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March 29, 2009

Opposition forces Realignment and Tubingen

The current opposition forces realignment is getting interesting. Who could have thought Eng Hailu Shawel organization will team up with EPRP knowing the Engineer walked out from EPRP’s baby, a Front called Hibert way back when! Also I thought Ginbot 7 was clearly going it alone but boy was I wrong!

Ginbot 7 is shaping to be the armed wing for UDJ, while EPRP is shaping to be for AEUP. What triggered me to send this comment is, the fact that, Engineer Hailu supporters, supported by EPRP supporters in Germany, staged a demonstration to stop Tubingen city from formalizing a sister city relationship with Mekelle. They were also helped and advised by Ginbot 7 and UDJ supporters from the Current affairs online chat room. Shouldn’t “Tegre wede mekelle eqa wede kebele” have taught these people lessons that hate politics is not good? Why did AEUP fail to inform its members not to stand against the sister city establishment since it has nothing to do with politics? And why are legal oppositions tinkering with illegal armed groups? Aiga Please post this for comments, thank you [Fanus from Germany]!

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March 17, 2009

On Millennium EEPCO Bond

 

Some of our readers have asked us to open an n interactive page to discuss the millennium EEPCO bond. We agree with the idea thus we have opened this blog in order for readers to raise questions and get answers. Most embassies around the world are ready to help any one acquire the bond certificate and also help to smooth the process. Use this blog to ask or answer individual questions based on your experience.

 We will delete all unrelated comments.

 So have you bought the bond already and if not why not? What information would you like to know? And if you have how was the process, easy straight forward? Have your say!

You can also find some key information here …..  http://www.ethioconsulatela.org/eepbond.html

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March 10, 2009

Myth or Reality: Good Governance issues in Tigray.


While we the Diaspora are dishing it out against the extremists who are laboring to undo the achievements of our brave people, I am saddened to hear that not all may be rosy in Tigray. Some close friends have informed me that there is a serious problem in good governance in Tigray. Some people are jailed with no due process for 15 days and then told to go home. And when they complain they are told you better shut up! There is also serious discontent that land is about to be taken from farmers who have moved to nearby small towns although they still are farming their land. Compare this with those high officers in the army and government who still own land it has upset many people. While there are many other similar stories that I can tell , I hope Aiga is fair enough to post this for public comment in the hope of Officials will read it and do something before election 2010 comes  and is rectified if true. I for one do not want another Kinjit to run on the back of a disgruntled people In Tigray and destroy what has been achieved so far. Is there a problem in Tigray? Aiga can you help answer?[Gual Hizbi 03/09/09]

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Gual Hizbi, We are not in any shape or form to answer your question authoritatively but we do hope, as you do, someone will be reading and address your issues. To be honest with you we have been itching to ask similar questions ever since we heard someone in Police custody died(hung himself) within hours of his arrival at police station. We did not think such incidents are a significant part of daily lives of our people back home but we thought may be the growing pain of our infant democracy may be getting painful and ask the authorities what they are doing to stop such incidents. So it is our hope President Tesgay will   tour Tigray similar to what PM Meles is doing and hear people’s say.  You, our readers, can have a say on this also….Have Your Say!
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March 04, 2009

Ethiopian Opposition: A haven for Split!

 

With the unfolding drama, yet again, of the opposition, do you see a pattern among the oppositions? A pattern that is bad for democracy and the country. Kinjit came and went without doing much in the positive sense to help the democratic culture Ethiopians need desperately. Knijit brought division and vendetta politics where in the end it consumed it from within. Today we hear UDJ is going down the slippery slope of the pit many organizations are camped where they see no hope insight to come out of. Slowly UDJ either via its cousin of G7 or even itself will end up where EPRP, OLF and many others have been for a while now.

What can EPRDF as a governing party or even the Ethiopian government does to enhance multi party competition. Do you think the problem many of these organizations are facing growing up is due to government or EPRDF interference or their own making?  And what do you think is causing all these splits and bickering within the opposition-Power or simply stupidity?  Why is it hard a dominant group is not coming out of these organizations similar to EPRDF?  Why is a split a killer to these organizations unlike the EPRDF which came out of a split stronger! Have your say!

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