1-ED3: Draft. Goals of Ethiopian Democracy

All are invited to contribute to this draft instrument to Ethiopian Democracy. The more the contributors are the better the document will become and the greater the ownership. Twenty seven million Ethiopians overwhelmingly voted the nonviolent Kinijit leaders as the leaders of Ethiopia in the May 15, 2005 elections. Exit polls showed that Kinijit received 49% of the vote, TPLF/EPRDF and other parties allied to it got 34% of the vote, and Hebret and other parties got 17% of the vote. All who respect the vote of Ethiopians will rally behind the Kinijit. It is the vote of the Ethiopian electorate that causes us to base our effort on the Kinijit Manifesto when preparing the mission-goals-objectives-strategies-tactics system. However, PM Zenawi and his party have trampled over the nonviolent movement and disrespected the vote of Ethiopians. The nonviolent movement has now to transition to “hizbawi imbita.” This condition constitutes a major pressure to the establishment of Ethiopian Democracy, the mission-goals-objectives-strategies-tactics system, which is based on the manifesto of the Kinijit Party. For brief descriptions on rights and contracts refer to (http://aboutethiopia.com/c12-preemption-is-a-false-right.htm).

INTRODUCTION TO GOALS.

Our mission is based on the Kinijit Manifesto, the May 15, 2005 election, our own convictions, and other well-known principles regarding human liberty, and closely tracks principles and practices enshrined in document of democratic countries, principally, the United States Constitution.  It bodes well for forming an alliance with democratic countries.

Our goals to meet our stated missions are going to be problematicin their implementation stage because we have a ruling party, which is dictatorial, which goes through the motion of permitting election but does not abide by the choices of the people, which speaks of following laws while it violates them constantly, which speaks of respect to its own constitution while it does not respect it, which states that the army is not subservient to its party but has made the army obedient to its party interests. Therefore we have a serious challenge.  Also, because the tyrannical regime presents itself as the only viable force within Ethiopia, the dictatorial party benefits from favors given it by administrations of Western countries. Moreover, the dictatorial party presents itself as the only viable force because it ruthlessly murders and imprisons democratically elected opposition leaders. While it may gain favors from administrations of Western countries its dictatorial powers are its nemesis as the West would rather befriend a democratic Ethiopia, which our party offers. Yet, because the Kinijit Party genuinely pursues nonviolent means of political solutions, some have wrongly assumed that it will not manage military and security issues after it is elected to form a government. Though the party thoroughly believes in nonviolent means of participation in politics, when the party is elected to govern the country the party leaders definitely will use security forces including the military, the police and the secrete services as indicated in this document on Ethiopian Democracy.  The Kinijit Party leaders cannot implement the Revolutionary Democracy of the EPRDF. Therefore the Kinijit party has to set goals for the security apparatus which are consistent with the mission of Ethiopian Democracy. Accordingly, the Kinijit Party is correct in formulating goals on security apparatus that would meet the mission it envisages for Ethiopian Democracy.

In order to meet the missions set by the Kinijit Movement, which is aimed at forming a government of the people, for the people, and by the people, the goals should encompass the functions of all organizations including government and non-government agencies, and of all infrastructures including economic, political, social, educational, religious, etc., so that their functions reflect the mission and vision of the inhabitants, as set in the mission statement.  We could enumerate a variety of goals that are aimed at meeting the Kinijit mission. However, when we set objectives to meet each goal, and strategies to meet each objective, and tactics to effect each strategies we will end up preparing a document that would be about 1500 pages long, quite a daunting though necessary task. Rather, in the initial stages it might be instructive to prepare a document illustrating the mission-goals-objectives-strategies-tactics system, which may be presented in less that 20 pages. This short form may be done by placing several goals together. Here then are two overarching goals that will help the democratically elected Kinijit meet the Ethiopian Democracy mission.

Goal 1: Political and Administrative Goals will meet the mission of Ethiopian Democracy..

Goal 2. Economic Goals will meet the mission of Ethiopian Democracy.

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