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Tyrant’s Interview Failed to Meet the Audience Expectation for Lack of Focus on the People’s Problems

  People always expect and think that it is a perfect occasion as well a perfect way their leader raises, discusses and explains his top priorities for the year, issues of concern and the biggest problems

 

People always expect and think that it is a perfect occasion as well a perfect way their leader raises, discusses and explains his top priorities for the year, issues of concern and the biggest problems of the country in his interview on the national TV.  But, as usual, the tyrant ignored discussing those issues and, as a result, the people felt their dignity was not respected.  It means that once again the tyrant failed to face the reality and recognize that the people have the right to know whether their living conditions would improve ever or the UN’s sanctions would be lifted ever or when the intimidation or mass/arbitrary arrest campaigns will end.

At the time every Eritrean family is in a dire condition and suffering under the heavy hands of the tyrant’s generals, the tyrant’s promise of helps were on the way would have reinforced the people’s mental and emotional preparedness to conquer their faced problems.  Even though the tyrant does not want the people to be fierce in facing the fears imposed on them by his generals, a promise to improve their lots would have given them comfort and strength.  Putting all doubts aside, the tyrant appears to be in disconnection with the people and the absence of his showing any care must have compelled the people to take a new direction.

The new direction could be led by underground board of wake up for “your rights” and should focus on resuscitating all the dying public services on which their dignified life depends on.  Under the new direction the people should be guided how and when to resort to loud cries by staging mini-protests.

The protests could be staged against the government-owned stores, governmental departments and ministers.  Should there be no positive responses; the staged protests could be up scaled to refusing to submit to the commands of the tyrant’s generals, followed by taking their concerns with the tyrant himself.  That is a way how people wake up to their rights, as seen all over the world, and cannot be considered as a revolt.  In many other countries military officers with moral standing are seen to be instrumental in urging the accused stores and departments to admit that the problems exist and that the people in dire need are rushed with the assistance they need immediately while their concerns are reviewed by the concerned/accused departments.  Such military officers would also push for a stated time of when the helps would arrive for otherwise the affected people would change their perception of “patience till death in the name of dignity” or “patience is power” to “patience needs lightning action if immediate help is to arrive on time” thereby resorting to popular uprising considering that their patience was responsible for the deteriorating living conditions.  Many agree with the people’s impression confirming that the people’s patience ended up in helping the tyrant turn Eritrea into a land of human toys (his subjects).

Indeed, responsible governments understand that inadequate or absence of basic services could be causes for public to rise up in indignation for the government’s failure to deliver immediately.  When it comes to basic needs of life or basic services, even the irresponsible governments know that they have to act and not promise before the starved people start waves of rioting over scarcity/expensive bread and the disappearing basic services.

Restoring the Eritrean Dignity is a must for the People to Fight Back for the Rights

Life in Eritrea of today under the rule of the tyrant is agreed by the whole world to be not short of hellish life.  The tyrannical rule in Eritrea proved to be crook and hollow, not capable of protecting/maintaining the existing services or delivering replacements.  The demand for restoring Eritrean dignity and saving the people is so urgent.

Many people believe that Arbi-Harinet could be used as a quick link between the opposition and the people to boost the dignity of the people.  Yes, the members of Arbi-Harinet are in a better position to start the job of playing a role in restoring the Eritrean dignity.  Arbi-Harinet’s infrastructure could be instrumental in helping the Eritrean opposition to play an immediate role in empowering the Eritrean people inside Eritrea and restoring their dignity.

No doubt, there are out there some Eritreans who believe that change in Eritrea only comes from inside.  But many do not share the same view because the tyrant already crushed their spirit to fight for their rights and left them with either accept his dominance or go to prison.

The absolute control of the people by the tyrant has resulted in the people’s total fatigue to fight on all fronts.  Yes, the brutality of the tyranny has weakened the people to fight back and, as a consequence, the people are experiencing a total fatigue from emotional run back and forth to meet ends, struggling only to feed their starved children and trying to cope with the daily demands of their family members.

