Wednesday, August 28, 2013

I don't know you but I need to talk to you

By Fasika Woldesenbet     
Why are We, Ethiopians living abroad having difficulty to come together? I usually prefer face to face conversations, but I feel like we need to talk even though we don’t know each other, because we share a common destiny. It is long, but this is what I want to talk to you about today which has been my observation for a while, hope it is useful to start a conversation as children’s of mother Ethiopia. Below I listed what I think our society, especially those who live abroad is not using effectively for various reasons, “ITS HUMAN RESOURCES” to bring change in Ethiopia. We cannot wait for a messiah to do it for us. We have to start to talk and organize with what we have in our area, because individual actions and change can benefit us all collectively, and the potential of every single positive thought and change cannot be undermined.Therefore, I listed below my observation, why I think we are standing divided, and how we can either change the circumstances or use them the way they are to bring change in Ethiopia. If we are unable to make the bystanders rally with us the way we think is the right way, I also listed how we can assist them or support their efforts in their own way to channel their potential towards building a just society in Ethiopia.
Ethnicity A lot has been said about ethnic divisions so I won’t say much about it, but being from a certain ethnicity or born from a certain ethnic member parents by itself in today’s Ethiopia, allows or deprives one from privileges a citizen should have in her/his own country. That is very dangerous and those from the current privileged ethnicity need to see the danger, and also need to work with fellow Ethiopians, but if they cannot see the divide and are unwilling to cross the divide, those who realize the divide is there need to go across first, and educate as much people as possible than letting hatred grow towards each other. Class Some people work for their success, and others inherit a fortune just because they are born from a well to do family. Luck or fate can determine how one can start his/her own life and how the future will be, either full of opportunities or full of struggles. Therefore, a person’s life in Ethiopia as anywhere else in the world is not immune from being privileged in fortunes or misfortunes of material and immaterial worth, because he or she is born from a privileged class. Class thus, affects one’s understanding of situations, and creates a divide between citizens of the same country at home or abroad, and deter them from coming together for the same cause, since one’s fortune is secured