by Kaleab Tessema
Of course, the brutality of Woyane leader will not rest until his dream comes true about the Amharas to dehumanize and
ethnically cleanse them until they become a minority or nonexistent in the country. Melese, whatever excruciating torture he does to the Amharas, he cannot take away their Ethiopia-ness, it will make them more Ethiopian than before. The TPLF chief whether he likes or not, Amharas are a people who never compromise about the unity of Ethiopia, and it is the wishful thinking for Melese to eliminate the Amhara. However, these recent and horrendous crimes on the Amharas is not new; it is a sequential occurrence decimating the Amharas in different times. The Amhara ethnic group has been demonized and criminalized by the Woyane leader for the last 21 years. The 1991, mass slaughters of pregnant women and children in Arbagugu and in Bedno were the worst crimes ever committed on the Amharas people since Mussolini’s aggression in 1935. These barbaric mass murders of Amhara left an indelible imprint on my mind. The TPLF leader, in his recent rancorous speech to his parliament, tried to disparage those who forcedly displaced Amharas by calling them eastern Gojam settlers.
Woyane sagaciously and systematically designed the ethnic lines of federalism in order to control the country by perpetuating the punitive policies that emphasize the anti-Amhara ethnic group which is totally inimical to the Amhara people. It was crystal clear, that when TPLF was in the bush, their primary target was Amhara. Conceivably, their first core principle was to ‘hit the Amhara’s horn’, and after that, declare the independence of Tigray, and to annex the fertile districts from Gondar and Wello to Tigray to be a viable new nation. This was a true history which I was told by one of the high ranking members who was the founder of TPLF. As this person shared his ordeal with me during his stay in the field, he was the only person to escape a Woyane assassination, but the rest of his colleagues were murdered because of their stance was against the Woyane’s secessionist agenda.
This individual told me how TPLF duped the Tigray people that Amhara is the historic foe of Tigray people. The Amhara is the oppressor of Tigre, and Tigray is impoverished because of the chauvinist Amhara, and so, we as the sons of the great people of Tigray that we could quickly liberate ourselves from the Amhara, so that Tigray will develop and become a prosperous nation within a short period of time. This propaganda was written in pamphlets and handed out on a weekly basis.
At a matter of fact, the information I got from the person, and the Gebremedhin Araya’s recent information given to ESAT about Melese’s revulsion against the Amhara is more or less the same, but the only thing Gebremedhin did not mention about Sebhat Nega, Aregawi Berehe, Seyoum Mesfin, Abay Tsehaye (Amaha), Mulugeta Alemseged, and Yemane Jamaica were the notorious people who had been said to their foot soldiers, that the Amhara is the enemy of Tigre, particularly the elites to be executed. However, Gebremedhin is absolutely right Melese is the most dangerous human being to the Amharas people.
As I was told, there was a meeting in the Eritrean desert with EPLF high ranking leaders, Mohammed Sherifo and Woldeab Woldemariam, and Melese was chosen by Sebhat Nega and Abay Tsehaye to give a speech on that meeting, and he started his speech in a swaggering and hideous grimacing way saying that EPLF and TPLF, have to unite to break their enemy’s backbone once and for all. Once he finished his speech, the two guerillas audiences were praising him by giving him a standing ovation.
This we know all too well, Melese is proving his resentment towards the Amharas when 78,000 people were expelled from Gura Ferda, the dictator Melese did not care about these people. He gave a frivolous speech about the eviction of the Amhara to his parliament which implied to me, that the action he has taken was justified.
I just wanted to share with you the information, and I did not pay attention to the subject matter that TPLF would seize Addis Ababa, and this diabolic action would be taken against the Amharas by the ethnocentric cruel Woyane Tigre. Talking about the elimination of the Amharas people was easier said than done. Of course at some point, Woyane succeeded killing the Amharas elites like Prof. Asrat Woldeyes by throwing in jail and denying him medical treatment, and many others imprisoned without trial because of their Ethnic background. For instance, Tsegaye-Debtraw was incarcerated for more than two decades because he is an Amhara not because he was part of EPRP. I do not know it if he is alive today.