In a typical Eritrean world, where truth is blurted out and injustice is promptly rejected, the people are not expected to turn blind eyes to the injustices and oppression by the tyrant and his generals.  According to the Eritrean opposition tyranny in Eritrea, where fear and poverty are enforced, the people’s condemnation of the tyrant and rage against his cruel rule are of every second and minute occurrence but quietly as shown on facial and body expressions.  To the people inside Eritrea, moral support from the two Eritrean Diasporas will empower them to speak out and take action to restore the guts they lost to the cruel tyranny.

Many high ranking personnel are fleeing.  The secrets of the tyrant are no more protected.  The Eritrean Diasporas believe that the tyrant has no support inside Eritrea but the pro-tyrant Diasporas dispute the opposition’s claim.  The ground for the opposition’s claim is that the tyrant is only supported by those blackmailed inside Eritrea and outside Eritrea by those who are favored or bribed.  The opposition’s claim emphasizes the fact that the tyrant has totally failed to respect the dignity of the people by ignoring to listen to their concerns let alone to address the problems faced by the people.  The people are in open air prison.  They don’t have any to turn to for help other than the Eritrean Diasporas.  Yes, the people as victims of long and cruel tyranny, they must understand how they were mocked into submission so that they know how to hold on to their restored dignity.

The pro-tyrant Diasporas counter-claim that the opposition or the pro-justice Eritreans have failed to validate their claim.  The pro-tyrant Diasporas say that so long the people are not showing any outrage, it is evident there is no any brutality to complain from.  Their response to the opposition’s argument is based on their belief that Mengistu of Ethiopia who governed by terror and oppression was hated and people complained against his brutalities.  The pro-tyrant’s Diasporas circular explanations, here, suggest that there is no likeness between Isayas and Mengistu, and that gives a political score to those who claim that Isayas is worse than Mengistu in every form and shape of crimes and violations.

When the country won its independence after long and hard struggle, the people believed and looked forward to living with dignity and respect.  Although justice and human dignity go together, all of the Eritrean cultures consider human dignity as a component of basic rights (living one day like a lion) that outweighs living longer like a dog.  A political system that believes in human dignity protects its people from unjustified sufferings (in jail, slavery, and forced labor), human rights violations, and denial of burial rights to Eritrean refugees, exiled and migrants after death, if so wished by the deceased or the family of the deceased.  It looks like the tyrant didn’t leave any shred of dignity to fight back to reverse the tyrant’s decisions.

The very day Eritreans stopped or failed to say a big “NO” to injustice, the tyrant started to assault on their dignity.  Only when the tyrant’s subjects stand up for themselves and for the rights of others, they are said to be chasing away their fears.  Only then the people can surely start to hold on to their dignity, as human beings who are created equally with equal rights.

The tyrant’s policies that daily drown people into deep sufferings and pains should be stopped through restoring the Eritrean dignity and empowering the people to speak up and condemn injustice. Many caring and people-oriented businessmen with wait and see positions already could not absorb the tyrant’s policies of coercion and interferences anymore and had to move to other countries for their own safety.  Only after empowering the people, the Eritrean businesses will be protected because, as beneficiaries of the businesses, the people should know when to say “yes” or “no” enabling their sense of dignity to grow, if the tyrant is going to respect them.

Building Hopes are Basis for Restoring Dignity

There are some seasoned politicians within the Eritrean opposition who subscribe to a different angle of characterization of Isayas.  The differing characterization of the tyrant by his subjects (Eritreans inside Eritrea) and his pros-Diasporas is the cause for the relationship row between the two Eritrean-Diasporas (the opposition and the pro-tyrant).  The opposition seeing and feeling the sufferings of the people inside Eritrea chose to differ with the pro-Tyrant Diasporas’ characterization and support that of the people inside Eritrea or the victims of the tyrant and his rule of the jungle.

Despite the world’s condemnation of the tyrant for isolating and sealing Eritrea off from the outside world and subjecting the Eritrean people to starvation and forced labor as well as stripping the people of their children, properties and monies, the pro-tyrant Eritrean Diasporas are still showering the dictator with money, support and praise.  Choosing to err on the side of truth and to clear the cloud between the two Diasporas, the seasoned Eritrean politicians are resorting to bringing the best out of the tyrant as perceived by his pros-Diasporas.

The question is why the tyrant glitters before the eyes of his pros-Diasporas?  To his pros, the tyrant is the most loved and respected.  Because they see the unnoticed good by others, the pros-Diasporas’ ears must have failed to convince them by what is being said about the tyrant.