with another’s misfortune and oppression. Also, when an Ethiopian is well-established abroad and live in comfort and has access to everything where he/she had settled, or whether in his/her home country had managed to accumulate or inherit wealth because of who they know or are born from, unless fate brings them down to see the hardship of their fellow Ethiopians at the lowest class, they are out of touch from the rest of society with or without their knowledge. Since, they live, wine and dine in an isolated and fenced community, it is possible to grow up without realizing the meaning of being poor and why. This does not mean there are no privileged Ethiopians who have managed to see across the class divide and are now doing their best to bring change in Ethiopia, it is to say that it is not enough. Thus, efforts need to start to rich out, address, and include these out of touch and isolated elite in Ethiopia and abroad, because their enormous wealth, expertise and connection is key to the struggle to liberate Ethiopia. We should remember that it is the children of elites who have ignited a revolution, and died in vain to dismantle the empire their parents have built for generations in the 1974’s revolution.
Education Same as class, for any Ethiopian as any human being, their education level and knowledge production is determined by the ability of her/his parents to send them to a school, and to which school available and affordable. This does not mean that individuals aided by their natural gift did not and will not succeed in life regardless of their education level and quality; however, a nation’s future collectively will be determined in the type of educated population’s capacity it brings to the work force at home, and those who will face the global job market using such educational background will be in for success or failure based on the acceptance or rejection of their grades and knowledge level. This will also affect dialogue among Ethiopian’s due to their lack of understanding to critically communicate and effectively collaborate on decisive issues that need a common understanding in efforts to establish a just and equitable society in Ethiopia. Immigration Status Immigrants are not always granted stable residency and work opportunities that allows them to live in comfort and dignity all the time. Since most Ethiopian immigrants are dispersed around the world either legally or illegally, the negative experiences they will go through while they are waiting for their resident visa in refugee camps or the hardship they face while they await a response for their asylum cases, if they are even lucky and granted a permit cannot be undermined. After such