Fetsum: My premature opinion on Assena et al Vs Medrek
SolomonBerhane: “ምትእኽኻብ መድረክ ግሉጽነት ዝጎደሎን ገላልን ምኻኑ ይኣምን፦መድረኽ ኣገባቡ “ ግሉጽነት ዝጎደሎ’ዩ” ። ኣኼባ በልጅዩም እንታይ ነይሩ ኣጀንድኡ፣ በዓል መን ተሳቲፎም፣ ኣብቲ ኣኼባ እንታይ ወሲኖም፣ መን እንታይ ዓይነት ናይስራሕ ሓላፍነት ተሰኪሙ ኣሎ ዝግለጽ የለን። ምስ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ዘሎ ዝምድና ናይ ቓልሲ ኣይተነጸረን። ዝተኻየደ ርክባት ኣሎ’ዶ የለን ኣይተገልጸን። ኩሉ ሚስጥራዊ’ዩ። ሓንቲ ነገር ከኣ ኣላ ንሚስጥሮም ዘቓልዓቶም። መን’ዮም መድረኽ እንታይ’ዩ ዕላምኦምቕድሚ ምግላጾም ፈነወ ረድዮ ጀሚሮም። ንሶም ካብ ህዝቢ ተኸዊሎም ረድዮኦም ይፍኖ። ዘገርም’ዩ! ካብዚ ንላዕሊ ጉድለት ግሉጽነት የለን ስለምንታይ ንሓቒ ንቓወም።”
Amanule Eyasu: “ሕሉፍ ምስጢራውነትን ዘይግሉጽነትን: ከም ምሁራት፣ ምኩራት ተጋደልትን ዲፕሎማሰኛታትን፣ ኣባላት መድረኽ፣ እቲ ኣብ ግዜ ገድሊ ከም ባህሊ ማዕቢሉ ክሳብ ሎሚ ምብላይ ኣብዩና ዘሎ ሕሉፍ ምስጢራውነትን …፣ ካብዚሕማም’ዚ ከምዘይተገላገሉ ተግባራቶም ይምስክር።“ንኣብነት ብዛዕባ’ቲ ኣብ ብራስለስ (በልጁም) ዘካየዱዎ ኣኼባ፣ ግደፍ ዶ ንህዝቢ፣ ነታ ከም ተሓጋጋዚት ማዕከን ዜና ዝቐርቡዋ ኣሰና ‘ኳ ኣይሓበሩዋን። ጸኒሑ ግን ብወረወረ ልሒኹ።ቅርጽን ዕላማን መድረኽንጹር ኣይኮነን። ኣባላቱ ‘ውን ብወግዒ ኣይፍሉጣትን እዮም። ናይ ርክብ ሰንሰለቶም ብሩህ ኣይኮነን። ኣብ ቅድሚ ህዝቢ ቀሪብካ ብኽፉት ህዝባዊ ሕቶታት ምምላስ ከም ቁሪ ይፈርሑዎ። ርክባቶም ብሕሹኽሹኽ እዩ ዝፍጸም።”
Comment: This is very sad to hear. I cannot understand why a movement that claims to bring democracy would dispatch without a clear vision and strategy. I cannot understand experienced intellectuals and diplomats having no clear vision for democratic Eritrea as accused by Assenna. Personalizing and secretly managing people’s struggle for freedom and democracy and trying to monopolize the struggle by rejecting the resistance in Diaspora contradict with the concept of democracy as universally understood to be.
Assenna et al has accused Medrek of committing two undemocratic procedures: Secretive and Exclusionist symptoms and has provided evidence in my understanding. Medrek does not have the benefit of the doubt here but rather the burden of defending itself through explanation. Silence won’t vindicate Medrek from these accusations, counter-arguments may! I consider failing to respond as admission by silence in my judgment.
Hopefully they will respond and we must wait but it seems mandatory for the existence of this group to answer the following questions precisely:
a) What is Medrek’s political program and can we see it in writing? What does it represent? What is its objective and how does it forecast to achieve it?
b) Is Medrek open for all Eritreans or only for specific group of the society? How is it organized?
c) What was the Belgian meeting about, who participated and what happened there? Why was not Assenna invited at least from journalistic point of the relationship?
SolomonBerhane: “መድረኽ ገላሊ ባህርያት ኣለዎ ሓቛፊ ኣይኮነን፦መድረኽ ንውሑዳት ብሕርያ ዝተጸውዑ ዝውክል “ ገላሊ ባህርያት ዘለዎ’ዩ። ንብዙሓት ገዳይም ዘይሓቑፍ ምዃኑ ብተደጋጋሚ ተገሊጹ’ዩ። ንሳቶም ጥራይ ኣይኮኑን ምኩራትን ሰብ ጸጋምሁራት። ክንደይ ኤርትራውያን ምሁራት ምኩራት ኣለዉ ። ነቲ ሓቓፊ ዘይኮነ ገላሊ ባህርያቶም ተወሳኺ መረጋገጺ ዘድልዮ እንተኾይኑ፣ መድረኽ ናብ ህዝቢ ምስቐረቡ ተሓቲቶም ክምልሽዎ ብመርትዖ ከቕርቦ ሽዑ ዝከራኸረሉ ጉዳይ ስለዝኾነ ንግዚኡ ክሰግሮ።
Comment: The accusation here is concerning the group’s intellectual arrogance induced exclusive nature specially towards Eritrean intellectuals or the group discriminates some portion of the Eritrean society and tries to privately manage the country’s political business without the involvement of other available intellectuals and diplomats on the basis of intellectual arrogance.
