ERITREA: WHY I AM FED UP, BUT I WON’T GIVE UP!
By
Michael H. Kiflezghi
I will be brief because that is how most of you want it. When it comes to disappointments, Eritreans have them in plenty. But, this is not the time to rub salt into the open wounds of our people. However, I must confess that, as of late, I have particularly felt the pain – and I have been tempted to give up on Eritrea altogether. From what I have observed, some foul mouthed and irresponsible Eritreans might as well say: “Deservedly so!” – without having the slightest clue what I am talking about. I will explain.
I am one of the members of the New Eritrea Movement that recently published in www.asenatv.com a long article entitled: “A Call for President Isaias to Resign”. We thought that we were helping. The process of researching the substance of the article, assembling the details and putting them in a readable style was not easy. It required a lot of time, hard thinking, consultation and writing and rewriting – and all this was done by professionals who have very little time to spare.
However, only very few of those who cared to comment on the article such as Prof. Araya Debessay and two or three others seemed to really understand the substance of what was being said and kindly seemed to give credit where due. For the large majority, there is an Eritrean saying that will explain it: “Kab zekoleskus, idey tenekesku!.” It is now clear that we more or less wasted our precious time on a fruitless exercise. There is a verse in the Bible which says: Don’t “cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn again and rend you.” (Matthew 7,6)
Anyway, did we think that Isaias Afwerki would resign simply because he received a letter from a group of people (however distinguished) to resign from office for he failed the Eritrean people miserably, betrayed their trust and, more importantly, crushed their psyche and will to fight for their rights? Certainly not? But again, who can say with absolute certainty provided that the request is made properly. Were we delusional to forward the suggestion? We believe that we understand how the mind of Isaias works, and we have been closely observing him for many years more than almost all our critics We, therefore, cannot be accused of being naïve, or delusional or even mad.
As we explained near the end of the article, our hope was that even if he refuses to resign, we would still be the winners – because the request would be a formal recognition by one and all that the presidency of Isaias Afwerki has failed and that we desire a new beginning – and quick. It is one thing to say “Resign and Go!” in a distant demonstration (as has been done in numerous demos over the years) and in disparate ways (as did the late Dr Vacaro, rest his soul). It is another thing to state it formally in public and in the midst of the world media by highly respected Eritreans many of whom recognized by the dictator. We thought that even if it doesn’t precipitate in something substantive immediately, it would galvanize the opposition, and if lady luck helps, the combination of circumstances might result in something unexpected. This is only one possibility. What else can be done under the circumstances – really!
We do not wish to go into details, but there was an element of desperation in forwarding the suggestion in the first place. The best thing is to march into Asmara with a band of armed men and occupy the National Palace. But, is that really possible? What the readers do not know is that we have been in the opposition for a long time without any aspiration for office for ourselves. As Diaspora Eritreans, we have been active participants in numerous activities of various kinds to unseat the “President of Eritrea” who was put at an undeserved pedestal with much adulation as the liberator of Eritrea by the people themselves.
We suspect that group of Isaias admirers might have included some of the present critics who might have been supporting Isaias just a few years ago. They are now desperate, and want the violent overthrow of the regime. They demand even an orgy of bloodbath. We have had enough of death and destruction, and we would not advise it. Even then, these paper tigers probably have no viable clue how to forcibly remove Isaias Afwerki and what their role will be in it. We are saying this especially from our long time observation of Eritrean mindset in post-independence Eritrea. There has been too much opportunism in our country. Otherwise, our situation would not have been this bad. Our troubles would have been nipped in the bud long ago. Please do not be too cocky unless you plan to be an active participant in the forcible removal of Isaias Afwerki – and you should even be prepared to sacrifice yourselves in the process if need be.
This is not an attempt to blame the Eritrean people: as they say, for now if they could, they would, but they can’t! Eritreans are in retreat from themselves. This led us to the conclusion that the roots of our problems are much deeper and unless we understand them, we won’t find workable solutions for our problems. The article we presented was meant to be a partial answer to that. Did we succeed in our mission? We leave that to you to judge. But, we are sure of one thing: the article has many useful ideas that could be made use of. Unfortunately, the baby seems to have been thrown away with the bathwater, as they say. How many of you recognized the benefit in understanding the psychological profile of the dictator? How many of you recognized the need for a cultural revolution in Eritrea which was suggested in the article? How many of you really read the article properly or even read half of it? Many of you are looking for easy answers. We, therefore, ask what are you doing to be a part of the solution? Or rather, are you just looking after yourselves and using the extra time you have to read articles as entertainment and at times try to discourage those who are trying to do something about it?
Alas, does it give pleasure to dismiss an idea even without understanding it? Maybe this is a part of the Eritrean culture which we need to change. This is why many wise educated Eritreans who can do a better job than us tend to refrain from active participation in such matters.
From among those who commented, very few of you seem to have appreciated the value of what was said in the article although, we know, you did not agree with us entirely. We thank you for your time and understanding. In fact, it is reassuring to find out that there are such rare Eritreans in our midst.
I would personally say that I am really fed up, but I won’t give up. Allow me to use the old motto of our youth: Aluta Continua!!
