Dear all,

Kinjit and the alphabet soup.

On May 15, Ethiopian voted 49% Kinjit, 37% EPRDF, 17% Hebret, according to exit polling leaked from EU independent observers.

Ethiopians voted for Kinjit, with its "V" sign. The people relate to Kinjit. They relate to the leader of Kinjit, Ato Hailu Shawel. Kinjit and the "V" sign are important markers to the majority of the people that went to the polling booths on May 15, 2005.

Recently people sense the appearance of new names for the opposition including transitional government, provisional government, coalition government, etc. Whatever new modalities are selected Kinjit must make sure that name Kinjit appears at the heading of the new arrangement. Failure to include the name Kinjit will turn off the majority of people that supported it from being interested in the new arrangement. The creation of new names for the opposition has been implemented repeatedly in the past and has succeeded to defocus, weaken, and debilitate the opposition. The industry that generates the alphabet soup must be abandoned or turned off completely. Kinjit should insist that the name Kinjit should be placed in any and all coalition efforts it might be engaged in. Kinjit must also insist that the coalition must have a leader.


Another fear people have is that the Kinjit leadership will be taken over by well-known entities that have for years debilitated Ethiopia from liberating itself from the tyranny of ethnic-centered governance. The way out of the tyranny was believed to be a nonviolent movement conducted by the people and for the people. What people fear is that if Kinjit is not careful the nonviolent movement that the people started will be taken over by entities that will debilitate the people from acquiring freedom from tyranny. The purpose of a nonviolent movement is not for the leaders to seek positions in government nonviolently. The purpose of a nonviolent movement is to empower the people to peaceably govern themselves. Nonviolent movement takes time to achieve its goal. The leaders must know that and should guide the movement by jealously guarding against currents that will divert the effort to quick fix power sharing devices.

I now turn to the 5 Nehasse(12 August 2005) and 5 August 2005 press releases.

The 5 Nehese press release by Kinjit and Hebret is a proposal that they submitted to the EPRDF for its consideration. The proposal was worked out by Hebret. Earlier the proposal was made public in English on 5 May 2005 bearing the initials of Drs. Brehanu and Beyene. This proposal seeks power sharing with EPRDF, if the latter would accept, and was initially said to have not been accepted by Kinjit. Now, the Amharic version of the same proposal is apparently accepted and is given as a joint proposal by Hebret and Kinjit.[http://www.andenet.com/PR-CUD-UEDF-081205-Amh.pdf] The last I heard on German radio was Ato Ledetu stating that it was not accepted by Kinjit while Dr. Brehanu asserted that Ato Ledetu would not know that it was not accepted.

Particulars of the Heberte-Kinjit proposal
Articles 1 through III provide rationale and fear that the authors of the proposal state inorder to offer the suggestions of a new political arrangement conatined in Aricles IV and V.

Article IV states the main features of the new political arrangement. The arrangement has three parts:a) duration- limited only to the time to get a fair and just election. b) confidence building- develop and implement certain activities by the parties and the government, and 3) power sharing by parties- establishment a government that allows for power sharing by the parties.

Article 5 of the proposal thanks what it called "other major stakeholders" two of whom were identified. The first "other major stakeholder" is identified to be the Ethiopian people. The Ethiopians then are thanked for their effort to enable the proponents to do their thing. The Ethiopians are also asked to be patient so that this wonderful proposal will take hold. The other identified major stakeholder is the international community.

The last paragraph of the proposal includes the following.
"In conclusion, the main point of our proposal is to suggest a way out of the current political impass. We believe that the way out is to hold a meeting/conference of the EPRDF, CUD and UEDF, facilitated by a third party consisting of the international donor community and Ethiopian civic organizations." http://www.andenet.com/CUD-Proposal-0805-Eng.pdf

My reaction to the conclusion had been that it runs against the precepts of nonviolent movements aimed at liberating people from tyranny. I had also asked people to refer to the work of Gene Sharp on nonviolent movement.

May God save Ethiopia.