harsh experiences it is understandable if their comradeship with humanity, especially with fellow Ethiopians will be minimal if not none at all. The negative memory of Ethiopians who hired them to do way below minimum wage jobs, and threaten them that they will be reported to legal services if they complain, or look down on them, abuse them, harass them etc…might force them to run away from anything Ethiopian. This does not mean though, such devastated fellow Ethiopian brothers and sisters who suffered multiple times in political and economic situations beyond their control in their home country and abroad, are not victims of the same regime they run away from, but lack of empathy to understand their situation, undermining their potential and number, and excluding them from political discussions and decision making is one of the grave mistakes Ethiopian activists make that requires genuine and swift measures. Personality This does not require much analysis as any human being who cannot work and get along with others, Ethiopian activists and politicians, whether they are sincere and truthful or not, if they cannot work with others, it will be hard for others to come together and channel their capacity in an organized manner. Selflessness is thus, one of the key characters those who decide to live and die for others need to display and exercise, because if issues that arise while working in unison arise, and they are taken personal instead of focusing on the main issue they come together for in the first place, it won’t be beneficial to the cause they believe in at all. Ego and jealousy will blind us with hate. Although it is good to analyze and critique individual’s opinion, weigh the motive of their opinion, critique the speeches they made, and critique the article they write top to bottom, if we do not separate the issue from the person, working together will obviously be harder. Pushing away dedicated individuals, who want to see change in Ethiopia, is not the solution to come together as well. Since such individuals dared to come forward without anyone’s request, they have more to offer and are self-

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የኢትዮጵያ ህገ-መንግስት አንቀጽ 11 ቁጥር 3 ”መንግስት በሀይማኖት ጉዳይ ጣልቃ አይገባም፤ ሀይማኖትም በመንግስት ጉዳይ ጣልቃ አይገባም ” ይላል፡፡በሀገራችን ከንጉሱ ዘመን ጀምሮ በወታደራዊው ደርግ እንዲሁም አሁን ስልጣን ላይ ባለው ወያኔን ጨምሮ ሁሉም ሀይማኖቶች ከመንግስት ጣልቃገብነት ነፃ ሆነው አያውቁም። ፍትህ፣ ነጻነት፣ እኩልነት እና አንድነት ለብዙ ሀይማኖቶች መሰረታዊ እሴቶች ናቸው፡፡ እነዚህ እሴቶች ላለፉት 22 ዓመታት በዘረኛው የወያኔ መንግስት እየተሸረሸሩ እና እየተመናመኑ ዛሬ ከነአካቴውም ለመጥፋት ተቃርበዋል፡፡ ስለመሰረታዊ የሰው ልጅ መብት እና ነጻነት እንዳይወራ የወያኔ የጥይት አፈሙዞች በእያንዳንዱ ሰው እና የህዝብ አገልግሎት መስጫ ተቋማት ላይ ተደቅኗል፡፡የእምነት ቦታዎችንም ሳይቀር በመድፈር ህዝበ-ምዕመኑ የኔ የራሴ የሚለው የአምልኮ ቦታ እና የአምልኮ ስርዓት እንዳይኖረው እያደረገ ነው።
