Exposition of the Viceroy's
Viceroys.
Meles is a viceroy ("enderase") of
the enemies of Ethiopia. Apparently, he has his viceroys in the opposition camp
including Ledatu Ayalew and Beyene
Petros. [1] Viceroy Meles heads up the TPLF and EPRDF.
The TPLF/EPRDF have systematically attacked the
organizational structures of Kinijit 1) by closing offices of Kinijit in
different parts of the country 2) by imprisoning, beating, and killing
Kinijit officers and members in the country side beginning June
2005, 3) by imprisoning the highest officials of Kinijit parties, and by
continuing its killing and imprisoning Kinijit members both in the cities
and the country as of November 2005, and 4) by activating its supporters [e.g.,
Viceroy Ledatu] that it had implanted in Kinijit to bring disunity among
Kinijit, and to wrongly appear as though some Kinijit members support the
TPLF/EPRDF programs because Viceroy Ledeau and his supporters do. It must be
emphasized that it was not only Kinijit but also Hebret (with viceroy Beyene
Petros to disunite it) that was attacked by the TPLF/EPRDF. Neither was the
general public spared from the attacks by Meles' security. Estimates of
Ethiopians killed in the cities since the May 2005 elections is in the low
hundreds, while in the countryside it is in the high hundreds or even thousands
according to some.
Ethiopians are not allowed to practice their religion freely as the murders,
beatings, and imprisonments of the faithful, who were dancing and singing to
the Arc of the Covenant symbolizing the Arc Angel Mickael of January 20, 2005
attested. In Addis Ababa,
"Police shot in the air as participants, singing and chanting
religious songs to celebrate the annual St. Michael's Day, refused orders by
police to disperse." One person Died, and 22 were hurt in the
ensuing violence.[2] In Dessie, the followers of the Epiphany festivities were
clubbed by ant-Ethiopia security forces of Meles. The next school-day
students expressed their protests against the tyrannical regime. "Police
brutality did not spare even young students from elementary schools." For
example, from Akale-Wold Preparatory School, "a girl who was wearing a
wristband of an Ethiopian flag was killed." [3] Dancing to the Arc
of the Covenant, that began by
King David of Jerusalem has been practiced in Ethiopia since the arrival of the
Holly Arc during the days of Menelik I, the son of King Solomon. That
Jewish practice is seamlessly enshrined in the Ethiopia Tewahedo Orthodox
Christian religion.
The troubles and tribulations of Ethiopians implemented by Viceroy Meles do not
seem to abate. Ethiopians are not allowed to watch soccer games in their own
stadium and support the team they please as TPLF/EPRDF forces beat and imprison
them at will as was evident in the June 29, 2005 event in Addis Ababa. Students
in non-Tgrey areas are not allowed to attend classes or take exams as
TPLF/EPRDF cadres distribute pamphlets asking students not to take exams and
security forces await students in their classrooms only to beat them up and
place them in jails. Civil servants who refuse Meles' orders to perform illegal
activities are assassinated. A case in point is the manager of the
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Ato Gezahagn Yilma, who warned NGOs to
withdraw their funds from the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, and who refused to
transfer the money in the Bank to the Finance Minister. After the bank manger
was assassinated thousands of Ethiopians queued from January 27 through 30 to
withdraw their money from the bank. [4] All of these atrocities committed
against non-Tigrey Ethiopians indicate that the conditions in Ethiopia
are absolutely ripe for armed struggle against the TPLF/EPRDF. Some would
argue that an armed struggle is inevitable. There are many, however, that
still yearn for a nonviolent struggle against Tyrant Meles and his TPLF/EPRDF.
The nonviolent movement has to operate in a condition made nearly impossible by
the actions of Viceroy Meles. It has been suggested, that the nonviolent
movement must transition from the passive nonviolence to an active nonviolence
mode [5] The active mode of nonviolence would require that a Kinijit Support
Group Task Force (KSGTF) ought to activate, modulate, and implement different
peaceful disobedience activities in separate places and times so that the
TPLF/EPRDF security forces will disrupt themselves in trying to kill, beat and
imprison 74 million Ethiopians. The task force must coordinate with other
opposition entities in Ethiopia as it implements programs of active disobedience
across the land. This program requires that such a task force must be present
and must act. Purely wishing that such a task force should exist is not enough.
The purpose of the task force is to meet two specific goals: secure the release
Kinijit leaders and other political prisoners, and to implement the eight-point
principles of Kinijit.
1.Terms after http://www.ethiox.com/articles2/marega01132005.html
2 http://english.epochtimes.com/news/6-1-20/37201.html
3.http://www.ethiomedia.com/courier/dessie_student_unrest.html
4. 30 January 2006,http://www.ethioforum.org/
5. .ProfessorGetatchew Haile:http://kinijit.org/content.asp?ContentId=1207