In acknowledging the unnoticed good in the tyrant, the seasoned Eritrean politicians are assuming there to be two Isayases: the cloned-Isayas who was previously stationed in Massawa and currently in Adi Halo, and the real Isayas who was previously head-officed in Qatar and currently in the UAE.  The seasoned politicians appropriate the unnoticed good to be practiced by the Diaspora-Isayas who is head-officed in UAE, while that the noticed crimes and cruelties to the cloned-Isayas now stationed at Adi Halo.

To the opposition, the political fact is that a face cannot be put on what cannot be seen.  Nor the bad can be turned into good and lovable when there are crucial evidences that the tyrant failed to recognize that fire (war) burns and kills.  Yes, the unwanted wars that have burned and ditched the Eritrean youth in trenches for life have become grounds for accusing the cloned-Isayas of gross human rights violations and crimes against humanity.

By exerting best endeavors, the seasoned politicians believe that Eritreans will come together once they stop spitefulness and seeking revenges against each other.  Only then, Eritreans will be able to create a climate of cooperation.  The pros-Diasporas of the good-Isayas in UAE will be convinced to influence a change in Eritrean by pressurizing the cloned-Isayas who is stationed in Adi Halo to step down.  The people should know that it is time to stop subjecting themselves to subservience.

There is nothing that is impossible and that is why Eritreans have to keep hoping against all hope.  To see some respect for those abused, all Eritrean Diaspora should demand for restoration of dignity and building hope in Eritrea.  The Eritrean situation being unusual to set goals, the options must be focused on committing all to building hopes so as the people restore their dignity and respect.

Since the despair is on all fronts of the Eritrean life in Eritrea, the fight for restoration of dignity and building hopes should take a multipronged approach.  For the Eritrean Diasporas, defending human dignity in Eritrea starts with confronting on all fronts those who damage the names of the Eritrean refugees.

After all, the cloned-Isayas has shamed the Eritrean people by causing steep decline in the living standard of the Eritrean people and compelling the people to cross the border for their survival.  The devastated Eritrean economy along with the self-imposed border blockade has squeezed the country into submission of becoming backstage for launching war attacks against neighboring and brotherly people.  Yes, the cloned-Isayas betrayed his supporters when he confiscated their wealth in Eritrea and, as a consequence, the economy of the country was hurt because some of his supporters stopped funding his (the tyrant’s) rule.

The worst is the cloned-Isayas’s failure to put an end to his invitations for the UN’s intervention by refusing to come clean.  He could have come clean by diverting his tyranny into a political gain, freeing his political prisoners for money and allowing the self-exiled students to obtain their diplomas and school transcripts for money.  The money generated could be spent on enhancing the basic service of the country, while at the same time cutting down the running cost of the prisons by free all the political prisoners. But instead the tyrant’s dirty politics of surprising turns to biting the hand that feeds him is not letting anyone to trust him.

Only when dignity restored and hope built, the people can have confidence to say “NO” to tyranny.

Mamino

 

 

 

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51 COMMENTS
  • Bini January 20, 2018

    But DIA interview was not meant to focus on the Eritrean peoples problems.
    DIA is only interested on how to stay in power longer by fooling Eritrean people.
    He will soon be making peace with Ethiopia/Woyane by blaming CIA/America for the past wars.
    The stupid Eritrean people would be duped as usual and would also be clapping & celebrating as instructed..

    • Tesfit January 20, 2018

      Bini! First of all, Eritrean people are not stupid. The interview of PIA was meant to address the current issues and concerns that was worrisome to our region. We all can disagree with the content of the interview, but to blame the oppressed innocent people is not right.

      • Bini January 20, 2018

        Tesfit, the price of failing as a nation and not learning from it to become better
        would be a curse of greatest sin.
        Einstein once said “weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character”.
        And poor character isn’t just about policy error only. That too, but what is even more scary is the possibility of it becoming a destiny. What we may need is a shift of attitudes where and when there would be a real chance to go even beyond fixing the current problems of Eritreans. What exactly are you doing for the oppressed innocent people then?? Eritreans are still paying horrendous price and our problem emanates from the gutless highland elites (the useful idiots) and also the religious fanatics of the lowland muslims. Would you by any chance blame your “PIA”????

