Fooling Eritreans and Ethiopians

by Amanuel Biedemariam

The ethnic cleansing of Eritreans and Ethiopians of Eritrean origin was indication of the propensity to how low the apartheid regime of the TPLF can stoop to hold on to power. What they did then was try to create a non existent scar amongst the friendly peoples and, set a precedent that will ultimately come back to haunt them. Unfortunately, the TPLF cadres have embraced mischief, deceit, lies, hegemony, manipulations, ethnic cleansing, genocides, extrajudicial killings and creating mayhem as a mode of governance. They have demonstrated what true nature of governance based on the darkest inclinations of humanity looks like.

Lately, a group of these criminals has been roaming around as a political party in the US calling themselves Medrek. While Medrek is an Ethiopian matter, since they have made Eritrea a platform and a focal part of their campaign, there is no choice but to react. And it is also opportunity to give another perspective to the unsuspecting Ethiopian and expose, that they are criminals that need to face justice, not messiahs that will save Ethiopia from darkness.

Their campaign started in Seattle Washington and met stiff resistance from Ethiopians that rejected the personalities and their messages outright. They then went to Washington DC, Atlanta and other places to conduct similar seminars. This time however, they slightly altered the messages and tweaked the delivery to appease the resisting parties.

The core of the Medrek is comprised of Gebru Asrat TPLF and chairman of Medrek, Seye Abraham TPLF and former Defense Minister of Ethiopia and, hodgepodge collection of TPLF subsidiary groups with familiar names to fill-in the blanks and, to legitimize the so-called Medrek.

Regardless of what they call themselves today, they are TPLF-Weyane cadres that were and remain affiliated to the group of Tigrayans that have been looting Ethiopia while wreaking havoc in the region afflicting untold suffering in Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea for over 20years. They are the core of TPLF-EPRDF, party to a group that committed and continues to commit major humanitarian crimes.

They base their platforms on two-core subjects; anti Meles Zenawi rhetoric and, Eritrea.

Anti Meles Zenawi Rhetoric

Their main aim is to appear moderate by demonizing their former boss Meles Zenawi, by denouncing his tenure as characterized by Temsgen Zewde,

 “A leader of the most brutal and oppressive regime, characterized by massive human rights violations, arbitrary arrests of opposition members, suppression of free press, exorbitant cost of living and flagrant rigging of election results, as a ruler of the most oppressive system and one who strongly believed in ethnic division.”

Moreover, they are also trying to portray the current Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn as a puppet and a continuation of Meles Zenawi. And to that end, they are preaching how democratic, transparent, respectful of human rights, press freedoms and guardians of Ethiopia they will and can be when they assume power.

Eritrea, the Carrot

This subject reveals the true nature of the group and the conspiracies that they are weaving against the people of Ethiopia and Eritrea one more time. According to Mahebere Andinet, in the seminar in Atlanta Ghebru Asrat said that he,

“Denounced secessionism and strongly adhere to the territorial integrity of Ethiopia. He further expressed that all parties have agreed to revoke the Algiers accord that reached final and binding decision regarding delimitation of borders with Eritrea.”

Denounce ethnic division…? That must be a joke. After the TPLF assumed absolute power of Ethiopia in 1991, Ghebru Asrat was the President of Tigray for over a decade and a member of the politburo of TPLF/EPRDF when article 39 was drafted. The base of the minority apartheid TPLF regime of Ethiopia is Tigray. TPLF is the organization that drafted article 39, an article that states, “Every nation, nationality or people in Ethiopia shall have the unrestricted right to self determination up to secession.” This took place while Ghebru Asrat and Seye Abraha were key actors of the criminal entity.

Their campaigns have many goals. For those Ethiopians that believe in Andnet (Unity) and Ethiopia’s issues of access to sea, it is to dangle Eritrea as a carrot. In the process, they can distance from Meles’s previous comments about access to sea. This is also designed to create confusion and fissure within the Ethiopia’s Diaspora opposition parties. This effort is lead by Seye Abraham and Ghebru Asrat in North America.

Simultaneous Campaign Directed at Eritreans

While Seye and Ghebru campaign in North America, another core is focused on the Eritrean public in the Diaspora with a unique strategy of deception. This is led by Berekt Simon, Abay Tsehaye, Sebhat Nega etc…

In Awasa Ethiopia, Bereket Simon created, funded and organized a group called Smerr, another term for Unity.  The main objective of this group is to dissolve the independence of Eritrea. To that end, Bereket Simon recently has been making rounds in Smerr paltak group claiming that Eritrea is “Not viable as a nation.” He stated how Eritrean minorities and religious groups are dying to be free while ignoring his own regional and religious issues.

