Mereja Forum

[OPFist]

When Dr Abiy Repeatedly Mention Ethiopia, Which One Does He Have in Heart: Amapia (Amaranet Dominated) or Oropia (Oromumma Led)?

We listen that Dr Abiy repeatedly mention Ethiopia and it is not bad that he strives to keep national unity and territorial integrity of Ethiopia. But the million dollar question is: which Ethiopia does he have in his heart and mind? The hitherto Menelik’s Ethiopia with domination of Amharanet and Amharigna as the only working language of the federation, i.e practically Amapia (Amaranet dominated Ethiopian) or the innovative Haile Fida’s Ethiopia with legitimate leadership of Oromummaa with Afaan Oromo as primary language of the country for the fact that the Oromo are about 60% of the whole population, where Ethiopia will be de facto Oropia (Oromumma led Ethiopian)? If he has Menelik’s version of Ethiopia in his heart and mind, he is Amapianist, thus no wonder that Amara elites are supporting his move. In such case, the Oromo should stop giving him any support. Also Oromo Prosperitans now rallying behind him should check this, in case they have Oromo interest in heart. If he has Haile Fida’s version in his heart and mind, he deserves Oromo support, but surely he will lose the hitherto help from Amara elites. Fact on the ground is that he can not serve the visions of both Amapia and Oropia at the same time. It is clear that at the moment, Ethiopia led by Dr. Abiy is dominated by Amaranet. Are Oromo elites in OPP still ready to keep this status quo or are they bold enough to persuade him to promote Afaan Oromo to primary language of the federation, replacing Amarigna, and give Oromumma its legitimate leadership position in the whole country?
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[TesfaNews]

low iq shankilla Oromo are 34% of Ethiopia yesterday you said you were 40% now 60% tommorow your going to say oromo is 80% than you will come back 5 months later saying oromo are 100% of Ethiopia and why does amharic still flourish? oromo itself is comprised of many ethnics such as Hadiya of Arsi, Sidama of Bale, Gedo of Gedeo, Guraghe of Waliso, Somali of Harraghe etc so 34% is not real number it is actually 10% you are 10% of ethiopia

[OPFist]

The ruling Oromo elites (Prosperitans) led by Dr. Abiy are trying to reconcile the irreconcillable two contents of Ethiopian identity (Amaranet and Oromumma). Till the Oromo Prosperitans took over power in Finfinne palace, Ethiopianness was the same to Amaranet and all the ruling Abyssinian elites declared Oromumma as the main enemy of Ethiopia and Ethiopiawinet. Thus, any Oromo was considered as good Ethiopian only when (s)he denies Oromumma and be ready to be Amaranized. Now, the Oromo Prosperitans try to change this, but by keeping Amarigna as primary working language of the federation and promoting Oromiffaa to only secondary position. This is yet the same mechanism of taking Ethiopiawinet be equivalent to Amaranet. Oromo Prosperitans try to decieve the Oromo just by using Oromiffa as secondary federal language. Actually, Oromiffa should legitimately be promoted to primary position and replace the present status of Amarigna. Therefore, there seems to be no compromise solution, if Ethiopia should survive. Ethiopia shall continue either as usual with Ethiopiawinet be the same to Amaranet or Ethiopia will have Oromiffa as primary working language and be transformed to the status where Ethiopiawinet will be the same to Oromumma. Having both identities side by side can only happen in confederation, where Amaria and Oromia will be quasi independent from each other. In that case, Ethiopia will practically be dismantled. The burning question now is that which version of Ethiopia do the Oromo prosperitans serve? Ethiopia as Amhapia (with Amharigna as primary language) or Ethiopia as Oropia (with Oromiffa as primary federal language). They can not promote both versions at the same time; thus can’t serve two lords!

[TesfaNews]

[OPFist]

It is fact on the ground that every political minded individual and organization in Ethiopia prefers federation as an appropriate admnistrative structure for the country. The question is only about choosing what type of federation. Especially, both OPP of Abiy and OFC of Jawar claim to prefer language based federation (“ethnic federation”). Where is their different? As I see, OPP just replaced TPLF, but continued promoting ‘Amharinga dominated dictatorial federation, whereas OFC is striving to foster ‘Oromiffaa led democratic federation’. No question that domination of Amharinga can be continued only dictatorially, because if the status of languages will be determined democraticaĺly, Oromiffaa has the chance to be primary language of the federation. This dictatorial keeping of Amharigna’s dominance is what Abiy’s OPP is doing now, thus lost support of Oromo majority. Surely, Jawar’s OFC being joined by the OLF and other genuine Oromo nationalists, shall prevail in the future.