        • Petros January 20, 2018

          ሻዕብያ አይሠርህ! ኣያስርህ! “መንነት ኣያታቱ ዝደርበየን ዝኣበደን ሀደ’ዮም!” ክትረዳዳዕ ከቢድ’ዩ- We have weird understanding of facts, and it Looks there is no cure for it- Let nature take its place!

        • Simon G January 20, 2018

          The Tesfits (HGDF) + the Binis (TPLF) are with two opposite sides of one coin = Anti Eritreans. By now, we know you guys. Get a grip and get lost from this website. Parasites.
          Einstein also said Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
          So, stop it. You guys (HGDF + TPLF) are trying to do the same thing again and again but it resulted the same.

          • Bini January 20, 2018

            Poor, poor meskin & tsilul/Ebud Simon, are all your useless, toothless Akeleguzay family and people like you AFAFAT, AFERTI???? How long to go before you liberate your stinking backward Akeleguzay and join it with your bastard Arab masters? What are you really and supposedly fighting for Wedi Komarit Akele?? The brave TPLFs will probably be coming soon to save your stinking backside from your Egyptian/Arab slave masters. Are all your stinking starved Akele family in TPLF camps for shelter and left over foods and cloths??????

          • Tesfit January 20, 2018

            Simon G
            ኣንታ ሳይመን ከምዚ ኢልና ነንሕድሕድና ብዝጠቅም ዘይጠቅም እና ተጋራጨና ድኣ መዓስ ኢና ንህግደፍ ክንቅይሮ። ኣልዕል ቢልካ ንሰብ ምውንጃል ጽቡቕ ኣይኮነን። ተመሊስጋ ኣንብቦ ጽሑፈይ። ዶስ ጨሪምካ ኢኻ ትኣቱ ናብዚ ዌብሳይት። ጹርይ ማይ ፍቶ።

          • Tesfit January 22, 2018

            Simon በልበል ኣቶ ሳይመን መን ምኻንካ ሕጂ ፈሊጥናካ። እስኻን ንዓኻ ዝመስሉ ሰባት ናይ ህግደፍ ሰዓብቲ ምኻንኩም ሰሚዕና ኣለና። እዚ ድማ ዝኾነ ንህግደፍ ዘስግእ ሓሳባት ኣብ ኣሰና ምስዝቅልቐል ተቛዋማይ መሲልካ ነቲ ተቓሊሱ ንህግደፍ መኪቱ ንህዝብና ራህዋ ከምጽእ ዝብገስ ኤርትራዊ ኢኹም ተጥቕዑ ። ጸርፍን ዘለፋን ተብዝሑ። በል እዛ ንፋስካብ በይ ኤርያ ወይ ኦክላንድ እያ መጺኣ። ሕጂ ኽብለካ ዝደሊ እስኻ ኢኻ ህግደፍ ካብዚ ኣሰና ወብ ሳይት ጥፋእ ጉድካ ከይተቐላዕካ ኸለኻ።

        • Almaz January 20, 2018

          Tsefit/Bini (((((Tekhlay))))) whatever names you use and even if try to make some changes on your vulgar comments you will remain the same evil person graduated from the dark rooms of the mafia regime to promote the systematic policy of divide and rule.

          • Tesfit January 21, 2018

            Almaz!
            ብዙሕ ጾሎት የድልየኪ ኣሎ። ምናልባት ክልተ ሾውዓተ ጋብር ደርዓንቶዶ ይሕሸኪ ዋላ ዓዲ ራእሲ። ምረጺ! እምበር ካብ መርየት ተበጊስካ ዓዘራ ድኣ እንታይ ይበሃል። እተን ኣደኺስሲ ሰብ ምኽባር ክቡር ምኻኑ ኣይነገራኽን ኮይነን ድዩ ዋላስ ናይ ርእሲ ጌርኪ ኣለኺ። ምሕረት የውርድ ስላሰ ምሳኺ ይኹኑ።

  • Danilo January 20, 2018

    Bini, the worst stinking mouth you have degrading your personality. poor indeed. If you are sane person use your mouth for eating only otherwise.for sense apparatus part of body free of venium. እንተኪኢልካ ጡዑም ብልዓሉ ካብ ትሓርኣሉ።

  • Haregot January 20, 2018

    Our great president Esayas of Eritrea will rule and govern Eritrea for the next 20 – 30 yrs and will be followed or
    replaced by his son Abraham or by Yemane monkey. The so called opposition will die in your sidet – exiles as losers. Long live our lion of Nakfa President Esayas Afewerki and his family and close collegues.
    Death to losers sold out and non-existent old pensioners opposition.

