Def:   Reconciliation

1. To reestablish a close relationship between.

2. To settle or resolve.

3. To bring (oneself) to accept: 

    He finally reconciled himself to the change in management.

4. To make compatible or consistent: reconcile my way of thinking with yours. 

Reconciliation with whom  & who should be initiating it ?

 

The digital media has brought an unsual gift to most of the global economy,while  the social media to most of the world youth. As Eritrean diasphora and to a limited pace to the recidents of Eritrea, however the usuage of social media is by some people been misused at times. The good chat rooms visited by Eritreans at Pal Talk has been abused  by using damaging languages. Like wise those users of  facebook to spread texts that creat disconfort. After all this was not the goal meant by the individuals who made all the technical innovations and contributions but they dreamt of enriching the world community with new medium and faster communication.

 

Tragically some governments are restricting the users of these modern  tools of communication which its aim was for making life easier and communication simpler so that even remote villages can also share the comfort of modernity and faster reaching their family members where ever they may live.There is no doubt that freedom of communication and contacts scare dictators and closed regimes a lot, knowing that if people communicate faster ideas will be shared in no time.

 

I recall when a Dutch friend was trying to get his internet licence from the Eritrean telecommunication in Asmara; he was told to leave his urgently needed computer in their office for several weeks. He went a couple of times to their office to ask if they have fixed the required parts so that he can resume his work due to the workload.They told him to wait for more than two weeks. He was mad at them and told  them that he is not able to finish his work on time and deliver it to his boss, in this case the ministry of Marine Rescourses in Massawa.This is a one example how regimes restrict people from easy acces to the internet.So do the chinese and North Korean governments. Even in the USA it is hard to live without controle and spying on foreign visitors or even their citzens. The worst of all is the regime in Asmara who is scared to death by the Internet and its users.All those available few internet cafes are liable to the controle by Eri Telecom. This is how it devastaed the youth eagerness to access the world wide web since its creation.

 

Enough for the evil intention of Higdef but do we have a diasphora society that garrenty its youth the access to all availble informations that the older generation did not experienced in their life time.They themselves know how difficult it may be growing in Eritrean families as a child in their diasphora homes. That is not the only hazard they face but they have to follow the divissive nature of political and social interaction of most of their predecessors. It is confusing at times to differentiate between the PFDJ followers in the diasphora and others organzed people in their respective organizations. It is all the same rhetoric, avoiding the other group while loving dad’s organization.Our offsprings are passing a critical stage where no other diasphora communities have passed through.Why the difference then? Are we cursed not to give the freedom the youth entitled to discover his or her own world. We are not ourselves free from parental controle and we play by the same srule..The way forward has to come first from our own initiatives to change.

 

 

In previous attempts with such title I was wondering if one day all those several organizations in the diaphora will be able to reconcile,with each other and play a positive role in bringing changes or facilitate to bring a democratic change at home. Imagine if we use some of the fundamental rapproachma tasks: “ ala wedi Vaccaro”. Also………..

“National reconciliation and national conference are becoming topical issues in the Eritrean political debate. Forums and other gatherings for dialogue on this subject are now frequent events.” (Prof.Tesfatzion Medhane in his First Things First article :  Reconciliation before ʺNationalʺ Conference)

 

My intake is:

• It is high time, that we Eritreans wherever we may be,need to start recoincile with each other, and unite our efforts for the dismantling of the dictator in our country and creat a strategy of  emergency and build a safety net to the suffering people inside the country. This can only be achieved if we put all hands together.
• Forget past differences and give prioriyty to our National Salvation
• Take a responssible attitude to the solution you think it could be useful in achieving what we are looking for.(The Salvation of our people and country)
• Let us be people of action and not damaging each other with unnecessary grievences between us.
• Let us respond to the recent wakeup calls of the Tripoli and Lampedusa disasters of our young.
• The country we aspire to see is at crossroads and should not be let sink as a listing ship.We need to salvage the ship called “ Ëritrea ”

 

 

 

Reconciliation is a kind of a therapeutic treatment to come together and solve a problem or like a remedy to an acute problem like, depression & isolation. Taking it as a methode of solving a common owned peace of land or land dispute not yet solved amicabily. The communal Land of the people is occupied by the brutal PFDJ (formerly EPLF—run by a group under Issayas Afewrki, Mesfin Hagos,Tewolde Andu, Abddala Adem and other formerly members). We should claim it back because it is our ancesteral obligation to re-own it.

Who is occupying the piece of land and not willing to give way the possession of the land? The narcist and the Lunatic President PIA, has taking it as a ransom. On what grounds is he occupying our ancesteral land? A mysthical question to be resovled in the near future.

 

 

Recommendations:

How do we resolve the diputed idea of bringing changes then?

A conference representing all national groups and aiming towards democratization, although this cannot be held in Eritrea or The Sudan today, simply the  Eritrean government of Isayas Afeworki is utterly

hostile to the idea of national conference or to any other idea involving the

possibility of regime change.  

 

What are the requirements for a reconciliation?

Benevolent people always preffer to resolve differences amicablly and taking their time to assess and resolve the disputes in a friendly manner.

 

Our reconciliation is equivalent to damage controle: any efforts, as by a politician or a company, to counteract unfavorable publicity, curtail losses, or the like.

It is when  naval usage, measures necessary aboard ship to preserve and reestablish watertight integrity, stability, maneuverability, and offensive power; to control list and trim; to effect rapid repairs of materiel; to limit the spread of and provide adequate protection from fire; to limit the spread of, remove the contamination by, and provide adequate protection from chemical, biological, and radiological agents; and to provide for care of wounded personnel. See also area damage control; disaster control.

 

 

 

 

 

 

As the title to initiate any form of coming togher indicates,reconcillation by who and for whom comes to my mind?

 

In an African context;  it is the elders, if not all the elders, but the wise elders initiate a reconcillation meeting under the Boabtree, while in Eritrea it used to be under the Daerro (Fig.) Tree.The diasphora has to learn from this for the sake of understing how complex a society can be, ternatives have to visited as well.

 

The second Phase is reconciliation with the regime if it is still there.

Arbitration or using force? Who is going to mediate, or who can do the dirty work to get rid of the occupation force in Asmara? This is a million dollar question to be resolved yet. The solution has to come soon though, because we cannot leave unresolved disputes to our children. The new generation will be confronted with all different dillemas of their own,so we are responssible to solving our self-created problems in any case. Let us first get together and resolve our differences, so that we are able to have a strong bargaining power.

 

Conclussion:The way we all are trying to wedge our struggle for democratic change has not yield what we wanted to get at the end of the day.It is tragic and unhelpful with so many organizations and individuals trying to change things on their merits, without a unified muscle is obviously not able to reach its goal. Unity with our natural diversity must be precedent by a national reconciliation and harmony.

 

T.Yitbarek