አንድነት – ኢቲቪ ባዘጋጀዉ ዶኮሜንተሪ ላይ ከአንድነት የተሰጠ መግለጫ

    

የፓርቲያችንን ህጋዊ እንቅስቃሴ ለፖለቲካ ፍጆታ ማዋል የገዥውን ፓርቲ የፕሮፓጋንዳ ውድቀት እና ኢ-ህገመንግሥታዊነት የሚያሳይ ነው!!!

ከአንድነት ለዴሞክራሲ እና ለፍትህ ፓርቲ (አንድነት) የተሰጠ መግለጫ!!!

ፓርቲያችን አንድነት የተቋቋመለትን ሕዝባዊ ዓላማ መሰረት በማድረግ በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ከ50 ዓመት በላይ ትግል ተደርጎበት እውን መሆን ያልቻለውን ዴሞክራሲያዊ ስርዓት ሳይሸራረፍ ለማስፈን፤ አምባገነኑን ስርዓት በሰላማዊ ትግል ለመለወጥ እንዲሁም የህግ የበላይነት እንዲረጋገጥ ለማድረግ ህግን መሰረት አድርጎ እየሰራ ይገኛል፡፡ በዚህ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ስርዓት የማስፈን ትግልም ፓርቲያችን፣ አመራሩና ቁርጠኛ አባላቱ ከፍተኛ መስዋዕትነት ከፍለዋል፤ እየከፈሉም ይገኛሉ፡፡ ዋጋ በከፈሉና ዋጋ እየከፈሉ ባሉ አመራሮቻችንና አባሎቻችን መራራ ትግል ምስጋና ይሁንና በመላ ኢትዮጵያ ሕዝባዊ መሰረት በመጣል ከኢትዮጵያ ህዝብ ጎን መሆናችንንም አረጋግጠናል፡፡ ይህ የፓርቲያችን ጥንካሬ የራስ ምታት የሆነበት ገዥው ፓርቲ ግን ባገኘው አጋጣሚ ሁሉ ህዝባዊ መሰረታችንን ለመናድ በስም ማጥፋት፣ በፍረጃና ባልዋልንበት እንደዋልን የማስመሰል ስራውን አጠናክሮ በመቀጠል በህዝቡ ዘንድ ያለንን መልካም ስማችንን ለማጉደፍ ባገኘው አጋጣሚ ሁሉ እየሰራ ይገኛል፡፡

አንድነትም የገዥውን ፓርቲ ኢ-ህገ መንግስታዊ የሆነ እኩይ ተግባር ተገቢ እንዳልሆነ፣ ለሀገርና ለህዝብ እንደማይጠቅም፣ የህዝብን ጥያቄ በዶክመንተሪ ጋጋታ መመለስ እንደማይቻል፣ ከፍረጃና ከሴራ ተላቅቆ በሰከነ መንገድ ወደ ውይይት እንዲመጣ በተደጋጋሚ መክረናል፤ ሀገራዊ ጥሪም አቅርበናል፡፡ ነገር ግን አምባገነኑ ስርዓት የሚቆጣጠራቸውን የመንግስት ተቋማት በመጠቀም አሁንም በዶክመንተሪ ስም ከማጥፋት፣ ከመፈረጅና ከማስፈራራት መላቀቅ አልቻለም፡፡

ሰሞኑን በተከታታይ 3 ክፍል ተላልፎ ይቀጥላል በተባለውና የፀረ-ሽብር ግብረ ሃይል ከኢቲቪ ጋር በመሆን አዘጋጅቶታል በተባለው ተከታታይ የዶክመንተሪ ፕሮግራም ላይ መሰረት የተደረገው ፓርቲያችን በመላ ኢትዮጵያ ህዝባዊ ንቅናቄ በመፍጠር እንዲሰረዝ እንቅስቃሴ ያደረገበት የፀረ ሽብር ህጉ ላይ ነው፡፡ አንድነት የፀረ-ሽብር ህጉ ይሰረዝ ሲል አሳማኝ መከራከሪያዎችን በማንሳትና በሰላማዊ መንገድ ቢሆንም ገዥው አካል ግን እንደተለመደው ማስተላለፍ ከፈለጉት አላማ ጋር የፓርቲያችንን ስም በማይገባ ቦታ በማንሳትና ለሚመለከተው አካል በህጉ መሰረት አሳውቀን ባካሄድናቸው ሰላማዊ ሰልፎች እና ህዝባዊ ስብሰባዎች ላይ ያስተላለፍናቸውን አቋሞች የሃሰት ትርጉም እየሰጠ የተለመደ የዶክመንተሪ ድራማው ማድመቂያ ሲያደርገን ተስተውሏል፡፡ የፓርቲ አመራሮች በህጋዊ ሰላማዊ ሰልፎች ላይ ያደረጉትን ንግግር ቆርጦ በመጠቀም በህዝብ ዘንድ ያለን ተቀባይነት ላይ ተፅዕኖ ለማሳረፍ የታቀደ መሆኑን እንገነዘባለን፡፡ ከዚህም በተጨማሪ ሁሌም ምርጫ ሲቃረብ እንደሚያደርጉት ሁሉ በ2007 ዓ.ም ለሚካሄደው ሀገራቀፍ ምርጫ የተቃውሞ ጎራውን በፀረ-ሰላምነት ለመፈረጅ እየተደረገ ያለ የኢህአዴግ የምርጫ እንቅስቃሴ ክፍልም ነው፡፡