It looks like this brother can substantiate the allegation by means of concrete evidence upon Medrek’s counter-response in self defense: he does not have to do this otherwise for silence implies admission of the charge for Medrek.
Solomon Berhane: “መድረኽ ብጉድለት ግሉጽነቱ ይኹን ገላሊ ባህርያቶም፣ ብደላይ ፍትሒ ህዝብን ተጋደልትን ምጥርጣር ክህሉ ስክፍታ ክፈጥር ባህርያዊ’ዩ። ህዝባዊ ሕቶታት ክለዓል ከኣ ግድነት’ዩ። ብፍላይ ባህርያቶም ዝፈልጥዎም ተጋደልቲ ካብዝኣምኑዎም ዝጠራጠሩ ከምዝበዝሑ ድሮ ይዝረበሉ ይጽሓፈሉ ኣሎ። ምኽንያቱ ካብ 1977 ኣባላት ማእከላይ ሽማግለ እዮም። ሓለፍቲ ሚስጥራዊት ሰልፊ ነይሮም። ድሕሪ ናጽነት ኣባላት ሃገራዊ ባይቶ እዮም። ወረ ገሊኦምሲ ጉጅለ 15- ዝነበሩ፣ ምስወጹ ክንዲመሰል ጂ 15 ዘይምጥባቖም ሓደ ካብ ዝዓበየ ዘሕምዮም ጉዳይ እዩ። ገሊኦም ድማ ጅ-15 ኣንጻር ሃገራዊ ጸጥታ ኢሎም ካብ ህዝቢ ክንጸሉ ጎስጋሳት ዘካየዱ ታሪኾም ዝደምሰሱ እዮም። ታሪኽ ደቒ ሰባት ተቐቢሩ ኣይከይድን’ዩ። ኣብ ሕሉፍ ተሞኩሮና ተጋጊና ነይርናኢሎም ይቕሬታ ምስዝሓቱ ሕድገት ምግባር ስልጡን ባህሊ ደሞክራስ’ዩ። እቲ እምነት ይህነጽ’ዶ ኣይህነጽን ግና ግዜ ዝምልሾ ጉዳያ’ዩ። ስለዚ መድረኽ ብደለይቲ ለውጢ ንዘሎ ስክፍታት ከጉድሉ፣ ንዘለዉ ነቐፌታ ክቕበሉ ወይ ከረድኡ፣ ንዘለዉ ጥርጣሬታትከድምቑ ወይ ከዕግቡ ሓንቲ ሃናጺት ኣገባብ ተድልዮም። ንኹሉ ህዝባዊ ሕቶታት ክምልሹ ኣባላት መድረኽ ርእሰ- ተኣማንነት ገይሮም ኣብ ቕሉዕ መራከቢ ብዙሓን ወጺኦም ብግሉጽነት ክምልሹ ግዴታ ኣለዎም። ስለዚ ዘረባ ክልተ ክንሰምዕ መድረኽ ናብ ህዝቢወጺኦም ሕቶታትን ስክፍታን ህዝቢ ክምልሹ ንጸውዕ ጻዕሪ ነካይድ።”
Comment: I don’t think the past history of Medrek’s members or leaders should matter in this struggle for unified resistance against the regime unless the group limits its members to individuals belonging to a certain social classification (only EPLF members of special type/s, the type/s being what the accuser provided above). I believe challenging the charges in public were more important for Medrek than apologizing for their past activities in the struggle.
In so stating, I believe the expression “ገሊኦም ድማ ጅ-15 ኣንጻር ሃገራዊ ጸጥታ ኢሎም ካብ ህዝቢ ክንጸሉ ጎስጋሳት ዘካየዱ ታሪኾም ዝደምሰሱ እዮም።” has the heaviest point that matters to the Eritrean people vis a vis Medrek’s integrity as a group. The accuser, therefore, should come forward and spell these people out to justify his allegation so that we can take it from there. Medrek, however, does not have to challenge this allegation in my opinion without the accuser’s exposure of the individuals in question.
AmanuelEyasu: “ናይ ድያስፖራ ፖለቲካ ጫውጫው ዝበዝሖ እዩ ኣብ ውሽጢ ኢና ከነተኵር እንደሊ” ብዝብል ምስምስ ካብቲ ርትዓዊ ሕቶ ህዝቢ ከምልጡ፣ .. ምስ ጀመሩ ግን፣ ብ 7 ታሕሳስ፣ ኣብ ኣሰና ብወግዒ ኣብ ዝዘርጋሕናዮ መብርሂ፣ ኣባላትመድረኽ መግለጺታት ብምሃብ ህዝባዊ ዘይምትእምማን ንምውጋድ ክጽዕሩ ኣዘኻኺርናዮም። ኣኼባ ብምክያድ፣ ገጽ ንገጽ ተራኺብና፣ ብሓባር ዘዐወት ስትራተጂ ክንሕንጽ ዘቕረብናሎም ተደጋጋሚ ሓሳብ ‘ውን ኣይተቐበሉዎን።”
Comment: This is a very serious allegation against Medrek. It discloses Medrek’s fishy and yet exclusionist nature if left unchallenged on the open as soon as possible. There is no reason for this group to exclude the exploding Diaspora resistance without contemplating dictatorship if this accusation is true.