  • Danilo January 20, 2018

    ተስ–ፊጭ፡ኣቦታትና ክምስሉ ” ኣብ ሓደ ገዛ፡ህሩፉን ዕሩቁን ኣይስኣኑ ” ይብሉ ግን፡ ጹሉል ከመሓድሮም ኣይፈቅዱን።ስለዚ፡ንስኻ ኣብ ክንዲ DIA PIA ምባልካ ጻዕዳ ሑቶ ከቅርበልካ ፍቀደለይ።ማለተይ’ሲ ህሩፍ፡ዕሩቅ ወይ ጹሉል? ካብ ሓንቲኤን ምረጽ።ዕሩቅ ምስቁሪ ይበኣስ፡ሱሱዕ’ውን ምስ ፒያቲ ይባስ፡እንተ ጹሉል ግን ምስኩሉ እዩ ዝበኣስ።

    • Yitbarekh January 20, 2018

      Seb TsewuE tebelkus baAl beles and worst of all mujahadeen moslem baAl beles.
      Why are you having a go at Tesfit??????????????????????????
      You are a nomad moslem pig who should only be in Islamic cages and dusty deserts.
      Tesfit expressed his free views but as a moslem pig nomad you are not used to freedom of expression, are you moslem tebekh??????????
      By the way, where are you located that is are you caged in your Libya, Afghan or Saudi cages? Or are you kept with European pigs nowadays??
      You don’t bloody belong to Eritrea so stay away with your filthy Arab camels and goats.

    • Tesfit January 20, 2018

      Danilo! I didn’t know there is prerequisite at Asena website what words are appropriate or not. The site should be a political platform for Eritreans to communicate about our beloved nation. Instead, few brainless like yourself are using the site for complimenting each other about how much you insult Eritreans who differ from your opinion to the slightest fraction. I can take constructive criticism and learn from your brightest ideas, not insults. Your actions are defeating the purpose. This is abnormal behaviour and I hope you sick help. “ some kind of psychiatric help”

  • Danilo January 20, 2018

    ወይ ሓረጎት ካን ጽላለ መሪጽካ?ይምሓር ነብሲ።

  • rezen January 20, 2018

    he Destiny of Eritrea
    Preamble:
    Call me crazy, bizarre but I wrote the following Parts I, II, III for myself only to understand who I am, though being full fledged Eritrean who use to be the pride of my parents when I recited the string of my ancestors (woledo) in front of our guests. Ah.… those were the days. No longer! What happened? I don’t know. But it is complicated. That is why I wrote the first three Parts for myself trying to make sense of the circular voyage of my Eritrea. I still don’t know the mystery of Eritrea. That is when I decided to write Part IV, and the rest, for HELP. So here I go! But, please be patient with my diatribe.

    I. Brief History of Eritrea
    The history of Eritrea is a colonial history, calumniating to an indigenous dictatorship. We start from the Ottoman Empire, [so goes the story] to be followed by the Pharos of Egypt [so goes the story, again], to be followed by a true history i.e. the occupation of Eritrea by colonial Italy for over fifty years. After WWII, the defeat of Hitler and Mussolini was a cause for Eritrea to be under British Administration for ten years, with the blessing of the UN. After that, Haile Selassie of Ethiopia took over, governing Eritrea for ten years.
    In 1961, eleven Eritrean students at Cairo University hatched a plan to create Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) and fight against Ethiopia. Three years later a freshman drop-out student of Addis Ababa University joined the ELF and, in no time, established his own liberation movement, calling it Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF). Two Fronts presumably fighting for the SAME cause, but alas with hidden different aim. The consequence was obvious: open war between two ‘fraternal’ entities. EPLF won and ELF was disintegrated, with its members scattering all over the Globe. After thirty years, in 1991, EPLF entered Asmara as a darling victor. Issayas Afewerki Abraha was on the highest pedestal of admiration by Eritreans from the humblest to the top echelon — just a notch down below God.