Sebhat Nega and Abay Tsehaye are also making similar propaganda campaigns. On a recent interview, when asked about access to the sea, Sebhat Nega stated that they are focused not only on access to sea but the complete re-annexation of Eritrea because the people of Eritrea are demanding it.

Ethiopia: Government continues to target peaceful Muslim protest movement

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
November 03, 2012

The Ethiopian authorities are committing human rights violations in response to the ongoing Muslim protest movement in the country. Large numbers of protestors have been arrested, many of whom remain in detention. There are also numerous reports of police using excessive force against peaceful demonstrators. Key figures within the movement have been charged with terrorism offences. Most of those arrested and charged appear to have been targeted solely because of their participation in a peaceful protest movement.

Tens of thousands of Muslims have participated in regular peaceful protests throughout 2012, opposing alleged government interference in Islamic affairs. Protestors accuse the government of attempting to impose the teachings of the Al Ahbash sect of Islam on the Muslim community and of interference in elections for the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs.

Ethiopia’s Constitution prohibits state involvement in religious affairs. The Constitution also contains an expansive provision on the right to peacefully protest, which is routinely flouted by the authorities.

Allegations of excessive use of force by police

An incident that occurred in Gerba town, in the South Wollo zone of the Amhara region, on Sunday 21 October -during which police officers fired on civilians, killing at least three people and injuring others – raises serious questions about the use of deadly force against protestors. In speaking about the incident to the media, the government confirmed the three deaths but claimed that protestors had attacked a police station armed with machetes and hand guns to try to secure the release of another protestor who had been arrested earlier in the day. The government also stated that a police officer was killed in the alleged attack. However, the protestors report that they had peacefully demanded and secured the release of the arrested person during the morning of 21 October and the protest had subsequently dispersed. Later in the day federal police, called in as reinforcements, arrived at the mosque in Gerba town and opened fire, targeting people coming out of the mosque as well as others in the vicinity. One man told Amnesty International that he had seen a police officer killed in the ensuing violence. Other witnesses said they could not confirm any police deaths. An unknown number of arrests are reported to have taken place during the incident on 21 October and more arrests reportedly occurred in the aftermath of the incident, including the arrests of people who spoke to the media about events.

Amnesty International has previously reported on similar, incidents of police allegedly using excessive force. In July Amnesty International called for an investigation into two incidents – at Awalia and Anwar mosques in Addis Ababa – in relation to which numerous allegations were made about excessive use of force by police, including firing live ammunition and beating protestors in the street and in detention, resulting in many injuries among protestors. However, no investigation has taken place to Amnesty International’s knowledge.

Amnesty International is also calling for an independent investigation into an incident that took place in Asasa town, Arsi district, Oromia region in April in which the police reportedly shot dead at least four people. Reports about the incident from the government and from those involved differ widely. The violence is reported to have occurred when the police attempted to arrest an Imam from the mosque. In statements to the press after the event, the government stated that supporters of the Imam attacked the police station to try to secure his release. However, local sources told the media that the police had opened fire in the town when supporters tried to prevent the man’s arrest. The government claimed the Imam had been preaching extremist ideology. However the protestors claim that the attempted arrest was because the Imam had refused to undergo ‘training’ in Al Ahbash ideology, which the government had made obligatory for Muslim preachers.

Use of Anti-Terrorism legislation against leaders of peaceful protest movement

On 29 October, 28 men and one woman were formally charged with ‘terrorist acts’ and ‘planning…, incitement and attempt of terrorist acts’ under the Anti-Terrorism Proclamation (2009) in relation to their involvement in the protest movement. Two Muslim organisations were also charged under the same law with ‘rendering support to terrorism.’ Those charged include nine members of the committee selected by the Muslim community to represent their grievances to the government, and one journalist, Yusuf Getachew, who works for the publication Ye’Muslimoch Guday (Muslim Affairs).