AmanuelEyasu: “እቲ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ንምርግጋጽ ዘካየድናዮ፣ ወተሃደራዊ ስርሒታት ዝሕመረቱ ቃልሲ፣ ምስጢራውነትን ዘይግሉጽነትን ምኽኑይ ዝገብር ኩነታት ‘ኳ እንተነበሮ፣ ኣብዚ እዋን’ዚ ዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ ንምርግጋጽ እነካይዶ ምንቅስቓስ በንጻሩብኽፉትነትንን ግልጽናን እዩ ክልለ ዘለዎ። እዚ ኸኣ’ዩ ኣብ መድረኽ ንሃገራዊ ዘተ ዝያዳ ዘይምትእምማንን ምጥርጣርን ዝፈጥር ዘሎ ዝንባለ። ከምዚ ናይ መድረኽ ኣመና ምስጢር ዘብዝሕን ግልጽና ዝጽይንን ኣካል፣ ብውዲታውነትን ተንኮልን ክጥርጠር ባህርያዊእዩ።”
Comment: I agree completely because the independence struggle required unique methods and strategies including secrecy to succeed but the momentous Eritrean questions are freedom, justice and democracy that require inclusiveness, transparency and openness to succeed. The extra secretive culture of the struggle is outdated and irrelevant to our democratic mission, needless to say that it is primitive for today’s interconnected universe. Every movement or group claiming for democracy should be rejected unless it clarifies and preaches for the objective and method of achieving it in writing and in practice.
Amanuel Eyasu: “ንኤርትራ ናይ ኩሎም ኤርትራውያን ዜጋታት ክንገብራ እንተደኣ ኴንና፣ ካብቶም ቀንዲ ኣመላት ውልቀመላኺ ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ ዝኾኑ ነጻልን ወጋንን ዝንባለ ሓራ ዝኾነ ፖለቲካዊ ሃዋህው ክንፈጥር ኣለና። እንተኾነ፣ ኣብቲ ገለ ኣባላትህዝባዊ ግንባር ነበር ዘቖሙዎ መድረኽ ተመሳሳሊ ጌጋ ይድገም ኣሎ። ኣብዚ እዋን’ዚ ዝግበር ፖለቲካዊ ምውሳእ ከም ሻዕብያ ወይ ጀብሃ ዘይኮነ ከም ኤርትራውያን ጥራይ ኢና ክንሰርሓሉ ዘለና። መድረኹ ቀደም ሓሊፉ እዩ። “
Comment: I agree that the era of ELF and EPLF has expired. We Eritreans in unison fought the Ethiopians at different levels of affiliation and participation but at the same level of sacrifice to reject the notion that only the active members of ELF or EPLF should run the country because “they brought independence”. This is distortion of the history of the struggle. The Eritrean independence would never have materialized without the people’s support inside out and our family members that gave their lives for the cause by direct involvement. We supported the struggle morally, economically and diplomatically from outside and our family members sacrificed their lives for our independence under the two fronts in question. Our martyred family members, our dedicated attachment to the struggle both emotionally and materially, and all the lost opportunities and suffering associated to it should clearly and equally represent us as good as the claimers of the theory in the process by which independence was achieved.
The fact remains that EPLF’s success in achieving independence is a cumulative effect of the struggle waged by the people under the leadership of the two fronts (ELF and EPLF), a mother and a child. Eritreans have no time to either try the mother’s way of political power management or to recycle the child’s style of absolute dictatorship. We have already suffered 23 years of oppression under the EPLF for said notion and more than two decades of experience should be enough to expire the value of the two fronts for a new beginning in democratic Eritrea: that is more than enough for our society to move on to democracy because we did not give the active members of the struggle the license to dictate us forever though they did it by force until this moment in time. No individual or group in this category except Democracy represents us from now on because our society cannot afford to recycle the two liberation fronts after involuntarily sustained the consequence of independence for this long. We have no exceptional political treatment or privilege to give the active fighters of the struggle except humanitarian because we already did it to this point of social disintegration, intolerable ignorance, arbitrary justice, total economical disaster and traumatizing exodus of the youth more than our share.
