Joe Michael – Ethiopians don’t require anymore testimony to know what Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) is and what it is really standing for. No one is interested to any further extent to be clued-up about EPRDF. The reason is – there is no EPRDF in reality; there is only a Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF).
When TPLF came to power in 1991, its devious leaders promised to Ethiopians and to the Westerns who backed them during the war that they will form a political party and a government that comprises of all Ethiopians. They dreadfully condemned the Derg regime and vowed to create a new democratic system that treats all Ethiopians equally. Many pro-democracy devotees, including the Westerns believed the TPLF and gave it a chance to prove what it preached. Some freedom fighters even turned in their weapons and joined EPRDF not knowing that they were to be used as bondsmen by the TPLF power mongers.
It is now almost twenty years since TPLF claimed that it has formed an alliance political party that represents every ethnicity in the country. However, those TPLF leaders who came in as liberators two decades ago are still clinching the power not giving a chance to others at all. In fact they have created a domineering system in which they can manipulate the whole aspects of political and economical well being of the country. They have power over a constitution they have written and they can arrest any one who questions them. They control major businesses of the country and when they make economical policies they shape it to the best interest of their businesses not to the country.
There are several facts that can validate the veracity that there is indeed only TPLF. Here are some of the very vital questions Ethiopians have been asking and seeking to get CLEAR and DIRECT answers from TPLF leaders who have been bragging about EPRDF:
1-How come, almost after two decades, over 99% of key military positions are still held by TPLF members?
2-How come a TPLF leader has been ruling the country for almost 20 years and still unsure about giving a chance to other so called EPRDF members?
3-How come the billions of dollars worth political party’s businesses belong to only TPLF?
4-How come a political party involves in a multimillion dollar business against the country’s constitution?
5-How come TPLF by itself makes decisions in the name of EPRDF, including terminating, arresting, and torturing opposition members, business associates, and even EPRDF members?
6-How come TPLF is still a Liberation Front?
Observably, it has been very difficult to TPLF members and its EPRDF agents to give clear answers to these questions as there are no legitimate answers. Again, if there is indeed EPRDF, then what are the legitimate answers to these questions?
July 4th, 2009 at 1:55 am
lol
we don’t understand what you are talking about.
please check the parliament website www.ethiopar.net
TPLF controlls only 10% of parliament and only 15% of top ministry positions.
by the way, even top military officers come from oromo and amhara, not only tigre.
we checked the list by Ginbot 7 last month and it gave list of names of only 18% of military commanders because Ginbot 7 wanted to make us very SHOCKED and ANGRY. when you check the list by Ginbot7, more than 80% of military leader names are missing.
why??
because Ginbot 7 did not want to give us the other 80% of military leaders who come from oromo, amhara, welayta, somali and other background.
please go back and check the list of Ginbot 7 if you don’t believe.
July 4th, 2009 at 2:44 am
ትፕልፍ ቾኡልድ ኖት እምፕሮቨ ኢት ስሆኡልድ በ ረሞቨድ
July 4th, 2009 at 4:04 am
Enough is said about TPLF and EPDRF , it is just borring to hear the same thing over and over again. Time to think stratagy to defeat the enemy.
July 4th, 2009 at 4:55 am
Everybody in Ethiopia knows this reality. EPRDF is not existed also will also not exist. there will be only Tigray liberation front . i don’t know for whom they want to be lieberate. they are opresser. they are blood sucker of ethiopian. Death for this arogannt bloodsucker.
