Nothing to celebrate on Independence Day
Tedros Amanuel 2023-05-24.
As the diaspora supporters of the regime feast and sway
Until dawn to the rhythmic beats of the “kudda” on Independence Day.
The people of Eritrea struggle to find cause to rejoice,
Their spirit broken, left without a voice.
Yes! the dictatorial regime’s abuse
Naked with oppressive ruse.
No pretense of any democratic rights
No pseudo-parliament with voters’ plights.
Eritreans sought freedom and what do they get?
Oppression and repression, their daily sweet
Independence without liberation
In a state of constant brutalization.
Forced conscription and societal segmentation
All the result of dictatorship’s permeation.
Confiscation without compensation
And taxation without representation.
In Eritrea, Africa´s gulag state
The economy is in dire strait
Isaias Afwerki says everyone else, except him it to blame
For 32-years of mismanagement of his rule, without a shame.
Where are the factories, where´s Massawa once the pearl of the red sea?
He asks the interviewer on national Tv, whose scared face all can see.
The regime’s nature is one of power,
With authoritarianism it seeks to tower
Its culture one of sectarian ways,
A glorification of the supreme leader, power and gaze
But why is this the Eritrean’s fate?
Why democracy is left so late?
Was there no call for a rule of law?
Why don’t freedom banners thaw?
The peoples’ voices silenced; their dreams shattered
Innocent souls, their hope tattered
Eritrea, a nation never really free
Now one big jail for its citizens, a shame in its history
Will the world hear their cries and desire?
And help free them from a living nightmare?
Pray for those who still suffer and mourn
Their freedom and dignity soon be reborn
May their find peace amidst the strife and fight
And reclaim their freedom with hope – a shining light
These are the times that requires all to unite
And fight for what is morally right
For freedom justice and equality
The liberal values -pillars of democracy
ገዛ ክትሰርሕ ደሊኻ ? ፣ ኣይግዝዩኡን።
ክትነግድ ደሊኻ ? ፣ ካብቶም ቡልሹዋት ነጋዶ ዳኣ ከይትኾዉን !
ክትማሃር ደሊኻ ? ፣ ሳዋ ምስ ወረድካ ።
ማይ ደሊኻ ? ፣ ሓንቲ በርሚል ኣብ ወርሒ።
ኤለትሪክ የላን ! ፣ ትዕግስቲ እንዶ ግበር።
ወደይ ኣበይ ኣሎ ? ፣ ከይትስዕቦ ዓቅሊ ግበር።
“ሳዕስዕ ጥራሕ ኤሪትራዊ ፣ ሳዕስዕ … ” ፣ ይብል ህግደፍ።
Mr. Tedros Amanuel
Dear Sir, You said it ALL and a CHALLENGE to EVERY ERITREAN AROUND THE GLOBE.
I picked the following three quotations as my admiration.
1st) “But why is this the Eritrean’s fate”
2nd) “Eritrea, a nation never really free”
3rd) “These are the times that require all to unite”
In my daring — though — humble opinion , NOTHING else can be said on ERITREA. .
WE ERITREANS ARE OWN ENEMIES, for seemingly time immemorial!
Setting aside the usual insults etc, let us concentrate on the ELUSIVE ERITREAN INDEPENDENCE and HAPPINESS. Is this too much to suggest and be an independent nation — like others?!?!?!?
The MVP hoisted the trophy with a teenage smile from his victims, it is optics for the ages, without stats like PPG, assists and steals… the Mongols are moving in to rob the house and eventually own it, 2 years of war destruction and precious lives lost forgotten as if it never happened and with no accountability…
‘Father forgive them for they don’t know what they are doing.’ J.C.
