TPLF' S NEW CLOTHS

[Abtigiis]

Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)’s New Cloths

 

"At last, all of the people who witnessed the nude emperor in the grand procession exclaimed “but he has nothing on at all”- following the cry of an innocent child. The Emperor realised he has been conned by the two swindlers, who he mistakenly, crowned ‘Imperial Weavers’ for manufacturing the ‘invincible suit’. But, instead of scuttling for cover, he decided to ‘bear up to the end’ and the ‘chamberlains walked with still greater dignity’" (sic)

From Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘the emperor’s new clothes’

 

Last month’s ridiculous flag-waving and national anthem-chanting charade at Addis Ababa Stadium, orchestrated by Ethiopian Prime Minster, was not a mere display of new-found love to what he, not so long ago, described as ‘a piece of cloth’- the Ethiopian flag. I, here, set out to denude what that entire plaintive whimper was all about.

 

It was the culmination of a political repositioning TPLF has been half-heartedly mulling for while; once more not because of a change of heart, but born out of the same sinister pragmatism that enabled this organisation to transform from seekers of Tigray independence to Rulers of Ethiopia; from being like a Siamese twin to the ruling party in Eritrea to its arch-enemy, from communists to capitalists in the span of two decades. They are also the sole owners of the oxymoronic ‘revolutionary democracy’, whose definitional cracks are so enormous that the curious who sought to get the feel of it have now resigned to the famous Amharic maxim ‘Hod-yifjaw’ [let the stomach churn what it means].

 

Having failed miserably with its policy of pseudo-federalism, crafted from the outset to marginalise the majority ethnic groups, mainly the Amharas and the Oromos, and to give the façade of empowering minorities; the new music to tune is a reversal of the ‘chauvinists’ mantra so mercilessly employed against the perceived past rulers. All of a sudden, now, we are required to dance to the song of ‘preventing anti-Ethiopia forces and secessionists’. And it was precisely to instil that ‘patriotism’ to the ‘unsuspecting rabble’, that the event has to be launched with such fanfare; and has to surpass in importance the famine that is ravaging millions of Ethiopians.

 

Here comes Hans Andersen’s analogy. Does Meles think the Ethiopian People will seriously take him for a nationalist because he invaded Somalia by the order of the USA, and because he has refused to let Badme, so central to the national pride, goes to the rival Eritreans? Doe he really think Ethiopians are not following the recent land sales to the highest bidder, when millions of the land owners are ruined by famine, with awe? Is it lost to the master rhetorician that, indeed, he is born from the ‘people tested with fire’ and not from those they supposedly vanquished? Absolutely not!

 

Like the nude emperor, Meles realises he has no cloths on. He is also like the king in that he thinks he needs to bear to the end. The underlying assumption of both dictators is that this folly can last as long as they wish. The folly, that the tribal avarice that has engulfed the horn and led millions to misery and displacement would be given an undisturbed continuity by constant machinations and political realignments. The tribal avarice that resulted in the illegal occupation of sovereign Somalia, and the reckless chewing of that unfortunate nation’s entrails.

 

Let us not be detained by the Meles’s idiosyncratically discourteous attempt of giving the impression he has jettisoned what has served him best so far -division and breeding hatred; and is jellying with a call for unity and national pride. The bottom of that cyclical lie has yielded, and the ignobleness of the attempt to deceive is as palpable as the nude Emperor. But the question is will it really throw a life-line to the sinking ship of the TPLF? It is my considered judgement this latest political spectacle will not add a day to the era of Meles and comrades-in-crime’s rule in Ethiopia. Before I supply fodder to my argument, let me shed light on another tragic aspect of the TPLF’s last minute attempts to cheat an imminent organisational and aspirational death.

 

In the last two weeks, in Somali Region, the top echelons of the Tigary People’s Liberation front led by long-time Party Chairman and ideologue Abay Tsehaye, are holding a series of meetings for various Somali clans. For the first time, open incitement of one clan against the other is preached. This is not new, but the level of direct state support for igniting armed conflicts among the people in the region has never come out so obvious. In one of the meetings, a Somali clan was ordered to apprehend any member of another clan in their vicinities and to confiscate their livestocks.

 

Rogue members of the ‘rebellious clan’ members are empowered to assert their whims on others, by denying people from other clans Passports and other benefits they are entitled to. The same Rogue members, led by the regional Security Chief- Abdi Ilay, a parvenu of unprecedented impishness has been given the sole role of deciding who is citizen and who is not. This is to instil feelings of resentment against the clan he is seen to be representing, who actually are the primary victims of the miscarriage of Justices he dispenses on a regular basis.

 

These desperate measures are the products of frustrations as the result of failing to defeat the growing insurgency in Somalia and in Somaligalbeed. It is also a manifestation of the level to which the tyrants of the East can go to maintain the sustainable status-quo. Dhoodaan must have been thinking about them when he said Takartaa Maroodiga Liqdaan Soo tuf leeyahaye”

 

The revolt in Oromia is gaining momentum. The reinvigoration of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) with the return of veteran politicians like Lencho Leta and Dima Nogo, not to mention the value to be added to the military wing of the front by the addition of General Kamal Galchu- who recently defected from the Ethiopian Defence Forces (EDF), the roads that go to all directions from Addis Ababa will not be without incidents in short period of time.

 

ONLF has been mounting attacks on the Tigre-dominated demoralised EDF with more audacity. The Ginbot 7 (mainly Semitic Amhara and Gurage) group is said to be mulling joining the groups who are engaged in armed resistance.

 

The crux of the matter is Meles cannot rule a democratic Ethiopia; and he cannot indefinitely succeed to hold against the coalescing forces for real change militarily. But the depth of the swamp he plunged Ethiopia into will be revealed when he is forced out of power. Brace for a replay of the Balkans 1990s!

[ilax]

Originally posted by Abtigiis &Tolka:

[QB] Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)’s New Cloths

 

 

These desperate measures are the products of frustrations as the result of failing to defeat the growing insurgency in Somalia and in Somaligalbeed. It is also a manifestation of the level to which the tyrants of the East can go to maintain the sustainable status-quo. Dhoodaan must have been thinking about them when he said Takartaa Maroodiga Liqdaan Soo tuf leeyahaye”

 

Yep, well said. A& T, I see that you have first hand information. This is what we need, adeerkisa. Youn are right to contexualise the politics of the Region. ha gaadh ha gaadhe mar uun baan xorobynaaa, insha allah.

[Hassan6734]

Somalis must never forget and forgive the evil Tigray on what they have done to the somalis in ****** and Mogadishio, they have proven to be far worse and barbaric than the Amahara.

[Abdulladiif Al-Fiqih]

^No they are not. Times has changed and they just realized somalis aren't what the Habasha used to think. Ahmara used to fear us somalis. But now they have realized we are more divided and weaker than Ethiopia thought us before.

 

 

Adeer ilka doofaar waa lasahansadey. Wait til Ahmara get their chance. They will try to realize Haile salase's dream of taking all the Somali lands.