Mereja Forum

[OPFist]

Dr. Marara is Right, the Oromo Should Not die for Ethnic Federation!

Dr. Marara was member of Meison led by Dr. Haile Fida, who envisioned integrative Oropia (Oromumma led Ethiopia). Dr. Haile’s vision was to promote Afaan Oromo to primary working language of Ethiopia, so that the country will be transformed to de facto Oropia in contrast to other Oromo nationalists, who wanted to foster either an independent Oromia or ethnic federation. I remember a time, when Dr. Mara was as such supporter of neither independence nor ethnic federation, but advocator of democratizing Ethiopia. In an interview he once gave, he said ” the Oromo need not die for ethnic federation because of the fact that democratization of Ethiopia is in the best interest of this biggest nation in the country”. Later, he started to advocate ethnic federalism being under immens pressure of Oromo nationalists, who were against any possible step of dismantling Oromia. Actually, he is absolutely right, ethnic federation is more important for the 10% Amaras, not for the at least 40% Oromos of Ethiopia. Oromo struggle have to focus on transforming Ethiopia to Oropia (our gross salary) rather than sticking to realization of only Oromia (our net salary), thus no need of dying for either ethnic federation or independent Oromia. We can be in a position to give autonomy (federation) or independence to the minorities in the country, if they choose so. For instance, the Amara of B/Dar can claim autonomy or independence from the Oromo of Finfinne, not the vice versa. But, is Dr. Abiy’s Administration suitable to assure the Oromo this role of being a giver, instead of being the demander of autonomy or independence?
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[DefendTheTruth]

His name is Merera Gudina, his title is Prof., why do you feel entitled to reduce his academic title or distort his name? Do you have a better title than his?

I am not going to ask you why it didn't happen to you for so long what is "right".

It must have been the case that you are someone who was on the opposite side of what is right all along.

[OPFist]

Some Oromo nationalists like Dr. Leenco Lata tell us that Dr. Abiy’s regime is an Oromo rule. Is this true? I personally don’t think so! As far as I am concerned, there can be Oromo rule only when Oromumma start to take its legitimate leadership in rainbow Ethiopawinet of different colors, nations and cultures (at least 40% Oromumma, 20% Agawnet, 10% Amharanet, 6% Somalumma, 5% Tegarunet, 4% Sidamumma and 11% Others). But now, as long as Amharigna is the only and primary language of the federation, the hitherto domination of Amharanet will continue. For Oromumma to take the leadership position, Afaan Oromo has to be promoted to the primary position, replacing Amharigna. That means, all federal institutions like the parlament, government, military, security and justice should start using Afaan Oromo primarly, Agawigna secondarly and Amharigna thirdly. Unfortunately, fact on the ground shows that the Prosperitans are dedicated to keep the existing domination of Amharanet.

[OPFist]

Now, after burial of the TPLF, the two remaining and highly competing forces (Amhara and Oromo elites) are at each other’s throat. A lot of conspiracies, political acrobats and speculations are going on. Activists from both sides are criminalizing, accusing and criticizing each other. I think this was really expected. The Oromara project could function only till the final death and burial of the powerfull common enemy, the TPLF. It seems that Amhara elites are doing their best to get rid of anything Oromo from the palace. The only two Oromo, who were around the palace (Aadde Demitu Hambissa and Obbo Leenco Baati), are already driven away with the pretext of an appointment as ambassadors. The remaining Oromo in the palace, Dr. Abiy, has no clear position in Amaranet domination vs Oromumma leadership. If Oromo forces fail to come together and defend the present Oromo’s partial power in the palace now, the Oromo nation should be ready for the future more difficult liberation struggle against the neo-Naftagna forces of Amharanet, who are trying to instrumentalize Abiy as they did to Mengistu (both being biologically Oromo, but mentality Amhara).

[OPFist]

Two years ago, I thought that at last the Oromo are free and the son of Abaa Gadaa, Dr. Abiy, is in charge of central power in Finfinne palace. A lot of Oromo nationalists thought the same way and some are still supprting him. Even, other nations accepted him as their liberator and as the highly seeked Oromo’s Obama to transform Ethiopia (Oropia) to democracy. But, unforunately, he sounds now to be like Oromo’s Quisling. That means, he is a traitor or a collaborator. The term Quisling was coined in 1940 by the Times in the United Kingdom, with the lead “Quislings Everywhere”. Quisling refers to Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian, who collaborated with the National Socialistic Germany during their occupation of Norway in the Second World War. Didn’t Dr. Abiy now collaborate with the Neonaftagnas in order to sabotage Oromo’s struggle for freedom, justice and sovereignty?