July 4th, 2009 at 5:20 am
አያችሁ ፈረንጅ ጉዳቸውን ሲያወጣ የእፉኝት ልጆች የሆኑት ወያነዎች ለማስረዳት ከየጉድባቸው ይወጣሉ አገሪቱን አሁንም የሚገዙት እፍኝ የሚያህሉ የወያነእ ትግሬዎች ናቸው ምን ልትሉ ነው_-ኢሃደገ የሚለው ታፔላ እኮ የተሰጣቸው ምርኮኞቹ እነአባዱላና አዲሱ ናቸው
ትግሬ ከተላላኪ እስከ ከፍተኛ ባለስልጣን የሚገዛበትን አገር የሁሉም ናት ስትሉ አታፍሩም ግንቦት 7 ጉዳችሁን በአደባባይ ስላወጣባችሁ ነው እንዲህ የተተራመሳችሁበት..ጊዜው ደርሷል ተጠርጋችሁ የምትወጡበት…ማፈርያ ወያነ ሁላ 11
July 4th, 2009 at 5:51 am
Dear Ethiopian! We had suffering in all directions in the “Fascist weyane Tigre bunches racist regime” about 19 Years. Truth Ethiopian are engaged to demolish the racist Tigre group in all kind of struggling system. This is the time to be forwarding together against the weyane racist genociders; not only speaking or writing. come on! practicaly as you can do- G7 MOVEMENT FOR UNITY, FREEDOM & DEMOCRACY.
July 4th, 2009 at 6:27 am
We Amaras do not support EPRDF.
July 4th, 2009 at 6:38 am
Dear my amara brother Mr. Anbese,
As an Amara i feel your pain, You are right The Tigreans laughing at us (Amaras), it is time to stop it. Challew ahya/adge yemaychelew yelem.
Long Live Ethiopia !
July 4th, 2009 at 6:39 am
Dear my amara brother Mr.Anbese,
As an Amara i feel your pain, You are right The Tigreans laughing at us (Amaras), it is time to stop it. Challew ahya/adge yemaychelew yelem.
oh Long Live Ethiopia !
July 4th, 2009 at 7:40 am
which parliament sami?
July 4th, 2009 at 7:41 am
.ዛሬ ነው እንዴ የምናውቀው ይሄንን?? የዚህ አይነት አስከፊ ስር-አት እኮ አይደለም በ ኢትዮጵያ አለም ላይ አልተፈጠረም::ህወአት የ ከፍተኛ ስልጣን ባለቤትነትን እንተወው :ሚለቴሪውን ጨምረን ማለት ነው:የ አገሪቱን ንግድ በሞኖፖል ተቆጣጥሮታል: ዝቅ ሲል ደግሞ የዚሁ ፋሽስት ግንባር ፓርቲ ባለስልጣኖች በስፋት ገበያ ውስጥ እንደልባቸው ይሽከረከራሉ:: በ ፓርቲነት ደረጃ ህወአት አንዴ በ ኢትዮጵያ ስም ራሱን ኢሃዴግ ብሎ በመጥራት :በሌላ በኩል ደግሞ በ እያንዳንዱ ብሄረሰብ ስም ራሱን በመሰበጣጠር የ ፖለቲካ ፓርቲነቱንም ባለቤትነት ራሱ ተቀምጦበታል::ምኑ ጋር የነጻ ገበያ :የቱ ጋር የ ነጻ ህዝብ ፓርቲዎች እንደ አመቺነቱ መንቀሳቀስ እንዳለ የሚገባኝ አይደለም:;በዛ ላይ ደግሞ የተገኘውን ሁሉ ወስዶ በተናጥል ለ አንድ ክፍለ ሃገር [ ክልል] በተለየ ሁኔታ ደፋ ቀና ማለት እና የልማት አትኩሮት ማድረግ በጣም የሚያሳዝን ነገር ነው::የየትኛው አለም ወይንም ኢትዮጵያ መሪ እንዲሃ አይነት ህሊና የጎደለው የራስ ወዳድነትና የዘረኝነት ስራን ሰርቶ እንዳለፈ ፈጣሪ ይወቅ?ሁሉም ነገር ያልፋል ::የማያልፍ የለም::ህወአትና ርዝራዦቹ ሲመነምኑ ልጆቻቸው ምን ብለው ይሉ ይሆን? መሳለጫ ሰራን ? ወይስ ግቤ ዘጠናዘጠኝ? እግዚዖዖ!!! መጥኔ ለ ወያኔ::
July 4th, 2009 at 8:24 am
It’s time to get rid off the Agamidos and built United Ethiopia. These thugs Agamidos did more harm than good to that Nation.