AmanuelEyasu: “ይኹን እምበር፣ መድረኽ፣ ኣሽንባይ ዶ ንኹሎም ኤርትራውያን፣ ነቶም መዛኑኦም ዝኾኑ ኣባላት ህዝባዊ ግንባር ነበር ‘ኳ ክጽንብሩ ኣይከኣሉን። ኣቶ ኣድሓኖም ገብረማርያም፣ ብሞያ ኣምባሳደርነት ማዕሪኦም፣ ብወተሃደራዊ ተመክሮ ድማልዕሊኦም ክንሱ፣ እቲ ምኩር ብሪጋደር ጀነራል ተኸስተ ሃይለ ‘ውን ከምኡ፣ ተሳተፍቲ መድረኽ ዘይምዃኖም መርኣያ ክኾነና ይኽእል።”
Comment: I regret the exclusion of brothers Adhanom and Tekeste from the Medrek activities though I have no idea why? Assenna’s accusation, however, needs response from the accused for vindication because the statement is a qualified evidence for judgment under a neutral justice system, which is the Independent mind. Once again, Medrek has the burden of proving Assenna wrong in public while silence would justify the accusation by default admission. Why would they discriminate the two veteran EPLF members if Medrek’s aim is to replace Afwerki with veteran EPLF individuals? What is going on with Medrek and what does it want to do?
While I strongly reject the exclusion of the two brothers from Medrek ahead of its explanation on the condition the allegation was true, I hereby challenge the two brothers on the following question:
Brothers Adhanom and Tekeste: Did you individually or in group openly support the Vaccaroian unity movement and can you prove it to us so that we can defend you based on the merit of your consistency? If the answer is negative, don’t you think this recklessness would imply anti unity principle or the same exclusionist position on discussion against the Medrek at least from practical point of view? Don’t you think expecting to be included in Medrek and having no position on the Vacarroian movement contradict each other from neutral sensation of justice?
“We support all opposition forces against the regime” cannot be a good answer to my question because the Vacarroian movement is a special and most effective popular force in Diaspora that deserves special attention from all freedom loving Eritreans in the world. In accordance with this reality, any group that has not so far specifically supported this movement has a problem with democracy and freedom in future Eritrea. In any case we will see what the brothers may say to these questions knowing that silence would imply “no support for Vacarro” from logical and consistency points of view.
AmanuelEyasu: “መድረኽ ነቶም ጸረ ‘ቲ ምልካዊ ስርዓት እዉጅ መርገጺ ዘለዎም፣ መሰረታዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ ንምምጻእ ብንጥፈት ክዋስኡ ዝጸንሑ ባእታታት ብምንጻል፣ ነቶም ካብ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣምሊጦም ኣብ ወጻኢ ተሓቢኦም ዝርከቡ፣ ፖለቲካዊኣንፈቶም ዛጊት ብወግዒ ዘየነጸሩ ሰበስልጣን ከቀባጥረሎም ምርኣይ ዘተሓሳስብ እዩ።ምስ’ቲ ኣብ ኣመሪካ ዝርከብ ሃገራዊ ዘተ ንምእንጋድ ዓሊሙ ዝተበገሰ ናይ ምሁራት ምትእኽኻብ ንሽሙ ኣፈናዊ ርከብ ካብ ምግባር ሓሊፉ ሓባራዊ ናይ ስራሕ ዝምድና ክፈጥርዘይምድራኹ….፣
Comment: There is no ኣብ ኣመሪካ ዝርከብ ሃገራዊ ዘተ ንምእንጋድ ዓሊሙ ዝተበገሰ ናይ ምሁራት ምትእኽኻብ that we know of here in the States. I like the idea very much and I encourage this to be done effectively to produce tangible result unlike in the past where we failed drastically in this regard. If there was something like that here in the States and it can be materially proven (place of meeting and reason for the meeting) Medrek must respond to vindicate itself from the charge because it reflects something wrong with its democratic makeup. Why would it miss the opportunity of supporting the intellectuals without intellectual arrogance and backward rigidity when in fact it should have participated as the member of that social classification to improve its scope and organize it stronger? Medrek must respond to be vindicated of the challenge by materially addressing the issue to the public specially if it were invited to participate and failed to do for a reason/s.
AmanuelEyasu: “ሓደ ካብ ንጹር ምልክታት ዘይሓቛፍነት ወይ ነጻሊ ባህርያት መድረኽ፣ ካብቶም ብዙሓት ማሕበራት መንእሰያት፣ ነቲ EYSCGlobal ዝብሃል ይምእዘዘኒ እዩ ዝበሎ ፍንጫል ማሕበር መንእሰያት ጥራይ ኣብ ንጥፈታት መራኸቢ ብዙሃኑምእንጋዱ እዩ። ከምቲ ዝብሎ ማላግቦ ኤርትራውያን ክኸውን ኣይክእልን እዩ። ብመትከል ንኹሎም ኤርትራውያን ዝሓቍፍ ባይታ ምስ ዝኸውን ጥራይ እዩ ሓቀኛ መድረኽ ክኸውን ዝኽእል።”
Comment: Another serious allegation by Assena that must be challenged through defensive response from the accused. The whole activity is fishy and smells terrible. It makes me think that the entire EPLF squad might probably have been uniformly indoctrinated for obstinacy and dictatorial mentality that have no place in today’s reality (if the accusation is true). It seems like the EPLF was a virus that infected its active members to behave uniformly forever. I did not expect this from the Medrek and I feel sorry for them if this is true.
