breaking dr negasso gidada is detained by the regime

Ethiopia's former President Dr. Nigaso Gidada, one of the strongest and most outspoken leaders of political opposition, has been detained. Dr. Nigaso Gidada detained 4 days before completing his peaceful "Millions of Voices of Freedom" campaign. His campaign was set to be completed on the coming Sunday with a peaceful, public demonstration. He's lead this campaign 3 months without incident then, suddenly, hes detained 4 days before its completed. . Dr. Nagasso holds a doctorate in social history from the Goethe University in Frankfurt-am-Main and is currently a part-time lecturer of history at Addis Ababa University. The title of his doctoral thesis is "History of the Sayyoo Oromo of Southwestern Wallaga, Ethiopia, from about 1730 to 1886". He is married to Regina Abelt, a German nurse and midwife. Being the First Lady of Ethiopia while holding the German Citizenship earned Abelt considerable, yet unwanted, attention by the German and European tabloid press. In marked contrast, Regina Abelt was virtually invisible in Ethiopia and never enjoyed the official title of First Lady which was instead used by the wife of the Prime Ministe In Europe, he was an active member of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF).Dr Negasso had been Minister of Information in the Transitional Government of Ethiopia and Central Committee member of the Oromo People's Democratic Organisation (OPDO) when he became president on 22 August 1995.He left office when his term expired on 8 October 2001. Before the end of his term, he was expelled from both the OPDO and theEPRDF coalition on 22 June. In the 2005 general elections, Dr. Negasso was elected to the Ethiopian House of People's Representatives as an independent from Dembidolo in theMirab Welega Zone of the Oromia Region. In July 2008, Dr. Negasso became a founding member of the Forum for Democratic Dialogue (FDD), a new coalition of opposition parties and activists. Then in November 2009, he announced he had joined the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ), one of the eight parties in the FDD, "to try to unite Ethiopia". At the time of his announcement, he also asked forgiveness from Ethiopians for deceiving them that Ethiopia's current constitution was ratified in 1995 with full participation of all political parties in a democratic manner. "There were a number of political parties that were excluded from the process," he said during the ceremony when he and Siye Abraha were officially inducted into the UDJ

Woyane got it all wrong; it has no way out but the unconditional surrender for democratic rule

Woyane got it all wrong; it has no way out but the unconditional surrender for democratic rule September 24, 2013

The Ethiopian regime seems to misunderstand what the people of Ethiopia are demanding. The sooner the regime gets it and surrender peacefully for democratic rule the better it would be. Playing hide-and-seek game isn’t going to do it.  Spewing empty ethnic and religious propaganda isn’t going to save it. Hiding behind corrupt investments and empty growth propaganda isn’t a substitute for freedom. Tormenting the population and jailing the innocent with empty bravado isn’t going to help it form its inevitable demise. Woyane and its stooges must appreciate the tolerance of our people and accept the illegitimacy of the ruling regime and live with it. Noting will change that reality. 

by Teshome Debalke

Stupidity is a virtue brought about by ignorance, empty self-worth and bravado; often exhibited in a circle of people in-and around tyrannies, gangs and rouge groups that rely on intimidation and brut force to sustain their existence.  Therefore, the Ethiopian ruling regime known for its stupidity and brutality on the top of its organized corruption has no qualm to remain on the bottom of the pits since it came to power. Its apologists aren’t far behind; not willing to rise up to the occasion when the rotten regime reduces them to impersonator beyond recognition.

When the self-declared minority regime implemented Apartheid to insure its survival it was bound to commit atrocities and corruption beyond an average tyranny. When the apologist lie through their teeth to cover up for its crimes it was clear illustration of how a confined ethnic audience can be manipulated to play on the bottom. Therefore, the Woyane regime has one thing going for it; a collection of ethnic yes-men clapping with one hand and stealing with the other to make enough noise for the world to believe there is something out of noting.  

There is no discord among Ethiopians the rogue regime rotted beyond repair long ago and banking on its killing and extortion machine to get by. Naturally, the more people say so the more deadly the regime became with no one around its apologists capable of pushing it out of the bottom it chose to play.

Obviously Woyane made its bed and slept in it for too long. The question that remained is how is it there are still people out there that entertain to hold on to a rotten ethnic regime-fully aware of its criminality? In other words, what could possibly motivate people to remotely associate with a self-declared Mafia on the top of an Apartheid regime to stick around in unwinnable battle against the people of Ethiopia?