    II. The Emergence of Dictatoship
    In three years time Issayas’ true ‘colour’ started to emerge to the utter disbelief of the Eritrean people, including, unbelievable as it may seem, to his closest comrades and the entire Eritrean People’s Liberation Front. In 1994, at an annual gathering of the Front, he changed the name to Eritrean People for Democracy and Justice (EPDJ). What a contradiction! There is no Justice nor Democracy in Eritrea. In any case, that was when Issayas took off his masquerading ‘gear’ and started to open an absolute dictatorship system — true to his long dream of dealing with Eritrea [1] He never looked back.

    On September 18, 1991 while the World was glued to the New York, USA, catastrophe, Issayas had his show at Home: Eleven of his close comrades, top notch officials in his administration, were rounded up in the wee hours of a night, precisely at 0300 hours, and were taken away, never to be seen again. And Issayas’ absolute Dictatorship was cemented for ever. It was truly a remarkable heinous achievement by a first-year university drop-out student. And there was no blip of ‘noise’ from anyone in the entire country. That by itself solidified the ambition of Issayas to bring down Eritrea on its knees, as he had always vowed to do. In that context, Issayas had, and still has, the lowest respect for the entire Eritrean nation – unbelievable as it may seem. It is a typical case of psychotic hatred. In the face of so many gallant Eritrean freedom fighters, as well as Eritreans scholars of the highest calibre, Issyas’ daring ACT is simply a phenomenon never seen in the history of Eritrea.
    Continued on Para III

    • Yitbarekh January 20, 2018

      rezen,
      Sorry but from your amateur childish writings you are not really an Eritrean.
      You are Agamino wedi pure Agamino from probably Adi grat – Tigray – Ethiopia.
      No genuine Eritrean claims or acts as a ‘full fledged Eritrean’ crap, you are a fake Agamino.
      Just out of curiosity however, lets ask you a simple and straight forward question,
      don’t worry you could answer it as an outsider agamino ‘assenna is full of agaminos & mujahadeens moslem fanatics and murderers.
      Why did Eritreans wait until 1960 – 70 to start a fake {revolution} by ignorant moslem fanatics mujahadeens? Eritreans were never really colonized by Ethiopians their brothers?
      In other word, why the Eritrean people didn’t rise and revolt against the fascist Italian colonizers, for 60 yrs in the first place? No fake answers from you rezen agamino.

  • rezen January 20, 2018

    III. The consequence of Dictatorship
    Eritrean youth started to leave the country in mass by any means available up to sacrificing their Life. Anybody who is able to leave was abandoning Eritrea. Eritrea became the third contributor of refugees in the world. Eritrea is now under the cruelest indigenous Dictator unparalleled by any of its colonizer in the history of Eritrea. And Eritrea is a Member of the UN Organization –bastion of Humanity, Justice and Democracy. C’est la vie!

    IV. Appeal to the Eritrean Intellectuals.
    It is worth quoting a well known African Economist of the highest Academic Degree: This is what he wrote in his book: “ Africa’s intellectual continue to prostitute themselves, selling off their principles and integrity to partake of the plunder, misrule, and repression of the African people.” (2)

    Eritrea is an African country, needless to say. There are about five hundred to one thousand [no body knows and no body cares] Eritrean Intellectuals of the Highest Order with Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PhD) from Ivy League Universities around the Globe. Impressive, but means nothing to Eritrea, and doesn’t scare Issayas Afewerki.

    This is where the purpose of this paper is directed at. It is an appeal to the Eritrean Intellectuals to form a Working Group [not more than perhaps twelve – at least for the time being] for the purpose of: a) examining the situation in Eritrea; b) define a course of action to rectify the problems and c) come up with application process so that Eritrean people would, at last, be FREE after over one hundred years (yes, over 100 years.) of servitude under different masters.

    Are the Eritrean Intellectuals capable to undertake such a task? We hope so! But are they willing to do so? Past experience indicates to the negative. Why? Because they are individually interested for their own individual interest – typical of African Intellectuals. So, the final question is to ask whether they have a change of heart. This is the purpose of this paper i.e. appealing to the Eritrean Intellectuals’ sense of Humanity, recognizing that they, after all, will be doing it for their own Flesh and Blood, and their birth place country.