[OPFist]

As the possible future election is approachong, we are asking ourselves: who of the Oromo leaders will prevail and take responsibility to democratize and develop Oropia? Dr. Abiy of OPP? Ob. Daud of OLF? or Dr. Marara of OFC? I think all of them have no problem in accepting and leading Ethiopia. But, leaders of the OLF need to change their view and be ready to lead Oropia, beyound liberating Oromia. They should have a paradigme shift. Who ever will take this responsibility, imperative is that the political power in Caffee Araaraa should stay in Oromo hand. We do not yet have a luxury to lose the present opportunity. This power center is essential for the Oromo to re-own our heart and mind – Finfinne, in order to have both political and economical influence at all the five levels os sovereignty (Oromia, Oropia, Orohorn (Oromumma led Horn) and Orofrica (Oromumma led Africa). I thought Dr. Abiy of OPP with his Medemer philosophy is ready for such move.

[OPFist]

Few years ago, there was a discussion going on regarding Ethiopian democratization vs. Oromian decolonization (national freedom of the Oromo from any sytem of domination), which was firstly initiated by Addis Neger Online. The author of the article demanded that a certain Oromo Obama or Oromo Mandela take the responsibility to democratize the country and give a lasting solution to the problems of that cursed region. What a nice wish and good demand! The author wrote his piece few days before the Ethiopian election 2010. He seemed to be optimistic of the ongoing “democratization and election in Ethiopia”. Is now Dr. Abiy that highly seeked and wished Oromo’s Obama? Can Ob. Daud, Dr. Marara and Gn. Marro be one?

[OPFist]

Let me leave the oppression history in Ethiopia for historians and talk about the recent situation under the Biltsiginna rule. No question that the present Biltsiginna is ruling all nations in the empire with iron fist. What a pity for the youth, who died for the cause of freedom and democracy during their rebellion and struggle against the two previous fascists: Woyane and Derg. Who of them thought that the third revolution would be transformed into a worse dictatorial organization than the regimes they had fought against?

[OPFist]

Unfortunately, Biltsiginna is not only transformed from liberation front into such fascist force, but it is also an instrument for the only one dictatorial psychopath. Then, there was no more OPP or any organization from Oromia ruling the empire, but there is only one psychopath as brutal as Hitler and Stalin, who ruling citizens and nations in Ethiopia with brute force and malicious manipulation. He gathered the very submissive individuals with slave mentality from each nation in the empire to use them as “representatives” of their respective nations. So, he got slaves from Oromo, Agaw, Amhara, Somali, Tegaru, Afar, Benishangul-Gumuz, Gamballa, Harari and all Southern nations.

[OPFist]

Can any one imagine that Germans, French citizens and other nations of Western Europe under such dictator vote for the fascist regime dominated by oligarchs from Denmark? Can anyone think that such fascist dictator from Denmark can allow the election be fair and free? Can we really believe that democratization of such “European empire” dominated and ruled by minority group from Denmark be possible?

[OPFist]

The election in May 2010 was one of the situations where Woyane could show these two methods (force and manipulation) for the sake of perpetuating his rule further. Individual citizens and national groups in the empire have been intimidated by force and manipulated by fraud in order to make the dictator and his followers “win” the election. He could “win” almost 100% of the federal and regional parliamentary seats. This election was similar to the elections which took place under dictators like Stalin, Sadam Hussen, Mengistu H/Mariam and so on. So, there was no surprise about the result.

[OPFist]

Why was the result like this? Why could not Ethiopia experience till now any sort of genuine democratic election? The answer may be as described below, in the following examples. Specially, elections in multinational countries like Ethiopia are the competitions not only among political parties, but also among nations in the country for power and domination. In Ethiopia, the contest for power takes place particularly between the two Habesha nations (Amhara, Tegaru) and other oppressed nations, specifically the Oromo. The relationship between the Abyssinian ruling class and the Oromo nation was a relationship between colonizers and the colonized, whereas the relationship between the two Habesha nations was a competition between two colonizers, which is similar to the fight between England and France over Africa during the scramble for Africa.

[OPFist]

The situation in Ethiopia under the TPLF rule was comparable, for instance, with a scenario that smaller nation Denmark would occupy Germany, France and other nations in West Europe, make Paris its capital city, choose German language as working language of the “federation” it formed, call the whole federation as Federal Democratic Republic of Europe and foster a government, where only individuals from Denmark take key positions in the government, military, economy, civil service and security. Was this not absurd?

