ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ALTERNATIVE ERITREAN GOVERNMENT IN EXILE*
The paramount and urgent task of the Eritrean people!
By
A Joint statement of Our Voice-Eritrea and the New Eritrea Movement
Eritrea has turned out to be a complete disaster given its potential! There is no other way of putting it. The old pride, can-do-attitude, inventiveness, hard work, steadfastness, defiance against tyranny and renowned heroism of the Eritrean is almost gone. Eritrea is now largely in lockdown, and people hardly have enough to eat, and they are not allowed to speak. The country has amazingly become like a prison camp. Eritrea and Eritreans are now a shadow of their old selves. Eritreans have been deprived of their manliness. The only thing that is covering their shame is their exaggerated contrived moustache. It is hardly a source of pride now to call oneself an Eritrean. The long costly “liberation struggle” now looks to have been fought under a false prospectus. We only have independence but not liberation, and there is not much to celebrate for that independence under the present regime which has brought us only extreme oppression, misery and loss-of-self.
Yet, Eritrea is a very rich country in terms of natural resources, and recent international research shows that it is among the top five countries in Africa with people of the highest intelligence (IQ). Eritrea has plenty of natural gas, gold, coper, oil, zinc and potash. It is located in one of the most strategic locations in the world between Asia, Europe and Africa. In fact, it can be seen as a gateway to Africa. Almost 70% of the country is in the green zone belt with a natural environment conducive to tourism and the maintenance of sustainable tourist industry. The land stretches up to 1,800 meters to 3,000 meters above sea level, and travelling from Asmara to Massawa allows one to experience three climatic zones.
Eritrea has a cost line of 2,350 kilometers and about 350 islands. The waters of the Red Sea have one of the richest planktons in the world, 1,000 species of fish, 180 species of coral, giant tortoises, etc. On land, Eritrea has ostriches, elephants, kudus, gazelles, leopards, monkeys and other animals and varieties of local and migrating birds. It also has plants like oil trees, palm, gum trees, etc. Coffee could also be grown there. In fact, Eritrea was a coffee producer and exporter during the time of the Italians. The Semienawi Bahri north-eastern green belt has 100,000 hectares of green are
Eritrea has also got the second highest concentration of archaeological remains in Africa, second only to Egypt. Just 59 kilometers south of Massawa is Adulis, the 3rd century Axumite port, one of the biggest in the world at the time linking Greek, Roman and Byzantine civilizations with Africa, Arabia, India and China. The potential for tourism is clear. In fact, Eritreans could make good living out of tourism alone – if properly managed
This suffices to make the point that Eritrea has sufficient human and natural resources to be one of the most prosperous and sustainable countries in the word. Some people may now smile when we remind them that Eritrea had the dream of becoming like Singapore. In fact, there are still some similarities between the two. One of the biggest differences is that Eritrea is much richer than Singapore in terms of natural resources. This gives Eritrea an edge over its competitors.
Despite all this, how are the mighty fallen, as it is said in the Bible about lost empires? Eritrea has been trashed to the dust despite its promise? Does it have the chance to rise up again like phoenix of ancient Greek mythology? Our answer is a definitive YES! There is no other choice.
We shall now quickly come to our main point. Make no mistake, and please do not listen to the naysayers. Eritrea has everything to become one of the richest and loveliest countries in the world – with high life expectancy, we should add. The only obstacle on our way is the imposition on our people one of the worst dictatorships in world history comparable to that of Nero of Ancient Rome that has remained in power through unimaginable deception, corruption and cruelty. Our opposition to it is not just that the regime is dictatorial – for sometimes a benevolent dictatorship could benefit a country for some time. What we have in Eritrea is a regime which has no vision, no strategy, no public morale or commitment, no idea! Actually, the personality disorder of one man has been transformed into a national calamity of extraordinary magnitude and tragedy. We have tried to analyze this in detail in our earlier article on the damaged personality traits of this man characterize by Malignant Narcissism.
What are we to do now? Some months ago, we published an article requesting Mr Isaias Afeworki to resign and leave the Eritrean people alone. We, in fact, made him and his family a generous offer. We did not anyway expect him to take up the offer. We were trying to test what was possible and what was not. We, the Eritrean people, should now do the job ourselves without expecting for mana to come from heaven.
After considering a number of scenarios, we as a group of concerned Eritreans have decided to present for discussion a strategy which has been raised by a number of people before. One of the most advanced was that proposed by Prof, Araya Debessay and his team ie, the Global Initiative (GI) to empower the Eritrean Grassroots Movement. That is the bottom-up grassroots movementthat would see the establishment of local baitos constituting the basis of forming a national assembly of Eritreans. The said assembly would in turn appoint an executive body forming a Global Representative Group that can speak for all justice seeking Eritreans – equivalent to an ALTERNATIVE GOVERNMENT OF ERITREA IN EXILE.
We did a lot of work towards that end. However, there were many obstacles on the way. We can say a lot on this, but this is not the time for acrimony. On the basis of our not so successful experience, we would still like to float a similar idea that may work with new blood. We are now looking for short routes to remove the present undeserving and disastrous incumbents of the Asmara Palace.