    Let us point out an admirable action in the above area. Recently we have read at http://www.archive.assenna.com the most admirable action taken by six highly educated, well known, scholars of the highest order issuing a plea (world-wide) to help one of their admirable comrade in his hour of urgent need. It is truly an admirable fast action to help a famous Eritrean Medical Doctor and member of the Eritrean Liberation Fighter in his hour of need. Simply, it was noble action.

    Now, we must ask a question in line with the above characteristic generosity and care. Could we not also extend that generosity to the suffering people of Eritrea — prisoners in their own country — with no hope for ‘tomorrow’? That is why our HOPE lies on the Eritrean Intellectuals who have the ‘tools’, the know how, and connection in international circles to break the negative image of African Intellectual and help the Eritrean people attain their natural Freedom and Rights to live as normal Human Beings. Is this too much to ask, for our Brethren? May the Destiny of Eritrea rest upon their consciousness
    Continued on last page >>”Dear Reader”

  • rezen January 20, 2018

    Dear Reader
    a) If you agree with the tenor of the above appeal to our Highly Educated Eritreans, your commentary should be addressed to the “imaginary” Working Group of Eritrean Intellectuals. [Not to me, please];
    b) If you do NOT agree with the above appeal, please say so for the benefit of the “imaginary” Working Group {again, NOT to me]. Your opinion is very useful. It is absolutely essential to know the TRUE desire of the entire spectrum of “Eritrea”. Otherwise no Group on Earth can ever come-up with a solution in a vacuum; and
    c) It is essential that we all be VERY SERIOUS & CRITICAL on any paper written about our common concern >>> ERITREA. In doing so, however, we must maintain dignity, civility and code of conduct in our criticism for the sake of productive result to SAVE ERITREA from the looming disastrous danger.
    d) Finally, I sincerely wish to express my appreciation with gratitude to http://www.archive.assenna.com for the provision of free space to express our opinion. We shouldn’t abuse it by frivolous polemics.

    Footnote
    (1) It is said that Issayas, at a moment of relaxation over a glass of spirit vowed to his colleague that he will show the Eritrean people who he was. “keriekin’ iye “ in Tigrigna. Re: “Eritrea At A Crossroads” by Andebrhan Welde Giorgis, 2014
    (2) “AFRICA UNCHAINED, The Blue print for Africa’s future“, George B.N. Ayittey, 2005

  • Nahon January 20, 2018

    It’s unfortunate that some Eritreans still expect from Iseyas to serve people. They expect from him to act like a leader. For the last 25 years, he has done nothing but killing Eritrea like no other enemy had done in the past, and yet we have people, even though in the minority, who still hope, and request him to bring about change. Do this people have a brain ?

  • rezen January 20, 2018

    Manager, Assenna.com
    In my commentary above (i.e. “The Destiny of Eritrea”,) Part III up to the end of my commentary is deleted after an hour or so.!!! I don’t know why. Anyway, here it is.

    III. The consequence of Dictatorship
    Eritrean youth started to leave the country in mass by any means available up to sacrificing their Life. Anybody who is able to leave was abandoning Eritrea. Eritrea became the third contributor of refugees in the world. Eritrea is now under the cruelest indigenous Dictator unparalleled by any of its colonizer in the history of Eritrea. And Eritrea is a Member of the UN Organization –bastion of Humanity, Justice and Democracy. C’est la vie!

    IV. Appeal to the Eritrean Intellectuals.
    It is worth quoting a well known African Economist of the highest Academic Degree: This is what he wrote in his book: “ Africa’s intellectual continue to prostitute themselves, selling off their principles and integrity to partake of the plunder, misrule, and repression of the African people.” (2)
    Eritrea is an African country, needless to say. There are about five hundred to one thousand [no body knows and no body cares] Eritrean Intellectuals of the Highest Order with Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PhD) from Ivy League Universities around the Globe. Impressive, but means nothing to Eritrea, and doesn’t scare Issayas Afewerki.