እዛ ጽሕፍቲ ቡዙሕ ወቀሳን ሕርቃንን ኣሎዋ ።
እቲ ዘልዓልኩምዎ ጉዳይ ሃገራዊ ብሙዃኑ ፥ ካልኦት ነጻ ሪእቶ ክህቡሉ ግድን እዩ ፥ ቅር ክብለኩም ኣይምተገበአን ።
>> ከምቲ ትብሉዎ ዘለኹም ፥ እሰያስ ስልጣኑ ብሰላም ኣረኪቡ ንኽእለ ዋላ ፣ እቲ ዝዋሓደ ተኽእሎ ኣሎ እሉ ዝኣምን ፥ ብጣዕሚ ዉሑድ እዩ ወይ’ዉን ዳርጋ የለን።
>> ርእቶኹም ክኸብር ይግቦኦ ፥ ግን ኣብዛ በጺሕናያ ዘለና ቁልቁለት ፥ ካብ ማንም ዘይትጽበዮ ዓይነት ሓሳብ እዩ ነይሩ ። ምኽንያቱ መድረኽ ሰላማዊ ፍታሕ ካብ ንሰግር ዓመታት ሓሊፉ ።
>> ንሃገሩ ሰላምን ራህዋን ዘይምነ ሰብ የለን ፥ ምእንቲ ነብሱ ፣ ምእንቲ እቲ ኣብ ስደት ዝጸንት ዘሎ ኑጹህ ዎሎዶ። ምእንቲ እቶም ኣብ ማዓስከራት ፣ ካብ ኩሉ መሰላት ታሓሪሞም ዝነብሩ ዘለዉ ደቂ ሃገር።
>> እሰያስ ምስ ከደ ወይ ምስ ሞተ ሰላም ክንረክብ እና ዝብሉ ፥ ህግደፍ ከ ናበይ ከብል ንዝብል ሕቶ ምምላስ ዘይፈትዉ እዮም።
ፈቲና ጸሊእና ፣ ህግደፍ ክሳብ ዘሎ ከም ስርዓት ፣ እሰያስ እንተ ዘየለ መንፈሱ ኣሎ። ገበነኛ ስርዓት ይታኣለ ምባል ፣ ፈተውቲ ደም ምፍሳስ ገርካ ምቅራቦም ፣ ጥቃሚ ኣይኮነን።
>> ኣብ ኤሪትራ ፣ ኹሉ ፈታው ሃገሩ ዝምነዮ ነባሪ ሰላም ዝሁሉ ፣ ንኹሉ ፥ ፍትሕን ማዕርነትን ከውሕስ ዝኽእል ፥ ኣብ ፖሊቲካዊ ቡዙሕነት ዝቆመ ስርዓት ንሙቋም ፥ ኩላህና ሓቢርና ምስ እንሰርሕ ጥራሕ እዩ።
>> ምእንቲ እታ ክብርቲ ሃገርናን ሕያዋይ ህዝባ ፥ ካብ ጉጂላዊ ምትእኽኻብን ጸቢብ ረብሓታትን ርሒቅና ፥ ሓቢርና ንስራሕ ።
እቲ ዓብይ ጸገምና እሰያስ ንበይኑ ኣይኮነን፣ ኣቲ ስርዓት እዩ። ኣብኡ ቅድሚ ምብጻሕና ፥ ብቀዳምነት ክረአ ዘሎዎ ፥ እምበር’ዶ ከም ሓደ ህዝቢ ንሓስብ ኣለና ?
Is the above article a joke.? Asking Isiais to resign is just like pilling the skin off your body with your left hand. If by some miracle you were to ask me before you sent the letter to the beast in Asmara, I would have told you not to be an idiot and I’m sure hundreds of thousands would say that, by simply observing what he has sad and done over the last 5 decades. Alas, you may have been too busy reading the bible to noice those facts or you are simply trying to be smart. If the latter you have clearly failed.
You say an army marching to the place to remove Isiais by force is not going to happen. I ask why not? It has happened in many countries to list in this response and that is precisely what our country needs.
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I concur in the question you pose why am I fed up of being an Eritrean? Here I agree with you – not only am I fed up of being an Eritrean but I wish I can drain every drop of Eritrean blood from my veins and your article doesn’t help.
Let me tell you where I stand here. Isiais will never ever relinquish power unless and until he is dead by an act of God (your prayers may help here) or otherwise. The latter is in our hands and despite your pessimism the Eritrean people may be eventually forced to do just that.
Eritrea forever, death to dictatorship.
Dear Michael,
Apparently you have done quite a good job in analyzing isayas, but do not gratify yourselves much because isayas’ s mental disorder was an open secret. One is tempted to pause and think what about the state of minds of the new movement? What is going in your minds? What do you want to achieve? You already know he is not going to accept your demand( sorry your request) then why go through this cumbersome and irrelevant process? Any why on the eleventh hour? You claim to have been in the opposition for many yrs. But I doubt it. I believe, with few exceptions, most of you have been supporters of the imposter and now switching sided. That in fact is commendable decision. What is dubious is why you want to beg him to resign?
For a group that boasts of psychoanalyzing the imposter, an inward introspection would have saved you from a much eye- twitching obfuscation in your post. But I do not see any relevance in going through them. You seem to congratulate yourselves with the list of notable signatories that isayas would recognize immediately. But you know very well, in the eyes of narcissist isayas they are mere worms. So why bother? Let me give a hint on what you are going into. During the standoff between the G-15 Government officials and the imposter, Mesfin Hagos fell to isayas’ s feet and begged him ( Ab B’ rku wediku leminwo). For that subservience, he saved his ## s, but not his comrades. One wonders how a person of his stature falls down to that level of adulation and humiliation? So gentlemen, my brotherly advice is please save yourselves from further humiliation and refrain from unduly pumping up his ego.
I have nothing to add to the above prudent and factual comments except highlighting this traditional quote from the writer, “Kab zekoleskus, idey tenekesku!.”>>> this is what happens when you try to cram something down somebody’s throat,you get bit. Wedihagher,Woldegabriel,A.E. and many more continue the positive conversation, it slowly is putting a hole in HGDEF’S cultural legacy.
>>> rather putrid and moribund HGDEF’S legacy,thanks comrades in arms.