Instead of taking time to establish local Eritrean baitos internationallywhich will prove very difficult for now as a basis of Eritrean democracy, it may be easier but not perhaps ideal to call for a national congress of all existing political parties, prominent Eritrean personalities and representatives of the various sectors of the Eritrean society across regional, ethnic, religious and linguistic lines, etc. The primary task of the congress would be to appoint an executive body that could speak on behalf of the Eritrean people. The secretariat would have the presidency and various portfolios: diplomacy, communication, economic affairs, etc. The very establishment of such a secretariat, we believe, will be a game changer!! This is a matter of great significance and should not be missed by any chance.
In fact, we think that this is the elephant in the room of crucial importance we have not been acting upon although many have been speaking about it or tried and abandoned it after some attempt because of power rivalry – but mainly, we believe, due to the work of paid agents of the regime who have been using every trick in the book to prevent us from moving forward. One of such tricks is perhaps obscuring the issues and diverting our attention away from the most crucial and timely issues of the day into tangential and secondary issues. Alas, we have our priorities wrong. – and we are needlessly losing vital time, energy and opportunities that could have otherwise shortened out journey to freedom and salvation. In short, our primary problem now is how to remove the regime not to endlessly talk about what we shall do in the post-Isaias Eritrea. We are not saying that we should not think about it – just that we should get our priorities in order. For instance, why should we spend so much time now discussing the draft constitution, etc. We should instead focus like a laser beam on the establishment of an Alternative Government of Eritrea in Exile and use that as a leverage to oust the regime. That is our main problem, and we should not deceive ourselves into feeling that we are doing something important by touching issues on the margins.
But, who can take this enormous, honorable and historic task of organizing the congress (however imperfect) that can appoint a national executive and presidency of able Eritreans in exile? We think it proper to invite especially young Eritreans and those not so young who are willing and able to come forward and claim this crucial task This, we expect, to be a collegiate effort in which individuals and groups will come together to finally manifest an alternative government of Eritrea in exile.
There is an Eritrean proverb: “Kab kitgoyi miw’al, kisad mihaz!” In our opinion, it is fine to demonstrate against the regime, to vent one’s anger in pal talk, write articles analyzing how bad the regime is, organizing small opposition groups, or even presenting oneself as a candidate to replace Isaias Afwerki, as one Eritrean politician has been doing recently however absurd. It will take time for all such moves to have noticeable effects. We have waited for too long for change, and many of us now fear that we may not have decent burial in our own country. How about the multitudes of voiceless and priceless Eritrean lives young and old being needlessly lost on daily basis because of the rogue regime which is sustained in power by our disunity, futile jostling for power, ignorance and lack of vision – especially among some of those who consider themselves party leaders in the opposition!
Please, think! Let us not waste any more time blaming Isaias Afwerki or his regime. Enough has been said about that for years, even decades without any change. Let us now change our strategy immediately and focus our attention on our own weaknesses and how to overcome them. All this should be fast tracked to result in the establishment of a National Assembly in exile (however defective) and a secretariat and chief executive.
Thank you.
REFERENCES
*Mimisrat Metekaita Mengisti Eritra ab Sidet”
“Why and How We as a Collective Should Now Ask President Isaias to Resign” by New Eritrea Movement in www.assenna.com, www.google.com
“Eritrea: Urgent Need for New Models of Struggle against Tyranny” A joint statement by Our Voice and the New Eritrea Movement www.assenna.com, www.google.com
“10 Countries in Africa with the Most intelligent People” iqresearch.info
” ….. the rogue regime which is sustained in power by our disunity, futile jostling for power, ignorance and lack of vision ….”
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ኣብቲ ዝታሓተ ደረጃ ወዲቅናሉ ዘለና ፥ ኩፉእ ግዜ ፥ እቲ መሪር ሓቂ ፥ ንሱ እዩ ። በሰንኪ ድኽመትና ንሳቀ ኣለና።
ስለዚ ፥ ኣቀዲምና ቁስልና ንፈውስ ። ሃገር ዘየላ ከንሳ ብኣውራጃን ሃይማኖትን ንጻረፍ ፥ ንፍክር ንውዕል ?
ኮነ እልካ ኤሪትራዊ ሃገራውነት ንምድኻም ኣብ ዝግበር ኣዕናዊ ንጥፈታት ፥ ገሊና ታዓዘብቲ ፥ ገሊና ድማ ደገፍቲ ንኾውን ። ብሰንኩ ድማ ሓድነት ህዝቢ ላሕሊሑ ።
ኣብ ከምዚ ዓይነት ኩነታት ፥ ህግደፍ ምእላይ ፈጺሙ ኣይካኣሊን ።
እዚኦም ካብ ኮኑ መተካእታ ፥ እሰያስ ኣብ ዘለዎ ይጽናሕ ዝብሉ ዉሑዳት ኣይኮኑን ።
ስለዚ ቀዳምነትና ፥ ሃገራዊ ሓድነት ይኹን ።
ኣነ ከም ኤሪትራዊ ዜጋ ፥ ኣንታ “ጎንደር”፥ “ዓጋመ”፥” ስደተኛ ዓረብ” …ወዘተ ፥ ምስ ዝብሉኒ ከመይ ገይረ ክሓብር ።
እዚኦም ካብ ዝመጹኒ ፥ ሱቅ እለ ስረሐይ ዘይገብር ።
ቁሩብ ሕሰቡሉ ።
ሰላማት ኣሰና
ናይ ይኣክል ምንቅስቃስ ዕላምኡ ብደረጃ ዓለም ኤርትራውያን መራሕቲ ምቋም ይመስለኒ። [ብኻልእ ኣዘራርባ፦ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ኣብ ስደት ምምስራት
ዩ።]ሞ ካብኡ ዝተፈልየ ኣካይዳ ከመይን ብኸመይን `ዩ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ኣብ ስደት ክቀውም፧ ትብልዎ ዘለኹም ዋላ ኣይተረዳኣንን።This is very critical time and this idea is good
I support the idea of government in exile since all options are closed and the international community also have no hope by now from Isayas. I believe this will get support.