በዚሁ ዶክመንተሪ ላይ መቀመጫውን በውጭ በማድረግ የተለያዩ ዜናዎችንና ፕሮግራሞችን በማሰራጨት የሚታወቀውን ኢሳት (ESAT) ሬዲዮ እና ቴሌቪዥን ጣቢያ ላይ ፓርቲያችን ለአባላቱ እና ለደጋፊዎቹ መልዕክት ማስተላለፉን እንዲሁም እንደፓርቲ ለማንኛውም ሚዲያ የፓርቲያችንን ሰላማዊ እንቅስቃሴ በተመለከተ ስንጠየቅ የመመለስ መብታችንን በሚጋፋ መልኩ የፓርቲያችንን አቋም አዛብቶ ለማቅረብ ሞክሯል፡፡

ይህም የኢህአዴግን የፖለቲካ ባህሪ እና አቋም በግልፅ ያሳየ ነው ማለት ይቻላል፡፡ በፓርቲያችን ዕምነት ኢህአዴግ በሚጠላቸው እና በሚያጥላላቸው ሚዲያዎች ሃሳብን መግለፅ በየትኛውም መመዘኛ አሸባሪነት ሊሆን አይችልም፡፡ የኢህአዴግ መንግስት ሲያስነጥሰው ከሚያለቅሱለት የፕሮፓጋንዳው ፍጆታዎች ከሆኑት ሚዲያዎች ውጪ የኔ ያልሆኑ የሌላ ናቸው ብሎ የሚያምን በመሆኑም ፍረጃው ህጋዊ አግባብነትም ሆነ መረጃ የሌለው ባዶ ፍረጃ መሆኑ ከማንም የተሰወረ አይደለም፡፡

ከሁሉም በላይ ህገ መንግስታዊ መሰረት የሌለው ቢሆንም እንኳ ቢያንስ ራሳቸው ላወጡት ህግ ታምነው ለህዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት በማቅረብ ሳያስወስኑ አንድን የሚዲያ ተቋም ያውም ለአንድ አላማ የተቋቋመ የፀረ-ሽብር ግብረሃይል ‹‹የአሸባሪ ድርጅት ልሳን ነው›› ወይም ‹‹አሸባሪ ነው›› በማለት ሲፈርጅ ስናይ አሁንም የሀገራችን ፖለቲካ ፓርቲና መንግስት የተደበላለቁበት፣ አንድ ድርጅት እንደፈለገው የሚፈርጅበት ስርዓት እንዳለ የሚጠቁም ነው፡፡

ፓርቲያችንም ይህንን ህገ ወጥ ፍረጃ በቀላሉ የማይመለከተው መሆኑን እየገለፅን ገዥው ፓርቲ ከድርጊቱ እንዲቆጠብ፤ የኢትዮጵያ ቴሌቪዥንም ለተፈፀመብን የስም ማጥፋት ከተጠያቂነት የማያመልጥ መሆኑን እያሳወቅን አሁንም ህገ-መንግስት የሚጥሰውንና ተቀናቃኝ ሃይሎችን ለማሸማቀቅ እያገለገለ ያለው የፀረ-ሽብር አዋጅ እንዲሰረዝ ሰላማዊ ህዝባዊ ትግላችንን በማጠናከር እንደምንቀጥል እንገልፃለን፡፡ የህዝብ ልዕልና እና የህግ የበላይነት እንዲከበር ትግሉ የሚጠይቀንን መስዋዕትነት እንደምንከፍል ለመላው የኢትዮጵየ ህዝብ በድጋሚ እናረጋግጣለን፡፡