ክንዲ ዘኮለስኩስ ኢደይ ተነከስኩ ዶይኮነን ዝብሃል እቲ ጸሓፋይ ምናልባት ተሃዊኩ ይከዉን ኢለ ሓሲበ K Twelde ምስ ደገማ ግን ተደናጊረ
ተመስገንካ ኣምላከ ክብርን ምስጋናን ንዓካ ይኩን ኩሎም እቶም በዚ ሓድሽ ቀዛፊ ሕማም covid19ተታሒዞም ዝጸንሑ ኤርትራዉያን እቲ ሓንቲ ተሪፉ ዝጸንሓት ሓዉያብሙሉኦም 39ሰባት ካብቲ ሕማም ነጻ ኮይኖም ኤርትራ ንማዉሬታንያን ማዉርሸስን ቀጺላ3ይቲ ነጻ ካብcovif19 ኣብ ኣፍሪቃ ኮይና ኣላ እዚ ግን ገና ዘዛኒ ኣይኮነን እዚ ሕማም ገና ሰባት ይቀዝፍ ኣሎ ኩላትና ጥንቁቃት ክንከዉን ኣለና ኣብዚ ጊዜዚ እቲ ካልእ ዉራያት ተወንዚፉ እኻ እንተሃለወ ኣብ ገለ ገለ ጊዜ ግን ኣብ ሞት ምብጽጻሕ ይስዕርር ስለ ዘሎ ብኡ መጠን ዉን በቲ ሕማም ናይ ምሓዝ ተክእሎ ይዓቢ ስለዘሎ ጥንቃቀ ነዘዉትር ምሕረት ንኩሉ ሕዝቢ ዓለም ካብ ምትሕግጋዝ ኣይንቆጠብ
Michael-
All I could say is keep it going. Don’t despair. Your efforts are pushing the movement one step forward. Eritrea is cannot not be Ethiopia. Eritrea has very few who would spoil it for the rest. Such as those not adding any value to your article here. Stay focus and do one person at a time plan. Of course, Eritrea lost Dr Vacaro. Dr. Vacaro had started with self deprecating work and then moving the mass. Unfortunately, he is not among us to see his wishes and momentum he had started come true. But you and few brave could change the world and do keep the fighting for justice and fairness. Unless a real man, I am not sure if there is any left, in Eritrea to deal with it and take it upon himself. I am a late comer to this game. But I have seen Eritrea few times recently. All that was told to me, regarding Eritrea being destroyed, I found it to be real and true. Even worst, the streets and alleys, hungry dogs and people seemingly sitting around took me to places of war zone similar to some middle eastern states. Not by any thing dropping or being fired by opposing sides but by the lack of regard.
Don’t just focus on one man; few others will and should get justice in time. Some have sold their souls others have no soul and few more wasted soul.
So I hope your passion keeps rolling and picking steam. Right behind you!
((I am a late comer to this game. But I have seen Eritrea few times recently.))>>>> you sure are late to what you refer as a ‘game’,if you were not there at the tip off it is awkward to comment objectively on the game and it shows in the inconsistency,contradiction and misrepresentation of your post Mike.Example, what does Dr, Vaccaro’s ‘self deprecating’ (your words) approach and message has to do with>>>(((It is another thing to state it formally in public and in the midst of the world media by highly respected Eritreans many of whom recognized by the dictator.))) .self promoting statement that berates and minuscules the diaspora mass demonstrations regardless of its impact.It is prudent to gather the facts before you start tapping on the keyboard. just for the fun of it.Technocrats are important component of a movement however the masses seal the deal,don’t underestimate the upheaval of a pissed off downtrodden masses.
Ok, kibur K.tewolde, you have been making such unhelpful criticisms for years now as I have noticed. You may find it entertaining, and you might even get a sense of self gratification to just sit back perhaps after work or when your day is done and criticize people who think that they have something to contribute. You prefer to say that the bottle is half empty than half full. This and attacking people without sufficient reason (in line with the Eritrean mindset) has mainly been your area of specialty for years.
It will probably help you and every other Eritrean if you start to say that the bottle is half or a quarter full and try to add your own bit to make it complete.
I now have a question for you. I can see that your ability to write is good (language wise). But, I don’t remember any article written by you in Tigrigna or English, etc.. If you think that you have better ideas than others, why don’t you devote some time from your life to tell us what needs to be done in detail.
Sik ilka miwurizay, aytekmenan iyyu. Izia kodilatka ala imo bezi inteamahayeshkaya wey izi intemelaikala mihashe neiru intebelna do aymhashen, kibur hawey!!!!!…
((This and attacking people without sufficient reason (in line with the Eritrean mindset) has mainly been your area of specialty for years.))>>> if this crystallizes the Eritrean mind set we are in trouble.You seem to have been reading my posts for (((years))) if you found it entertaining,thanks for being a devoted fan. Zikeberka Hawey,now that I heard your well thought out wise advice,I will start jumping in the bandwagon and cheer away what comes along.By now every Eritrean knows what need to be done to extract ourselves from this national catastrophe,even the underage who are spooked by the boogeyman out their home. Yep, that has been the area of my specialty–speaking my mind and telling it as it is, and that is looking at the glass half full.
እዞም ሕጂ ፥ ዘረባና እስከ ስምዑ ፥ ኣይትንቀፉና ዝብሉ ዘለዉ (መብዛሕቲኦም ደገፍቲ ህግደፍ ወይ ህ.ግ. ነበር)፥ ነቲ ኩሉ ፥ ንሃገሩ ክሪኣዉን ተሓሪሙ ፥ ብማዕዶ ከም ጓና ዝጥምት ዝነበረ ወዲ ሃገር ፥ “ተረፍ ዓማ” ፥ “5መስርዕ” ወዘተ. እንዳ በሉ ፥ ብዘይ ገለ ርህራሀ ፥ ዋላ ኣብቲ ታዓቊቡሉ ዘሎ ስደት ከይተረፈ ፥ ከም ኣራዊት ክሃድኑዎ ዝጸነሑ እዮም።
ሕጂ ኣብ ደምበ ተቃውሞ መጺኦም ፥ ኣበይ ነርኩም ፥ እንታይ ኣፍሪኹም ክብሉ ክትሰምዕ ከለኻ ፥ ማዕረ ክንደይ ሕልና ኣልቦ ሙዃኖም ዘርኢ ጉዳይ እዩ።
እቲ ጸማም እዝንኹም ፥ ካብ ማኣስ እዩ ክሰምዕ ጀሚሩ ?