AmanuelEyasu: “ዘይተጻዋርነትን ትዕቢትን : መድረኽ፣ ፍሉይነት ኣተሓሳስባ ንዘለዎም ኣካላት ተጻዋርነት የብሎምን። ብቐንዱ ነቶም ዘዋሰኑዎም ኣባላት ህዝባዊ ግንባር ይኹን ካልኦት ተቓወምቲ ክጽንብሩዎም ዘይደለዩሉ ምኽንያት፣ ካብ ናቶም ዝተፈልየኣተሓሳስባ ስለዘለዎም፣ ነቲ ንሳቶም ዝደለዩዎ ኣጀንዳ ብቐሊሉ ክቕበሉዎ ከምዘይክእሉ ስለዝተገንዘቡ እዩ።
Comment: This is not good at all and makes me suspicious about Medrek. It is hard to imagine the leaders of this group being anti democracy as such given their intellectual and diplomatic experience but we will see how they will defend this allegation in time, if they may without concluding our speculation on.
AmanuelEyasu: “ወዲ ቫካሮ፣ ስምረት ኤርትራውያንን ሃገራዊ ምትእኽኻብን ንምርግጋጽ ኣብ ዝገበሮ ዘሎ ቀጻሊ ምንቅስቓስ ብደረጃ ደምበ ተቓውሞ ዝነኣድ ህዝባዊ ኣቓልቦ ረኺቡ ክንሱ፣ መድረኽ ነቲ ዜናዊ ኣገዳስነት ዘለዎ ምንቅስቓሱ ኣብ መደባቶምዘይምጥቃሶም ንገዛእ ርእሱ ከም ኣብነት ክጥቀስ ይከኣል።ደምበ ተቓውሞ ድኻማት ከምዘለዉዎ ፍሉጥ እዩ። እንተኾነ ንምሕያሉ ሓባራዊ ሓላፍነት ከምዘለዎም ብዘንጸባርቕ ሃናጺ መንፈስ ዘይኮነ፣ ሓድሽ መተካእታኡ መሲሎም ክወራዘዩሉ ይፍትኑ። ነቲ ‘ሃገራዊምትእኽኻብ’ ቴማኡ ብምግባር ዝንቀሳቐስ ዘሎ ወዲ ቫካሮ ኣቓልቦ ዘይምሃቡ ከም ተወሳኺ ኣብነት ምጥቃሱ ይከኣል።”
Comment: This is a very serious problem for Medrek if it has not yet shown solidarity with Vacarro on his unity movement. It would simply be unacceptable for freedom and democracy seeking Eritreans and in fact forecasts a dangerous plot behind the people, but only if true. There is no doubt that Wedi Vacarro deserves full support for what he has been doing. The movement happens to be the most dynamic and influential to date in the Diaspora resistance history with a great potential to succeed behind our support specially if it reconfigures itself and clearly defines its method of achieving democracy in Eritrea. Medrek at minimum should have considered this offering assistance instead of being threatened by it. Supporting the movement is the least a group can do to prove its democratic nature in my opinion.
Once again, ignoring this brings too many questions in my mind and greatly undermines the democratic integrity of the accused to say the least. How can they keep quiet on the movement that cannot be ignored? Medrek is wrong for keeping quiet about a movement too visible and active to be sidelined and has to expose its position on it immediately to continue enjoying the people’s respect in this journey. There is no way forward for Medrik without resolving this issue with the people!
AmanuelEyasu: “ኣሰና ለውጢ ብቐንዱ፣ ካብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ እዩ ክረጋግጽ ዝኽእል ንዝብል ን 10 ዓመታት ብመትከል ሰሪሑሉ እዩ። እንተኾነ፣ ኣብ ወጻኢ ዝርከብ ህዝብና፣ ብመራኸቢ ብዙሃን መነቓቕሒ ብምዃን፣ ዲፕሎማስያዊ ክንፊ ብምልጋስ፣ከምኡ ‘ውን ገንዘባዊ ሓገዝ ብምብርካት ነቲ ኣብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ድሌት ዲሞክራስያዊ ሃዋህው ብምብርባር፣ ናይ ለውጢ ሓይሊ ክኸውን ክድርኾ ኣገዳሲ እጃም ከምዘለዎ ዘጠራጥር ኣይኮነን። ስለዚ፣ ንኤርትራዊ ዓቕምታት ከም ተመላላኢ ብምርኣይ ንኹሉምትብብዑ እምበር ምቍንጻቡ ሃናጺ ኣይኮነን። መድረኽ ንገዛእ ርእሱ ‘ኮ ኣብ ውሽጢ ሃገር ዘይኮነስ ኣብ ስደት ኮይኑ እዩ ምንቅስቓስ ዝጀማመር ዘሎ። ይዕበ ይንኣስ፣ ደምበ ተቓውሞ ኣብ ዝፈጠሮ ማዕበል ተሰቒልካ፣ ከተቋሽሾ ምፍታን እምብኣር በለጽን ብድዐንእዩ።”
Comment: I agree and in fact I see this as clear cut opportunism. Waiting for so long until the awareness level of the Diaspora raises and coming in to steal the show for another disaster in Eritrea is not good at all. There is no reason for anyone to believe that Medrek can succeed ignoring the Diaspora by only concentrating on our people inside the country to make the change and this by itself is very fishy to be comfortable on. What does Medrek want to do? Would it clarify its position in writing as well? My speculative prejudgment is based on one sided story of the issues between Assena and Medrek and thus, premature and non-conclusive until Medrek’s counter response.
