ETHIOPIANS
As Dr. Berhanu
Nega undeniably and bluntly put it, “He doesn’t think his sense of
Ethioipiawinet is as strong as Dr. Abiy’s”. Thank you for your honesty,
brother. Is there any other with a better alternative who can build a better
bridge? We’ve not seen so far, except jingoistic and juxtaposition talking
misfit doodlebugs mesmerizing our people for their notoriety.
TRULY: BERHANU NEGA
The biggest
challenge facing the future of democracy in Ethiopia is indeed this notion of
ethnic entitlement and the division of federalism.
We can respect
and allow all equitable benefits without losing our identity and nationality as
Ethiopian.
PRIME MINISTER FOR ALL: ABIY AHMED
“While alive we
are Ethiopians and when we die we become Ethiopia!” –Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
A very
empowering and inspiring thought that will enlighten the down trodden.His greatest achievements will also put him above any contender who can passionately care for his country.
STRONG UNITY: PM ABIY AHMED
The current
ill-conceived ethnic federalism imposed by the TPLF is immoral and
unacceptable. A federal system that takes into account the geography, history,
and culture of all Ethiopians is more sustainable. As Ethiopians, we should all
be proud and embrace diversity.
The need for
unity and transformation is greater than ever and all efforts must be made to
bring people together in the pursuit of freedom through democracy, rule of law,
justice and equality to achieve a real change and a better outcome in election
2020.
ETHIOPIAWINET IS
ADDICTION: LEMMA MEGERSA
With all our
abundant scholars and skillful luminaries we have in recent years, we seem to
lack the drive, personality and willpower apart from sticking our fingers up
for hasty criticisms that have no value and bring solutions to the ongoing
pandemonium.
When the power
of love overcomes the love for power our people will know peace and a good
leader.
We also need to
be mindful that we don’t aggravate the already volatile situation by taking
sides and allowing favouritism. We need to support whoever is making untenable
mistakes as a human fallibility and should be corrected respectfully as part of
the crusading operation for change.
NO ONE IS BETTER
AND ABOVE THE LAW
The root cause
of the problem must be unraveled and resolved first: a leader elected for the
people, by the people and from any people–ethnic background. That’s the root of
the problem and that’s what we fail to accept as one people and one country.
APPRECIATE OUR DIVERSITY
Prime Minister Abiy
started his new deal of transformation with love and compassion without
imprisonment and absence of freedom. Sadly, the habit of fixing everything with
violence still unabated in our culture and understandably people demanded law
and order to be imposed by the modern day pacifist Prime Minister. Then, when
he acted to restore law and order punishing those who took advantage of his
soft side, again, some people took offense and grilled his ethnicity as a
reason to slander him.
UNITY NOT ETHNOCRACY
“ለምንሰራው ሥራ ሁሉ እየተወቃቀስንና እይተታቸን መሻሻል አንችልም።”
This is the man
who really understands and able to put himself in others shoes with no
hesitation, because he’s been, you name it, through it all and has the
tenacity, resilience and determination to change any harsh conditions.
“If you want to have a better performance than the
crowd, you must do things differently from the crowd.” –John Templeton
Besides the
Prime Minister, there are lots of people who have contributed to our social
cohesion in their own way and need to be recognized open-mindedly. It’s not a
conducive strategy to vent or throw tantrum on anyone because they didn’t not
act or fulfil the way we’ve expected.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. taught, “Always avoid
violence. If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in your struggle,
unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of
bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless
chaos.”
WE ARE MANY BUT ONE
Unless the
people of Ethiopia can agree on the principles, values and structures that are
essential to implement the key ingredients of inclusive values and principles, there will never be
peaceful efforts to reform our nation.
No matter what
has happened in the past, good or bad, we can’t obliterate history, what we can
do, nevertheless, is forgive and move on knowing that the benefits are much
greater than playing politics in a continuous vicious cycle to fix the past
hefty maltreatments and other misdemeanors with so much unsubstantiated
mendacities.
“When you
forgive, you in no way change the past, but you sure do change the future.”
Our old habits
can get so deeply engrained in us that they affect our attitude and rational at
a social or organizational level.
To criticize is easy, to unite our culture is demanding: Prof Berhanu Nega
Our country
desperately needs a renaissance, strong-willed leader, true development built
on a firm foundation of human rights, inclusions and political pluralisms.
Human development that caters to the needs of all our people, not only the
economic growth based on a prescribed on the outdated, unjust economic model,
which inevitably benefits a few, strengthens inequality, fosters corruptions
and tribalism.
If we’ve learned to eat together, we can learn
to work together.
It is time to stand together with new reformers who
honestly stand for all of us irrespective of one’s ethnic or racial backgrounds
rather than throwing barrages of unwarranted criticisms, cynicisms, envies,
nepotisms & preferences. Remember, this vicious cycle will happen again and
again and again no matter who will be elected from any ethnic background unless
we tackle problems civilly, accept and respect their democratic policies &
their ethnicities.
ETHIOPIA
BELONGS TO ALL OF US
We say to those
at home and abroad who harbor hate and tribal divisions to give it up and join our
journey of one thousand miles, TODAY.
Let’s all
cherish and follow the “Medemer” phenomenon in the making and move forward
peacefully.
Let’s also
concentrate on the actions of Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, as action speaks far
better than his very poignant and persuasive speeches to win all Ethiopian
multi-ethnic nationals to work together in the spirit of Ethiopiawinet, wisely.
ONE ETHIOPIA FOR
ALL, ALL FOR ONE ETHIOPIA
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