Dear K.tewolde, I sense a slight change of tone in what you say and how you say it. Thank you for that. I am not saying that you should not criticize – only that when you say that the bottle is half empty, you should not forget that the bottle is half full as well. It is better to make use of the water available and not throw the bottle away with the water in it simply because it is half empty. Sorry for the simplistic metaphor, but it helps. Many Eritreans would do that- which I think is very silly.
About Wedi Hager, you seem to talk nonsense really. I will explain why. I have never been the fan of Isaias Afwerki even when he was in the field, and I have never been a member or the supporter of EPLF. I credit you with a very fertile imagination of the wrong kind though…
Dearest Michael,my tone is the same and consistent, just answering honestly to your post with all due respect,however this generalizing statements such as, ((Many Eritreans would do that- which I think is very silly.)) is not good,forget half full or half empty bottle ,some Eritreans were and are fighting relentlessly with no bottle at all,they are out there invisible,clawing working for the greater good without advertising their selfless services,only time will tell and commentators like Wedi Hagher resonate those people’s work eloquently in this medium.Don’t take it personal Michael Hawey. I know one day when the dust settles down we will be working hand in hand putting together this shuttered nation beyond recognition because it is ours not the current people who are melting it like a wedding band and selling it for cheap at a pawn shop.
Mr. k.tewolde –
I needed to vent just a lil – (apologies to assenna in advance)
No offense but I could only sense that you are venting some of your inner friction of hate and unresolved pain. Surly, social platforms are becoming, these days, a place to get therapeutic healing but not this one; this platform has a mission.
I frequently see that you have a green light in this space though to simply criticize many for no reason. It seems a character of a little kid (where I frequently have noticed to see it in many of us who refused to grow). Thus I was reminded of the following line and it is a biblical verse as well”……Select out the tares first and bind them into bundles to burn, but gather the wheat to my granary.”’ Not sure where to place you in this expression….. Burning you here ain’t much productive and not worth losing the energy and placing you in a granary would be a wasted “memory space”. Better to be left alone to have you do self destruct slowly.
Do something and make your day a little better than the one from yesterday.
Regards,
Mike
“Burning you here ain’t much productive and not worth losing the energy and placing you in a granary would be a wasted “memory space”. Better to be left alone to have you do self destruct slowly.”
Mike
“ዘሕምቆ ኣለኒ ፥ በትረይ ሃቡኒ”።
ብዘይ ቡቁዕ ምኽንያት ነገር ምድላይ ፥ ናይ ፉሹላት ሕንሐነ እዩ።
ስለምንታይ እኻ እሺ ዘይትብል እንዲዩ እዪ እቲ ነገሩ !! ።
ዘቅረብኩምዎ ሓሳብ ተቀባልነት ኣይረኸበን።
ምኽንያቱ ፥ ኣብዚ በጺሕናዮ ዘለና ደረጃ ናይ ዕንወት ፥ ንእሰያስ ስልጣንካ ኣረክብ ምባልኩም ፥ እቲ ሓሳብ ከም መትከል ፥ ጹቡቅ እኳ እንተኾነ ፥ ኣብ ሕገ-መንግስትን ባይቶን ዘይቡሉ ሃገር ከመይ ገይሩ እዩ ኣብ ተግባር ክዉዕል ?። ግዝዩኡ ቀደም ዝሓለፈ ጉዳይ ሙዃኑ ኩሉ ጉዳይ ሃገሩ ዝከታተል ሰብ ዝፈልጦ ሓቂ እዩ።
ስለዚ ኣብ ክንዲ ፥ ነቲ ዘቅረብኩምዎ ሓሳብ ተመሊስካ ምርኣይ ፥ ነቶም ሪእቶኹም ዘይተቀበሉ ምዝላፍ ፥ መን ሙዃንኩም ዝሕብር እዩ።
ንሙዃኑ ካብ ማኣስ እኹምከ፥ ንህግደፍ ክትቋወሙ ዝጀመርኩም ?
እሰያስ ኣሊኻ ፥ ህግደፍ ከይተተንከፈ ዝተርፈሉ መንገዲ ዝደልዩ ከም ዘለዉ ንፈልጥ እና።
ግን ከምኡ ከም ዘይካኣል ፥ ምስ ግዜ ፥ ንሶም’ዉን ነዚ መሪር ሓቂ ክቅበሉ ሙዃኖም ዘይሳሓት እዩ።
በሉ ኣስተውዑሉ ፥ እሰያስ ሞይቱ ስልጣን ኣብ እድ ባዓል ፊሊጶስ እንተ ተሪፉ ፥ እታ ንፈትዋ ሃገርና ፥ ኣብ ሓዲሽ መድረኽ ናይ ሙሉእ ምብትታን ንኽትሰጋገር ዓቢ ተኽእሎ ኣሎ ።
ኣብቲ ዝስዕብ ኩነታት ፥ እቶም ተስፋ ዝቆረጹ ፥ ናብራ ዝመረሮም ፥ እሞ “ቦታና ናሓሉ” ዝብሉ ሰብ ብረት ክቅልቀሉ ሙዃኖም ምፍላጥ የድሊ።
ብሰንኪ “ቦታና ናሓሉ” ዝብሉ ፥ ሶማል ኣብ ምንታይ ኩነታት ትርከብ ኣላ ምርኣይ የድሊ።
ጸርፊ ይጽናሓልኩም ፥ ዓቅሊ ግበሩ።
[“ዘሕምቆ ኣለኒ ፥ በትረይ ሃቡኒ”።] fires back W.H., that would have been enough to end this ‘venting’ contest.>>> however,I feel guilty to to wrap it up without agreeing with the {late comer to the game} on this quote>>((venting some of your inner friction of hate and unresolved pain.))… yep! pain for those who spoke up early and saw the budding monster and were eaten alive before you were born,pain for all those diamonds in the rough who I left behind in shallow graves who gave you the identity you bargaining with the one who want to erase it,oh yes! the unresolved pain for those who disappeared in the dessert sands and high seas and wasting away in the dungeons of tyranny and human traffickers and yes!, hate for those who exposed my people and my homeland to this suffering of apocalyptic proportion. Mike you are venting because I disagree with your capitulationist and opportunistic educated proposal? It is not 1970’s anymore,the Eritrean people are saying collectively, I don’t want to be like Mike! They had enough of you,they are done.
