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ዶ/ር አብይ ያለው ችግር ከምርጫ ሳጥን የመነጨ ሕጋዊ ስልጣን አለኝ ብሎ ከልቡ ሊያምን ይችላል። ለዛ ደግሞ የአማራ ክልል፤ የአማራ ፖለቲከኞች፤ የአዲሳባ ኤሊት ያደረጉት ትልቅ አስተዋጽኦ አለ። ዝም ብለህ ከአንድ አቋም ወደ ሌላ መከባለል የምትችል አይመስለኝም። በአንድ ታሪካዊ ወቅት ለወሰድከው አቋም ሃላፊነት መውሰድ አለብህ። - አንጋፋው የኢህድን ፖለቲከኛ አቶ ያሬድ ጥበቡ

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ዶ/ር አብይ ያለው ችግር ከምርጫ ሳጥን የመነጨ ሕጋዊ ስልጣን አለኝ ብሎ ከልቡ ሊያምን ይችላል። ለዛ ደግሞ የአማራ ክልል፤ የአማራ ፖለቲከኞች፤ የአዲሳባ ኤሊት ያደረጉት ትልቅ አስተዋጽኦ አለ። ዝም ብለህ ከአንድ አቋም ወደ ሌላ መከባለል የምትችል አይመስለኝም። በአንድ ታሪካዊ ወቅት ለወሰድከው አቋም ሃላፊነት መውሰድ አለብህ።

"ዝም ብለህ ከአንድ አቋም ወደ ሌላ መከባለል የምትችል አይመስለኝም። በአንድ ታሪካዊ ወቅት ለወሰድከው አቋም ሃላፊነት መውሰድ አለብህ"

"The election now clearly gives him a mandate to lead Ethiopia for the coming five years, no matter what"

Evaluating Abiy Ahmed's PP progress - Wins, Ties, Losses & In progress.
Let's pause for a moment and do some critical objective evaluations. I don't know your but here is mine. Let me put disclosure, I am not a supporter or member of any party, but I am proud citizen of Ethiopia.

[1] Abiy Ahmed, defying the odds, carried out may the first ever better and peaceful election in Ethiopia. Not only his party won, but many opposition parties accepted the outcome and extended congratulations to his PP party. A huge success, but a bitter loss to his adversaries. The election now clearly gives him a mandate to lead Ethiopia for the coming five years, no matter what. He will have the opportunity to scrutiny, change or amend the TPLF's constitution or ill-designed and biased ethnic federation. A huge loss for TPLF and its Western allies. Ethiopia has an elected government, now. I graded him A, given the tough situation of the uglu legacy of TPLF and its enablers.

https://mereja.com/forum/viewtopic.php? ... &p=1209984

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PM Abiy has now a clear mandate after winning a referendum for his reform agenda; He has now the mandate to complete this reforms

PM Abiy has now a clear mandate and a huge popular support to accelerate even further the reforms he started.
This is a huge win for the PM and a referendum for his reform agenda. He has now the mandate to complete this reforms.
The opposition seem to accept the defeat knowing very well there is't much to be disputed except less than 300 polling stations out of 40,000.
They should now work with the government to be a constructive opposition and prepare themselves for the next election in 5 years.
Good that now all opposition parties know their rightful place.

Congrats to PM Abiy for wining the election hands down!

https://mereja.com/forum/viewtopic.php? ... &p=1203393


"ዝም ብለህ ከአንድ አቋም ወደ ሌላ መከባለል የምትችል አይመስለኝም። በአንድ ታሪካዊ ወቅት ለወሰድከው አቋም ሃላፊነት መውሰድ አለብህ"

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America is doing all out effort before Abiy Ahmed's legal and official Inauguration as the first freely elected PM in a couple of weeks. That is all, in case you haven't noticed it! Our prime minister must simply ignore the noise and march forward with WILL OF THE ETHIOPIAN PEOPLE

PP has a cadre base problem, it will remain to be a source of corruption and inefficiency but Abiy has proven to be pragmatic, goal- driven, result-driven and an effective communicator and charismatic leader.

In one word, the people elected Abiy Ahmed not PP. They voted PP to give Abiy Ahmed the tools and the social based (the cadres) to run the county to the best of existing state of affairs.