ናብ ቅኑዕ መንገዲ ዝሓዝና ይመስለኒ::
ድሕሪኡ ዝመጽእ ሕቶ አንታይ ንኸንገብር ጽሩይን ቅንዑን ክኸዉን ኣለዎ መገድና ::
ከምዝመስለኒ: ኩላህና ኣብ ሓንቲ መንገዲ ንሓንቲ ዓላማ ክንስራዕ የግድን አዩ ::
እዚ እንተዘይኮኑ ናብ ቀደም ምቑዛምና ክንኣቱ ግደፉና >>> ኤርትሪያ፥ ኤርትሪያ፥ ኤርትሪያ፥ ተፈታዊት ኤርትሪያና ከማኽስ ኣይተራእየን ኣብ ሙሉእ ዓለምና <<< ወዘተ ወዘተ
ሓንቲ ሕቶ ግን ኣላትኒ:: ኢሳያስ ወዲ ኣፈወርቂ፤ ወዲ ወዱ ንኣብርሃ፤ ወዲ ወዲ ወዱ ንኣይተ ምራጭ ካብ ትግራይ መሰረቱ፣ ግዳስ ወዲ እታ ዝተወልደላ ግርምቲ ተፈታዊት ኤርትሪያና። እዝጊ፣ ኩሉ ኣጋጢሙ እዩ ሂቡዎ። እሞ ሕጂ መንዩ እቲ ተባዕ ኤርትሪያዊ በል ሕጅስ ይኣኽለካ ዝብሎ ? ??? ናይተን ኣናጹ ታሪኽ እኮ እዩ ኮይኑና፡ እሞ መን ይደፍራ ነታ ድሙ ??????
ኣየ፤ መስኪነይቲ ተፈታዊት ኤሬ፣ ዘልኣለም ኣብ ሸንኮለል ጥራይ ኢዳ።
‘..that it is among the top five countries in Africa with people of the highest intelligence (IQ).’….Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, South Africa, Tanzania, Algeria, Nigeria, Rwanda…30 yrs and still marching to the tune of one man suffering from multi infarct alcoholic dementia who speaks with a lisp, a nation with no rule of law, no accountability, a nation with more prisons than hospitals, a hawala black market economy beyond the reach of the indigents, a country which flies out a kid for an emergency appendectomy or dies of one if the family can’t afford it…..top five! where are we getting this stats? and what is this obsession with Singapore, they don’t even look like us, the Eritrean people didn’t ask for Singapore, they fought for a free Eritrea, safe haven they call home, a serene place, a sanctuary where they can raise their children and grandchildren and pass their good genes and legacies for generations to come….forget Singapore, we can’t even do what the Sudanese people did recently in a short time of mass upheaval, half of Eritrea lives there… what the Eritrean people got is Sing-a-poor. If we can boldly confront and correct what got us to this predicament in the first place, half of the battle will be won and the enemy will know it. Therefore the Asmara rogue regime’s shelf life depends on us- the shelf.
If we can boldly confront and correct what got us to this predicament in the first place, half of the battle will be won and the enemy will know it. Therefore the Asmara rogue regime’s shelf life depends on us- the shelf.
k. tewolde
ሓደ ጀነራል ፥ ነንሕድ ሕዱ ዝተፋነን ሰራዊት ሒዙ ንውግእ ክወፍር ይኽእል ድዩ ? ። ብሕጽር ዝበለ ፥ ኣብ ኮምኡ ኩነታት ንርከብ ኣለና ። ስለዚ ኣብ ዝሓጸረ ግዜ ፥ ሃገራዊ ሓድነት ዝርከበሉ መድረኽ ንኽፈት ። ቡዙሕ ግዜ ዝወስድ ይመስል ፥ ልክዕ እዩ ፥ ግን ግለ መሰረታዊ ነገራት ካብኡ ሕጂ ንግበር።
ኩሉ ዘሳትፍ ሃገራዊ ጉባኤ ፥ ጹቡቅ መበገሲ እዩ። እተን ቆይመን ዘለዋ ባይቶታት ፥ ወከልቲ ንምስዳድ ጸገም ዘለወን ኣይመስለንን። ኣብኡ ገለ ካብቲ ንህዝቢ ዝኸፋፍል ዘሎ ጉዳያት ፥ ደረት ንግበረሉ ። ዝተረፈ ድሕሪ ህግደፍ ምእላይ ፥ ብቁዋም ደረጃ ክፍታሕ ይካኣል።
ሓድነትና እንተ ኣረጋጊጽና ፥ ንህግደፍ ኣብ ዝግበር ጻዕሪ ኩሉ እጃሙ ክገብር እዩ ።
1. ሃገራዊ ጉባኤ ናይ ዲያስፖራ
2. ቀዳማይ ክፋል ናይ ሃገራዊ ዕርቂ (እቲ ካላይ ፥ ድሕሪ ህግደፍ)
3. ግዚያዊ ናይ ዕማም ሓይሊ (ንዉሱን ግዜ)
4. ግዜያዊ ናይ ዲያስፖራ ጠቅላሊ መሪሒነት
5. ካብ ጉባኤ ዝተመርጸ ግዜኣዊ ባይቶ
እዚ ከም ኣብነት ይቅርቦ ኣሎኹ።
Here is a simple tool kit for starters by someone who cares deeply for his people, not confusing big words like ‘government in exile’, a workable, applicable and comprehensible outline, an example anybody can add or subtract..– an open invitation for all stakeholders, however, there is a prerequisite, you have to come as you are, naked as an open book, ready to give and take, free of biases, free of old acquired views and misconceptions, cast the old ingrained pattern of thoughts and behaviors forced by the enemy upon us >>>>>> in other words folks, you are the make them break them, the new you is the deciding factor whether we can move the needle in the direction we need it to go. The cozy, comfortable and loving place we call home is not out of reach, it is a mirror away.