ካብ ብስምዒት ንግዛእ ብሳይንሳዊ ሓቂ (REASON) ንገዛእ፡
ሙሁራትና ሓዲሽ ባህሊ ናይ ፍልጠት (reason) ከተስርጹ ኣብ ደንበ ይኣክል ዋና ዕላማኹም ክኸውን ኣሎዎ። ንኩላትና ክጠምረና ዝኽእል ሓቂ’ዩ። ለውጢ ዝመጽእ ጥራሕ ኒኢሳያስ ቀቲልካ ንህግደፍ ኮስቲርካ ሃግሒካ ጥራሕዩ ዝብሉ የሕዋት ጽንፋዊ ኣራኣእያ ብዉድዓዊ ኩነታትትን ብሳይንሳዊ ኣታንትና ዘይከውን ሙኩዋኑ ኣንድሕሪ ተረኺቡ ከ እንታይ ኢኹም ክትብሉ። ሙሁራትና ዘቕረብኩሞ ናይ ሓባር ረቋሒ ዘሎዎ’ዩ ንኩላትና ዝውክል ዘየሟግት ጠለብ’ዩ።
ካልኣዊ ድኣ ይኹን’ምበርን ኽፍታይ ኣብ ሞንጎኹም’ውን ዝፈላሊ ከይከውን ዘስጋኣኒ ናይ ዮሴፍ ገ/ሂወት ምቅንጃው ገድሊ ዝጸሓፈ ሙሁር’ዩ። ቡጉቡእ ሙሁራትና ብፍላይ ኣብ ዓዋተ ዶት ኮም ጋና ከሎ ኣብ መድሩኹ ደቒቕን ሰፊሕን መልሲ ሂቦሙሉ። ንስኻትኩም መርሚርኩም ብሳይንሳዊ ሓቂ መርገጺኹም ከተንጹሩ ኣሎኩም። ኣብ ሞንጎኩም ፍልልይ ሳዕበኑ ኣብ ኩሉ ፍልልይ ከምጽእ ይኽእል’ዩ።
“ለውጢ ዝመጽእ ጥራሕ ኒኢሳያስ ቀቲልካ ንህግደፍ ኮስቲርካ ሃግሒካ ጥራሕዩ ዝብሉ የሕዋት ጽንፋዊ ኣራኣእያ ብዉድዓዊ ኩነታትትን ብሳይንሳዊ ኣታንትና ዘይከውን ሙኩዋኑ ኣንድሕሪ ተረኺቡ ከ እንታይ ኢኹም ክትብሉ። ”
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“ካልኣዊ ድኣ ይኹን’ምበርን ኽፍታይ ኣብ ሞንጎኹም’ውን ዝፈላሊ ከይከውን ዘስጋኣኒ ናይ ዮሴፍ ገ/ሂወት ምቅንጃው ገድሊ ዝጸሓፈ ሙሁር’ዩ። ቡጉቡእ ሙሁራትና ብፍላይ ኣብ ዓዋተ ዶት ኮም ጋና ከሎ ኣብ መድሩኹ ደቒቕን ሰፊሕን መልሲ ሂቦሙሉ። ንስኻትኩም መርሚርኩም ብሳይንሳዊ ሓቂ መርገጺኹም ከተንጹሩ ኣሎኩም። ”
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ገ ሚካኤል ዘርኣይ
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ኩቡር ኣቶ ገ ሚካኤል ዘርኣይ፣
እዚ “ሳይንሳዊ (reason)” ትብሉዎ ዘለኹም ፥ ናዓይ ቡሩህ ኣይኮነን ። እንታይ ሙዃኑ ቁሩብ እንተ ተብርሆዎ ምሓሸ ።
ፖሊቲካ ፥ ብፍላይ እቲ ናይ ሃገርና ፥ 2+2=4 እንተ ዝኾውን ፥ ኤሪትራ ሃገርና ኣብዚ ወዲቃቶ ዘላ ቦታ ኣይምበጸሐትን ። ካልእ ይትረፍ ፥ ቁሩብ ሕልና ዘለዎ መሪሕነት እንተ ዝህልዋ ፥ ኣይምተረመሰትን።
እቲ ሽግር ብሰንኪ ሓደ ፥ ካብ ካሎኦት ደቂ -ኣዳም ዝያዳ ዓቅሚ ስለ ዘሎዎ ፥ ብዘይ ድልየቶም ተገዲዶም የገልግሉዎ ኣሎዉ እምበር ፥ ንሶምስ (እሕዋትና ፥ ደቂ ኣውራጃና ፥ ደቂ ሃይማኖትና ፥ ደቂ ቀቢልና ወዘተ) ኑጹሃት እዮም ዝብል ሓሳብ ፥ ኣብዚ ዘለናዮ ግዜ ብጣዕሚ ዉሑድ እዩ ።
ዓቢ ግደ እኳ እንተ ሃለዎ ፥ጉዳይ እሰያስ ንበይኑ ኮይኑ ግን ኣይፈልጥን ። ምስኡ ናይ ዕላማ ስምምዕ ዘለዎ ቀሊል ዘይኮነ ሓይሊ ፥ ካብ ቀደም ነይሩ ፥ ሕጂውን ተዳኺሙ እምበር ፥ ዓንዲ-ሕቆ ናይቲ ስርዓት ዝኾነ ሓይሊ ገና ኣሎ።
ኣብ ከምዚ ዓይነት ኩነታት ፥ እቲ እሰያስ ዝመርሖ ሓይሊ ኣብ ቦቱኡ ከሎ ፥ ኣወንታዊ ለውጢ ክመጽእ ይካኣል እዩ ዲኹም ትብሉ ዘለኹም ?።
እንዲዒ. .. እዚኣ እንተ ተብሩሁልና ምሓሸ ።
እታ ናይ ዓዋተ ዶትኮም’ውን ኣይበረሀትለይን ።
ንሶም እዮም ዘባኡሱና ዘለዉ ዓይነት ዘረባ ፥ ዝያዳ ክንጸር እኳ እንተ ተገበአ ፥ እቲ ዝእምቶ ዘሎ ግን ፈጹሙ ጌጋ እዩ ።
Indeed Wedi Hagher,it is one thing to fundamentally change the social ,cultural,political and economical specter of a nation and another to do a few touch ups and continue with the system with its defective and expired components as is. What other cues as elite intellectuals are you expecting from the Trojan Horse who sarcastically egged you,’if you want it come get it’, ‘I didn’t sign a term contract..’,…how soon you forgot that he tossed the draft constitution you worked on for weeks and months into his fireplace and lamented,’ the QUAM was dead on arrival.’ and chased you out of town. How about his recent barrage of Stalin organ ‘Aykesernan’, handing over our nation like she is his gorgeous teen daughter to a smiling young stud saying,’from here on you are our leader’,>>>>>> and your solution is to write him a letter and cajole him to resign? did you put him up there to ask him to do so? I surely didn’t,it sounds like a prairie dog asking to share a kill with a hyena.If you haven’t figured out after all these years how to get rid of this menace to our society and asking me to come up with a detailed plan as some did here,it is time to pause and look in the mirror,it is time to close inspection and introspection,you will be surprised the lessons you learn. The answer is all there looking back at you. (THERE IS ONE PERSON HOLDING ME FROM ACHIEVING MY GOAL– ME!) Hallmark Greetings Inc.