ወያኔ አምባገነናዊ ስርአቱን ለማስቀጠል ሲል የዕምነት ተቋማትንና መሪዎቹን በቁጥጥሩ ስር ሲያደረግ ኖሯል፡፡ ይህ አንባገነናዊ ድርጊት በሙስሊም ኢትዮጵያውያን ላይም ተግባራዊ በመደረጉ ምዕመናኑ የመንግስትን ድርጊት በመቃወም ላለፉት ሁለት ዓመታት ጠንካራ ሰላማዊ ትግል አድርገዋል፤ እያደረጉም ይገኛሉ፡፡ መንግስት አለመግባባቱን ለመፍታት የቀረቡለትን ሶስት ጥያቄዎች ከመፍታት ይልቅ በማን አለብኝነት የትግሉን ግንባር ቀደም መሪዎች ከማሰር ባለፈ በምዕመናኑ ላይ ኢሰብአዊ ጥቃቶችን ማድረሱ የአደባባይ ሃቅ ነው፡፡  ለወያኔ ህገመንግስትን የመጣስ ድርጊት አዲስ ባህሪው ባይሆንም ከቅርብ ጊዜ ወዲህ በተለይ በሙስሊም ኢትዮጵያውያን ላይ እያደረሰ ያለው የመብት ረገጣውን ማጠናከሩ እጅግ አሳሳቢ ደረጃ ደርሷል፡፡ ይህ የመንግስት ሀይሎች ድርጊት ችግሩን ከማባባስ ባለፈ የሚያመጣው መፍትሄት አይኖርም፡፡
የኢትዮጵያ ሙስሊሞች ላነሷቸው ግልፅ የመብት ጥያቄዎች ብልሀት የተሞላበት ምላሽ መስጠት ያቃተው ወያኔ እየወሰዳቸው ያሉት ኢህገመንግስታዊ እርምጃዎች፤ በሙስሊሙ ሕብረተሰባ ላይ እየደረሰ ያለው የሰብአዊ መብት ጥሰት አሳሳቢ ደረጃ ላይ መድረሱ ከመንግስት ሌላ ተጠያቂ የሚደረግ አካል አይኖርም፡፡ ስለሆነም ይህ አይነቱ ህገወጥና ሀላፊነት የጎደለው ድርጊት እንዳይቀጥል ማድረግ ከተጠያቂነት ያድናል፡፡ መንግስት የተበደሉ ዜጎችን ቅሬታ በማጣራትም በህገወጥ ድርጊት በፈፀሙ ሃይሎቹ ላይ በአፋጣኝ እርምጃ መውሰድ አለበት፡፡
ሃይማኖታዊ በሆኑ ጉዳዮች ላይ ችግሮች ሲከሰቱ ሃይማኖታዊ ወይም መንፈሳዊ የሆኑ መፍትሔ ማፈላለግ ብቸኛው አማራጭ ነው፡፡ በእምነት ተቋማት ውስጥ ለሚነሱ ጥያቄዎች ፖለቲካዊ መልስ መፈለግ ችግሩን ከማስፋፋትና ወደ አላስፈላጊ ውዝግቦች ከመክተት ውጪ የሚፈጥረው በጎ ለውጥ አይኖርም፡ ፡ የቤተ-ክርስቲያን አለመግባባቶችን ቤተ-መንግስት ለማስታረቅ ሲሞክር ምን ይፈጠር እንደነበር ታሪክ ደጋግሞ አሳይቶናል። በቅርቡ እንኳ በዋልዳባ ገዳምና በምእመናኑ ላይ የተቃጣው ሰይጣናዊ፤ በትዕቢትና በማናለብኝነት የእምነትን ቀይ መስመርን በመጣስ የተወሰደ ጥቃት ሁለቱንም የወያኔ ቁንጮዎች መለስ ዜናዊንና አባ ፓውሎስን ግብአተ መሬት ማፋጠኑ ይታወሳል። መንግስታዊ ጣልቃ ገብነቶች ከእለት ወደ እለት እየገዘፉና እየጠነከሩ ሲመጡ የችግሮች ስር መስደድም የዚያኑ ያህል እየከፋ ይመጣሉ፡፡ ስለዚህ በእስልምና እምነት ላይ እየተደረገ ያለው መንግስታዊ ጣልቃ ገብነት በሀገሪቱ ህገ-መንግስት ላይ የተገለፀውን መንግስትና ሀይማኖት መለያየታቸውን የሚጥስ በመሆኑ አፋጣኝ የማስተካከያ እርምጃ ይወሰድ ዘንድ ግድ ነው፡፡ ይህ ካልሆነ ግን በክርስትና እምነት እንደተደረገው ሁሉ፤ የህዝበ ሙስሊሙ ፀሎትና ልመና ጣልቃ ገብተው እየበጠበጡ ያሉ አምባገነኖች ላይ መቅሰፍት እንደሚያወርድ ጥርጥር የለውም።
በአወሊያ መጅሊሱ እንዲወርድ ሲባል የተጀመረው ሰላማዊ አቀራረብ አሁን ከአዲስ አበባም አልፎ ወደሌሎች ክፍለ ሀገራት  ደርሶ መሳሪያ አማዟል፡ ፡ ለዚህም ማሳያ በቅርቡ በመዲናችን አዲስ አበባ፤ ደሴና ኮፈሌ ላይ የመንግስት ሃይሎች በንፁሃን የሙስሊም ወገኖች ላይ ያደረሱት መጠነ ሰፊ ጥቃትና ግድያ መጥቀስ ይቻላል። በዚህም ሊያበቃ እንደማይችልም ሁኔታዎችን ተመልክቶ መገመት ይቻላል፡፡ ፖለቲካዊ ማንነት ባላቸው ግለሰቦችና ካድሬዎች ቤተ-እምነቶችን መምራት የኋላ ኋላ ይዞ የሚመጣው መዘዝ ሀገራዊ ቀውስ ነው፡፡ ለተቃውሞ የወጣውን ህዝበ ሙስሊም ሰለፊያ በሚል ቅፅል መጠሪያ ስም በመስጠት ዓላማቸውንም ከሽብር ጋር በማያያዝ መፈረጅ ሁኔታውን ከማባባስ ውጪ ዘላቂ መፍትሄ ሊያመጣ አይችልም፡፡
ሕጋዊ መብትን በግልም ሆነ በኅብረት መጠየቅ ሽብርተኛ አያደርግም፤ ሽብርተኛ የሚያደርገው መብታቸውን የሚጠይቁትን መግደል፣ መደብደብና ማሰር ነው፤ ዓለማዊውን ሥርዓት የማይነካውን፣ ከአምላኬ ጋር ግንኙነት ለመፍጠር የመረጥሁትን መንገድ አክብሩልኝ፤ በሌላ መንገድ ወደአምላኬ እንድሄድ አታስገድዱኝ ማለት ሽብርተኛነት አይደለም፤ ሽብርተኛነት የሚሆነው በሰዎች ላይ ባዕድ የሚሉትን እምነት መጫን ነው፤ ሽብርተኛነት የሚሆነው አትጫኑብኝ እያለ በሰላማዊ መንገድ የሚጮኸውን ሰው መደብደብ፣ ማሰርና መግደል ነው፤ ሽብርተኛነት የሚሆነው የሰዎችን ቅዱስ ቦታ በጥይትና በደም ማርከስ ነው፤ ሽብርተኛነት የሚገለጠው ሰላሜን ጠብቁልኝ እያለ በሚጮኸው ሰው ሳይሆን በጉልበቱ ብቻ ተማምኖ ሰላምን በሚያደፈርሰው ነው፤ ሕዝብ ሰላምን ሲያገኝ ይሠራል፤ ያመርታል፤ ኑሮውን ያሻሽላል፤ ይዝናናል፤ ይህ ሁሉ ጥጋብን ያመጣል፤ ሲጠግብ የሚያስቸግረውን እንዳይጠግብ መበጥበጥ የሚፈልጉ አይጠፉም፡፡ ጮሌነት ዕድሜ አለው፤ የጮሌነት ዕድሜ በጣም አጭር ነው፤ ነገር ግን ጠንቁ ከነኮተቱ በልጅ ላይ ያርፋል፤ የጮሌው ኃጢአት ልጁን አዋርዶ ያቃጥላል፤ ማንም ለማንም የሚመኘው መንገድ አይደለም፡፡