” … an example anybody can add or subtract..– an open invitation for all stakeholders .. ”
k. tewelde
ኩቡር ዶቶረ ፣ ክብረት ይሃበለይ ።
ብቁርብ ፥ በቲ ኣብ እድና ዘሎ ፥ እሞ ኻኣ ፥ መሰረታዊ ጉዳይ ፥ ቡኡ ንጀሚር ።
ኩሎም ካብ ናተይ ዝሓሸ ሓሳባት ክህሉዎም ከም ዝኽእል ይርዳኣኒ ። ሙሁራትና ፥ ንኣብነት እቶም ጸገማት ሕብረተሰባት ኣብ ምፍታሕ ተመክሮ ዘለዎም ፥ ተበግሶ ወሲዶም ፥ ነዚ መድረኽ ይኽፈቱዎ ። ዝመቃቀሉና ዘለዉ ሰይጣውንትና ፥ ንሓንሳብን ንሓዋሩን ዘዕርፉሉ ኣገባብ ንፈትሽ ። ካብቲ ተሽኺልናሉ ዘለና ፥ መርዛም ናይ ኣዉራጃን ሃይማኖትን ፍልልይ ንውጻእ ። ክብሪ ኤሪትራውነትና ኣብ ቦቱኡ ንምለስ ። ኣብ ቃልስና ሓድሽ ምዕራፍ ንኽፈት።
ኣብዚ ዓዳማይ የለን ፥ እቲ ዳስ ናይ ህዝቢ እዩ ፥ ንኹሉ ኩፉት እዩ።
እዚ ይሕሸና ኣብ እንብሎ መድረኻዊ መደብ ፥ ኩሉ ህዝብና ከም ዚሳተፍ ንግበር ። እዚ ሃገራዊ መርዓ ክኾዉን ኣሎዎ።
ብጹቡቅ መንፈስ ንበገስ ።
No political jargon there, in plane and household language a good down to earth Eritrean beckons us to come to our senses. I wish we had a leader who can speak to us in that unifying message, today we would have been a beacon and a model nation for our African brothers to emulate instead of top rated asylum seeking humanity frowned upon by others.
Wedi Hager,
I find your views to be very thoughtful, mature and helpful.
God bless!
Dear Dr K.Tewolde of the USA,
I wish to thank you for taking your time to participate in the various discussions regarding Eritrea over a number of years now.. I just learned from Wedi Hager just below that you are a dotore. From the various postings you have been making, I would not have thought that you had the said qualification. You may be a very able medical doctor, enginner or agronomist. But alas, you make a very poor political or social commentator. I say this because what you say usually violates the basic norms of logic. Even the way you write violates the basic rules of grammar. If you think that we do not judge, you are mistaken.
I am alarnmed that as a doctor, you do not even check your facts. If you Google, “The ten African countries with people of the highest intellegence” (See the footnoes provided) or search iqresearch.info, you will discover that Eritrea has the fouth most intelligent people in Africa. Here is the list from the top to the bottom: (1) Sera Leane, (2) Mauritius, (3) Seychelles, (4) Eritrea, (5) Uganda, Nigeria and Marocco, (6) Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, (7) Zimbabwe and Madagascar, (8) Egypt, (9) Kenya and (10) Zambia. I can give you a lot of evidence to prove why Eritreans are so intelligent – including documented evidence from the Italians.
Dotore K.Tewolde, you then say: “Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, South Africa, Tanzania, Algeria, Nigeria, Rwarda…30 years and still marching to the tune of one man…” Why do you list these countries? It is bizzare. There is no connection between your list and what is scienfifically documented, Sir dotore.
Then, for anyone who has basic training in sociology, psychology or social psychology, it is evident that not all those who have the highest intelligence succeed because of abuse, trauma, discouragement, adverse environment, etc. Didn’t your training include these scienfific truths?
What we are trying to do now is clear the mess and give Eritreans a plain playing field where they can thrive and use their natural intelligence and general potential.. Why should you be opposed to that and relish the down grading of your own people? Why should you be hell bent on proving that there is nothing special about the otherwise wonndeful but unlucky people of Eritrean? What is your mission?
By the way, America is not as great as you think. We know it!!