Dear k.tewolde
If after DIA is gone Eritrea remains in the hands of Filippos and his men it will go down a slippery slope very quickly.
The only way out of this crisis is fundamental change that takes the country through a constitutional process followed by democracy and justice for all.
Anything else is waste of time and huge opportunity cost.
I just have four simple questions for Ktewolde and Wedi Hager:
(1) Do you think a house will still stand if the main and central pillar is removed?
(2) In the absence of the magic solution that all of us have been waiting for, so long, would it not be better to erode Isaias’s credibility and power to stand bit by bit and every day like the termites do?
(3) As a sequel to the second question, if the big thing comes suddenly like what you are expecting, that would be wonderful. But, while waiting for that, what evil do you see in doing the work of termites?
(4) What major things have you done yourselves that can result in the quick removal of the dictator?
By the way, we are saying this from experience. We are satisfied that we have dome more than most to remove the dictator and more importantly to save the Eritrean people from themselves.. I believe that the fundamental problem of the Eritrean people is the problem of clear thinking. Does that include you? I leave that to you to judge, Sirs!!!!! Perhaps not..
I will try to answer to the post sequentially as it is presented. First, who is the ‘central pillar’? the characterization projects the writers sentiment, second,what is the ‘magic solution’ and who is ‘us’?,third,what is the ‘big thing’ and who is ‘we’?, fourth,is anyone doing anything to the quick removal of the dictator?>>>>>(((We are satisfied that we have dome more than most to remove the dictator and more importantly to save the Eritrean people from themselves.)))….I can see this statement coming after the vector decomposes naturally,you want to be rewarded with more seats in the parliament for your effort? what would the fallen have said if they can hear this premature oratory contest???!!!! nop, the Eritrean people don’t have problem with clear thinking,they are blinded with the dirt being kicked in their eyes by educated people like you. When somebody is trying to take more credit when the team is losing 20-0,definitely the fans will chase you out of the stadium.
Dear Michael,
I am really disappointed by your last post. It is incumbent on us all to put things in perspective for people who are lost and misguided by false propaganda of higdef and come together to rebuild our devastated country and people. After so many rational facts and arguments to your assertions by several people on this website, I thought you would come to your senses and join the fight. It appears that you are not an innocent victim. Please prove me wrong by reviewing the responses you got and think again earnestly.
ብዛዕባ መን እና ንዛረብ ዘለና ?
ጸገምና ምስ እሰያስ ንውልቁ ዲዩ ፥ ወይስ ስርዓት ?
ማኣስ ጀሚሩ እዚ ጸገም ?
ሓቂ ዲዩ ህዝቢ ኤሪትራ ኣነጺሩ ናይ ምሕሳብ ጸገም ኣሎዎ ?
ማእከላይ ዓንዲ ናይዚ ሃገር መን እዩ ? ፥ ብሓቂ ኣሎዲዩ ?
ዝቁርሚም ዲዩ ዉሒዱ ?
እቲ ፍታሕ እንታይ ክኾውን ኣሎዎ ?