Ethiopia shall Prevail !!
July 4th, 2009 at 9:05 am
Why are you guys scared to say EPRDF exists and state that you are ready to challenge it. Just by focusing on TPLF/Woyane or what ever you want to call them and bring change won’t work and hasn’t work. Go out to every part of Ethiopia and see who is in charge not TPLF leaders but local EPRDF members. Stop making a fool out yourself.
Tazabe
July 4th, 2009 at 10:11 am
EPRDF = TPLF .
The topic doesn’t just make sense. EPRDF is another name of TPLF that woyane uses to cheat the innocent ETHIOPIAN PEOPLE.
GOD BLESS ETHIOPIA!
July 4th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Sami Woyanne nothing to say lol write the lists like a civilized tplf supporter or cadre you guys are simply jungle liers not more or less
July 4th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Dear Joe Michael, the Ethiopian people knows that fact from the very beginning. EPRDF targeted for “blind” foreign donors who have no shame to say woyane is a multi-party.
Why a big bang comes and remove this world, in particular those “blid donors” who are the main problem in extending the life of dictators.
July 4th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Sami,
You are simply proving the fact that TPLF/EPRDF exsistance is based on lie and only lie.
How in the world you deny the apparant fact that the millitary is fully controlled by TPLF? Think twice before you fabricate answers.
If you wish, you can give us clear answers for the questions reaised by the authour.
July 4th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
sami,
too cheap to buy.
July 4th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Nice Try Sami,
The government you think we cant count, All commanders of the 5 divisions of the army are Tigres. All security officials incluing 90% of the security personel are from the TPLF. I work for the government and am an Oromo. I know the inside. Yes90% of the the 61 “key” officers are Tigres. Ginbot 7 got the information from inside of you. You have their names, ranks and ethnicity compiled by insiders. Pm is Aigre, Religions leaders, Tigre - you people have no shame to tell us you brought equality between nations and nationalities. Resource poor Tigrai is flourishing with Oromo and Amhara Resources and you kill our children. We will make sure your children will not see the resources you are looting from us. Mark my word. Ethiopia will not be the first country in the world to live like this- under despicable inhumanity. We will get our freedom one way or the other including using devils alternatives
July 4th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
sami we don’t expect more than this . lie is the father of weyanee we know better don’t worry we will finesh you soon. our time is around the corner go G7
July 4th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Sami ? Do you have the moral to say for us that the military is 10% as well as the parlament too?Shame on you! for your missinformation here is very simple examples.Who is the core of the military leaders
1. Comander in -chief of the army Meles ZenawiTigray
2 Chief of Staff, General, Samora Yunus, Tigre
3. Training Department, Lt. General Tadesse Worede, Tigre
4.. Logistics Department, Lt. General Geazi Abera, Tigre
5.. Military Intelligence Department, Brg. General Gebredela, Tigre
6. Operations Department, Lt. General Gebre Egziabiher, Tigre
7. Engineering Department, Lt. General Berhane Negash, Tigre
8.. Air force, Brg. General Mola Haile Mariam, Tigre
Heads of the four commands in the country’s army
1. Except the Central Command, Lt. General AbebawTadesse, Agew which is the very close friend of Bereket simon an Eritrian disident the rest of the division is under the hand of Tigrians.
2. Northern Command, Lt. General Seare Mekonnen, Tigre
3. South Eastern Command, Maj. General Abraha W. Gabriel, Tigre
4. Western Command, Brg. General Siyoum Hagos, Tigre
of all the power sharing if the core dicsion making body is one group .The other is nothing at all .Sami gass when a meeting is going on as the central body all are from the same region and no one is thier to observe at list what is going on there.Now you are tring to tell us that 10% is your share in the military.I wish you if you are real incider to give us your fact on the military power sharing .I donot need to come back to the shango.As tplf you have 38 seats ,but that sshango is a noting shango.Let me tell you on that matter.Who is leading the nation? 1.Melese Zenawi prime minister
2.Bereket Simon.