Amanuel Eyasu: ‘ምስላይን ምግባትን ናይ ተቓወምቲ መርበባት ዜና: መድረኽ ናይ ብሓቂ ናይ ለውጢ መድረኽ እንተትኸውን፣ እዘን ዘለዋ ማዕከናት ዜና ሓባራዊ ጋዜጣኛዊ ስነምግባር ኣማዕቢለን፣ ብዙሕነተን ሓልየንን ተኸባቢረንን ኣንፈተን ናብቲቀዳማይ ዕላማ ምውጋድ ምልካዊ ስርዓትን ምርግጋጽ ፍትሕን ንምግባር፣ ኣድማዕነተን ክብ ንምባል ብቕንዕና ከተባብዐን ምተገብኦ። እንተኾነ፣ ምንቅስቓስ መድረኽ በንጻሩ፣ ንናጽነት ማዕከናት ዜና ዝጻባእ፣ ኣቓልቦአን ዘዳኽም ስልታዊ ውድድርን ህልኽንዝበዝሖ፣ መንፈስ ተቓውሞን ስራሕን ዘዳኽም እዩ። ነዚ ብዝምልከት ዝርዝራዊ ጭብጥታት ኣለና።”
Comment: Assenna must prove the accusation upon Medrek’s response. I think Medrek should come on the open asking for said evidence in this regard and challenging it on the merit to get out of this problem. We need to know this accusation in detail so that we know what we are dealing with and I hope Amanuel et al will teach us through examples for us to validate the accusation. Let everything come out in the open now!
AmanuelEyasu: “ቀደም ኣብ ግዜ ገድሊ፣ “ናጽነት ጥራይ ትምጻእ እምበር ሽዑ ነርክበሉ” ዝብል ሕድገት ነቲ ናይ ምግባት ሕልሚ ብኣግኡ ዝሓደሮ ኢሳይያስ ምልካዊ ስልጣኑ ከደልድል ዕድል ፈጢሩሉ፣ ነቲ መራግእቲ ከይገደፈ፣ ብምሉእ እምነት ልቡኣውጺኡ ዘረከቦ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ዘይለቅቕ ዓዘቕቲ ሸሚሙዎ ከምዘሎ እቲ ምስ ኩልና ዝነብር ዘሎ ቃንዛ ለይትን ቀትርን የዘኻኽረና’ሎ። ኣብዚ እዋን’ዚ ‘ውን፣ እቲ ብጥልመት ዝሰክሐ ህዝቢ፣ ተስፋ ቆሪጹን ብቓልሲ ረብሪቡን “ጥራይ ውልቀምልኪ ይዕኖእምበር ደሓር ነርከበሉ” ኢሉ ካልኣይ ግዜ ግዳይ ግርህነቱ ኮይኑ ከይብደል መታን ክጸባጸብ ግቡእ እዩ። እቲ ዝመጽእ ለውጢ ብተበለጽቲ ተጨውዩ መሊሱ ካብ ናይ ኢሳይያስ ኣብ ዘይፍለ ኩነታት ምውዳቑ ከየጣዕሶ፣ ወይ ከኣ፣ ኣይብሱል ኣይጥረ ብዝኾነ ዝገርዘመፖለቲካዊ ሃዋህው ክሳቐ ከይነብር ከስተብህልን ክጥንቀቕን ኣለዎ።”
Comment: Yes sir! The people must watch things carefully and independently take a position in order to protect Eritrea from another dictatorship. We need to independently check and balance the groups before it is too late. No group should be allowed to snick through without clearly defining its objective and anti-democratic forces must be rejected upon evidence. We have to figure out precisely where we are heading through clear projections and any group that fails to do this has a problem with democracy in my opinion. Assena’s exposure of the problems with Medrek is highly appreciated and democratic in nature: I wish the best to Medrek in challenging the accusations as soon as possible but please do not keep quiet for this decides your future in view of us, the Eritreans.
From the forum
Abraham Haile: First Isias Asfaha and others raised their concern, now Amanuel Eyasu stated his concern and tomorrow everybody will rise and shout them out if they start to climb the Medrek as Medrkhu already passed or expired. If needs they should apologize and tell us everything in minute details. People are on waiting to see their prompt response……
ON WAITING”
Comment: I agree that the accused must respond to the accusations and I am one of the people waiting for this. If there is any problem as such, apologizing and correcting the bug can resolve the issue into normalcy, I would think!
Mesfin: “Amanuel, you have reflected your personal interest which is fear, but do not confuse people. you have also reflected you character luck of tolerance and not able to work in a team and share your work. toy article is more to with the image if Medrak then facts.”
Comment: I disagree and in fact I think otherwise. Amanuel did the right thing exposing matters that concern all of us Eritreans. I don’t think this has anything to do specially with said “fear” unless Medrek defends the accusations effectively and timely to disqualify the accusations.