በውጭ አገር የሚገኘው ሲኖዶስ አዲስ ፓትሪያርክ ለመሾም የሚደረገው እንቅስቃሴ ተቀባይነት አይኖረውም አለ

ኢሳት ዜና:- ሲኖዶሱ ” በብጹእ ወቅዱስ አቡነ መርቆርዮስ ፓትርያርክ ርእሰ ሊቃነ ጳጳሳት ዘኢትዮጵያ  የሚመራው ህጋዊው የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተክርስቲያን ቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ 34ኛው መደበኛ ጉባኤ መግለጫ” በሚል ርእስ ባወጣው መግለጫ ፣ የቤተክርስቲያንን ሰላምና አንድነት፣ በተለይም ቅዱስ ፓትርያርኩ ወደ መንበራቸው ስለሚመለሱበት ሁኔታ ቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ በሰፊው መነጋገራቸውን ጠቅሷል።

በመግለጫው” በአዲስ አበባ ያሉት አባቶች ቅዱስ ፓትርያርኩን ወደ መንበራቸው እንደሚለሱ ከተስማሙ ቅዱስ ሲኖዶሱም አንድ፣ እረኛውም አንድ፣ ቤተክርስቲያኒቱም አንዲት ትሆናለች ብሎ ስለሚያምን ቅዱስ ፓትርያርኩ ወደ መንበራቸው ተመልሰው ቤተክርስቲያን የሰጠቻቸውን ሀላፊነት እስከ ህይወታቸው ፍጻሜ ድረስ ለመወጣት ዝግጁ መሆናቸውን ያረጋግጣል ” ብሎአል።

በቀኖና ቤተክርስቲያን ምክንያት የተፈጠረው ልዩነት ለ21 አመታት ምእመናንን ከምእመናን ፣ ካህናትን ከካህናት ፣ አባቶችን ከአባቶች መለያየቱ፣ ብዙዎች የቤተ ክርስቲያኒቱን እውነተኛ ልጆች ማሳዘኑን የገለጠው፣ የሲኖዶሱ መግለጫ ፣ በአዲስ አበባ ከሚገኙት ሊቃነ ጳጳሳት መካከልም የተወሰኑት አባቶች በዚህ የልዩነት ታሪክ ላይ እንዳለን በሞት ማለፋቸው አሳዛኝ ሆኖ ሳለ፣ እኛ በህይወት ያለነው ማስተካከል የሚገባንን ሳናስተካክል ፣ ህገቤተክርስቲያንን ሳናስጠብቅ፣ ቤተክርስቲያንን አንድ ሳናደርግ ብናልፍ በህይወት በህዝባችን ፊት ፣ በሞትም በእግዚአብሄር ፊት ተወቃሾች ያደርገናል። “ብሎአል።

በአዲስ አበባ ያሉት ጳጳሳት ” የተጀመረው የሰላም ድርድር መልክ ሳይዝ፣ ወደ ሌላ ፓትርያርክ ምርጫ እንሄዳለን የሚለው ሀሳብ የቤተክርስቲያንን አንድነት በር እንደሚዘጋ፣ በአለም ዙሪያ የሚገኙ ኢትዮጵያውያን ኦርቶዶክሳዊያን በሙሉ ላለፉት 21 አመታት የነበረው የቤተክርስቲያን ልዩነት ተወግዶ ለማየት በታላቅ ተስፋ በሚጠባበቁበት ወቅት የምእመናንን ልብ ያሳዝናል፣ የቤተክርስቲያንንም ክብር ያዋርዳል። ” በማለት ሲኖዶሱ ገልጿል።

በአንድ በኩል ለድርድር እንቀርባለን እየተባለ ፣ በአንድ ዘመን በአንድ መንበር በአንዲት ቤተክርስቲያን ላይ ሁለት አባት ለማስቀመጥና ከቀኖና ቤተክርስቲያን ውጪ የሆነ ተግባር ለመፈጸም መዘጋጀት፣ አራተኛውና ህጋዊው ፓትርያርክ በህይወት እያሉ ሌላ ፓትርያርክ ለመሾም ማሰብ ፍጹም ተቀባይነት የሌለው ተግባር ነው በማለት አትቷል።

ሲኖዶሱ ” በኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ ቤተክርስቲያን የሰላምና አንድነት ጉበኤ የቀረበለትን ጥሪ ምክንያት በማድረግ ህጋዊው ቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ የመነጋገሪያ አጀንዳዎችን ቀርጾና ተደራዳሪ የሰላም ልኡካንን ሰይሞ በተወሰነው ቀንና ቦታ ለመላክ መወሰኑንም” ጠቅሷል።

