The Hypocrisy of Aigaforum....

The apologists of the TPLF dictators would like us to believe that the people of Kelesha Emni had the opportunity to choose the adminstrative region (Afar or Tigray) in which they would like to be governed and that the people made their decisions based on their language. While there is no proof to back their claim, the TPLF dictator redrew the administrative map of Ethiopia without any consent or referendum of the Ethiopian people. One of the first victims of these act were the people of Welkayt Tegede, Telemt, and northern Wolo regions.

The propagandists at Aiga unashamedly state that, "The Kelesha Emni were asked to decide who they wanted to identify with when Ethiopia redrew its political map. Since the people spoke both Tigrigna and Afar, there was no unanimous decision. Hence those who spoke Afar chose to join Afar and those who spoke Tigrigna chose Tigrai. The issue was settled and the people that chose Tigrai had their area included in the Tigrai region." How did the people make their decisions? Did the TPLF cadres went door to door asking the people of their choice? Was any sort of election or referendum conducted seeking the people's approval? Again, how exactly were those decisions to redraw Ethiopian administrative decisions made?

For argument's sake let's agree that the people of Keslesha Emni were provided with opportunity to make the administrative choices. How come the people of Welkait Tegede, Telemt, and Northern Tegede were denied these rights? Don't the Welkait Tegede Ethiopians have the same rights as their fellow citizens of Keshela Emni? The truth is neither the people of Welkait Tegede nor the people of Kelesha Emni were provided with opportunity to exercise their right. Had these people been provided the opportunity to make their decisions in a free and fair referendum, we would be in the current mess our Ethiopia is today from east to west and north to east. People who for generations lived in harmony are now cutting each other's throat day-in and day-out. The sole cause of all this is none other than the TPLF led dictatorship that has instilled an ethnic based political and adminstrative reconfiguration of Ethiopia.

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Here is the Aiga diatribe..........

VOA and Girmai Gebru and News from Tigrai

(Aigaforum April 09, 2008): - The Voice of America Amharic has been churning all kinds of news about Ethiopia . Most if not all of its stories on Ethiopia has been biased news in support of the dissolved Kinjit (CUD) which notoriously aligned itself with anti EPRDF forces. With the current fast disintegration of CUD, the VOA has come up with a fabricated new story. This time the story is targeted to undermine EPRDF and the focus now is Tigrai instead of Addis Ababa and Wollega. Their correspondent is none other than Girmai Gebru whose sole intention is to disseminate biased inform ation.

There was a recent story aired by VOA of some individuals being jailed in Tigrai. The VOA report does in no way reflect the reality on the ground. We spoke to officials from Tigrai region and found out that there is no one jailed for speaking up their mind or exercising their constitutional right. The two stories that perhaps can come close to VOA story are the story of the Kelesha Emni and Atsbi. The area Kelesha Emni the Kushet (neighborhood) is found in the border area between Afar and Tigrai region. The Kelesha Emni were asked to decide who they wanted to identify with when Ethiopia redrew its political map. Since the people spoke both Tigrigna and Afar, there was no unanimous decision. Hence those who spoke Afar chose to join Afar and those who spoke Tigrigna chose Tigrai. The issue was settled and th e people that chose Tigrai had their area included in the Tigrai region. Though there has been sporadic disagreement in the area, there has not been any incident of magnitude worth reporting. In the case of the Atsbi, there is land issue and the dispute has been going on for over three years. There has been an effort to resolve the issue but so far the issue has not reached amicable closure. These issues as well as others are now being exploited by opposition forces with the help of VOA and their reporter in Tigrai.

The real story that needs coverage is the apprehension of individuals that have caused the death of innocent travelers in the Humera region. Sources tell us that the security forces effectively and quickly were able to break and get information into the workings of terrorist trained individuals who are managed by the Eritrean one man regime.