Mereja Forum

[OPFist]

I think this difference of the three blocs must be left for public verdict in the second phase, i.e. during phase of democratization. The cooperation should be in agreement to establish democratic institutions and facilitate for citizens and nations to decide democratically on the types of sovereignty all nations in Ethiopia should have. An independence of any nation without a public verdict is like an amputation of a limb; an autonomy within a federation without public verdict is bantustanization; and a unitary state without public verdict is like a colonial amalgamation killing identities of nations. So, any individual or organization who preaches freedom and democracy (like almost all in the opposition are doing now) should be ready to accept and respect such public verdicts. If not, they will only replace tyranny of Tigrean elites with that of either Amhara elites, or Oromo elites or other nations in the country.

[OPFist]

If we want to have a lasting solution for that cursed country and to prosper together, there is no other way preferable to this move of democratization. I am sure that only the EPP tyrants are against this move. Genuine and matured democrats should be ready to accept and respect decisions of peoples during the democratization phase, be it that public verdicts lead to a peaceful separation like that of Czech republic and Slovakia, or to a peaceful unification like that of East Germany and West Germany. The alternative to this civilized and modern way of achieving national independence and regional union is the cycle of replacing one dictator of certain nation dominating other nations by another dictator of different nation at gunpoint as the Abyssinian elites of Amhara and Tegaru used to do. This alternative is, of course, prolongation of the misery and poverty for all citizens and nations in the Horn. It is up to us to choose either the first way of democratization or the alternative way, which will lead us to further domination.

[OPFist]

If we choose the way of democratization, then I think now is a good time for the formation of the necessary cooperation to fight against the tormenting EPP dictstors and to move forward. It is the time, when almost all opposition groups have understood that the tyrants are not ready for any sort of freedom concerning citizens and nations in Ethiopia, or for the necessary democratization process. Generally, we can say that now is good timing to initiate formation of cooperation against evil of the region and to promote the democratization process. All genuinely democratic and pro-freedom opposition groups will have no better timing than now to come together, and to seek a lasting solution for the most troubled part of the globe. Oromo elites, now being in the leading position can form this inclusive cooperation. They can transform the triangular conflict (Amhara-Tegaru-Oromo elites) to triangular cooperation of the three camps. It is time for free Amharaland, Oromoland and Tegaruland to be domcratized and build strong union of free peoples in the Horn. That is why the triangular war of Abiy and his EPP against the three main competing nations is a futile excercise. Wake up all, it is good timing!