When the truth punches the desperate Ethiopian regime in the face?

Like it or not Ethiopians are coming together to end Woyane rule. What is left for regime and its stooges is to continue pocking hole on Ethiopiawinet; pandering and instigating ethnic and religious divisions and conflicts to divert the issue of illegitimacy. As my uncle use to say, ‘ወያኔ ፈረስ ከገብስ ያጣላል’ In its desperate attempt to cover up the truth and avoid responsibility diversion became the only option left. የቸገረው እርጉዝ ያገባል?

by Teshome Debalke

Recent news the regime ruling Ethiopia detained some of its corrupt officials after it use and abuse them for two decade to accomplish its grand corruption is another hide-and-seek game of the illegitimate regime plays. It sounds more of the same face saving scum of TPLF to preserve its draconian rule and corruption by all means necessary. TPLF’s apologist and the badmouth Medias running wild and swinging wide to preserve the rotten regime.

Corruption and the Ethiopian Regime By Semahagn Gashu Abebe (PhD)

The legal measures undertaken by the Ethiopian regime last week has once again brought about the issue of corruption to the spot light. According to the statement released by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission of Ethiopia, high ranking government officials and prominent business personalities have been arrested for their alleged involvement in corrupted practices. A measure against such high profile personalities prompts us to look at the various perspectives of addressing corruption in the country.  The measure gives an impression that the regime is determined to fight the rampant corruption in the country. But there are numerous issues surrounding the problem of corruption in the country and its implications.

Some commentators associate the measure taken by the regime in relation to the internal strife emerging within the party after the passing way of the godfather of the regime some eight months before. After the deaths of the only unifying force within otherwise a fragmented EPRDF leadership, the emergence internal struggle for dominance is a natural sequence. After all, applying the parameters of corruption to root out dissent within EPRDF is not a new phenomenon. Leaders of EPRDF, particularly Meles Zenawi, have been applying the rhetoric of fighting corruption to attack political opponents. The imprisonment of the former prime minister of the country Tamerat Layne as well the veteran TPLF leaders such as Seye Abreha in 2003 were largely associated with the use of corruption rhetoric to purge out power rivalries with in TPLF and the larger EPRDF circles. If the current campaign against corruption is taken in light of the rivalry among the various factions within the vanguard party, the implications are more serious to the survival of the regime and stability for the country in the short term since the power struggle is now conducted without any apparent ‘big man’ that may manipulate the power play to emerge victories. Due to this new scenario, the consequences of this power struggle may not be a limited one as it was before.

Edu-corruption and Mis-education in Ethiopia By Prof. Al Mariam

Educorruption and the miseducation of Ethiopian youth   

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” said Nelson Mandela. For the late Meles Zenawi and his apostles (the Melesistas) in Ethiopia, the reverse is true: Ignorance is the most powerful weapon you can use to prevent change and cling to power. They have long adopted the motto of George Orwell’s Oceania: “Ignorance is Strength”. Indeed, ignorance is a powerful weapon to manipulate, emasculate and subjugate the masses. Keep ‘em ignorant and impoverished and they won’t give you any trouble.

For the Melesistas education is indoctrination. They feed the youth a propaganda diet rich in misinformation, disinformation,  distortions, misguided opinions, worn out slogans and sterile dogmas from a bygone era. Long ago, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, “Father of African-American History”, warned against such indoctrination and miseducation of the oppressed: “When you control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his proper place and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go without being told. In fact, if there is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education makes it necessary.” The rulers in Ethiopia continue to use higher educational institutions not as places of learning, inquiry and research but as diploma mills for a new breed of party hacks and zombie ideologues doomed to  blind and unquestioning servility.  “Zombie go… zombie stop… zombie turn… zombie think…,” sang the great African musician Fela Kuti. I’d say, “zombie teach… zombie learn… zombie read… zombie dumb… zombie dumber.”

Minister Fenta and 16 others arrested on corruption charges

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian activists have praised efforts by the government to crackdown on corruption in the East African country. They said the arrest of a minister and 16 other people show that Ethiopia is pushing forward on efforts to help end the rampant corruption within government and business in the country.

“I believe this will turn out for the better because we need to clean up our government,” one activist, who also works in finance, told Bikaynews.com on Saturday. For him, the arrests are “the beginning of a new Ethiopia free from the politics and past craziness and greed that had been part of the country for far too long.”

Businesses in the region regularly complain of corruption as an obstacle to their work. Transparency International ranked Ethiopia 113 out of 176 nations worldwide in its 2012 perception of corruption index, where No. 1 is considered least corrupt.

That ranking puts Ethiopia above most nations in the Horn of Africa and east Africa regions, although Rwanda is ranked 50.

Melaku Fenta, a senior ruling party member and director general of the revenue and customs authority with the rank of minister, was arrested on Friday alongside two other officials from the authority, government spokesman Shimeles Kemal said.