Who is we Mr. Solomon, who is trying to clear the mess made by who? Is there another exclusive secret club the Eritrean people don’t know besides the old one which morphed into a savannah carnivore ? it looks you’ve been reading my posts for a while now to the point that you think my grammar is shabby, I agree, I’ve been living here too long I speak American, enough to get my message across. I don’t need to utilize the Google search engine to gauge my own people’s IQ in relation to other countries, I am the living breathing witness what’s on the ground, did that suffice for fact checking? Our people have been lied to and misled for a long time by the very people who promised to take care of them, my mission as you asked is to expose and bring to light those people like you, this way they wont fall into another predators’ hands once the current one made by you is gone.
I appreciate you though for at least commending the priceless contribution of Wedi Hagher.
BTW, America is always great, it is stress tested, it will come out from this strong like it always did because of its people and I voted to cement that, something remotely unthinkable in a country I fought for.
ኩቡር ሓው Solomon Ghebre-Ghiorghis፣
ንኩቡር ዶ. k. tewolde ዝገበርካዮ ምረት ዝተሓወሶ ነቀፈታ ፥ ምስ መንፈስ ናይቲ ንዛረበሉ ዘለና፥ ምስ ኣድላይነት ሓድነት ዝኽይድ ኣይኮነን ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ ፥ ንዑኡ ቀጥታ ዝወቅዕ እዩ ። እዚ ንጓል ነገር ዝዕድም ዘረባ ፥ ኣድላይነት ዘለዎ ኣይኮነን ።
“I can give you a lot of evidence to prove why Eritreans are so intelligent – including documented evidence from the Italians.”
ናይ ጥልያን ፋሺታዊ ስርዓት ፥ ንኤሪትራውያን ሰብ ሙኻኖም ዘይኣምን ምንባሩ ዘርኢ ቡዙሕ ኣብነታ ኣሎ።
ገሊኦም “Napolitani d’Africa” ይብሉና እኳ እንተ ነበሩ፥ (በላሕቲ እዮም ንምባል) ፥ ኣትሒቶም ዝሪኡና ግን ይበዝሑ ነይሮም ።
ጀነራል Baldissera (ኣብ እስመራ ዘላ ፥ ፎርቶ ብሽሙ እያ”) ፣ ንኤሪትራ ክነቅል ከሎ ኣብ ዘተገብረሉ ፥ ኣብ ዓዱ Fontanara ናይ መፋነዊ ግብዣ ፥ ደቂ ዓዱ ከምዚ በሉ ይባሃል ፥ “Oh Baldissera non ti fidar della gente nera” ፥ ኣይትእመኖም ነዞን ጸለምቲ ።
ምስ ኮረየ ሓደ እጣሊያዊ ንሓደ ኤሪትራዊ “macaco (ህበይ)” እሉ ክጸርፎ ሉሙድ እዩ ነይሩ ።
እብዛ ሕጂ ገለ ካባና ከም ኣብነት ምዕባለና ገርና እንምካሓላ ኣስመራ ፥ እጣሊያዉያን ፥ ንሶም ኣብ ዝነብሩሉ ከባቢ ሓጹር ገይሮም (campo recintato ኮምቢሽታቶ) ፥ እዪም ዝነብሩ ዝነበሩ ፥ ኤሪትራዊያን ንኸይቀርቡዎም።
ጉዳይ intelligence ናይ ሓደ ህዝቢ ፥ ኣነ ቡዙሕ ክዛረበሉ ዝኽእል ፥ ኮይኑ ኣይስማዓንን። ኣፍሉጦይ ድሩት እዩ።
ግን ሓደ ፉሉይ ታሪኻዊ ተረኽቦ (a particular historical event) ንሓደ ህዝቢ ካብቲ ካልእ ዝተፈልየ ዕድል ክፈጥር ከም ዝኽእል ይርዳኣኒ ። ንኣብነት ፥ እቲ ኣብ ዉሽጢ ካቶሊካዊት ቤት ክርስትያን ዝተረኽበ ቅሉውላው ፥ ን”ማርቲን ሉተሮ” ዕድል እንተ ዘይከፍት ፥ እቲ ብድሕሪኡ ዝሳዓበ ናይ ጀርመናውያን ናይ ፍልስፍና ምዕባለ ምተረኽበዶ ይመስለኩም ? ።
ቡዙሕ ኣድላይነት እኳ እንተ ዘይሃለዋ ፥ ኣብ ክንዲ Fontanara –> Fontamara .
Dear Wedi Hager,
I find what you say and how you say it very impressive and appealing. How wise of you, Sir! I just have a little to add. It is obvious that Italians in colonial Eritrea were racists, and Eritreans suffered a great deal from it although many Eritreans at the time did not understand the sadness of it in full. Regretably, that included my grandfather. A lot can be said about that. Most of all, the Italians thought that Eritrean lives were disposable, and they used them as cannon fodder in their wars in Libya, Ethiopia and Somalia – while doing their best to preserve their own.
Nonetheless, Italians seen to have put God at the top, then themselves, and thirdly Eritreans above most of their other subjects. It was not blind favoritism. They observed the Eritreans in battle; they observed how quickly they learned the Italian language and basic maths; they saw how fast they acquired technical skills, etc. In my opinion, that is why they generally stopped Eritreans from going beyond grade 4 – fearing that they might out smart them if they were given more education.
I am trying to make the point that despite the open racism, the Italians very much secrety admired the various abilities of the Eritrean. Although they did not say it openly to the Eritreans, that is what they stated in many of their documents. Some of it is actually moving.