3.Seyum Mesfine.
4.Sibhat Nerga
5 Abay sehai.and others are the key factors for this difacto Government.
of all these facts you are saying Tgrians are the minority.Yes in number but in power it is wrong the are in every sector of the country.I am sure you know all these true ,but as part of this party you are trying to misinform.as your party doing.Shame on you agai!
July 4th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
we Tigrians are special even i cann’t believe why we live with you other Ethiopians. we are heros, we can struggle and we are best of the contnet in milittery science, we are very good in all brnch of the Economy you see only in a few years we reach and build our country, Tigre. you oromo(Donkeys no1) and amhara(Donkeys no. 2) only crying and want we will do something for you
July 4th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Defabachew and Amare gellaw you throw your barabarso kumta suri and kemal and starts comparing yourself with genuine Ethiopians but the fact is no matter the money you loot you guys in no way have the personality that the other ethiopians are enjoying and that is what you cant loot for example if a police sees woyanne driving an old volkswagen
they will stop him as a suspected theft no self confidence even your boss mellese suffers from this inferriority complex
July 4th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
A month long lectures, by the Eritren president, has given us a chance to see the delusions of the Tribal Junta mindset. The question now, how to get rid of them from the face of Ethiopian body politic. The people want to see an end to this nightmare. The question is there is no organized force to lead the next revoloution. AND THAT IS A TRAGEDY.
July 4th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
kkkkkkkkkkkk Joe michael…….hahahahahaha
July 4th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Thanks Ging for your response to the stupid and poor guy!
July 4th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Ahmed jungle is better than shretam at list we know how to jump on you ,you are simply parasit, ugly lonly old man
July 4th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Anbese who is the racist you are the one calling racial name what about tigre isn’t it raciall calling name you know what you are mentally retarded moron you don’ even fucking know what you are tallking about , 7 Genbo rass
July 5th, 2009 at 3:12 am
ወገኖች”ወያኔን እዚህ የደረሰው በሆዳሞች ምክንያት ነው; ሆዳሞቹ ቢመቱ ወያኔ እርቃኑን ይቆማል:: አንድ ነገር ማወቅ ያለብን ዘረኛው ወያኔ ክመሰነጹ ጀምሮ ሊያጠፋን መነሳቱን አልደበቀም; በአማራ ሲጀምር ሆይ ሆይ ስንለው ሁላችንንም ላይ ሲድርስ አካኪ ዘራፍ ማለት ጀመርን; ቁም ነገሩ ወያኔ ጥምብ አንሺ ነው ካገኘው ጋር ይልከሰከሳል; ከጥምብ አንሺ ጋር የዋለም ድርሻውን ያገኛል::