አንድነት ለዴሞክራሲና ለፍትህ ፓርቲ ታህሳስ 29 ቀን 2006 ዓ.ም አዲስ አባባ

Ethiopian Migrants Expelled by Saudis Remain in Limbo Back Home

By Benno Muchlerr, New York Times  
LEGUAMA, Ethiopia — Mohammed Jemal left Ethiopia two years ago. He wanted to be independent, to support his family — and to escape the mockery of having squandered a big chance for a better life.
“I went to college and dropped out. I somehow failed,” he said. If he had gone back home and started a simple life with a poorly paid job, he said, “people would have called my family names.” So, like many Ethiopians, Mr. Mohammed left his small, rural hometown in central Ethiopia to seek his fortune in Saudi Arabia. He entered the country illegally, he said, having walked most of the way through Djibouti and Yemen. Once he got there, he said, he worked as a guard and receptionist. Despite the many challenges, the money was worth it, he recalled thinking, until he was tossed out of the country in a mass deportation in which nearly a million people who had entered the country illegally from Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere in Asia were pushed out of Saudi Arabia last year, according to the International Labor Organization. For decades, rich Arab countries in the Middle East have been a major destination for migrant workers from developing nations. Deportations had happened before, but the scale of the recent expulsions from Saudi Arabia is virtually unheard-of, the labor organization said. About 150,000 Ethiopians have been forced out of the country. Their expulsion puts the Ethiopian government under strain because the remittances they sent had greatly contributed to the country, which has one of the world’s fastest-growing economies but is still very poor. Now, as Mr. Mohammed rode a bus past the mountains of his native country, old worries returned to his mind. On the bus with him were about 50 other Ethiopians who had also recently been deported from Saudi Arabia, most of them silent as they crossed the Ethiopian highlands into an uncertain future. When Mr. Mohammed got off the rickety blue bus and took his luggage down from the roof, a group of friends and family gathered around, hugging him. Many of them had also returned from Saudi Arabia. In fact, one resident said, almost all the youths of Leguama, a town of 5,000, had left because of poverty and had now come back.
Full story on The New York Times

Ethiopia Rejects Egyptian Proposal on Nile as Dam Talks Falter

By William Davison, Bloomberg
Ethiopia rejected a proposal that would guarantee Egypt the rights to most of the Nile River’s water, as disagreements cast doubt over future talks about Africa’s biggest hydropower project.
The 6,000-megawatt Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Ethiopia’s Blue Nile River, set to be completed in 2017, has raised concern in Cairo that it will reduce the flow of the Nile, which provides almost all of Egypt’s water. The Blue Nile is the main tributary of the Nile. The $4.2 billion dam 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Sudan’s border will benefit agricultural and power interests in the region and not cause water losses downstream, Ethiopia says. Sudan supports the hydropower project designed to produce electricity for much of East Africa that began in April 2011. Egyptian officials at a Jan. 4-Jan. 5 meeting that also included representatives from Sudan, introduced a “principles of confidence-building” document asking Ethiopia to “respect” Sudan and Egypt’s water security, said Fekahmed Negash, the head of the Ethiopian Water and Energy Ministry’s Boundary and Transboundary Rivers Affairs Directorate. Discussing the issue would contravene an agreement signed by six Nile countries, he said in a phone interview on Jan. 6. “We will not negotiate on this issue with any country,” Fekahmed said from Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. “That is why we say take it to the right platform” that includes other members of the Nile Basin, he said. 1959 Accord Egypt argues its 1959 agreement with Sudan that gave Egypt the rights to 55.5 billion cubic meters out of a total of 84 billion cubic meters is the governing document on the Nile’s water. The rest of the river’s flow was for Sudan or lost to evaporation. Ethiopia and other upstream nations reject the accord they were not signatories to and say Egypt’s domination of the Nile has unfairly deprived them of a vital resource. Ethiopia also rejected an Egyptian suggestion to immediately form a panel of neutral experts to adjudicate any disputes arising from planned studies of the dam’s hydrological and environmental impact, Ethiopian Water and Energy Minister Alemayehu Tegenu said. Experts can be hired if they’re needed, he said in an interview Jan. 5 in Khartoum. The Egyptian delegation didn’t want to set a date for a next meeting, Fekahmed said. “We have exhausted all opportunities to negotiate with Ethiopia because of the intransigence of Addis Ababa,” Egyptian daily Al-Masry Al-Youm quoted Egyptian Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel-Moteleb as saying on Jan. 6. “We will not go to Ethiopia unless Addis Ababa shows desire to return to negotiations to resolve the points of disputes,” he said Talks Continuing Discussions will “continue,” Alemayehu said yesterday on his official Twitter account. Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan decided on Dec. 9 to form a committee comprising four members from each country to oversee the studies. The initiative was recommended by a panel of international experts who concluded in May that insufficient work had been done on the dam’s downstream impact. Ethiopia’s position to only bring in mediating experts as required will be a “waste of time,” Abdel-Motaleb said in an interview in Khartoum Jan 5. Ethiopia has repeatedly refused Egyptian requests to pause construction of a key national project. “There is nothing that will stop it,” Gideon Asfaw, head of Ethiopia’s technical team in Khartoum, said about the dam. A Cooperative Framework Agreement has been signed by Ethiopia and five other Nile nations that adopts principles of “equitable and reasonable” use of waters that do not cause “significant harm” to other states. Once ratified by six legislatures, the accord paves the way for the creation of a Nile River Basin Commission that will manage water rights and development projects on the Nile. Egypt considers preserving its claimed rights to the Nile a matter of national security and says it needs more than its 1959 share because of its growing population. “We need 80 billion cubic meters,” Abdel-Moteleb said. “We will not let go of one drop of water.” To contact the reporters on this story: William Davison in Addis Ababa at wdavison3@bloomberg.net; Ahmed Feteha in Khartoum at afeteha@bloomberg.net
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Message for Christians and their leaders: Lets break the silence!