In the middle ages, the Jews were very dispised people. In fact, Jews were called to remove smelling corpses of human beings and animals because nobody else would. However, it was generally accepted that they were very clever people. They were actually the ones who started banking in many parts of Europe, including the banking district (the City) in London..I am trying to make the point that one may despise a group of people on grounds of racism while recognizing their intelligence.
About Dr K. Tewolde, I am sorry that I got upset because he looked so casual and dismissive of the merits of Eritrea and Erireans and uncaring of the terrible suffering of the people. It was like he was trying to push a person to the ground while the victim is hurting and down – which is unfair and unethical. To be fair to Dr K. Tewolde, although Eritreans have high IQ (Intelligence Quotient), they seem to have relatively lower EQ (Emotional Intelligence). That is the problem!
Why are we bickering on this untimely and out of context subject and getting upset accusing someone we stumbled upon the cyberspace as dismissive and uncaring of his/her people’s suffering? could it be deflection from the target? smear tactics, or as you concluded our lower EQ?… Mr. Solomon go ask the people of Quazen who got rounded up like a herd and thrown into a pen about their IQ? go interview the men and women decaying in underground dungeons about their intelligence? who are you referring as Eritrean people, the once huddled in multitude of political kiosks abroad selling their brand of future Eritrea other than Singapore.>> Sele! this nation is being undone in front of our eyes, we should be talking and doing something else. I have given this conversation what it merits. The nation is desperately waiting for someone with super IQ to uproot and throw the current college dropout ..I leave up to you to measure his IQ.
Dear Dr K. Tewolde,
I agree with everything you said here. The thrust of the main article was that we shouuld not get bogged down and get lost in tangential and trivial points. There are many crucially important and urgent matters we have to deal with.
This argument about IQ and EQ of Eritreans and our take on them may look trivial, but it is not. It is directly related to self-image and what a person expects from himself/herself. That applies to a group as well. The main point of the article was that Eritrea has tremendous human and material resources to do much better than it is doing now. Disputing the confirmed relatively high IQ of the Eritrean was like casting doubt on the human potential in question. Dr K. Tewonde was basically implying that the facts on the ground show that Eritreans do not even understand what has hit them – and that casts doubt on their IQ. Actually, there is a different explanation why Eritreans are where they are.
As I have been saying for sometime now, a Think-Tank or a panel of experts with medical doctors like Dr K. Tewolde, psychologists, social psychologists, psychiatrits, historians, anthropologists, economists, sociologists, political scientists, communication experts, etc. should get together and decipher the hidden mystries of Eritreas and their troubles. Just expressing our conflicting opinions without presenting sufficient facts and making thorough thinking will prove counter productive.
I appreciatet Dr K. Tewolde’s contribution to the Eritrean struggle. That is why he has to be very careful with what he says. Most of all, it is not helpful to just criticize. A person of Dr K.Tewolde’s caliber (although in a different field) has to also suggest carefully thought through and doable solutions. But, that is probably too much to ask.
Finally, Dr K.Tewolde, abey zinebere iyu tibleni tikewun – ilkaniwun. Bishimey ika intezey feletkani, neti bizuh zisehafkuwo tsihufat ambibka hasabatka kem zigeletska yizikereni. Neti kibur gizekan filtetkan kea sile zekafelkana aziye kemesgineka ifetu. Iti natey nay timhirti derejan temokiron iwun kelil aykonen miglatsu adlayi’qua intezeykone..Izi kulu ziblo zeleku kab zero kemzeykone nimiglatz ziakil iyu.
Niakan nibetesebkan tsibuk zebele kulu imneyelka. Ab netsa Eritrea bitsibuk yerakibena!
Kibur haway, behan kun..
“I appreciatet Dr K. Tewolde’s contribution to the Eritrean struggle. ”
“Neti kibur gizekan filtetkan kea sile zekafelkana aziye kemesgineka ifetu”
“Niakan nibetesebkan tsibuk zebele kulu imneyelka. Ab netsa Eritrea bitsibuk yerakibena!
Kibur haway, behan kun..”
ኩቡር Solomon Ghebre-Ghiorghis
ሰላም ምግባር ፥ ይቅረ ምባል ፥ ቡዙሕ ትብዓት ከም ዘድሊ ይርዳኣኒ ። ኩሉ በብዓቅሙ ፥ በታ ትካኣሎ ፥ ንሃገሩ ከምዘገልገለ እፈልጥ ። እዚ እቲ ቡዙሕ ግዜ ንስሕቶ ሓቂ እዩ ።
ብንእስነቶም ዝተሰወኡ፥ ኣካሎም ዝጎደለ እንዳ ሃለዉ ኣቦርኩቶ ናይቶም ብጥዕና ዘለዉ ከይተጠቅሰ እንተ ሓለፈ’ዉን ጸገም ኣይኮነን ። ንኹሉ ክብሪ ምሃብ ግን ሞራላዊ ግዴታ እዩ።
ንዶ. k. tewolde ጹቡቅ ምንዮት ናይ ምግላጽ ተበጉሶ ብሙዉሳድካ ከመስግነካ እፈቱ ።
ዝኾነ ኣወንታዊ ውጺኢት ዘይብሉ ምትንኻፍ ፥ ነቲ ኩላህና ብሻቅላ ድቃስ ንስእነሉ ጉዳይ ሃገርና ፥ ብቀዳምነት ንኸይንሕዞ ይዕንቅፈና ምህላዉ ኩላህና ከነስትውዕል ይግባእ ።
ኣብ ሞንጎና ሰላም ይኹን ።
ደጊመ የመስግን።
“About Dr K. Tewolde, I am sorry that I got upset because he looked so casual and dismissive of the merits of Eritrea and Erireans and uncaring of the terrible suffering of the people.”