ሌላው ትልቅ ጉዳይ ወያኔም ሆነ ሻቢያ አሁንም ሊያጠፉ ወደኋላ አይሉም ስልሆነም እንደጀመሩት በዘር ማጋጨታቸውን ቀጥለው ወደ ሃይማኖቱ ዘልቀዋል:: ልብ አድርጉ አማራ ነን ብለው ትግሬን የሚሰድቡ አማርኛ የማይጽፊ በኦሮሞ ስም የሚጽፉ ወያኔዎች በትግሬ ስም ይሚጽፉ ኦኤሌፎች…ወዘተ እያደረጉ ሰላምንን እንድናጣ የሚጥሩ ቅጥርኖችና የተለያዩ ባንዳዎችም ዘምተውብናል::
ሰሞኑን ምጥ የያዛቸው ወያኔዎችም ትዕዛዝ መጥቶላቸው የማዋከብ ሥራ እንዲሰሩ ታዘዋል ለዚህም ነው ካድሬዎቹ ያዙኝ ልቀቁኝ የሚሉት::
ዋናው ወያኔ አይደለም እምናደርገውን የሚስልልን እያንዳንዱ ኢትዮጵያዊ ነኝ የሚል ዜጋ ወያኔ ጠላት መሆኑን ካልተረዳ ከጥቅም ወይንም የወያኔ አይነት አላማ ያለውና በተስፋ የሚጠብቅ ቡድን ነው:: አገር ባንዲራ በማውለብለብ አይደለም የሚለካው የጠላትን ወገብ በመስበር ነው:: ስለዚህም አውራውን ወያኔ እየፈለጉ ወገብ መስበር ኃላፊንት ይጠበቃል:: አልፎም ለወያኔ ገንዘብ መስጥት ወንጀልም ሃጥያተም ነውና ሌላ መንገድ መፈለግ:: በመጨረሻም ወያኔና ቡችሎቻዎቹን ከየተደበቁበት አውጥቶ ለህዝብ ማጋለጥ ይጠበቃል::
እዚህ እየመጡም ወያኔን ለማዳን የሚከንፉት ካድሬዎች ወንጀላቸው የከፋ እንደሆነ ስለሚያውቁትና ሌላ እድልም ስሌላቸው ነው እንጂ ከጥምብ አንሺ ወያኔ ጋር በፈቃዳቸው እንዳልቆዩ በስራቸው ይታያል:: ሌባ ለአመሉ ዳቦ ይልሳል ሆኖባቸውና አገራቸውን አሳልፈው ሲሰጡ ግም ለግም ተያይዘህ አዝግም ሆኖ አይኔን ግንባር ያድርገው ብለው ሲመሰክሩ ህፍረትም ቀርቶ አይና አውጣነትምም አልፎ ነብስ በላ አውሬ ሆነው ይናከሳሉ::
ኣዋጅ አዋጅ ጆሮ ያልው ይስማ ልብ ያለው ያድምጥ የሚባለውን ጆሮዋቸው ደንቁሮ ልባቸው በህብሪት ተወጥረው የሠሩትንና የሚሰሩትን ወንጀልና ግፍ መለስ ብሎ ማየት ያቃታቸው ጎጦችን በቃ ማለቱ ጊዜው መጥቶ ካለፈ ክርሟል::
እንነሳ አገር ነጻ ለማወጣል;መወላወል አገርን አደጋ ላይ ይጥላል
July 5th, 2009 at 8:11 am
rahel! are you, still now farting in your mouth(ጠራጢ)?
July 5th, 2009 at 9:02 am
Rahel (kimal fabrica woyanne) you are inferrior creatures comparing to all ethiopians thanks for bushs govt hand outs ( army eqipments for Ethiopia looted by woyanne) you are jumping from 0-100 even though you are still 0 in the eyes of ethiopians which will be reality in the near future stay tuned. (your tradition is begging it is better for you guys to stay on your tradition you are not even capable to administer badme pesants)
July 5th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Duh!
July 5th, 2009 at 9:46 am
Some dare say that there is a parlament in Ethiopia. It is a rubber stump of the Maifa type state of TPLF and those who are members of the so called parlament are people who sold their concious and the interest of the people .
July 5th, 2009 at 11:43 am
forget about these retarded Mekelians they are not that important and they are not in leading position, Adwa and axum were the brain of Woyane, After all it is adwa who defeated and destroyed italians.
July 5th, 2009 at 11:55 am
It is tempting to list the names of some of the commentators on this article and highlight the falasy of their argument; however I do refrain myself from unncessary mud slinging. The article vivdly shows that the swindling days of TPLF is over! as everybody in the west, whom TPLF duped in the past, realised the true colour of the monstor stogged government they had blessed and supported to reign on Ethiopia.
For most of Ethiopians this article is “Yawajun Be Joro”. Hence, let us unit ourselves to become proponants of change and everything is possible…. if we narrow down oour diffrences!!