Having said that, Woyane had controlled the whole Tigray before the demise of the Derg era, and then, the TPLF knew that there was no way to communicate with the outside world, and Tigray as a nation could not get recognition by other countries. Not only that, Tigray by itself, would not survive without the rest of Ethiopia. So, Woyane had envisioned that separation was not a sign of prosperity, it was a sign of poverty. Then, they decided to discuss with their ally, namely Shabia how to control the whole country, and started hatching an anti-Amhara individuals like: Tamrat Layne, Addisu Legesse, Bereket Simon, and Tefera Walewa who led the EPDM which was created as puppet of Woyane, and later the Ethiopian people’s National Democratic Movement(EPDM) was renamed to Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM) which purposely created to demonize the Amhara. These idiots and perfidious people who were not even an Amhara. In addition, the TPLF made Tamrat Layne a phony prime minister in order to consolidate their power. Sad enough, Tamrat Layne was prime minister during the time many Amharas were slaughtered in Arbagugu and in Bedno, and these rampageous crimes were justified by Tamrat Layne.
To come to the point, the TPLF leader is known for prevaricating and prating in order to maintain his grip on power. Therefore, the despot Melese had to minimize his an implacable enmity towards the Amhara, because the Amhara’s land is a strategic and suitable land. If the TPLF tries to catch the Oromo’s land, it has to go through the Amhara land. So, Melese had already created pseudo Amhara organization which was supposed to represent the Amhara. So, these phony Amhara individuals had played a key role in convincing the young Amharas to become the Woyane’s foot-soldiers, and to fight persistently to bring Woyane to power. At the same time, these pseudo Amharas were disseminating lies full of propaganda in Amharic to the Amharas to make believe that EPRDF is a democratic government which will return the land and the properties to the people which were confiscated by the Derg.
This is how Melese and his cronies succeeded to control the country by using a wonted deception, and to dehumanize the innocent Amhara peasants. This is a barbarous act of the TPLF regime which is unforgettable and will go down in history. Now, Melese is in power by force, but whether he likes or not, he will go by the people’s uprising either by heart attack, and the Ethiopian people’s rapports will come back to where it was before.
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Bety
November 15, 2012 at 7:05 pm
My God, we should do something! can’t we alert the world ? is no one filming what is going on? dera federa and its habitant are bein destroyed with kids in a facist way…WHAT SHOULD WE DO? HOW CAN WE CONCRETELY HELP???
Truth Wins
May 24, 2012 at 2:05 am
Kaleab,
The article is very informative and thank you for posting it.
I was about six years old when the Derg regime fell. I heard many stories that the Derg was a bad administration for Ethiopia. However, the woyane regime, by far, is the most destructive, racist, and fascist regime Ethiopia has ever known.
You are very right when you said that Meles spews hate against the Amharas. He brainwashed the Tigrains that the Amahras are their enemies. I had a Tigrian friend who has lived in the USA for over two decades and he has not changed his mentalities towards the Amharas. We have been fiends for over six years since we first met in college. He defends Meles whatever it is. He defended him when he killed those innocent people in 2005 during the election. He defended him when Meles handed over parts of western Gondar which is Arable land to Sudan. I could continue our disagreements on and on and it never ends. He critisizes Derg everything he did even though it was a good thing for the nation. The point is, Meles divided us and that has been his strength.
Meles will do more damage than any past leaders combined unless he and his cronies are removed from their post.
T.Goshu
May 17, 2012 at 12:35 am
Commentator Kaleab,
I sincerely want to say that as I try to go through your comments (this and some others) ,I truly appreciate your genuine effort to have your say about the very worrisome situation in our country. I strongly believe that there is no any other critical issue to be addressed and discussed at all levels (individual, family, friendship, commomunity, and various institutions) than the dehumanization of the people of Ethiopia and the endangerment of the survival of the country by the tyrannical ruling circle (TPLF) and its speaking tools of other languages( BEADEN, OHODED AND DEBUB HEZBOCH ….) And it is from this point view of mine that I deeply appreciate people like you who break their silences for the sake of justice and freedom.
On the other hand, I want to say that it is difficult to contiune writing and rewriting ,crying and recrying , theorizing and retheorizing , telling and retelling … about the very self-evident horrifying situation in our country. Just to make myself clear ,Your very topic of discussion ,”Meles Attacks the Amhara Peasants” you did not tell us news, leave alone some sort of critical analyis and what is the way forward. I do not think the people of Ethiopia are in need of telling and retelling horrible stories which they are terribly experiencing in their day-to day lives. Do’t you think it is desirable to make our discussions or writings at least half problem analysis and the rest half recommendations on how to solve problems? I am sorry to say but I have to say that most of us prefer talking or writing historical back grounds and discribing problems to the culture of coming to the discussion in a precis and brief manner about the problem at hand and recmmending desirable solutions.