ኩቡር Solomon Ghebre-Ghiorghis
ተጋዳላይ – ነበር k. tewolde (MD) ብጉዳይ ሃገሩ ዝሳቀ ፥ ሕልናን ሓሊዮት ህዝቡን ሃገሩን ዝመሎኦ ዓብይ ሰብ እዩ ።
ብሰንኪ ዘለዎ ጓሂ ፥ ብቀጻሊ እንተ ኣንጸርጸረ ፥ ዘለናሉ ሕማቅ ኩነታት ቡዙሕ ሰብ ክጻወሮ ዘይክእል ደረጃ ይበጽሕ ብምህላዉ እዩ።
ኤሪትራ ሃገርና ኣብ ሓደጋ ክምዘላ ፥ ቡዙሕ ዘረባ ዘድሊዮ ኣይመስለንን ። ሎሚ ፥ ከም ኣብነት “ሰብ ዘይብላ ሃገር” ክትጥቀስ ክትሰምዕ ከለኻ ፥ ማዕረ ክንዳይ ዓኒያ ክም ዘላ ዘመልክት እዩ። ሓደ ካብቲ ጸገም ሃገራዊ መሪሕነት ዘይምህላው እዩ ። እቲ ንነጻ ኤሪትራ ከም ሕድሪ ክቅበል ዝግቦኦ ዝነበረ ዎሎዶ (ዋርሳይ) ፥ ባህሪሩ ኣብቲ ዝረሓቀ ኩርናዓት ዓለም ንክዑቀብ ኣብ ቀጻሊ ህድማ ይርከብ።
ሕጂ ምእንቲ ድሕነት ህዝብናን ሃገርናን ፥ ኩላህና ካላኣዊ ጉዳያት ንጎኒ ገዲፍና ፥ ክእኩቡና ዝኽእሉ ሙሁራትና ኣቀዲምና ፥ ንጠርነፍ ፥ ንታዓረቅ ፥ ንሰራዕ ፥ ንተዓጠቅ ፥ ንድሕነት ሃገርናን ሓርነትና ንገስግስ።
ሓደ ተግባራዊ ሱጉምቲ ንሙውሳድ ፥ ኣብዚ ዝሓለፈ ቀረባ እዋን ቃለ ማሕተት ምስ እሰና ገይሮም ዝነበሩ ፥ ክልተ ሙሁራትና ፥ ዶ. ኣማኒኤልን ኣቶ ኣብዱሩሕማን ፥ ኣብዚ ጉዳይዚ እጃሞም ንከበርክቱ ምጽዎዖም ኣድላይ ኮይኑ ይስማዓኒ ። ምስቲ ኣቅሪብኩምዎ ዘለኹም ጻዊዒት ዝገግራጮ ኮይኑ ኣይስማዓንን ።
ኣብኡ ቅድሚ ምብጻሕ ንኽዕመም ዘለዎ ስራሓት ባይታ ምንጻፍ ፥ እዋኑ ሕጂ እዩ።
የቀንየለይ።
Dear Wedi Hager,
Thank you very much. I really appreciate what you say, and we need your further input.. If you do not mind, I wish to ask you if you could kindly leave your e-mail address with Amanuel Eyasu of Assenna.com. It is OK, if you can’t.
Zileale tsibuk miniyot niakan nibetesebkan imne!
Bidehan yerakibena
ኩቡር Dr Solomon Ghebre-Ghiorghis
ብጣዕሚ የመስግነካ ።
ምስ Our Voice-Eritrea ቅድሚ ገለ ዓመታት ፥ ተዘራሪብና ከም ዝነበርና እዝክር ። ብድሕሪኡ ግን ዳሃዮም ኣይሰማዕኩን ።
ብሸነኸይ ፥ ኣብዚ ኣብ እሰና እተቅርቡዎ ጹሑፋት ሓሳበይ ከካፍል ደስ ይብለኒ ። እቲ መድረኽ ንኹሉ ህዝቢ ኩፉት ይኹን ፥ ንሱ እዩ ዘዐዉተና ባሃላይ እየ ።
ሃገራና እግዚኣቢሔር ይባርካ።
የቀንየለይ።
Solomon,
Please be civil. You comment is trivial. First of all just a source said you are intelligent does not mean anything. K Tewolde is a thoughtful commentator in my view. We failed to bring normality to our country. It does not help to hide our failures.
K Tewolde,
I really appreciate your comments. I believe you are one of the few realistic and honest Eritreans. How can we compare ourselves to Singapore after failing to deliver freedom despite fighting for 30 years?
Dear Kidane,
I think you miss my point, Sir!
Dear Solomon, no harm done, I consider it as 2 brothers scuffle and the wise and caring brothers intervening to break it up, one profound and rare takeaway from this is the apology you posted, you thought all of us a sincere apology is bold not submission. If we have conducted ourselves long ago in that manner.. I leave it to your imagination. The Eritrawi blistering potential was always there, it just need to be oriented in the right direction instead of against each other. Lets strip the enemy of that lethal weapon— our disfranchisement. Happy Sembet to all of you.