[Sam Ebalalehu]

What is your point, Eden. You have no shame at all. Have you not aware Yared Tibebu was probably the first Ethiopian who practically begged Abiy to give him some political power. Did not he travel to Bahirdar at the start of the Abiy's administration to give a speech. Did not he say I became a US citizen because I studied computer science and to work for US government US nationality is a must, do not hold me back from getting a senior position in Abiy's administration because of it. The guys you quoted might have overjoyed with your uncle's departure to overstate some facts. There are many well-meaning Ethiopians who were overtaken by emotion, who saw a bright future coming after the change. But even those well-meaning, informed Ethiopians failed to acknowledge the impossibility of creating a democratic Ethiopia under the current constitution. It is the constitution stupid.

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Hi Sam, this thread is one of the threads that does what it says in the tin, sort of
'My uncles' departed in 2018 and the quotes are from 2021 - there are 1000 days between the two events. Let's see how you supported the PM's assertion that his power emanate from a ballot box and he has a legitimate mandate to the office of PM for 5 years.


To say the election was to make Abiy a king is an insult to all Ethiopians

TGAA has a point. Never had the Economist criticized Ethiopian election before . But why now ? I am not saying they should not, but it smells bad. Call me paranoid, but I think to believe TPLF bought journalists who report about Ethiopia all over the world. The Economist might not be an exception.
Just read the sentence that says his mother said he would be a king. What relevance that sentence has to the coming Ethiopian election?

I am going even further and say the article might have been written by TPLF cadre.
Here is why ? Usually reputable newspapers and magazines would not dare to give a verdict even before the election is held. The Economist has not said the election might not be fair. That is acceptable. It says the election is to make Abiy a king. That is an insult to all Ethiopians.
The Economist there is a new sheriff in town. It is time for you to mourn the old sheriff you love : it is taking its last breath.

Abiy was given a mandate by Ethiopians

Of course you do handover Abiy to your master, tekezemado. That is expected of TPLF cadres. But Ethiopians are spoken. They gave him a mandate to bury TPLF and OLF. Deal with it.

Addis Ababa gave Abiy Ahmed's PP party an overwhelming support

Yes, I would have liked at least 25 % of the parliament seats to be won by the opposition parties. I really do, but , yes, we have to accept the result and move on. I am especially amazed about the result of Addis. This is a city that says no to the politics of TPLF overwhelmingly in 2005. That it gave to PP party an overwhelming support means Addis Abebeans believe the party has a potential to become a real national party. I hope they are right.

[Sam Ebalalehu]

Eden, it is a little bit scary. Did TPLF has cashed in everything we had written in social media. For what purpose? If your uncles come to power, we have to answer for every sentence we wrote. My dear, I stand by my sentences. Every sentence is the product of the time. It reflects what the writer felt at the time. I was one of the happiest persons on the planet when your uncles lose political power. That the Abiy party was going to win was not a Suprise in the election that was held. More than eighty-five percent of Ethiopians are farmers. They vote for the ruling party that controls the land, the fertilizer, and the "cadres." The very reason EPDRF chose the government to own the land was to "own" the farmers. Therefore, I was not delusional to believe non-tribal party would win. Yes, I expected them to do fine in Addis, Diredwa, and some part of the South. It did not happen. I am a realist. With the current constitution prevailing, non-tribal parties winning the majority of parliament seats is almost impossible. On that case, you might be tempted to cheer on to a person you might believe to be less tribal to be a prime minister. Many people, including me, believed Abiy would be less tribal than the other Oromo politicians. If we are wrong, it is not because we are clueless. It is because we have no choice to be right.

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The Ethiopian people gave Abiy a mandate to lead

It is not what a useless baboon says what matters it is the people of Ethiopia. Whether you like it or not even whether anyone of us like or not the Ethiopian people have spoken loud and clear . Ethiopians the majority of them gave Abiy a mandate to lead so -- your kind of p-- imp can p--uc--ck all night long and no body even notice you exist .

Weyanes know how to shoot themselves. Their cockiness always gets the best out of them to their own detriment. If Abiy shows any inclination to negotiate with weyanes to bring them into any power arrangement he should be overthrown. The Ethiopian people gave him a mandate -- so he should accomplish what he started -- decimating backstabber weyanes -- or quarantine them in their cave till they expire. The 7th king will be hailed as long as he does what he set out to do -- uproot the weyanes root, stem, and leaf and all.

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"አብይ አህመድ በእግዚአብሔር ትዕዛዝ ኢትዮጵያን ለማዳን እና ለማበልጸግ በፈጣሪ ታዞ የመጣ ሰው ነው" ፋሲል የኔአለም

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PM Abiy's government is democratically elected government!