የአቡነ መርቆርዮስ ወደ መንበራቸው መመለስ አማራጭ የሌለው ብቸኛ መፍትሄ ነው በማለት  የገለጠው ሲኖዶሱ፣ በኢትዮጵያ በስልጣን ላይ ያለው መንግስትም ለዚህች ቅድስት ቤተክርስቲያን መለያየት ምክንያት ከመሆን እንዲቆጠብ፣ የቤተክርስቲያኒቱን የአንድነት አቅጣጫ መወሰን የቤተክርስቲያኒቱ ልጆች ማለትም ሊቃነ ጳጳሳት፣ ካህናቱና ምእመናኑ ብቻ ስለሆኑ መንግስት በቀጥታም ሆነ በተዘዋዋሪ በቤተክርስቲያኒቱ ውሳኔ ላይ ተጽእኖ እንዳያደርግ ቅዱስ ሲኖዶሱ አሳስቦአል።

ሲኖዶሱ መግለጫውን ያወጣው ከጥቅምት 21 -23/ 2005 ዓም በኮሎምበስ ኦሀዮ ደብረ መድህኔአለም ካቴደራል ጉባኤውን ካካሄደ በሁዋላ ነው።

የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ቤተክርስቲያን ላለፉት 21 አመታት ከሁለት ተከፍላ ቆይታለች። ለክፍፍሉ ምክንያት ናቸው የተባሉት የቀድሞው ፓትርያርክ፣ አቡነ ጳውሎስና ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር መለስ ዜናዊ ሁለቱም በተካካይ ሳምንታት ውስጥ ከዚህ አለም በሞት በመለየታቸው ፣ ቤተክርስቲያኑዋን ወደ አንድነት ለማምጣት የሽምግልና ጥረት መጀመሩ ይታወቃል።

የብጹወ ቅዱስ አቡነ ጳውሎስና የአቶ መለስ ዜናዊ ተከታትሎ ማረፍ ብዙዎችን ያስገረመ ክስተት እንደነበር ይታወሳል።

Tigray republic in turmoil as EUFF rebels hit a notorious prison in Adigrat

The Horn Times Newsletter-November 2, 2012
The ruling minority junta in Ethiopia has suffered the first real taste of what is to come, on Wednesday 31 October 2012

 when a powerful explosion flattened a heavily guarded maximum security prison in the heart of the iron curtain province of Tigraye, the late genocidal tyrant, Meles Zenawi’s home province.

According to a report published on ethiomedia website, more than 40 political prisoners have escaped and the death toll currently stands at 14.

The town’s emergency service used bulldozers to pull out bodies from the debris. The number of the injured is still unknown.

Furthermore additional reports coming out of the devastated town revealed that all 18 wardens on duty have died in the explosion.

The Ethiopian Unity and Freedom Force (EUFF), a crack guerilla group which attacked the town of Metema last April 2012 have claimed responsibility.

The notorious Adigrat prison has been home to more than 1300 key political prisoners captured during the 2005 nationwide anti Zenawi uprising.

The dramatic EUFF attack also exposed the ruling junta’s tactic of holding political prisoners 900 kilometers away, where it reign supreme.

A university lecturer from the nearby town of Adwa told reporters by phone that the well coordinated and well timed hit has left the still grieving republic in state of ennui.

The office of PM Hailemariam Desalegn hasn’t issue any statement.

Espionage against Ethiopians in Norway by the TPLF-regime in Ethiopia

Arrest of a Sudanese Refugee Spy: a defining historic moment

The Police Security Service (PSS) locally known as PST has arrested a Sudanese man accusing him of refugee espionage in

A number of Ethiopians in Trondheim, Norway have also claimed to have been approached and spied by the accused spy according to adressavisen.no.Norway. PST said the man, on several occasions, secretly collected information about Sudanese in Norway, and sent the information to the authorities in Sudan. Among his own countrymen, he has been considered to be a refugee, but PST believes he has always spied on them.

According to PST this is the first arrest for refugee espionage in Norway since the 1970s. and the man is charged under Norwegian Penal Code 91a.

PST’s definition of refugee espionage in Norway

PST’s definition of refugee espionage is a foreign intelligence activities directed against foreigners in Norway. The aim of this type of activity is to undermine, neutralize or eliminate political opposition through monitoring, controlling, and threatening dissidents in exile in different ways. Several countries are spying on their own citizens who traveled to Norway, and among others Eritrea and Ethiopia are in the police spotlight.