SOURCE
http://www.aeup.org/new/static/CUD_UEDF_proposal_081205.htm
AEUP (ALL ETHIOPIAN UNITY PARTY) MEMBER OF CUD
ቅንጅትና ኅብረት የመሸጋገሪያ መንግሥት እንዲቋቋም ጠየቁ
የማጣራቱ ውጤት ተቀባይነት የለውም አሉ
ልሳነ ሕዝብ ጋዜጣ ዓርብ ነኀሴ 6 ቀን 1997 ዓ.ም.
በሕዝባችንና በአገራችን ላይ የሰፈነውን መጥፎ ፍርሃት ለማስወገድ፣ አሁን በአገራችን በተፈጠረው የፖለቲካ ልዩነት ምክንያት የፈጠረውን ውጥረት በማላላት መጨውን ጊዜ ለልጆቻችንና ለራሳችንም ብሩህ ለማድረግ አዲስ ፖለቲካዊ አሰላለፍ የሚጠይቅ የድርድር አማራጭ ሃሳብ አቅርበናል ሲሉ የቅንጅት ለአንድነትና ለዴሞክራሲ እና የኢትዮጵያ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ኃይሎች ኅብረት አመራር አባላት አስታወቁ። አመራር አባላቱ ትናንት ማምሻውን በአይቤክስ ሆቴል በጋራ በሰጡት መግለጫ "የግንቦት 7/97 ምርጫን ተከትሎ የተከሰቱትን የምርጫ ችግሮች ለመፍታት የተወሰዱ እርምጃዎች ችግሮቹን በተገቢው መንገድ ሊቀርፉ አልቻሉም። በቅርቡ እነዚህን ከምርጫ ጋር በተያያዘ የተከሰቱትን ቅራኔዎች የማጣራት ሂደትንም ምርጫ ቦርድ ገለልተኛ ባለመሆኑ ተቀባይነት እንዳይኖረው አድርጐታል" ብለዋል። ለአገራችን ችግሮች ፖለቲካዊ መፍትሔ ለማምጣት ዋነኛው ችግር በተቀናቃኝ ፓርቲዎች መካከል መተማመን አለመኖሩ መሆኑን ጠቁመው "እያንዳንዱ ፓርቲ ሌላውን ሊጠፋ እንደሚገባ ጠላት ሳይሆን በአገሪቷ ውስጥ የሚገነባውን የዴሞክራሲ ሂደት እንደሚያጠናክር ጠቃሚና አወንታዊ ኃይል መቁጠር ይኖርበታል" ብለዋል። በተቀናቃኝ ፓርቲዎችና በሕዝቡ መካከል መተማመን እንዲፈጠርም ጠይቀዋል። አዲስ ፖለቲካዊ አሰላለፍ ማስፈለጉን በማስመልከትም ባሰፈሩት ሃሳብ ለብሔራዊ አንድነት መንግሥት አጽንኦት ሰጥተው "በሁሉም ዓይነት ኢኮኖሚያዊና ማኅበራዊ ችግሮች ለተዘፈቀች ለእኛ ዓይነት አገር በእውነተኛ ዴሞክራሲ ላይ የተገነባና የተረጋጋ ፖለቲካዊ አየር መስፈን አገሪቱ ለተረጋገጡባት በርካታ ማኅበራዊ ችግሮች ምላሽ ለመስጠት አስፈላጊነቱ የተረጋገጠ ነው" ብለዋል። አዲሱ የፖለቲካ አሰላለፍ የሚኖሩትንም ባህርያት "አዲሱ አሰላለፍ ዕድሜው የተገደበ መሆን፣ በተቃዋሚዎችና በሕዝቡ ላይ የተከፈተውን ጥቃት ማቆምና ሕግን ማክበር፣ ፍትሐዊ የሥልጣን ክፍፍልን ባገናዘበ መልኩ የመንግሥት መዋቅር መፍጠር" በማለት ገልጠዋቸዋል። "በሚመሠረተው አዲስ መንግሥትም ሦስቱ የፖለቲካ ድርጅቶች በግንቦቱ ምርጫ ባገኙት ድምፅ መሠረት የሚኒስቴርነት ኃላፊነቶችና ሌሎች ከፍተኛ የሥልጣን ቦታዎችን ተመጣጣኝ በሆነ መልኩ በሚያገኙበት በልኩ ሊዋቀር ይገባል። የሚመሠረተው መንግሥት ገለልተኛ የሆነ የመገናኛ ብዙኀን ኮሚሽን፣ አዲስና ገለልተኛ ምርጫ ቦርድ ያቋቋማል" ብለዋል። እነዚህ የድርድር ሃሳቦች ተቀባይነት እንዲያገኙ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ዓለማቀፉ ማኅበረሰብ የበኩላቸውን ግፊትና አስተዋጽኦ እንዲያደርጉ ጥሪ አድርገዋል። አማራጩ የድርድር ሃሳብ "በአሁኑ ወቅት የተከሰተውን የፖለቲካ ቀውስ በሰላማዊ መንገድ በመፍታት ሌሎች ከፍተኛ የሆኑ የአገሪቱ ችግሮችን ማለትም የዴሞክራሲ፣ የመልካም አስተዳደር፣ እንዲሁም የዘላቂ ልማት ችግሮችን ለመፍታት ወሳኝነት አለው" ሲሉ መግለጫቸውን አጠቃለዋል።

Moderator,

What is this garbage gebrelekuskus is posting. He is abusing this forum. Give him a week off.

Mamo Qilo

Someone must be playing game with his own mind when he/she uses individuals name. What a shame and shamers this forum filled with!

The above comment is not mine.

Yes it is your own opinion.

Mamo Qilo

Mamomian!

How is the pin at the moment?

I think Gebreslassie Zemariam is a retarded person or crazy good for nothing

Email: hager@hotmail.com

City: DC

Hager!

You think so?

hager,
I agree with you.

Mulugeta,
A good leader comes with a great vision to unite and lead for the benefit of all its citizens. But you are one good example for all of us to see how Meles and his chorines are all about—you are trying so hard to cause chaos among ethnic groups, even Menegestu did not do that. He believed in one Ethiopia. Like some one has said in this forum—Ethiopians know who tortured and killed their children. How pathetic, you want to blame your own cruelty on some other ethnic groups. And yet you are the only ethnic group who has the total control of Ethiopia for the last fourteen years. You cannot hide, we know who the real criminals are. This shall also pass. Your legacy will be horrible.