ስለዚህ ሙስሊም ወገኖቻችን ጥያቄያቸውን ህገ-መንግስቱ በፈቀደላቸው በሰላማዊ እና ህጋዊ መንገድ እስካቀረቡ ድረስ መንግስት አግባብነት ያለውን መፍትሄ ሊሰጣቸው ይገባል፡፡ የሃይማኖቶች ነፃነትን በዚህ አካሄድ እየጨፈለቁ መሄድ ትርፉ ስርዓታዊ ኪሳራ ብቻ ነው፡፡ የሃይማኖቱ ተከታዮች ይወክሉናል ብለው የመረጧቸውን የአመራር አባላትንም ሆነ ምዕመኑን ማሰር፤ ማንገላታትና መግደል በሀገሪቱ ውስጥ ህገ- መንግስታዊነት እና የህግ የበላይነት ያለመኖሩ ማሳያ ነውና ይኼ አምባገነናዊ እርምጃ በአስቸኳይ መቆም አለበት።
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‘የሌባ ዓይነ ደረቅ መልሶ ልብ ያድርቅ’ ሲል የሀገሬ ሰው ሀገር ያወቀውን ፀሐይ የሞቀውን ሌባ ጨዋ ለማስመሰል የሚያጋጋው ውሸት ሲያሰለች ነው። እንደዚሁም መንግሥት ነኝ ተባዩ ወያኔም የውሸት ጋጋታው ሰውን አሰልችቶት እውነትም ቢናገር እነኳን የሚያምነው አጥቶ ሙጥኝ የያዛቸው መዋቅሮች ‘ውሸታም’’ ና  ‘ሌባ’ የሚል ስም አትረፈዋል።
ውርደት ያተረፈው ወያኔ የውሸት ጋጋታው አልበቃ ብሎት ለምን እውነት ተነገረ ብሎ ድርጅት መዘጋት ባልደረቦችን ማሳደድ፣ ማሰርና  እስከመግደል ደረጃ ደርሷል። በራሱ ውሸት ያበደው ወያኔ በአካባቢው ከሚያጎበድዱለት ጉጅሌዎቹ መሃል አብደሃል በሙስና ተዘፍዝፈሃል የሚለው ጠፍቶ እንደመሸበት ሰካራም ቤቱ ጠፍቶት በየሰዉ ቤት እያንኳኳ በራሱ ውሸት ተሸብሮ ህዘብን ማሸበሩን ቀጥሎበታል።
በመሰረታዊ ውሸት ላይ የተመሰረተው ወያኔ ‘ድንጋዩ ዳቦ ነው’ ብላችሁ ተቀበሉ እያለ መከራውን ሲያይ አዝለውት የሚዞሩት ጉጅሌዎቹ የውሸቱ ሸክም በዝቶባቸው  ሲዘላበዱና  በህዘብ መሳለቂያ ሲሆኑ ማየት ያሳፍራልም ያሳዝናል።
በዕውነቱ ውሸቱ በዝቶ የራሱ ነፍስ ፈጥሮ ወያኔን ማስተዳደር ከጀመረ ሰንብቷል ማለት ሀሰት አይሆንም። ይህ ከመሰረቱ በውሸት የተገነባው መንግስት ነኝ ባዩ ቡድን ወደሃላ መመለስ ስለማይችል የባሰ እያበደ ይሄዳል አንጂ እውነትን ለመቀበል ችሎታም አቅምም ሊኖረው አይቻልም። ስለሆነም እራሱን ወጥመድ ውስጥ አግብቶ ለማምለጥ ሲፈራገጥ ወገን እያቆሰለና አገር አያደማ መሆኑ ሊያስገርመን አይገባም።
ሆዳቸውን በውሸት የሞሉት ጉጅሌዎቹም ቢሆኑ ሆድን ከእውነት መርጠው እየቃዡ ምላሰቸው ተቆላልፋል። እውነት መናገርም የሚያጎርሳቸውን እጅ መንከስ ስለሆነባቸው እውነት የሚናገረውን መናከስ የሚረዳቸው መስሏቸው ሲዘላብዱ በህዘብና በሀገር ሲያፌዙ ይገኛሉ።
የቸገረው እርጉዝ ያገባል እንደሚባለው ቀንደኛው የውሸት መሪ ካለፈ ጀምሮ ውሸቱን ማስተዳደር አቅቷቸው ያዙኝ ልቀቁኝ እያሉ ሲዘባርቁ ለተመለከታቸው አብደው ሊያሳብዱ የተነሱ እንደሆኑ ግልጽ ነው። በእርግጥኝነት ሊባል የሚቻለው እብድ ማበዱን ካላመነ ጤነኛ ነኝ ብሎ እራሱን ስለሚያሳምን በእብዶች መሀል አንድ ጤነኛ ቢኖር እንኳን እንደ እብድ ስለሚቆጠር ያበዱትን ባልደረቦቹን ሊረዳቸው አይችልም።
የብዙሃን መገናኛ ላይ ያሰፈሰፉት ካድሬዎችን ብናስተውል የወያኔ ውሸት የራሱን ነፍስ እንዳላው ያረጋግጥልናል። እነዚህ የብዙሃን መገናኛ ተባዮች የውሸት ፋቢሪካ ሆነው በሶስት ፓኬጅ እያሸጉ ውሸትን ሊሸጡ ሲሯሯጡ ይታያሉ።
አንደኛው ፋብሪካ የውሸቱ ጥሬ ዘር የሚያመርተው በወያኔ የሚተዳደሩት መዋቅሮች ሲሆን የውሸት ምሶሶና በምንጭነት ፊት ቀዳሚ ሲሆን የህዋዓት ዋና መሳሪያ ነው። ሆኖም መንግሥት ነኝ የሚለው ወያኔ ስለተቆጣጠራቸው የሚያምናቸው አጥተው ወንዝ እንደሚያከራትተው ግንድ ይወዛወዛሉ።
woyane propaganda machineበሁለተኛ ደረጃ ያሉት የውሽት ፋብሪካዎች ወያኔ በካድሬዎቹ ያደራጃቸው መዋቅሮችና የብዙሃን መገናኛዎች (በተለይም በስደት ላይ ያለውን ወገን ለማወናበድ) የተዋቀሩ ናቸው። እነኝህ መዋቅሮች በወያኔ ጥሬ ወሸትና ገንዘብ የሚታገዙ ስለሆኑ አላማችው በግል ስም ወያኔ በመንግሥት ስም መሸጥ ያቃተውን ውሸት ዳግም ማሸግና መሸጥ ነው። እነዚህ ግለሰቦች ወያኔ ከመጣ ጀምሮ ማንነታቸው የማይታወቅ (ጎሬላዎች) ናቸው። ከተጋለጡት መሃል የአይጋ-ፎረም ባለቤት ኢሳያስ አፅብሃ  ከሳኖዜ ካሊፎሪኒያና የትግራይ-ነት ባለቤት ሚካኤል አባይ ከዴንቨር ኮለራዶ ይገኙበታል።
በሶስተኛ ደረጃ ያሉት የውሸት ፋብሪካዎች ደግሞ በነጻ ፕሬስ ስም የሚነግዱ መዋቅሮች ሲሆኑ እነሱም በሁለት ይከፈላሉ። አንዱ በወያኔና ባልደረቦቹ የሚተዳደሩ የውስጥ ሚስጥረና ድጋፍ ያለቸውና ዜጋ ለማወናበድ የተደራጁ የብዙሃን መገናኛ መዋቕሮች ናቸው። በሁለተኛ ደረጃ ደግሞ በተቃዋሚ ስም የተደራጁ አስመሳይ መዋቅሮች ናቸው። የሁለቱም አላማ አንድ ቢሆንም የውሸትን ማሸግና መሸጥ መንገዳቸው ይለያያል። ነገር ግን ሁለትም የወያኔን ሥርዓት በተወሰነ ደረጃ ይገስጻሉ ግን አላማቸው ወያኔን ማቆየት ስለሆነ መሰረታዊ ጉዳዮች ላይ እነዳይነኩ የታዘዙ ይመስላሉ። ሁሉቱም ከውጭ ሚዲያ የመጣን ወያኔን የሚያሞግስ ዜና አያመልጣቸውም ወይን ይፈጥራሉ። ሁለቱም ህዘብ ላይ የሚደርሰውን ግፍና ዘረፋ  ለመሸፈንና ለማደናገር ዘመቻ ላይ የተሰማሩ ናቸው። ሁሉቱም በጋዜጣ ስም አሰመስለው የፐሮፖጋነዳ  ሥራ ለመስራት ውስጥ ለውስጥ የተደራጁ የሥርዓቱ  ጉጅሌዎች ናቸው።
