Mereja Forum

[Za-Ilmaknun]

The ruling party gave more emphasis for ethnic identity than state or nation building. Ethnic federalism is inherently flawed as it drags most political and economic debates down to the level of ethnicity. Such political thought of EPRDF impaired the creation of collective identity that would enhance unity and harmony across the nation and nationalities[47]. The implementation of partial political thinking has encouraged many people to look for their ethnic identity than common national identity. “Ithiopiyawinet” was given second class identity[48]. Today even Including the higher professional and universities students stress on their ethnic identity (their ethnic root) than working on common and collective national identity. The ignorance of the ruling party on nation building strongly harmed the effectiveness of local administration and federalism political structure in implementing government development policy during the last three decades.

Further there were no clear ethnic conflict prevention and control method at the national or regional level. The existing constitutional mechanisms and the federal government’s conflict management have proven insufficient to resolve competing ethnic self-determination.According to the International Crisis Group (2009) the EPRDF’s policy is a deliberate ploy to undermine national identity[46], pride and self-esteem flowing from the exceptional history and continuity of the Abyssinian empire and Ethiopian state.

http://aigaforum.com/article2020/new-pr ... hiopia.htm

[Za-Ilmaknun]

"Building positive relationship between different ethnic identity and culturalization of ethnicity would be the sources of strong nation building. It is likely that the interaction between the state and identity groups and among identity groups would be more susceptible to conflict in countries where state building and consolidation of national citizenship are less developed, inter-identity relations are unequal and the state is perceived to be partial in its relations with identity groups. Creating pure ethnicity or exclusionary characteristics of ethnic identity politics are both harmful."

[Za-Ilmaknun]

" EPRDF created state structure of highly centralized system toward highly ethnic based decentralization.The fundamental idea of the ruling party (EPRDF) was ethnic identity can be used simply as a means of the mass political mobilization. At the same time, it serves as a tool of devaluation of political and administrative power to the local people. The ruling party in the last three decades has given more emphasizes for ethnic identity which aggravate ethnic related conflict throughout the country."

"During the last three decades the national integration was fade up due to the extreme politicization of ethnic identity. Most of the time the ethnic political elites want to solve their economic and social problems by damaging the nation building/state building."

[tlel]

Every single criticism they did against former Kings, not only it is FALSE but they are doubling down exactly the untruth they have been spreading against the kings. We have been and are heading a complete disintegration or absolute fascism/colonization/ opression you name it. It was designed since 50 years ago to increase and not decrease opression or the worse disintegration. Those of you who are not seeing this are fools. One indication that could have been going towards peace and safety of Ethiopia since dr aby took power would have been, not only to decrease tplf's opression, we should absolutely not see killings and crimes and violence in broad day light!

[Za-Ilmaknun]

The politicization and weaponization of ethnicity has brought the country to the brinks. TPLF and all LFs are responsible for the predicament that we are in now. They think that it is only a particular group that will be hurting the most if the country goes asunder. It will be soon that we will find out the surprise of how the fire that started to short cut political ascendancy is going to consume everything and everybody. Stay tuned !