Amanuel: “Amanuel you are misleading the public and this is also a crime. Amanuel, I hope you will learn from your arrogant character, you are mixing your profession you are a reporter and report current affairs in Eritrea is good otherwise you are confused and you are also confusing others.”
Comment: I really don’t see Amanuel mixing his profession with another as a journalist. Journalists have the right to take a position on something and to involve in politics if they may. Politics including going for power democratically should be open to any Eritrean including Amanuel irrespective of profession.
Being a journalist does not come at the expense of one’s individuality. What Amanuel did was therefore beneficial to the struggle and within his individual right despite his Journalism. Thank you for the exposure!
Kifle Nerayo February 23, 2014
Dear Fitsum: I appreciate your moderating the case of Medrek vis-a-vis the comments by Assenna and others. However I have a reservation towards the harsh comment by Assenna which instigated the ensuing outrage against Medrek. Although I have been ardent supporter of Assenna BUT This time acted out of the norms we expect from everyone of us towards follow groups in the struggle. We cannot afford to discourage anyone with different perspective. respecting others perspectives is the most important way to unify us against our common enemy, the dictator. If we scare people like what Assenna did, we hardly unify hourselves. I can see the benefit of transparency and democratic way of doing things. Nonetheless, we must do it in far inviting way so that so that we get the reward of understanding. I don’t mean Medrek is in the right way. As you rightly emphasized They must rectify the issue of transparency, which they failed so far.
MightyEmbasoyra February 24, 2014
So, Ato Kifle, what is your point?
Genet-orginal February 25, 2014
Mr kifle
How would or do you respond to the lack of transparency by Medrek? The lack of transparency is not a “different perspective” it is a dysfunctional political behavior. I just don’t know where you stand on this. Are you saying, let us just get alond and get rid of the dictator and we will sort things out later? We can’t make the same deadly mistake again. Our dear martyrs and former frontline veterans made the mistake of not speaking up for their right and the right of their people. In our time, any ill adviced polictal behavior has to be discouraged, challenged and nip it in the bud from the get go.
Genet-O
ahmed saleh February 23, 2014
Well written analysis concerning the question of
Medrek group . If they have reasonable answer
to our arguments against their reputation and to
reveal themselves than hiding in secrecy like Hgdf secret party , let them come forward to tell their side story to clear the air. Ofcourse it can be done if they made only honest mistake . Remember we learned from experience not to keep fooled again by political leaders.
FitHawi February 23, 2014
Fetsum,
Well said, nothing to add. Keep it up!
Misgna February 23, 2014
Fitsum, you and your message are premature/naïve. You are totally meaningless, one-sided and narrow minded. Do not simply write because your English is good. You have not added or brought any new ideas, but simply full of trash ideas. 1st of all, you should know that Amanuel and some others are accusing Medrek because of conflict of interest and fear. There is fear among many, because members of Medrek are powerful in all aspects(diplomatically, intellectually, etc) and hence after the fall of Isayas they may dominate the power. So it is power struggle before the fall/elimination of Isayas and his administration. This is nonsense. So before you understand the secret behind the accusation, don’t interfere. Take care
Genet-orginal February 24, 2014
Dear Misgna
You have one point right, it is about power and domination of other Eritreans. However, the rest of your statements, all naive. The Medrek guys are may be intellectual and knowledgeable about diplomacy, they seems to lack attention what is important for Eritrean people. If they are intellectuals and skillful in diplomacy, hen one has to ask, how come they didn’t use their skills until now? People are saying that they were with Issayas and the PFDJ system for a long time, since 1977?. Including being part of EPLF/PFDJ’s secret party. So, where was this knowledge and diplomacy skills for the past 40 years? You said, “…after the fall of Isayas they may dominate the power” How can they dominate anything, if they can’t even relate to the Eritrean people? We are the Eritrean people. There is no other secret Eritrean people. They need to abandon their old habit of doing things in secrecy that affect all of us. If their only plan is to remove their “former” boss Isayas, but nothing else, they have a problem. My quetion to the Medrek group is why they need their own/private news outlet? If they are a viable and trustworthy politcal group, why can they use the already existing news outlet? Amanuel and Assenna have been shown to the Eritrean people that they stand, for a fundamental change in Eritrea. Unless Medrek group are trying to do window dressing in the name of change, there is no reason for them not work with Amanuel and Assenna. Medrek group are going to be their own worst enemy, by showing the Eritrean people, they can’t be trusted. FYI, Medrek group, being a “former” EPLF/PFDJ’s secret party members is NOT an advantage. It is a baggage full of untrustworthy, unreliable, corrupted, disrespectful and selfish characteristics. Please, give the Eritrean people some respect and work with us. Don’t jump the gun. Isayas is alive and well. He is killing our people, so let us be mature and selfless. Power is not everything, while our people are dying every were. Have some wisdom. Medrek group, the ball is in your court clear the confustion. Show us you are trustworthy.
God bless our people and our country!
Genet-O
belay nega February 24, 2014
Genet-original
” People are saying that they were with Issayas and the PFDJ system for a long time, since 1977?. Including being part of EPLF/PFDJ’s secret party.”
So are you telling us whomsoever being with Esayas is not well come as an opposition?