Dear Dr K. Tewolde,
If you want to take it as an apology, it is fine by me. But, I was tying to provide an explanation for the argument and seeking to end the matter on a positive note. .
Thanks.
Dear Dr. Solomon whatever the intent it is positively uplifting.
Thank you.
“ከምዘየዋጽኣና ዳርጋ ናይ ሰላሳ ዓመት መግዛእቲ ኣብ ትሕቲ ኢሳያስ ምሂሩና እዩ ። እሞ ሕጅኸ ናበይ !?!? እቲ ቀንዲ ሕቶ እሱ እዩ ። ናበይ ናበይ. ናበይ …”
rezen
ኩቡር ሓወይ rezen
ናበይ ?
ኣነስ ከምቶም ኩሎም ዓዶም ዝናፍቁ ፥ ንዓድና እየ ዝብል ። ግን ኩላህና ከም እንፈልጦ ፥ በለዒ-ሰብ ኣሎዋ። እሞ’ኸ እንታይ ንግበር ፥ ካብዚ ዘለናሉ ኩነታት ናበይ ከነብል ?
ኣነ በቲ ዱሩት ዓቅመይ ፥ ይጠቅም ይኸዉን ዝብሎ ፍታሕ ወስ ኣቢለ ነይረ ፣ ንሱ ድማ ፥ ንተኣኻኸብ ፥ ንላዘብ ፥ ንታዓረቅ ፥ ንሰራዕ ፥ ንተዓጠቅ ፥ ብሓባር ንሓርነትና ንበገስ ዝብል እዩ።
ውድባት ወይ ማሕበራት ፣ ሕጂ ቁጽረን ክንደይ በጺሑ ኣሎ ኣይፈልጥን ፥ ምርባሕ ቀጻሊ ሙዃኑ ግን ይርዳኣኒ።
ሃገራዊ ስራሕ ኣድማዕነት ንኽህልዎ ፥
– ኣብ ሓደ ባይቶ ተራኺብና ፥ ንዛተ።
– ህጹጽ ናይ ኤሪትራ ዲታስፖራ ፣ ሃገራዊ ጉባኤ ንግበር።
– ናይ ህዝቢ ተሳትፎ ማእከል ዝገብረ ፣ ዕርቂ ንግበር ። ንቶም ዘዕገርግሩና ዘለዉ ሰይጣውንትና ነደቅሶም።
– ኩሉ ዕንቅፋት ዝኾውን ዘሎ ጉዳያት ፈቲሽና ፥ ኣቲ ሕጂ ዝካኣል ንግበር ። ዝተረፈ ብቁዋም ደረጃ ንኽፍታፍ ንጸበ።
ንኤሪትራዊ ሃገራዊ መንነት ዘዳኽም ኩሉ ይከልክል።
ኣብ ሞንጎና ሲኒት ፥ ምትሕልላይ፥ ሰላም ንግበር።
ንደቅና ኣብ ገዛና ሃገራውነት ነምህሮም ።
– ኣብ ጉባኤ ኤሪትራዊ ዲኣስፖራ ፥ ግዜዊ ጠቅላሊ መሪሕነት ወይ ባይቶ ንምረጽ ። ብፍቅሪ ሃገሮም ዝልለዩ ሰባት ንምረጽ።
ንሙሁራትናን መንእሰያትና ዕድል ናሃብ ። ሃገራውነት ኣቲ እንኮ ስነ-ሕሳብና ይኹን ። ቡዙሕነት ከም ዘሐይልና ንግበር።
– ንዝተፈላለየ ስራሓት ፥ ናይ ዕማም ሓይሊ ንመዝዝ።
– ኣብ ደገ ብሓደ ልሳን ንዛረብ ። ሃገርኣዊ ሓድነት ማእከላይ ዕላማ ናይ ስራሕና ይኹን። “Unity is a strategy for survival” ። √
* እንተ ደሊኹም ወሱኹሉ ወይ ኣግዱሉሉ ፥ ወይ’ዉን ካልእ ዝሓሸ ትብሉዎ ኣቅርቡ ። ከመይ ገርና ካብ ምብትታን ኣብ ሓድነትን ራህዋን ንሰግር ፥ ሓባራዊ ስትራተጂ የድሊ።
√ እዚ ናይ United Nations ጭርሖ እዩ።
God bless Eritrea
Greetings to ALL,
After twenty nine (29) commentaries. It is time that the SUBJECT MATTER (Article) MUST come to the road of fruition of our longing desire I.e. to FREE ERITREA and START BUILDING NEW ERITREA from what we left off a hundred years ago!!! . It is shocking to realize the longevity of our dependance (arrest) upon various occupiers of our BELOVED LAND.
The Authors of the Article can now proceed, in tandem with other groups as necessary, in the direction of Liberating Eritrea and start developing draft socioeconomic structure for NEW & CLEANSED ERITREA. By the way, in this draft development the specific ideas enunciated by our Brother ወዲ ሃገር would come in very handy keeping the study on track. There are others also who supplement the work, I am sure. The most essential aspect of the work is to keep on ONE TRACK to arrive at the DESIRED destination — not wandering around the space. I also wish to say that we should concentrate ONLY on OUR OWN PROBLEMS and SOLUTIONS thereof, without being side -tracked by others, for their own benefit. That is all I wish (and dare!!!) to say.. THE END, for now.