The Ethiopian Refugee Espionage in Norway: Both systematic and comprehensive

Rune Berglund Steen is a communications officer at the Anti-Racist Center in Norway and author of the book ‘’ The Black Book of Norwegian Asylum Policy’’. Rune Berglund Steen has also worked on the Ethiopian spying in Norway issue for many years.

According to Rune Steen, representatives of the Ethiopian dictatorship run a systematic monitoring of Ethiopian refugees in Norway. At least 50 Ethiopians in Norway have experienced direct threats from the so-called refugee spies since 2005, according to Steen.

Based on the information he has collected since 2004/2005, it appears that the Ethiopian refugee espionage is both systematic and comprehensive. It is simply shameless and extensive, says Berglund Steen to Nrk.no (Norwegian National Media). He says the spies must be punished, this has been going fairly overtly long and that regime loyal Ethiopians allow themselves this because it has not been linked with consequences for them here in Norway. This must change, says Steen. Activities such as this must simply get consequences. It must be shown that one can’t with impunity behave like a dictator’s thugs on Norwegian soil. It should be a basis for several criminal cases against them here in Norway, says Berglund Steen.

It is also understood that some who have been granted stay permit based on false information, are regime loyal who have cheated to be opposition, and that when they get stay permit continue their works for the regime. If this is the case, it is an obvious ground for withdrawing their stay permits, he adds.

To what threats are Ethiopian refugees and dissidents in Norway exposed to?

Threats can be about what will happen when they return to Ethiopia, or it may be directed toward family members in Ethiopia, including death threats, says Steen. The spies, according to Steen, are active with taking pictures of peoples taking part in demonstrations and threatening of oppositions on the street, via e-mail and anonymous phones. There are also attempts at infiltration of opposition groups and parties. Dissidents have told Rune Steen that they suspect hacking. In several cases, it has also lead to street fighting, for example, when the opposition was trying to stop taking of photographs of demonstrations.

Ethiopia Muslims rally on Fridays as tension rises

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — As midday prayers came to an end at the Grand Anwar mosque in Ethiopia’s capital, worshippers continued on to what has become a regular second act on Fridays — shouting anti-government slogans.

The demonstrations this Friday did not turn violent. But tensions are rising between the government in this mostly Christian country and Muslim worshippers. On Monday, federal prosecutors charged a group of 29 Muslims with terrorism and working to establish an Islamic republic.

Not all encounters between police and the protesters have been peaceful. In July, hundreds were arrested after a scuffle in the mosque that injured many and damaged property, including city buses.

Religious violence outside the capital has killed eight and wounded about a dozen this year in two incidents, including one last month when protesters tried to free jailed Muslim leaders in the Amhara region. Protests first erupted in December after the state, wary of Islamist extremists, wanted to change the leadership of a religious school in the capital.

The government also expelled two Arabs in May after the pair flew in from Middle East and disseminated pamphlets at the Anwar mosque. Two-thirds of Ethiopians are Christians; the rest are Muslims.

Ethiopia’s former leader, Meles Zenawi, before he died in August expressed concern over rising fundamentalism he said was evident by the first discovery of an al-Qaida cell in the country. A federal court is scheduled to rule Monday in the case of 11 people charged with being members of al-Qaida. One Kenyan national has already pleaded guilty.

Protesters also accuse the government of unconstitutionally encouraging a moderate teaching of Islam called Al-Ahbash and dictating the election of community leaders to support it at an Addis Ababa religious conference.

Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, speaking to parliament on Oct. 16, said the government fully respects freedom of religion and “would not interfere in the affairs of religion just as religion would not interfere in matters of politics.” He blamed “extremist elements” for the protests. He said some protesters “tried to activate a hidden political agenda under the pretext of religion.”

On Monday, federal prosecutors charged a group of 29 people, including the jailed activists, with terrorism.

The group, including a wife of a senior Cabinet minister, now faces charges including leading a covert movement to undermine the country’s secular constitution and establish an Islamic republic. Prosecutors say the group incited violence and called for jihad against the federal government.

The minister’s wife, Habiba Mohammed, is charged with coordinating finances for the group. Police say she was caught leaving the Saudi Arabian embassy in Addis Ababa with nearly $3,000. Other suspects are also charged with receiving pay from the embassy “to preach extremism.”