በውሸት ላይ የተሰማሩት የወያኔ ባልደረባና አስመሳይ ጋዜጠኞች ሥራዓቱ እየፈራረሰ ሲመጣ የሚያደርጉት ስለጠፋባቸው ወያኔን ለማዳን ያላቸው ብቻ ምርጫ የእስላም አሸባሪ መጣባችሁ እያሉ ማስፈፈራራት አዲሱ ሞያቸው ሆኗል። እሱንም ጉዳይ በተለያየ የውሸት ማቀነባበር መንገድ እያዘጋጁ ህዘብን በማተራመስና ለወያኔ ጊዜ ሊገዙለት እየጣሩ ነው።
ለምሳሌ ቀንደኛዎቹ የወያኔ የዜና መዋቅሮች የውሸት ቲያትር እያሰሩ ሲያሰራጩ በግል የዜና መዋቀር ስም የሚቀሳቀሱት ደግሞ ቲያትሩን እውነት ለማስመሰል የውጭ አከራሪዎችን ዜና በማነፈስ ህዘብን ቢያንስ እንዲጠራጠር አልያም እንዲያምን ይጥራሉ። ከዚህ በፊትም በአማራው ህብረተሰብ ላይ ያወረዱበት የውሸት ዘመቻ ስኪ ሆነ ብለው ስለሚያምኑ በእስልም ተከታዮች ወገኖቻችን ላይ እየመከሩት መሆኑ በግልጽ ይታያል።
ወገንም የነፃ ብዙሃን መገናኛዎችም የፖሎቲካና የሲቪክ መዋቅሮችን እነኚህን የውሸት ፋበሪካዎችንና የሚያንቀሳቅሷቸውን የውሸት መልክተኞች ማወቅ ማጋለጥና ከዛም አልፎም ማዘጋትና ተጠያቂ ማድርግ ግድ ይላል።
ትግሉ ማንንም ግለሰብንና ቡድን የውሸት ፋበሪካ ሰለባ እንዳይሆን የመከታተልና የመቅታት ዋናው ስራው መሆን ይኖርበታል። የወያኔ ሥርዓት እየገማ በመጣ ቁጥር ባልደረቦቹ እያባሱ መግማታቸው አይቀሬ ስለሆነ እያናዳንዱ ዜጋ እነኝህን የውሸት መልክተኞች መከታተል ሀላፊነት አለበት። የውሸት ፋብሪካ መዘጋትና ሥራ አስኪያጂዎች መቅጣት የዲሞክራሲ ትግል ዋናው ምሶሶ ስለሆነ ፋብሪካዎቹም ሆነ ሥራአስኪያጆቹ ዕውነት ያመርታሉ ማለት የህልም እነጀራና ሞኝነት ነው።
የኢትኦጵያ ሳተላይት ቴሌቪዥን (ኢሳት) ከመጣ ጀምሮ እንቅልፍ የነሳቸው የወያኔ ካደሬዎችና ተጠቃሚዎች የገዢውን ቡድን ውሸት እያሰራጩ ኢሳትን  የሚያጋልጠውን እውነት ሊነኩት አቅቷቸው አይናቸውን ጨፍነው ጆሯቸውን ደፍነው ቅዠት ውስጥ እንዳሉ እራሳቸው ይመሰክራሉ።  ኢሳት አንዱ ትልቁ ሥራው እንኝህን የወያኔን ውሸት ፋብሪካና ቸርቻሪ ባለቤቶችን ለህዘብ ማጋለጥና ማንነታቸውን ህዝብ እንዲያውቃቸው ማድረግ ነው።
የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ነፃነቱን በቶሎ የሚጎናፀፈውና የወደፊት ሰላምና ብልጽግና የሚያገኘው የውሸት ፋብሪካዎች ሲዘጉና የእውነት ፋብሪካዎች ሲስፋፉ ነው።  ይህ መሰረታዊ መፍቴህ የውሸት ፋበሪካ ባለቤቶችን እያሳበዳቸው ጨርቃቸውን ጥለው እየሮጡ እነዳሉ ግልጽ እየሆኑ መጥተዋል። ሆኖም በቂ ትኩረት ተሰጥቶት ስላልተሰራ ተደብቀው ውሸትን ማምረትና መቸርቸር ሥራቸውን ቀጥለዋል።  በድርጅት ከመስራት በግለሰብ መሥራት የባህል ድክመት ብዙዎቹን የነፃ ሚዲያዎችን ያዳከመና የውሸት ፋብሪካዎችን እድል ከፍቶላቸዋል ማለት ይቻላል።
የውሸት ፋብሪካዎችን ለማዘጋት ባለቤቶቹንም ለመቅጣት እንዘጋጅ እንደራጅ
ድል ለኢትዮጵያ ህዘብ

The enduring love of Conrad L. and Joy J. Evans for Ethiopia

By Shaun Evans  

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Shaun Evans, the youngest son of Conrad and Joy Evans. I am a friend and associate of Mel Tewahade. and more importantly a friend of Ethiopia. I enjoy the distinct honor of having been born in Ethiopia in 1964 while my parents were assisting the Ethiopian government to build the Universities at Haramaya and Jimma. Although my life has been surrounded with stories and pictures of my parents and the other Oklahoma State University staff members who lived and worked in Ethiopia, I have never had the opportunity to visit this land of beauty and historical significance, until this year. I expect that it will be a journey of a lifetime and a memory I will never forget. I come to see the sites where Americans from the state of Oklahoma bonded with Ethiopians, and worked and lived hand in hand, for the betterment of each of their countries. I come to see the past, present, and the future.
A short history of my father and mother, Conrad L. and Joy J. Evans.