For example, I strongly argue that one of the most important solution for the problem you have raised is the question of how to reach out the TPLF-controlled majority of the poulation( rural areas).How can we help (materially,financially, professionally and etc) those relatively democratic opposition forces in this regard?
Wolud it be possible to force the tyrannical ruling circle to end its miserable political game without forcing it to get down from the very shoulder of the majority (peasnatry)? Absolutely not! So why not we have a very hot and result-oriented discussion on the question of what is to be done? Yes, it is not easy,but it is absolutely necessary!
Have a wonderful time boddy!!
kedu
May 16, 2012 at 7:20 pm
Please there is no Amhara Oromo land as such the land belongs to Ethiopians .why we repeat woyane venom There is one country and the land is common property of all.
Ethiopiawiw
May 16, 2012 at 7:08 pm
Dear kaleb
The ethiopian unity is a concern to all Ethiopians!!! you should not narrow it to one ethnic group. It belongs to all of us (amhara ,tigray ,oromo,gurage,sidama,welayta,agew, nuwer…..etc).
What do you mean by amhara land?, there is no amhara land, tigray land, oromo land, gurage,gamo,welayta,sidama,agwak,nuwer,geleb… land, all Ethiopian land belongs to Ethiopians period!!!
Shabya and weyanes want us to think along the ethnic lines, We ethiopians stood firm against any form of ethnic division.
Meles has been defeated By the ethiopian sprit,
the Ethiopians beated shabya, the core enemy of ethiopianism, the ethiopians beated OLF … and so on, weyane as organization has been diminished to one man party. This is a blow to all ethnic based politicians.
We do not need to see everything in ethnic glasses, We ethiopians are one and intertwinned, no body will dismantle us,Ethiopia belongs to God.
Regards
Sharew
May 16, 2012 at 5:45 pm
[Kaleab Tessema]
You are too emotional to me! There is nothing new about the cruelty and ruthless method TPLF of rule. We know very well that he is there to destroy Ethiopia, to erase the achievement s and artifacts of our historical possession. But the sensible question now is who gave TPLF ample time to remain at the center of power? You answer that question. I can see you throwing your political sling. This too is not new to me. Perhaps the word Hodam rightly characterizes many professing opposition members. Some among us invest in the country.Thes individuals frequently travel to the country. When they come back if any dare to ask them how the condition of the country is they will avoid such individuals or they will replay saying everything is nice. Others are noninvolved because of their care for their success. And the many who pretend opposing the regime their opposition will not go far from insulting and composing emotional statments.What makes you think this form of chat room politics will remove the regime. Don’t you think after twenty years we have to come up with a plan of action? Look the regime is at a breaking point. And the so called opposition writers are out of touch with the condition in the country. My advice for you is this: change your attitude. For instance, it will be timely message if you ask for each to involve and contribute for the cause. Some may volunteer to go to the front line others may contribute in finance, others with their time. In the end we need action not so much talk. People are tired of those who come in here to recycle what we know about weyane.if you want your message to be received kindly by the majority Ethiopians let us think before we compose it and share something that will contribute to the overall strategy. That means b before anything else we I have to be sincere, honest. If we have a clear conscious then it will be easy for every one of us only to say what is in our heart, and not waist our time in presence.
Jegnaw Ethiopiawi
May 16, 2012 at 8:49 am
Despite your so called concern for Amharas you are politically corrupt and bankrupt. Tsegaye Debteraw was disappeared because he was an EPRP leader. You are just imitating Meles and getting dirty in the weyane koshasha gudguad. Shame on the likes of you but we know you Kaleab the great Kale kififil and woushet.
Abraham Tumebo
May 16, 2012 at 8:13 am
Meles Zenawi is a fascist and racist person and as such has many followers among the Tigrayans. Like Meles Zenawi, many Tigrayans I know believe that the Amharas are the enemies of the people of Tigray. What is baffling is that these Tigrayans have not changed their racist attitudes after having lived in the USA for many years.
If one goes to the Tigrayan gathering and he or she will hear the anti-Amhara words and slurs learned from their worshipped leader, Meles Zenawi.
Aleka Taye
May 16, 2012 at 7:02 am
Wogen Kaleab,
You are absolutely right Weyane Tigra’s goal is to destroy Amhara and they are achieving their evil goal one way or the other. As we speak, Weyane is evicting Amhara from Arba Minch area. This is done right after the 78,000 Amhara expulsion from Gura Ferda. The Tigra Weyane is the worst enemy than Fascist Italy was for Amhara.