[OPFist]

Unfortunately, this was what Tigreans (our Denmark) were doing today in Ethiopia. They came to Oromia (our France), made their capital city Finfinne (our Paris), their working language Amharinya (our German language) and tell us that the country they did rule dictatorially is called Ethiopia (our Europe). Then, let’s imagine that Denmark people, Germans, the French people and all other nations in “European empire” were going to election under government of the fascist dictator from Denmark.

[Sam Ebalalehu]

ፍፁም በማይገባኝ ሁኔታ tigray people እና opfist ይመቹኛል። አንዴ በቀን ጎናቸው ከአልጋ ተንስተው መድሀኒታቸውን አብዝተው ከዋጡ የ ER ደንበኛዎች ዝግጁ መሆን አለባቸው ለ unchallenged narative. እራሳቸው ጀምረው እራሳቸው ትርክቱን የሚጨርሱ ሁለት ፉጥረቶች። አንዳንዴ ግን የራሳቸው ጭንቅላት ብቻ የሚያውቀውን " እውነት" እርምት ማረግ ይሻል። ዛሪ ሀይሌ ፊዳ የ ኦሮሞ ፖለቲከኞ ለኦሮሞ የታገለ ተደርጎ ተሰበከ። ፉፁም ውሸት። ሀይሌ ከ ደርግ ጋር በመስራቱ የሱን ፓለቲካ እጥላለሁ። ሀይሌ ፊዳ ግን ትራይባል ፓለቲከኛ በፍፁም አልነበረም። መኢሶን የተለያዬ ብሄር ሰዎች በአመራርነት የነበሩበት ድርጅት ነበር።

[OPFist]

Ethiopia is such a conglomerate of different neighboring nations, which actually deserve their independence and it is only after freedom of nations from alien rulers that democratization of nation-states can be easier and possible as already practically seen in Europe. The question we needed to answer was why did European regimes want us to do, what they actually don’t wish for themselves and their nations? How did they come to observe such almost an impossible election in the empire or the futile attempt of democratization in the colonized (occupied, subjugated and oppressed) nations?

[OPFist]

To use another example to describe the past Ethiopia, such an empire with a system of domination was almost similar to Apartheid of ex-South Africa as the blogger on Addis Neger tried to compare. Was it expected that such South Africa be democratic before dismantling the system? Why then was Oromo nation, in particular, and other oppressed nations, in general, suffering under looting, subjugation and lording of Tigrean oligarchs be expected to get our right per sham election orchestrated under colonizers? The only difference between South Africa and Ethiopia was that, nations in South Africa were not colonized (dominated) by other nation from the same region, but by white minority from Europe. That is why the answer to Apartheid was not necessarily decolonization in a form of autonomy for each nation in the region. Being free from system of Apartheid used by the white minority regime was the sort of decolonization all nations together wanted to achieve.

[OPFist]

That is why the first example of “European empire” is more appropriate to describe the situation in Ethiopia. If “Europe under Denmark oligarchs” needs to be democratized, no question that the subjugated nations like Germany and France should be liberated first. Then after, the liberated nation-states can have their fair and free democratic election. Of course, after that, the free and democratic nation-states can build union of free peoples as they did in the form of European Union (EU). I think this is a reason for the fact that they supported “disintegration” of Yugoslavia into free nation states, including the very small nations like Kosovo. These independent and democratic nation-states are today part and parcel of European union. If this method of achieving national freedom and multinational democracy is right for Europe, why do European regimes want that Africans move another way which didn’t work for them?

[OPFist]

The legacy of colonialism in the Horn of Africa, in particular, and in Africa, in general, is the artificial division of nations (ethnies), which they like to call “African tribes” per colonial borders. The colonialists either divided one nation to be included into more than two countries or clamped many nations together into one state (country). For instance, the only one nation (Somalia) was divided to be included into five countries (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, British Somaliland and Italian Somalia) as well as many nations in the Horn like Tegaru, Amhara, Oromo, Afar, Sidama, etc. are put together in only one Ethiopia ruled by Abyssinian elites under protection of the Western regimes.

[OPFist]

Almost all African countries are suffering under consequences of such arrangement, and yet Africans are accused and blamed by these same self-righteous Western regimes for lack of democracy. For African nations to be really democratic, they should first get rid of these artificial colonial borders. Nation-states based on free will must be established. Only such relatively [deleted] nation-states can vote freely during elections in a possible multiparty democracy of the respective nations free from unhealthy competitions among different nations for domination.