July 5th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
sami, please give us the names of the 80% military generals.
July 5th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
TPLF/eprdf or TPLF has been defined as a political model for what you summed up and many more, but the question is not the lack of narratives and/or anecdotes, but what to do to reverse those secenarios, which have been in the making for the last 18 years.
Would your narratives and/or anecdotes would be any different if the coalition made up of UDJP, the loyalist oppostion parties, with ethnic and secessionist agenda and Tigrai Harena, an alternate of TPLF,with ethnic agenda as chairperson of Medrek win the election, with the other parties as teletafi parties of Tigrai Harena? This scenario will form a bicameral chamber of parliament of TPLF’s.
That is the delima the majority of Ethiopians are in, in terms of achieving the goals for the Unity of Ethiopia, the freedom of Ethiopians and/or human rights, the territorial integrity, the sovereignty of Ethiopia and Ethiopians and the territorial integrity of Ethiopia, respectively.
July 5th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
It’s time to get rid off the Agamidos and built United Ethiopia. These thugs Agamidos did more harm than good to that Nation.
http://www.eppfonline.org/
July 5th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
http://www.eppfonline.org/
Good job Obama. Good job. Weyane is no good to somilia and no good to ethiopia as well. Good job
It is clear that the Eritrean government is supporting the al-Shabaab militia. It is not because they are in support of Islamist or extremist [elements]. They are doing this largely as a way to undermine and to pressure the Ethiopian government.
http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/6198
http://eastafro.com/
Check Amharic Program in TV Eritrea
July 5th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
http://www.eppfonline.org/
Tegaru asylum seekers pretends as Eritreans are comming to west.
Please tell the eritrean government, ethiopian and eritrean and other government that tigrain are pretending to be eritrean.
July 5th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Ethiopia is once again featured in the annual Failed States Index published by Foreign Policy Magazine and The Fund for Peace. Ethiopia’s rank in the index (16th) has not changed from last year. Somalia tops the index as the world’s utterly failed state. FP characterizes Somalia as too failed even for al Qaeda.
July 6th, 2009 at 1:53 am
EPPF Meeting
http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/10096/comment-page-1#comment-68217
July 6th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Good job USA, weyane is the cancer of ethiopia & horn.
Good job Obama
http://www.eastafro.com/Post/2008/10/20/amharic-music#
http://eastafro.com/
Check Amharic Program in Eritrea
July 7th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
People,
Sami is writing this for the West don’t you get it? If there is somehow one opposition to what Joe Michael wrote then the West believe the rest of Ethiopians are just crying against this government. Indeed we Ethiopians have failed in convincing the West who TPLF really is eventhough CIA might well know who tPLF is they don’t care because tPLF is not affecting the West and keep on supporting. However, if we embarrass the West and keep shouting in their ear who TPLF is despite their knowledge only then they will act against TPLF. The West believes in action! Yet, we have not done anything. It is a shame.
I know this is no relevant to what is written:
Many artifacts in Ethiopia, the emperors, etc. are now owned by Western individuals. Where did they come from? Who sold it to them, probably for minimal and for short term indulgence. Do we have any idea how long and money it is going to take us to reclaim all this stolen artifacts? The only thieves who have never experience of respect instead have jungle-like character is the Weyane/TPLF. Ethiopian lawyers inside and outside of Ethiopia should investigate this. What about the gold? Is anyone investigating this at all? We have the power to do something overseas and once we find out we can broadcast the crimes and theft of Weyane/TPLF.
July 7th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
It has always been TPLF not EPRDF
http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/10174
July 9th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
alula time to get rid of dedebyous hodamios donkyos and long live ethiopia with woyane and the beautyfull tigrayan peopel
July 10th, 2009 at 1:41 am
Ahmed dirty you stink the food the grass you eat like animal you are screwd up i can not take you seriously you are mentally defcted worth less loser