    This is where the purpose of this paper is directed at. It is an appeal to the Eritrean Intellectuals to form a Working Group [not more than perhaps twelve – at least for the time being] for the purpose of: a) examining the situation in Eritrea; b) define a course of action to rectify the problems and c) come up with application process so that Eritrean people would, at last, be FREE after over one hundred years (yes, over 100 years.) of servitude under different masters.
    Are the Eritrean Intellectuals capable to undertake such a task? We hope so! But are they willing to do so? Past experience indicates to the negative. Why? Because they are individually interested for their own individual interest – typical of African Intellectuals. So, the final question is to ask whether they have a change of heart. This is the purpose of this paper i.e. appealing to the Eritrean Intellectuals’ sense of Humanity, recognizing that they, after all, will be doing it for their own Flesh and Blood, and their birth place country.

    Let us point out an admirable action in the above area. Recently we have read at http://www.archive.assenna.com the most admirable action taken by six highly educated, well known, scholars of the highest order issuing a plea (world-wide) to help one of their admirable comrade in his hour of urgent need. It is truly an admirable fast action to help a famous Eritrean Medical Doctor and member of the Eritrean Liberation Fighter in his hour of need. Simply, it was noble action.

    Now, we must ask a question in line with the above characteristic generosity and care. Could we not also extend that generosity to the suffering people of Eritrea — prisoners in their own country — with no hope for ‘tomorrow’? That is why our HOPE lies on the Eritrean Intellectuals who have the ‘tools’, the know how, and connection in international circles to break the negative image of African Intellectual and help the Eritrean people attain their natural Freedom and Rights to live as normal Human Beings. Is this too much to ask, for our Brethren? May the Destiny of Eritrea rest upon their consciousness.

    Dear Reader
    a) If you agree with the tenor of the above appeal to our Highly Educated Eritreans, your commentary should be addressed to the “imaginary” Working Group of Eritrean Intellectuals. [Not to me, please];
    b) If you do NOT agree with the above appeal, please say so for the benefit of the “imaginary” Working Group {again, NOT to me]. Your opinion is very useful. It is absolutely essential to know the TRUE desire of the entire spectrum of “Eritrea”. Otherwise no Group on Earth can ever come-up with a solution in a vacuum; and
    c) It is essential that we all be VERY SERIOUS & CRITICAL on any paper written about our common concern >>> ERITREA. In doing so, however, we must maintain dignity, civility and code of conduct in our criticism for the sake of productive result to SAVE ERITREA from the looming disastrous danger.
    d) Finally, I sincerely wish to express my appreciation with gratitude to http://www.archive.assenna.com for the provision of free space to express our opinion. We shouldn’t abuse it by frivolous polemics.

    Footnote
    (1) It is said that Issayas, at a moment of relaxation over a glass of spirit vowed to his colleague that he will show the Eritrean people who he was. “keriekin’ iye “ in Tigrigna. Re: “Eritrea At A Crossroads” by Andebrhan Welde Giorgis, 2014
    (2) “AFRICA UNCHAINED, The Blue print for Africa’s future“, George B.N. Ayittey, 2005

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    • Tsehaye January 21, 2018

      I hope you and your meretse shits are from the old criminal murderer generation soon to pass away to die in disgraces and in total shames.
      I find myself asking why is that black Africans ans especially habesha (Eritrean & Ethiopian) people should continue to suffer so much in this age when the world has become a better place to live for the great majority people of the world? What is the sin we have committed so that the all mighty God punishes our people in such a harsh ways.
      The simple answer is the awful sins of your corrupted and murderer old generation committing so much crimes against our innocent people and humanity. I am in particular referring as your old criminal ELF murderer generation such as meretse, k.tewolde, simon.g. the two most ignorants (Danilo & Berhe Tensae) and the rest of your bunch murderers.

      • Kalighe January 21, 2018

        Tzehaye the rootless.,

        May be you have not heard that Eritrea is now and independent country.
        You are living in the past. You are here mostly to insult people and to complain that Eritrea should have been part of Ethiopia under an imperial rule. Only an insane person thinks that we should go back where we were 60 years ago.
        Instead of acting like a noisy fly at Assenna, mind your business. We have Wedi Brad.
        One “Wedi khomarit” is enogh, you effort won’t add much to his crimes. You people enjoy seeing Eritreans suffering. You are good only at creating enemies to the people of Tigray.

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