“ 2 years of war destruction and precious lives lost forgotten as if it never happened and with no accountability…”
k.tewolde
ከመይ ቀኒኻ ኩቡር ዶቶረ
ኢዚ ነዉራም ስርዓት ፣ ህዝቢ ፣ ብዛዕባ ዳሃዮም ዘየለ ደቆም ንኸይሓትት ዝገብሮ ዘሎ ፣ “ቂያ ሱጡም መስርዕ ” ፣ “ታዓዊትና” ፣ ዘርእስቱ ናይ ኣሽካዕላል ወፍሪ ይቅጽል ኣሎ።
ሓሶት ሓጺር እግሩ ፣ ይብሉ ጥልያን።
ደቆም ከም ዘየለዉ ፣ ንነዊፍ ግዜ ምሕባእ ኣይካኣልን። ኣፉ ንዘዝኸፈተ ፣ “ጁንታ ፣ ሱቅበል” ፣ ንነዊሕ ክሱግም ዝኽእል ምፍርራሕ ኣይኮነን።
ቆልዓ ይሓትት ፣ ” ኣቦይ ! …. ኣንበጣ ካበይ መጺኡ ?።
ቀደም ፣ ኣንበጣ ኣብ ሓደ ዓሚቅ ጉድጓድ ይነብር ነበረ ፣ ይብሉ እቶም ኣቦ።
ሓደ ማዓልቲ ፣ እተን ፣ ንኸይወጽእ ፣ ኣብ ልዕሊ እቲ ጉድጓድ ኮፍ ኢለን ዝነበራ ዓባይ ሰበይቲ ፣ ቁሩብ ምስ ተንቀሳቀሳ ፣ ሓደ ኣንበጣ ምሊቁ ይበርር።
ንዑኡ ንኽመልሳ ፣ ብድድ ኢለን ምስ ከዳ ፣ ኣብ ጉድጓድ ዝነብር ዝነበረ ኩሉ ወጺኡ ፣ ኣብ ኩሉ ቦታታት በጺሑ ፣ በሉ እቶም ኣቦ።
ሕጂ’ዉን ፣ ሓንቲ ማልቲ ኣላ።
በደል ይግበር ኣሎ ፣ ንዝብሉ ደቂ ሃገር ፣ “ሱቅ በሉ ፣ ጁንታ ኢኹም …” እልካ ትሓልፈሉ ዕድል ፣ ኩሉ ግዜ ክህሉ ኣይኮነን።
ኣሽካዕላል ደረት ኣሎዎ።
ኣብ ጎዳጉዲ ደፊንካዮም ዘለኻ ፣ ኣሻሓት ሰባት ከየዉጻእካ ፣ ነቶም ሃዲሞም ፣ ኣብ ዉሑስ ቦታ ንዘለዉ ፣ ንዓዱኹም እቶዉ ፣ ዝሓተኩም የለን ትብል። መን ኢዩ ክኣምነኩም።
ብገለ ሳዓብቲ ወያኔ ዝግበር ፣ ኤሪትራዊ ሃገራዊ መንነት ምቁንጻብ ዘኾረዮም መንእሰያት ፣ ኣብ ህግደፍ ዝተኾሎ ዳስ ምስዕሶዖም ፣ ከም ተቃዉሞ ዘብቀዐ ገይሮም ትወስዱዎ ካድራት እቲ ስርዓት ፣ ናይ ፖሊቲካ ደናቁር ኢዩም።
ንሳዓብቲ ወያነ ዝዋሃብ ግብረ መልሲ ፣ ግድን ፍቅሪ ህግደፍ ከም ዘለዎም ዘርኢ ኣይኮነን።
ህግደፍ ፣ ዝጠፈሸ በላዒ-ሰብ ጉጂለ ሙዃኑ ካብኦም ንላዕሊ ዝፈልጥ የለን።
ዉሑዳት ፣ ፍቅሪ ዓማጺኦም ከም ዘለዎም ይረአ (emotional attachment to abuser)። ብርግጽ እዚ ምፍዋስ ዘድሊዮ ሕማም ኢዩ። ግን ናይ ዉሑዳት ሰባት ጸገም ኢዩ።
ህግደፍ ፣ ብኹሉ ፖሊቲካዊ መዐቀኒታት ፈሺሉ ፣ ቀባሪ ዝጽበ ዘሎ ረሳ ኢዩ።
‘ህግደፍ ፣ ብኹሉ ፖሊቲካዊ መዐቀኒታት ፈሺሉ ፣ ቀባሪ ዝጽበ ዘሎ ረሳ ኢዩ።’ a carcass indeed W.H. however, those who are supposed to bury it, some are embalming it to preserve its remains, some deny it is dead and endlessly try to resuscitate it, and some simply are afraid to touch it…
It is a mortally neutralized society which copes by fleeing, submission or dancing the night away.
How we gonna get our original Eritrean mojo back? … we have to retrace our history to the men and women who introduced the Eritrean grit (nationalism) before HGDEF chewed it dry like spearmint gum and spat it in our face.
Hail the author of the article indeed, there is nothing to celebrate here.