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– ብዛዕባ እሰያስ ከም መራሒ ናይ ሓደ ስርዓት እና ንዛረብ ዘለና። ምስቲ ኩሉ እከይ ተግባራቱ ፥ ጸገምና ምስኡ ንዉልቁ ኣይኮነን። እቲ ስርዓት ፥ ንሱ ኣብ ዘይህልዎሉ ግዜ ፥ ንዑኡ ተኪኡ ክቅጽል ከምዝደሊ ቡዙሕ ዘካትዕ ጉዳይ ኣይመስለኒን።
– ቡዙሕ ሰብ ከም ዝፈልጦ ፥ እቲ ጸገም ናይ ቀረባ እዋን ኣይኮነን ። ስለዚ ብዛዕቡኡ ድሕሪ ሕጂ ህዝቢ ክነቅሓሉ ዝግባእ ቡዙሕ ነገር ፥ ዳርጋ የለን። ዋላ እቲ “ትንፈር-እምበር-ጠልያ” ዝብል ደጋፊዉን ፥ ሓቂ ጠፊኡዎ ኣይኮነን።
– ህዝቢ ኤሪትራ ፥ ኣነጺሩ ናይ ምሕሳብ ጸገም የቡሉን ። ግን ኩሉ ከም ዓቅሙ ዘቅርቦ ርእቶ ሓደ ክኾውን ኣይክእልን፥ ግድንውን ኣይኮነን። ንዝተፈላለየ ርእቶታት ከም ዝቀራረብ ክገብር ዝግቦኦ ፥ እቲ ብትምህርትን ተመክሮን ዝያዳ ዓቅሚ ዘሎዎ ፥ ኣብ ክንዲ ሓቢርና ፍታሕ ንድለ ዝብል ፥ ኣብ ጓል ነገር ተጸሚዱ ይርከብ።
ጸገም ናይ ገሊኡ ሰብ ፥ ኣነ መሰለይ ይታዓቀበለይ ኣይኮነን ፥ እንታይ ዳኣ ፥ ከመይ ገይረ ካልኦት ንዝሓትዎ ከምዘይርከብ እገብር እዩ።
– መንግስታዊ ትካላትን ንሰን ዝቅየዳሉ ሕጊን ባህልን ኣብ ዘይብለን ሃገራት ፥ ኣብ ግዜ ጸገማት ፥ ሰራዊት ሕማቅ ወይ ጹቡቅ ግደ ናይ ምጽዋት ተኽእሎ ኣሎዎ። ኣብ ኤሪትራ ግን ብትካላዊ ኣሰራርሓ ዝተጥርነፈ ሰራዉት ኣሎ ክትብል ኣጸጋሚ እዩ። ናይ ህግደፍ ማለሺያ ኮይኑ ከም ዝሰርሕ ስለ ዝገበሩዎ ፥ ኣውያት እንዳ ሰምዕ ፥ ክንቀሳቀስ ኣይካኣለን። እቲ “ዓንዲ” እዚ እንተኾይኑ ፥ ካብኡስ ቦኺርና ኣለና ። ከምኡ ከንሱ ፥ ሰረዊት ይበተን ዝበለውን ዘሎ ኣይመስለንን ። በቶም ደመኛታት ክንምራሕ ግን ኣይንደሊን።
– ዝቁርምም ኣይዋሓደን ፥ ግን በበይንኻ ስለ ዝኾነ ቁልጡፍ ዉጺእት ይህብ አለን።
– እቲ ፍታሕ እንታይ ክኾውን ኣሎዎ ?
ኩሉ በብሸነኹ ፥ ከም ፍታሕ ዝርኦ ኣሎ ። እቲ ፍታሕ ፥ ኣብ ሕገ-መንግስቲ ዘተኮረ ክኾውን ኣሎዎ ባሃላይ እየ። ንኹሉ ዘሳትፍ ፖሊቲካዊ መስርሕ ፥ ፍልልያት ኣብ ምጽባብ ዓቢ ግደ ክህሉዎ እዩ። ኖ ኣይፋልናን ፥ ምስቶም ወታሃደራት ተሳማሚዕና ፥ ዳሓር፥ ኣስመራ ምስ ኣተና ፥ ሹዑ ነርክበሉ ! ፥ ዝብሉ ኣሎዉ ።
እዚ ኣቋራጭ መገዲ ፥ ቀጻልነት ስርዓት ህግደፍ ከውሕስ ከምዝኽእል ዝሳሓት ኣይኮነን ።
ብዘይካ ብብረት ፥ ብዓመጽ ፥ ብምቅታልን ምጭዋይን ፥ ኣብ ስልጣን ምቅጻል ፥ ካልእ ፍታሕ ዘይፈልጥ ስርዓት ፥ እሰያስ ኣብ ዘይህልዎሉ ግዜዉን ፥ ንኤሩትራ ዝያዳ ክበታትና ሙዃኑ ዘጠራጥር ኣይኮነን።
– ንሕና ንሃገርና ኣበርኪትና ትብሉ ኣሎኹም …
ኣደ ሱዉእ ኣይትስማዕኩም !!
እቲ ኣካሉ ብዓረር ጸላኢ ለሚሱ ከሎ ፥ ንሃገሩ ኣምዕዲዩ ክርኣ ዝተኾነነ ኸ ፥ እንታይ ክብል እዩ።
W.H. immaculate and stupendous as usual,you have a natural gift of conveying the truth as is,that said once upon a time the wise Eritrean people put together an organization which reflects them and set out to accomplish a goal,it was broad,wide,clumsy,imperfect…..and stretched itself thin across our homeland from one end to the other,but it was the image of us ruggedly handsome and beautiful,it even included vectors,swines and impostors and gave them gullibley an opportunity to do their dirty work,it was the first and last attempt the Eritrean people came together as one,after that it was lie after lie that it became a pervasive culture to this day people wear it daily as a traditional attire. Until we dig deep inside ourselves and ask what is wrong with us/me?, how come I am not at peace with my brother or sister or myself?why am I constantly on the run? why is it taking us too long to get rid off a moribund and decaying system which committed political suicide already?…….until we see the man or the woman in the mirror square in the eyes and ask these introspective ,retrospective and soul searching questions,regardless your station in life,you gonna live a lie and lie doesn’t bear fruit —- we are the living and breathing proof. Please read me without prejudice.
