuffed you. He she—armed with
knowledge of Ethiopia acquired while preparing for the Confernce—definitely realized
the moment you opened your mouth that you and your likes are useless, not
worth wasting his/her time. He/she knew what you tried to feed him/her about One of your arguments to convince the Economist is Meles Zenawi
will use the conference to “get credibility in the eyes of the world.” I know
that the PM’s commands great respect and popularity worldwide. This is a
thorn in the eyes of his detractors. As we all know the PM has participated
in and hosted many international forum and conferences. These comprise the G-7,
G-20, The last sentence on the left is absurd. The Economist did not
say their “only aim” was that. In fact, it cannot be by any stretch of
imagination. If the PM and many of his colleagues want jobs they surely do
not need exposure via the Economist Conference. Many international
organization would be happy to welcome them to join. |
9. The World's 11 deadliest leaders of the past 100 years, by Earthling Concerned with some revision by
Ethiopian Review ethiomedia.com,
|
Below is a list of the most destructive world leaders in the
last 100 years. I got most of the numbers from here and
if you want more information on the person in question, just click on his
name and Wikipedia will bring you up to speed. |
“Top Ten: The
World’s Deadliest Leaders of the Past 100 Years”
is the actual title by the original author, Earthling Concerned. The 11th
(PM Meles) was added, guess by who--of course Elias, who else can it
be? Pictures, detailed write-ups and extensive list of links are
provided on each of the ten. Except for a single picture inserted by Elias
himself there is no other documentation similar to that of the Top Ten
included for the PM. This is pure delusion and hate politics as usual. |
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10. Appeal to President Clinton, by
Ethiopian Americans for Justice, ethiolion.com,
|
In a letter to President Clinton, Ethiopian Americans for
Justice (EAJ) said...We have reason to believe that the huge donation [$20
million] to the Clinton Foundation was made [by Sheikh Mohammed Al-Amoudi]
on behalf of the Ethiopian government. |
This allegation is the core of the writing. And yet the only
reason given in its support is “we have reason to believe.” Does the so-called
Ethiopian Americans for Justice really believe President Clinton is naïve to
buy such flimsy and unfounded allegation, without an iota of evidence? What
is the point of citing mention of Sheikh Al-Amoudi’s name in connection with
9/11 which was found out had nothing to do with the Sheikh. Isn’t this an
insult to
the former articulate and brainy
President of the |
PART 6:
http://aigaforum.com/articles/smear_campaign_part6.pdf