ሰላማት ኩቡራት ኣሕዋት ፣
ህግደፍ ክቅጽለሉ ዘይክእል ምኽንያታት ፣ ቡዙሓት እኳ እንተ ኾኑ ፣ እቶም ብቀዳምነት ዝስርዑ ክልተ ፣ ኣብ ናይ ሰላም ሃዋሁ ፣ ዝኾነ ህዝቢ ክጻወሮም ዘይክእል ኢዩ።
– ኣብ ኤሪትራ ፣ ሙሉእ ዕዳጋ ተቆጻጺሩ ዘሎ ነጋዳይ ፣ ህግደፍ ኢዩ። ኣነ መንግስቲ እየ ዝብል ፖሊቲካዊ ጉጂለ ፣ ነጋዳይ’ዉን ኮይኑ ፣ ማዓልታዊ መነባብሮ ህዝቢ ምስ ዝዘርግ ፣ ነቶም ከፋፊሉ ክገዝኦም ዝጸነሐ ህዝቢ ፣ ሓቢሮም ክቃለሱ ዝግድድ ኩነታት ይፍጠር። ህግደፍ ካብ ንግዲ ኢዱ እንተ ዘይኣኪቡ ፣ ለዉጢ ክቀላጠፍ ኢዩ።
– ኣብ ኤሪትራ ፣ ሰብኣዊ ዓቅሚ እታ ሃገር ከም እተጸንቀቀ ዘርኢ ምልክታት ማዓልታዊ ተርእዩ ኢዩ። ዋሕዲ ሰብ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነ ፣ ዋሕዲ ፣ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ዓዉዲ ስራሓት ዘድሊዩ ኪኢላታት ፣ ነታ ሃገር ኣብ ሓደጋ ከእትወላ ዝኽእል ደረጃ ወሪዱ ይርከብ። ብሰንኩ ዋሕዲ አገልግሎትን ፣ ዋሕዲ ንዑኡ ዝኾኑ መንግስታዊ መደባት ፤ ቀጻሊ ጸገማት ክፈጥሩ ኢዮም። ኩቱር ድኽነት ፣ ዓዳሚ ለዉጢ ኢዩ።
ህግደፍ ፣ ንህዝቢ ኤሪትራ ፣ ጸላኢ ይመጸካ ኣሎ ፣ ታዓጠቅ ፣ ተወደብ ፣ ተሰራዕ ኢሉ ፣ ኣብ ቀጻሊ ዕስክርና ፣ ሻቅላ ፣ ሸበድበድ ከየንብሮ ፣ ኣብ ሰላም ዝሰፈኖ ሃዋሁ ፣ ኣብ ስልጣን ክቅጽል ዘኽእል ዓቅሚ የቡሉን።
ኢዚ ናይ ግብረ ሽበራ ጉጂለ ፣ ቀልጢፍካ ምእላይ ፣ ናይ ኩሎም ደቂ ሃገር ሓባራዊ ረብሓ ኢዩ።
‘ኩቱር ድኽነት ፣ ዓዳሚ ለዉጢ ኢዩ።’ I agree with you 100% W.H., however this particular society which I come to know intimately over the years and whose blood runs through my veins has defied every political or psychological norms so far that it left the host nations and the rest of the world confused and sifting through civics books if they can find semblance.
It is a brutally neutered society which is rendered to do the things I mentioned above— submit, flee and dance every chance it got hoisting the younger picture of the very idol who evicted them from their home draped in his franchise colors.
32 years and counting, no rule of law, no elections, no parliament, no constitution…the same man wakes you up in the morning like a rooster, I would have gone to enda haraj and got me another one.
It is a human instinct to seek change.
“It is a brutally neutered society which is rendered to do the things I mentioned above— submit, flee and dance every chance it got hoisting the younger picture of the very idol who evicted them from their home draped in his franchise colors.”
k.tewolde
ሰላማት ኩቡር ዶቶረ
ስለ ምንታይ ኮምኡ [ንምልኪ ሰጥ ዝብል ህዝቢ] ኾይና ፣ ዝብል ሕቶ ፣ ብጉቡእ ምምላሱ ኣይካኣልኩን ፣ ግን እቲ ሕቶ ወትሩ ኣብ ኣእሙሮይ ኣሎ።
ገለ ካብቲ ምኽንያታት ኮይኑ ዝስማዓኒ ፤-
– ዉድብ ህግ ናትና ኢዩ። መራሕቱ ኣያታትና ኢዮም ፣ ዝብል ዓሚቅ እምነት።
– ህግ ዝፈጠሮ “ዳስ ሓዊያ” ። ምጭዋይ ፣ ምስዋር … ወዘተ። ዝኣቱ’እምበር ፣ ዝወጽእ የለን።
– ግላዊ ጥቀምኻ ንሙዉሓስ ዝድለ ስቅታ።
– ግላዊ ጥቀምኻ ንሙዉሓስ ዝግበር ገበናት።
– ምልኪ ንምብዳህ ዘድሊ ፣ ናይ ምድግጋፍ ድልየት ወይ ተበግሶ ፣ ከምኡ’ዉን ባህሊ የለን። በብእብረ ግዳይ ክሳብ ትኾዉን ምጽባይ።
– መሪሕነት ህግ ቡዙሕ ዝጥቀመሉ ፣ መቃቂልካ ምሓዝ ዝብል ስትራተጂ። ማለት፣ ካብኡ ዝብገስ ፣ ናይ ዘይምትእምማን ሃዋሁ።
– እንታይ ገደሰኒ ዝብል ፣ ዱኹም ኣታሓሳስባ (indifference)።
– ስልጣን ንዘለዎ ሰብ ናይ ምፍራሕ ባህሊ።
– መንግስትን ሃገርን ከም ሓደ ገርካ ምርዳእ። ወይ መንግስቲ ፣ ሃገር ከም ዝዉንን ገርካ ምርዳእ።
– ዝኾነ ተቃዉሞ ፣ ምስ ባዕዳዊ ጸላኢ ናይ ምትእስሳር ፣ ሓደገኛ ህግደፋዊ ሜላ ።
ዝጎደለ እንተሊዩ ፣ ወሱኹሉ …