Clarification
I just would like to add some clarification because I mistakenly thought that what I said earlier was self explanatory given the context of our discussion..
(1) The central pillar I was talking about was Isaias Afwerki himself – ie the central pillar of HGDEF, not Eritrea.
(2) My argument was that if Isaias is removed from power, the edifice of HGDEF will crumble to pieces. The Piliposes and other tinpot generals are hangers on and thrive on the crumbs of bread they get from Isaias but mainly from what they loot from the people. I believe that if Isaias goes, they will also go, or they will immediately assume power and accuse Isaias bitterly to save themselves – and position themselves as victims.. They will not be in a position to defy the avalanche of people’s protests.
(3) I think that we are all together in our opposition to this man, Isaias Afwerki, and we want him to go at the earliest. The question is how and what is the most prudent and viable action to take under the circumstances.
I wish you peace, and take care!
((The question is how and what is the most prudent and viable action to take under the circumstances.)) >>>>> the question instead should be how did we get here? what led us to this dire circumstances we are in to begin with? Identifying the cause,then there will be ease and clarity in resolving the effect,that is the dialectical relationship between cause and effect,you can’t agonize on a hasty resolution of the effect by ignoring the cause,you’ll end up back to square one_______________it takes the whole village to oust the chief, right now the village is in disarray.
“it was the image of us ruggedly handsome and beautiful,it even included vectors,swines and impostors and gave them gullibley an opportunity to do their dirty work,it was the first and last attempt the Eritrean people came together as one”
k.tewolde
ኩቡር ሓው k.tewode
ምሳኻ ይሳማማዕ እየ ፥ ቡዙሕነት እቲ እንኮ ሓቀኛ መልኪዕ ናይ ኤሪትራ እዩ።
ንኹሉ ዜጋ ፥ መን እዩ ብዘየገድስ ፥ ብማዕረ ዓይኒ ዝርኢ ፥ ንኹሉ ዘሳትፍ ፥ እጃሙ ኣብ ስልጣንን ሃብቲ ሃገርን ዘውሕስ ፥ ሌላን – ጉለላን ዝይብሉ ፖሊቲካዊ ውድብ ፥ ወይ ፓርቲ ጥራሕ እዩ ፥ ንስርዓት እሰያስ ክኣሊ ዝኽእል ።
ቡዙሕነት ሃገርና ዘየንጸባርቅ ፥ ኣድማዕነቱ ቀሊል እዩ።
I am just stating the obvious.
Cheers.
“My argument was that if Isaias is removed from power, the edifice of HGDEF will crumble to pieces. The Piliposes and other tinpot generals are hangers on and thrive on the crumbs of bread they get from Isaias but mainly from what they loot from the people. ”
Michael H. Kiflezghi
ኩቡር ሓው ምክኤል፥
እስያስ ምስ ሞተ ፥ ህግደፍ’ውን ካዓኑ እዩ ፥ ዝብል ሓሳብ ፥ ሓቂ ክኾውን ምተመነኹ ።
ከምኡ ከምዘይኮውን ግን ፥ ዕረ እንዳ ጣዓመኒ እፈልጥ እየ።
እሰያስ ብመነጽር ፖሊቲካ ሃገርና ፥ ኣብ ልቢ እቶም ዘምልኹዎ ዝነበሩ’ውን ሞይቱ ።
ስለዚ እቲ ቀንዲ ሕቶ ፥ እዞም መዋእሎም ኣብ ምጭዋይን ምቅታልን ክነጥፉ ዝጸንሑን ዘለውን ፥ ኣማስዩኡ እንታይ እዩ መደቦም ?
እሻሓት ሰባት ኣብ ጎዳጉዲ ይነብሩን ይሞቱን ኣሎዉ (300+ gulag prison system)። ግዜ እዳ ሓለፈ ፥ ብዛሕሊ ምስ ሰንከሉ ፥ ብዋሕዲ ብርሃን ምስ ዓወሩ ፥ ብጭንቀት ኣእምሮ ምስ ሳሓቱ ፥ ብመግረፍቲ እእጋሮም ምስ ለመሰ ፥ ንዝሞተ ድማ ፥ ኣብተን ዝድቅሰለን ዝነበረ ኣጭርቅቲ ገኒዞም ፥ እቶም ሓሎውቲ መን ሙዃኑ ከይፈለጡ ፥ ኣብ ክንዲ ሽም ፥ እሱር ቁጽሪ 10 ምይቱ እንዳ ተባህለ ፥ ህዝቢ ኤሪትራ ብሰንኪ መራሕቲ ህግደፍ ይሃልቅ ኣሎ።
ኣብ ቦቶኦም ኮይና ፥ ቁሩብ እስከ ንሕሰብ ።
እዞም ሰባት እዚኦም ፥ ማሓሩና ስልጣን ከነረክበኩም ክብሉ ዝጽበ ሰብ ኣሎ ?
ሓውኻ ወይ ጓልካ ዝቀለ ምሕረት ተገይሩሉስ ፥ ኣብ ቅድሚኻ የማን ጸጋም እንዳ ኽደ ሱቅ እልካ ክትሪኦ ትኽእል ?
እዚ ከምዘይካኣል ንሶምውን ይፈልጡ እዮም ።
ደም ምፍሳስ ዘይቡሉ ለውጢ ክህሉ ፥ ኩሉ ፈታው ሃገሩ ይምነ ። እቲ ዘላቶ ኩነታት ግን ብጣዕሚ ኣስጋኢ እዩ ።