Before the charges were filed, the minister defended his wife, saying he had asked the Saudi ambassador for the money to help construct a mosque their family is building.

Rights groups are concerned about the trial and the use of an anti-terrorism law which they say has been used in past trials to silence dissent, not prosecute terrorists.

“Many of these trials have been politically motivated and marred by serious due process violations. The Ethiopian authorities should allow systematic independent trial monitoring, including by human rights organizations, throughout the trial,” said Laetitia Bader of Human Rights Watch.

One protester on Friday said his group is changing the color used in past protests, yellow, to white to underscore that the jailed leaders are peaceful activists, not terrorists.

የሃይለማርያም ቃለመጠይቅ በሻዕቢያ የተዘጋጀ?

ሰሞኑን ሃይለማርያም ደሳለኝ አንድ አስገራሚ ቃለመጠይቅ ሰጥቶ ነበር። አገር ውስጥ ለሚታተም መፅሄት በሰጠው በዚሁ ቃለመጠይቅ ላይ፣ “ዘላለማዊ ክብር ለመለስ ዜናዊ” በማለቱ ከቤተሰቡ የደረሰበትን ተቃውሞ ገልፆአል። በርግጥም ሃይለማርያም ልጆቹንና ባለቤቱን ሰብስቦ፣ “ተሳስቼያለሁ።” ብሎ ይቅርታ ጠይቆአል። ይህን እንግዲህ ከመፅሄቱ ላይ ያነበብነው ነው። የሃይለማርያም ሴት ልጅም አባቷን በዚህ መልኩ በማረሟ ታዋቂ ሆና ሰንብታለች። በርግጥም ዘላለማዊ ክብር ለአምላክ እንጂ ለሰው የሚሰጥ አልነበረም።

በዚሁ ቃለመጠይቅ ሃይለማርያም አንዳንድ አፈንጋጭ የሚመስሉ ቃላት አምልጠውታል። ያነበበው ወረቀት ከእሱ እውቅና ውጭ ተዘጋጅቶ መቅረቡን መግለፁ አነጋጋሪ ነበር። ከጀርባ ያሉትን ዘዋሪ ሾፌሮች የሚጠቁም ነበር። መለስን የሚቃወም ከሚመስሉ የሃይሌ የምላስ ወለምታዎች መካከል፣

“እኛ የአይን ቀለም አንመረምርም” ማለቱ የሚጠቀስ ነው።

መለስ የሚታወቀው የአይናችንን ቀለም በመመርመር ነበር። ሃይለማርያም ይህን የአይን ቀለም ምርመራ ካልተከተለ፣ አንድ ትልቅ ለውጥ ነው። የምላስ ወለምታም ከሆነ እናዋለን።” ብዬ በተስፋ በመጠበቅ ላይ ነበርኩ።

ይህ በእንዲህ እንዳለ Ethiopia first እና Aiga forum የተባሉት የወያኔ ድረገፆች ባስነበቡት ዘገባ ዝነኛ ሆኖ የሰነበተው የሃይለማርያም ቃለመጠይቅ፣ “በጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ ስም ተቀነባብሮ የተዘጋጀ እንጂ ሃይለማርያም የሰጡት ቃለመጠይቅ አይደለም” ሲሉ አውጀዋል። “ትልቁ ጀበና ተሰነጠቀ” ማለት ይሄኔ ነው። ወያኔ በጉዳዩ ላይ ያወጣው ዘገባ የሚከተለውን ይመስላል።