My parents lived and worked in Ethiopia from 1956 to 1968. They were in Ethiopia as part of the U.S. Government's Point Four program established to provide technical assistance to friendly countries around the world who were seeking assistance in advancing their agriculture, technology, education, and economies. My parents were lucky enough to be part of that program which allowed them to spend the best 12 years of their life, working for Oklahoma State University, in Ethiopia, helping establish the Universities at Haramaya and Jimma. My father, Conrad L. Evans, was already aware of Ethiopia, well in advance of his arrival there in 1956. Conrad's father, Russell, although a simple Oklahoma wheat farmer, had curiosity and wisdom. Regardless of living in a very rural area of the country,the Russell subscribed to national newspapers and would read stories to my father. One story that made a lasting impression on my father and grandfather was the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in the 1930's. My Dad remarked on how strongly my grandfather felt about the Italian invasion. My grandfather felt that it was a great travesty for an industrial nation to attempt to colonize other countries and take advantage of their military superiority at the time. They followed closely the actions of Emperor Haile Selassie addressing the League of Nations. Their hearts went out to Ethiopia and Ethiopians.
Towards the end of World War II, Conrad joined the U.S. Navy at the age of 17, and was bitten by the bug of international travel. After World War II he returned to Oklahoma and attended Oklahoma State University, achieving a Masters Degree in Agronomy, on top of the many hours in civil engineering he earned while in the Navy. He married my mother, Joy Evans, in 1955. They were both teachers in Oklahoma while also helping to work the Evans family farm in Northeast Oklahoma. In 1956 my father and mother were recruited to join the Point Four Program in Ethiopia being managed by Oklahoma State University. Due to my father's wide ranging education and experiences he was given duties like no other staffer for Oklahoma State University. While his main duties were to be the physical plant manager of the Universities at Haramaya and Jimma, his contract simply stated that he would do whatever needed to be done. Thus he served also as an instructor in Agriculture, Mathematics, Social Studies, History, Geography, Industrial Arts, and Agricultural Engineering. Conrad and Joy Evans immediately fell in love with the country of Ethiopia and the Ethiopian people, and chose to renew their contract working for Ethiopia 4 times, for a total of 12 consecutive years of service. Although some Oklahomans had worked a total of more years in the16 year program, no others worked longer, consecutively, than did my father and mother. My father was 29 years of age and my mother was 21 when they came to Ethiopia. They believed Ethiopia was a wonderful place to start and raise a family. They eventually had four sons, all born in Ethiopia: Brian Neal Evans (1957), Craig Collin Evans (1959), Conrad Kent Evans (1961), and me, Kevin Shaun Evans (1964). Our family has always been proud of the work that was done by Oklahoma State University through the Point Four program allowing Ethiopia to have and to operate their own international higher learning institutions. We are proud that those institutions produced internationally respected scientists and professors such as Dr. Gebisa Ejeta and Dr. Tilahun Yilma. Additionally my parents enjoyed Ethiopia for its stunning beauty and rich historical significance. They traveled and explored all of Ethiopia, taking their four sons with them. The experience was not lost on the children. Ethiopia has impacted each of our lives in a most positive manner. After Conrad and Joy Evans went back to Oklahoma, when the Point Four project was finished, they maintained strong ties with Ethiopians. Conrad Evans eventually became Associate Director of International Studies at Oklahoma State University. His experience in Ethiopia allowed him to better assist students from all over the world. He always had a special place in his heart for Ethiopian students who came to Oklahoma State University. In the early 1990's Conrad also was in charge of a reforestation project in Ethiopia operated through World Bank. He administered this project will still working for Oklahoma State University.

Dr. King’s Dream: An Ethiopian’s Perspective

Although I was familiar with the name Martin Luther King Jr. during my teenage years in Ethiopia, I never had a full understanding of the man’s fascinating story or the level of his greatness. That understanding came during my undergraduate years at an American college.
As a young student who had always been interested in the art of writing, I decided to take as many literature courses as I possibly could. One course focused on styles of composition. One of the textbooks assigned for that particular course introduced readers to different writing styles and genres of the English language. I enjoyed every single essay in that book, but one stood out: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Dr. King. I still remember the stunning effect his 1963 letter had on me as I read it for the first time. It was an eye-opening document that illustrated the suffering, humiliation and struggle that African Americans had to endure in order to attain justice, equality and civil rights. I never knew! The letter and its sobering contents were simply captivating. I felt like it was addressed to me and, at the same time, to every individual in every part of the world. I never anticipated that I would identify with his message so closely and with such intensity. The letter prompted me to reflect on the chronic political turmoil and persecutions in my own country and in many African nations. It provoked me to ponder on the grimness of life for African children and the unspeakable human rights violations that governments commit against their own people. It compelled me to think, solemnly, of my fellow Africans’ and the continent’s seemingly inseparable fate with poverty and injustice, which are the direct consequences of bad policies and corrupt leadership. Nevertheless, I tried to maintain an optimistic outlook as Dr. King did in the closing remarks of his extraordinary letter:
Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear drenched communities, and in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.