Do you know some of them are survivors of the G15, and some of them founders of the G13 whom you advocating for?
Otherwise even AMANUEL, as he is from the incubetor of Sahel called bet timhirti soura,and served the gov of Eritrea until 2000, should be disqualified.
Genet-orginal February 25, 2014
Hi Mr Nega
Sorry, but I can’t take your comment or questions seriously, because you haven’t made your case that you care about anything when it comes to Eritrea and Eritreans. You told us, you are not PFDJ’s member or supporter. From your many comments, you are not opposition of any kind. Mr Nega Where do you fit?
Take care
Genet-O
belay nega February 26, 2014
Genet-original,
” Mr Nega Where do you fit?”
My size fits only for a long lasting solution.Choice has got consequence,and whatever we suffering from is the consequence of the hard choice we made in 1961.
If you do not take my question seriously, I do not blame you.After all, me and you are a product of the most forgotten and ignored issue of Eritrea.
You take care too.
hadnet February 23, 2014
Atum sebat can we focus to the common enemy. Why assenna so serious about me drew . forget them how many parties we have this time for sure more than ten…not lucky enough. But we saw Mr. Isayias’s interview two weeks ago how he undermine us…he is right we are wasting our time to blame each other. So pls assenna stop posting against any party as long as they stand against the regime. Thanks.
MightyEmbasoyra February 24, 2014
As long as Medrek is not transparent, it is easy to assume they are on the enemy (HGDF) side. As simple as it is.
hadnet February 23, 2014
Sorry, why assenna serious about medrek. To correct the spell.
Asmeret February 24, 2014
hadent we are not sheep anymore we want a better Eritrea if you care.
papayo February 24, 2014
Amanuel Iyassu,
You have been warned time and again when you were hosting Dr. Tekeste, well here we go my friend, he is here to dismantle you and anyone else who is opposed to the dictator.
As much as I admire Feven Solomon why is she falling for this, so cheap. I think now I know why the dictator has to condemn all of us with full confidence, we are a total failure.
shame on all of us. I rest my case.
Tadios February 24, 2014
My fellow Eritreans,
This is an extension of regional divide masterminded my the dictator and handed over to these three amigos(medrek).
Here is an Indecent Decent proposal.
Let’s admit it this has to do with regionalism and religion card.
Do you think if a group emerges which consist of two or more Muslims as leaders will survive a daylight? I don’t think so.
Do you think if a group emerges which consist of two Akeleguzay as leaders will survive a daylight? I don’t think so.
That being said I don’t want to generalize and accuse a good number of good Eritreans who are free from this bias.
I think there is solution to all this, because no matter in what name we all want to fight at the end of the day the goal is to get rid of the ‘dictator’. So why don’t we do this.
Let the Muslims get organized and fight on their own terms to reach that goal, with the same token let the Akeleguzay do the same and hopefully down the line these two groups who have the same goal can form a unity and fight hand in hand and the other groups will follow suit, that sound like a plan to me rather than bickering each other day in day out.
It is just a thought if I am wrong feel free to correct me.
adios…
Genet-orginal February 24, 2014
Tadios
Are you saying Akeleguzay has its own group? If there is, what kind of group is it? what is the goal? I am just asking you, because I don’t see Eritrean from Akelequzay area different than other Eritreans. I think, being aware of an issue is part of the solutions. Please explain?
Genet-O
rezen February 24, 2014
Tadios
I share your general trend. It is my peanut opinion that Eritrea has fundamental parochial problems for seemingly time immemorial: religion, provincialism, and racism. These are the most debilitating cancerous diseases to humanity. It was only under subjugation that the diverse societies in Eritrea seemed to have lived in the deceiving atmosphere of peace and tranquility. What does it take for Eritrea to learn and accept itself for what it is and honestly search for salvation? Or is it due to the classical TRAGEDY where the victim cannot help but become its own enemy?
ERITRAWIT February 24, 2014
Tadios,
Nay behak-ka deka ezey kulu kolele zereba tzareb zeleka? hade Wedi Vacaro ms kurubat yahwat koynu N Eritreawyan zekbom zelo gele knsem ena.
can u explain why this two should start whatever you are trying to say???????
eritrean revolutionary movement February 24, 2014
all eritreans standup together for the cross eritrean revolutionary movement!
dictatorism enough!
military service enough!
unemployment enough!
starvation enogh!
stand up together!.Now it must be the time for the ground performance!
enough for much talking and internet and radio tiger!
Revolution now! revolution now! revolution now !
asmara,dekemehari,keren,tessenie,mendefera,massawa…..etc now revolution!
We seek the eritrean military ,civil officers to join the revolution!
REVOLUTION NOW!DEATH for Isayas,yemane monkey,sebhat efrem!
stans up the youth ! stand up the youth!
Bereket Asghedom February 24, 2014
I can cross a bridge, if I have something to sale or buy. The world is abridged through IT. ዓርቢ ሓርነት is an example.Our ppl inside Eritrea need only our united moral support and know better how to topple the tyrant. Bygone are the days of reform (1997 to implement the constitution and 2001to listen to the G15) No reform can be accepted. It is too late now for a reform.