“…ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ኃይለማርያም ደሳለኝ ሰጥተውታል የተባለው ቃለ ምልልስ ሙሉ በሙሉ ሀሰትና የፈጠራ ቃለመጠይቅ ተሰርቶ መሆኑ መታወቅ አለበት። ይሄንንም ሆን ብለው ያዘጋጁት ወገኖች ጠንቅቀው ያውቁታል። ይህ ዜና የተፈበረከው ኢትዮጵያን ከድቶና ዘርፎ በሄደ ለሻዕቢያ ተላላኪነት ባደረ ባሕርማዶ በሚገኝ ቅጥረኛ ነው። ይሄን ከማዶ (ከአስመራ ለማለት ነው) ተቀብሎ ወገን መስሎ አገር ውስጥ ላሉ ጋዜጦችና መጽሔቶች ያሰራጨው ደግሞ ሁሌም ከሴራና ተንኰል እጃቸው ጠርቶ የማያውቀው ወቅትና ሁኔታ በተቀየረ መጠን እንደ እስስት እየተለዋወጡ፣ እንደመርዘኛ እባብ አድብተው ለመናደፍ የሚከለፈለፉ አንዳንድ የግል ትልቅ ጋዜጣ ነን ብለው ራሳቸውን የከመሩ የግል ፕሬስ እንደሆኑ እናውቃለን። እነ ሰንደቅ እና ሌሎችም ይኼንን የጠላት ፕሮፖጋንዳ አራጋቢና አናፋሽ በመሆን በመሳሪያነት ያገለገሉትና የተሰለፉትም ከሀገር ውስጥ ሆነ ከውጭ በምስጢር የገንዘብ ክፍያ ተፈፅሞላቸው ሊሆን ይችላል። ስለዚህ በበሉበት ቢጮኹ ምን ይገርማል?”

ስድቡን አራግፈን ይዘቱን ብቻ መዘን ስናወጣ በጣም አሳሳቢው ጉዳይ፣ “የሃይለማርያም ተብሎ ሲነበብ የሰነበተው ቃለመጠይቅ፣ በርግጥ የራሱ ነው ወይስ በሻእቢያ ተዘጋጅቶ የተበተነ?” የሚለው ጥያቄ ነው። ሃይለማርያም የእምነት ሰው በመሆኑ ይዋሻል ብዬ አልገምትም። “ቃለመጠይቁን አልሰጠሁም በል” ብለው ማስገደድም አይቻላቸውም።

ሃይለማርያም በርግጥ ቃለመጠይቁን አልሰጠም? ማነው ታዲያ ይህን ተንኮል የፈፀመው? ይሄ በግልፅ መታወቅ አለበት። ሃይለማርያም በርግጥ ቃለመጠይቁን ካልሰጠ ዘገባውን የሰሩ ሜዲያዎች ሁሉ ይቅርታ መጠየቅ አለባቸው። ይቅርታ ለመጠየቅ ግን ሃይለማርያም፣ “ቃለመጠይቁ የኔ አይደለም። እኔ አላልኩም” ብሎ በአንደበቱ እንዲገልፅ እንጠብቃለን።   አነጋገሪዎቹ አባባሎች የሚከተሉት ናቸው።

ጥያቄ :- ቃለ መሐላ በሚፈጽሙበት ጊዜ <ዘላለማዊ ክብር ለጠ /ሚኒስትራችን > ያሏት ቃል ብዙ ክርስቲያኖችን ያጠያየቀ ጉዳይ ሆናለች ይህችን ቃል ሆን በርግጥም አምነውባት ነው ያሏት ወይስ የተጻፈልዎትን ነው ያነበቧት ?

ጠ /ሚ ኃ /ማሪያም ደሳለኝ :- (ትንሽ ካሰቡ በኋላ ) ያንን ንግግር ያዘጋጁት ንግግር አዘጋጆች ናቸው :: ግን የንግግሩን ጽንሰ ሀሳብ መጀመሪያ እኔ ነኝ የሰጠኋቸው እነሱ ቋንቋውን አሳምረው ቀናንሰውና ጨማምረውበት አሰካክተው ኤዲት አርገው ከጨረሱ በኋላ እኔ ጋ ይደርሳል እኔ ሀሳቤን በትክክል ይገልጻል የሚለውን አንኳሩን ክፍል ብቻ አይቼ ያቺን ቃል ሳላስተውል አመለጠችኝና እናም ምንም አማራጭ የለኝም አልኳት :: ማታ ቤት ስመለስ ባለቤቴና ልጆቼ ሁሉ ገና ከበሩ ጀምሮ አተካራ ገጠሙኝ :: ልጆቼ በተለይ የ 16 ዐመቷ ልጄ ያለችው አባ በምድር አላፊ የሆነ ሥጋ ለባሽ ከኢየሱስ እኩል በላይ ክብር መውሰድ አይገባውም ብለህ ራስህ አስተምረሄን የለም ብላ ስትለኝ በእውነት መልስ አጣሁ :: ትንሽ ፈተና ገጥሞኝ ነበር እልሀለሁ ::

ጥያቄ :- እና ተጸጽተዋል ?