የአቶ አስገደ ልጆች (አሕለፎምና የማነ አስገደ) ምን ወንጀል ሠሩ? – መስፍን ወልደ ማርያም

አቶ አስገደ ከቀደሙት የወያኔ ታጋዮች አንዱ ነው፤ ወያኔ ለሥልጣን እስከበቃበትና ከዚያም አልፎ አባል ሆኖ ቆይቶአል፤ በኋላ ግን የተመለከተውን አሠራርና አካሄድ እየተመለከተ ወያኔ ዱሮ የነበረውን ዓላማ በሥልጣን ላይ ከወጡ በኋላ ከሚደረገው ጋር ሲያነጻጽር መነሻውን እየሳተ መሆኑን በመገንዘቡ የወያኔን አሠራር በቁጭት መተቸትና መንቀፍ ጀመረ፤ በዚህ ጉዳይ ላይ መጽሐፎችንም ደረሰ፤ አጫጭር ጽሑፎችም በጋዜጦችና በመጽሔቶች ላይ ጻፈ፤ ከጓደኞቹ ከቀድሞ የወያኔ አባሎች ጋር በመሆን አሬና የሚባል ተቀናቃኝ ፖሊቲካ ፓርቲ አባል ሆነ፤ ይህ ሁሉ እንደሰውም፣ እንደዜጋም የአቶ አስገደ መብቱ ነው፤ ወያኔን በመተችትና በመንቀፍ አቶ አስገደ የመጀመሪያው አይደለም፤ የመጨረሻውም እንደማይሆን እየታየ ነው፤ ከዚህ በፊት አቶ ገብረ መድኅን አርአያ ወያኔን ሲያጋልጥ ቆይቷል፤ አሁንም እየቀጠለ ነው፤ አሁን ደግሞ ከአቶ አስገደ ጋር ኤንጂኒር አብደልወሃብ ቡሽራ አለ፤ … እውነት የብረት ግንብም ቢሆን ሰርስሮ የመውጣት ኃይል አለው፤ እየወጣም ነው፡፡

Prof. Mesfin Woldemariam

በሚያዝያ (2005) ውስጥ የአቶ አስገደ ሁለት ወንዶች ልጆቹ ከተለያዩ ከተሞች ተይዘው ታሰሩ፤ አቶ አስገደ እንዳለው አንዱ ልጁ፣ አሕለፎም አስገደ ሚያዝያ 16/2005 ‹‹በአንድ ሻይ ቤት ቡና ሲጠጣ›› ተያዘ፤ ሌላው ልጁ ደግሞ፣ የማነ አስገደ የሚባለው የሶፍትዌር ኤንጂኒር ታሞ ስለነበረ ጠበል ለመጠመቅ ወደአያቱ መኖሪያ ሄዶ ሳለ በሚያዝያ መጨረሻ ሳምንት አካባቢ ተይዞ ታሰረ፤ የሁለቱ የአቶ አስገደ ልጆች በሚያዝያ 16ና ምናልባትም 25 መሀከል በሁለት በተለያዩ ከተሞች ተይዘው መታሰር አድፍጦ የሚጠብቃቸው ኃይል የነበረ ያስመስለዋል፤ ልጆቹ ከወያኔ ድርጅት ጋር ያላቸው/የነበራቸው ግንኙነት አይታወቅም፤ አባታቸው አቶ አስገደ ግን ወያኔ የነበረ የወያኔ ነቃፊ መሆኑ ይታወቃል፤ የሁለቱ ወጣቶች መታሰር ምክንያት ከመንግሥት ጋር ሳይሆን ከወያኔ ጋር የተያያዘ መሆኑን የሚያመለክተው አሕለፎም የሚባለው በመጀመሪያ የታሰረው በመደበኛ ፖሊስ ጣቢያ ወይም ቀበሌ ሳይሆን 06 በሚባል የወያኔ እስር ቤት መሆኑ፣ የፖሊስ ጣቢያውን ኃላፊ አቶ አስገደ ሲጠይቀው የሰጠው መልስ ‹‹አስገደ እራስህ ተበክለህ እየጮህክ እዚህ ያለውን ሰው እየበከልክብን ነው›› ማለቱ የልጆቹ መታሰር የተያያዘው ከአባታቸው ጋር እንደሆነ የሚያመለክት ያስመስለዋል፡፡

የፍትህ ሚንስትር አቶ ብርሃን ሃይሉም ተባረረ!!

የጉምሩክ ዳይሬክተር እና ምክትሉ መባረራቸው በተሰማ ማግስት ሌላ ዜና ደግሞ ተከትሎ መጥቷል። የኢትዮጵያ ፍትህ ሚንስትር የነበሩት አቶ ብርሃን ሃይሉ ያለምንም ማስጠንቀቂያ ስልጣናቸውን ተነጥቀው ተባረዋል። አቶ ብርሃን ሃይሉ ከስልጣን መነሳታቸውን የሚገልጸው ደብዳቤ የደረሳቸው ከጠቅላይ ሚንስትሩ ጽ/ቤት፤ አዲሱ ጠ/ሚ አቶ ኃይለማርያም ደሳለኝ በፈረሙበት ደብዳቤ ነው። ሚንስትሩ እ.አ.አ በ2005 ዓ.ም. በማስታወቂያ ሚንስትርነት ሲሰሩ ነበር። ሆኖም ማስታወቂያ ሚንስትር እንዲፈርስ ሲደረግ፤ በቀጥታ ሌላ ሹመት በማግኘት የፍትህ ሚንስትር ሆነው ኢህአዴግን በታማኝነት ሲያገለግሉ ቆይተዋል።

Justice Minister Birhan Haile – Fired!

አቶ ብርሃን ሃይሉ የብአዴን (ብሔረ አማራ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ንቅናቄ) ማዕከላዊ ኮሚቴ እና ስራ አስፈጻሚ ሆነው ለብዙ አመታት ሲያገለግሉ ቢቆዩም፤ ባለፈው ማርች ወር 2013 ዓ.ም. ብአዴን በባህር ዳር ስብሰባ አድርጎ በነበረበት ወቅት፤ ከፍተኛ ወቀሳ ከተደረገባቸው አባላት መካከል ዋነኛው አቶ ብርሃን ሃይሉ ነበር። “ብቃት እና ችሎታ የሌለው ሚንስትር” ተብሎ በተደጋጋሚ ተገምግሟል። ከዚህ ስብሰባ በኋላ ከብአዴን እና ኢህአዴግ ስራ አስፈጻሚነት ተነስቷል።