Dr. King’s eloquent remarks should serve as cautionary words to a world that chooses to focus on differences rather than the fundamental similarities of the human race. The letter that introduced me to his writings inspired me to read more about Dr. King and his brilliant leadership in the civil rights movement. The speech that transformed American society, which was delivered on Aug. 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., remains my favorite: “I Have a Dream.” It is simply one of the most important, thoughtful and emotionally stirring speeches of modern times. Just like his Birmingham letter, “I Have a Dream” also has a universal appeal that speaks truth to people of every nationality. Every time I watch the video of the speech or read its text, I am reminded of the necessity to speak against injustices around the world. It is a highly inspiring speech that gives tremendous hope to all people who are languishing under the brutal rules of wicked oppressors and ruthless dictators. As we observe the fiftieth anniversary of the “dream” speech and the historic March on Washington this year, we must continue to be mindful of the human understanding and connection that Dr. King strived to nurture throughout his life. Like all great world leaders, the powerful message that he successfully transmitted through his writings and speeches is applicable today, and to all people. Let us recognize the fact that, with faith and determination, people around the world, to use his own words, “will be able to transform the jangling discords” of their nations “into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.” Dr. King had a phenomenal dream. As citizens of the world, let’s work on ours collectively.

መንግሥት ለተፈጠረው ችግር በአስቸኳይ ማስተካከያ እንዲያደርግ እንጠይቃለን! ሰማያዊ ፓርቲ


semayawi party's protest call in Addis Ababaነሃሴ 21/2ዐዐ5 ዓ/ም.
ከሰማያዊ ፓርቲ የተሰጠ መግለጫ

ፓርቲያችን ሰማያዊ በህገ መንግሥቱ በተደነገገው ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ የማድረግ መብቱን ተጠቅሞ ለመንግሥት ጥያቄዎችን በማቅረብ ግንቦት 25/2ዐዐ5 ዓ/ም. ታላቅ ህዝባዊ ተቃውሞ ሰልፍ በተሳካ ሁኔታ አድርጓል፡፡
መንግሥት ላቀረብናቸው ጥያቄዎች በሦስት ወር ውስጥ መልስ የማይሠጥ ከሆነ በተጠናከረና በተደራጀ መልኩ ጥያቄያችንን በድጋሚ በህዝባዊ ተቃውሞ ሰልፍ እንደምናቀርብ በግንቦት 25/2ዐዐ5 ዓ/ም. በተደረገው ሠልፍ ላይ ለህዝብ ቃል በገባነው መሠረት ነሃሴ 26/2ዐዐ5 ዓ/ም. በድጋሚ ሰልፍ ጠርተን አስፈላጊውን ዝግጅት እያደረግን መሆኑን ለህዝብ በልዩ ልዩ መገናኛ ዘዴዎች ገልፀናል፡፡
ከዚህ በተጨማሪም ለሰልፉ በሰላም መጠናቀቅ አስፈላጊው ትብብር እንዲደረግልን አዋጁ በሚጠይቀው መሠረት ለአዲስ አበባ መስተዳድር ስብሰባና ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ ማሰወቂያ ክፍል ጉዳዩን እንዲያውቀው አድርገናል፡፡
ይሁን እንጂ ፓርቲያችን ህዝባዊ ተቃውሞ ሰልፍ በጠራበት ግዜና ቦታ ላይ በሌላ አካል ሰልፉ መጠራቱን በትናንትናው ዕለት ነሀሴ 20 ቀን 2005 ዓ.ም በመንግሥት ቴሌቪዥን ዜና ሰምተናል፡፡ በተጨማሪም ለመንግሥት መዋቅር ዜጐች በዚህ ሰልፍ እንዲወጡ በግድ እንዲፈርሙ እየተደረገ መሆኑን ከአዲስ አበባ ኑዋሪዎች አረጋግጠናል፡፡
ሰማያዊ ፓርቲ አስፈላጊውን የህግ ቅድመ ሁኔታ አሟልቶ ነሐሴ 26/2ዐዐ5 ዓ/ም. በመስቀል አደባባይ የጠራውን ተቃውሞ ሰልፍ ለህዝብ ያሳወቀና አስፈላጊውን ዝግጅት ያጠናቀቀ በመሆኑ ሰማያዊ ፓርቲ ሰልፍ በጠራበት ቀንና ሠዓት በሌሎች አካላት የተጠራው ሰልፍ ከመረጃ እጥረት ከሆነ እንዲሠረዝ እየጠየቅን ይህ ካልሆነ ግን ሰማያዊ ፓርቲ በህጋዊ መብቱ የሚያደርገውን የተቃውሞ ሰልፍ ሆን ብሎ ለመረበሽና አቅጣጫውን ለማስቀየስና በዜጐች መካከል ግጭት ለመፍጠር የታቀደ ስለሆነ ለሚፈጠረው ችግር ተጠያቂ መንግሥት መሆኑን የኢትዮጵያ ህዝብና የሚመለከታቸው አካላት እንዲያውቁት በአፅንዖት እንገልፃለን፡፡
በመጨረሻም መንግስት ዜጐችን ያለፈቃዳቸው በማስፈረም ተገደው ሰልፍ እንዲወጡ ማድረግ ህገ ወጥ ስለሆነ፣ በአስቸኳይ እንዲያቆም እንጠይቃለን፡