Shouldn’t we allow theology to inspire,enlighten and guide us to know and demand our God given rights?

by Yonas Fikremariam
Yes.we should and we can…
Liberation theology is defined as a political movement which contends and interprets that the teaching of Jesus Christ in the bible has a liberation option from unjust economic, political and social conditions. This ideology contends that the struggle, suffering, oppression and exploitation of the poor by dictatorial regimes as in Ethiopia or as that during the time of king Herods is vehemently defended by Jesus himself.The word of God has unequivocal message against exploitation,repression and unjust political situation.
If you are a christian from any denomination and have read the gospel or the bible at least once, you will frequently encounter Jesus speaking against oppressive authorities of his time. Jesus suffered like ordinary citizens until the high chief , scribes , priests and the kings of his time executed him on the cross just because they found him to be a threat to power. Today, Jesus has not only inspired 12 disciples but millions who follow him. Are there real followers of Jesus in Ethiopia? Have we really got what Christianity is all about? Have we learned the smallest of lessons that we can get from our religion. What should be the role of the church in Ethiopia? I leave the answer to your honest judgment.
In Ethiopia, there are many who have been persecuted as a result of their decision to side with Jesus and speak for millions of voiceless Ethiopians. Bekele Gerba, Eskender Nega, Anduwalem Arage and many other on the forefront and backfront are people to mention but a few. Dr. Birhanu Nega and all the others who lost everything they have just because they spoke for the poor are also examples of practical followers of Christianity.
Ethiopia’s iconic pop star, Teddy Afro has been persecuted,mocked and sanctioned for he unceasingly spoke about the poor and ever deteriorating dynamics of the social justice. All this and other great leaders who can’t be written here and active in the social justice arena have well integrated the theology with their daily live.
Are we quite about social justice?
Are we? Are we speaking up as preachers or are silent and blind to the need of our people? Are we speaking the truth as pastor or deacon or are silent and blind to the need of our people? Are we speaking up as a christian family or are silent and blind to the need of our people?
Are we using religion to divide us or to unite and speak with our people.
Are we a source of love,unity and faith or hate,division and disharmony.
Are we the power,innovation and fabrication house of repression,deception and suffering of Ethiopians or the opposite.
Are we speaking against the exploitation of our people or the denial of the freedom of expression or the right to elect our own leaders? Are we practicing our professionalism?
Liberation theology, christians up to liberate themselves, proposes to a holistic approach to fight against poverty by addressing its supposed source.The source of poverty in Ethiopia is a result of four decades of oppressive dictatorial regimes. Unjust political system .The root cause of poverty in Ethiopia is nothing but gangs of very organized mafias exploiting and oppressing over 90 million people under the guise of perfect federal democracy .This dictators find pleasure in sin. They excite themselves in the suffering of millions of poor.The cry of the poor quench their thirst.The blood of the poor console their flesh. The devil works right there on,with and by this gangs.
Consequently, there is a devil working in the current Ethiopian government system.The army and the security;the judiciary and all those government sub systems are playing an indispensable role for the devil.
The Ethiopian Orthodox and Protestant Church should rethink its preachings strategy of its theology. referring as it is written in the bible,they should preach against social injustice.
we all have freely chosen to be a Christians,still the choice is ours to understand it’s deep meaning and live it fully as a person,family,organization,community,government and church.
On this Christmas season,I wish that all of us remember and receive the gift of inspiration,enlightenment and the liberation option that Christianity holds for us.
May God Bless Ethiopia and enlighten Church leaders and Christians to understand the meaning of the holy cross and inspire them to liberate themselves from the slavery oppression by the apartheid regime in Ethiopia!
By Yonas Fikremariam
Ye cherkos lege
Melakm gena