Very interesting to find Ethiopia in the following quote, especially under the situation of the current government of Ethiopia, despite many shortcomings. I wouldn't be surprised if I read the quote under TPLF regime.

A new wave of authoritarianism has reversed some positive democratization trends despite very public U.S. appeals and protests that have been ignored or only partially heeded by leaders in Ethiopia, Sudan and elsewhere, who have appeared unconvinced or uninterested in the administration’s message.

“Governments are becoming less transparent,” Blinken said in the Nigerian capital on Friday. “We see this happening across Africa — leaders ignoring term limits, rigging or postponing elections, exploiting social grievances to gain and maintain power, arresting opposition figures, cracking down on the media, and allowing security services to enforce pandemic restrictions brutally.”

He cited Ethiopia and Sudan as prime examples

This is a clear intention of out right aggression of USA against Ethiopia. The saddest part of all of this is that no African journalist were able to challenge this white snake when he talked about anti-dimocracy nonsense while in the case of Ethiopia the government is elected democratically. Moreover, unless he has felt entitled to patronize others, who is he (USA for that natter) to call Ethiopia authoritarian and undemocratic while none if these bulsh!ts used these words in Tplf era???

[TGAA]

ዶ/ር አብይ ያለው ችግር ከምርጫ ሳጥን የመነጨ ሕጋዊ ስልጣን አለኝ ብሎ ከልቡ ሊያምን ይችላል። ለዛ ደግሞ የአማራ ክልል፤ የአማራ ፖለቲከኞች፤ የአዲሳባ ኤሊት ያደረጉት ትልቅ አስተዋጽኦ አለ። ዝም ብለህ ከአንድ አቋም ወደ ሌላ መከባለል የምትችል አይመስለኝም። በአንድ ታሪካዊ ወቅት ለወሰድከው አቋም ሃላፊነት መውሰድ አለብህ። - አንጋፋው የኢህድን ፖለቲከኛ አቶ ያሬድ ጥበቡ

The servile of TPLF can be nothing but " አንጋፋው የኢህድን ፖለቲከኛ" አቶ ያሬድ ጥበቡ"

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The servile of TPLF can be nothing but " አንጋፋው የኢህድን ፖለቲከኛ" አቶ ያሬድ ጥበቡ"

I don't understand your compliant on this subject. Are you disagreeing with his point?

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The bottom line is . . .

Mr Wrong - You still didn’t answer my questions. Instead, you doubled down by bringing up “Ataturk” which I never mentioned. You could compare Abiy to “Hitler” or “Abraham Lincoln” if you want but the bottom line is HE GOT ELECTED & his opponents admitted their loss except TPLF leeches. Don’t feel offended!

[Selam/]

So did Hitler become Chancellor i.e., through constitutional means. But as soon as you trespass the redline, you become a thug even if you came to power through election. And that triggers impeachment in some countries & forced eviction in others. Keep licking your boo-boos!

PM Abiy's government is democratically elected government!

Very interesting to find Ethiopia in the following quote, especially under the situation of the current government of Ethiopia, despite many shortcomings. I wouldn't be surprised if I read the quote under TPLF regime.

A new wave of authoritarianism has reversed some positive democratization trends despite very public U.S. appeals and protests that have been ignored or only partially heeded by leaders in Ethiopia, Sudan and elsewhere, who have appeared unconvinced or uninterested in the administration’s message.

“Governments are becoming less transparent,” Blinken said in the Nigerian capital on Friday. “We see this happening across Africa — leaders ignoring term limits, rigging or postponing elections, exploiting social grievances to gain and maintain power, arresting opposition figures, cracking down on the media, and allowing security services to enforce pandemic restrictions brutally.”

He cited Ethiopia and Sudan as prime examples

This is a clear intention of out right aggression of USA against Ethiopia. The saddest part of all of this is that no African journalist were able to challenge this white snake when he talked about anti-dimocracy nonsense while in the case of Ethiopia the government is elected democratically. Moreover, unless he has felt entitled to patronize others, who is he (USA for that natter) to call Ethiopia authoritarian and undemocratic while none if these bulsh!ts used these words in Tplf era???

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የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት በአማራ ክልልና በአዲስ አበባ በአግባቡ ነው ተወዳድሮ ተመርጦ ያሸነፈው። በማንኛውም መስፈርት legitimate መንግስት ነው - ዶ/ር ደረጄ ገረፋ