By: Fayyis Oromia
Now it seems that all Oromo nationalists in the ruling party of Oromia, in the opposition parties aka Oromo democratic federalists, and in the rebel fronts like Oromo Liberation Front do agree on the necessity of Oromo unity as a source of our power to liberate Oromo and Oromia from domination, exploitation and tyranny. The Oromo nation being the third big native nation in Africa (next to Berber and Hausa), our liberation will definitely be a precedence and an example for the future self-determination of all national groups in Africa, be it they are big or small, and have their autonomy at different levels (state, province, district or county) of administrative arrangement of the future African federation.
The coming five months are, the time of “struggle for democracy per election” in the Ethiopian empire. The ruling TPLF wants this election for legitimacy in front of the international community (not necessarily in front of Ethiopian nations and peoples) to rule further for the next five years. It has prepared itself for the last five years after the defeat it experienced in the election of 2005. The final preparation it undertook is the Codes of Conduct it agreed on with three unitarist parties, which it desperately needed for the legitimacy, and as the binding procedure to secure its winning of the next election. All the three “opposition” parties which signed this agreement of the Codes of Conduct with the incumbent are the sympathizers of the ex-nefxenya Ethiopia; they chose to make the neo-nefxenya Ethiopia survive further instead of be challenged and transformed by democratic unionists like Medrek at home and AFD in Diaspora. Why did this alliance of the ex-nefxenya admirers and the neo-nefxenyas happen now? Is the movement of the Oromo people and other oppressed nations for liberty endangering the existence of the Abyssinian domination system, which the two nefxenyas try to save?
It is clear that all the oppressed nations in the Ethiopian empire, in general, and the Oromo nation, in particular, are fighting for their liberty for the last more than one century. The two nefxenyas in the contrary still sing and dance about the necessity of “unity and democracy.” Unfortunately, there can never be unity of nations and democracy of the empire without first accepting and respecting the God-given rights of citizens as individuals and the liberty of nations as groups. That is why political organizations like AFD and G-7 used to advocate for freedom to be achieved before establishing democracy in the region called Ethiopia. Liberty from exploitation, tyranny and oppression under both the ex-nefxenyas and the neo-nefxenya Weyanes should come to end. If there is such liberty (freedom) of citizens and nations, the Oromo people are the last to fear the propagated unity and democracy, which are untiringly preached by those who want to keep the empire’s domination system by any means.
We all know that liberty is a concept of political philosophy and identifies the condition in which an individual or a group has the right to act according to his or her own will. So the question we all need to ask is, do individual citizens and collective nations as a group in the Ethiopian empire have such right to act according to their will? The answer is a big NO! That is why before preaching about democracy, unity and peace, all concerned stakeholders need to fight for such liberty together. The attempt of pro-liberty forces to come together like what they did in Medrek and AFD is very encouraging to say the least. If such alliances fight first for freedom (liberty) from Weyane’s tyranny and achieve it, then the probability of forging both democracy and unity based on their free-will can be high.
The attempt of Weyane to tell us that we do have already achieved freedom, unity based on free will and democracy under their rule is the 21st century big LIE we ever heard in the world. Weyane talks freedom and walks tyranny; talks unity, but walks divide-and-rule method; talks peace, but walks state terrorism; talks democracy, but walks dictatorship. What the neo-nefxenyas talk and walk are diametrically opposite. What about the opposition? Here we should differentiate the unitarists like AEUP and EDP from the unionists like Medrek and AFD. The unitarists being the nostalgic admirers of the ex-nefxenya just emulate the neo-nefxenyas in their hypocrisy. They talk democracy, but walk to achieve Amhara elite’s dictatorship; they talk unity, but want to keep the empire with its domination system, etc. The unionists are the only genuine opposition group struggling for both freedom and democracy as a precondition for the union of liberated nations in the empire/region to forge a possible united states of Ethiopia as a base for the future United States of Africa.
Of course, democracy is a political government either carried out by the people (direct democracy), or the power to govern is granted to elected representatives (representative democracy). In this sense, the democracy, which was tried by the monarchy of T. Mekonnen, by military dictatorship of Mengistu and now by ethno-cratic dictatorship of Meles are the pseudo-democracies we had in the empire. Actually, it is practically impossible to democratize an empire, where there is a sort of domination system. For the empire to be democratized, the domination system of both the ex- and neo-nefxenyas must be destroyed. This shows us that first comes national liberty, then follows regional (empire’s) democracy. Democracy under national slavery (unity without liberty), such us what we do see in the Ethiopian empire system, is only a dream, which can never be realized. The Oromo nation, in particular, and all other oppressed nations, in general, need to fight for our liberty by any means now. We can realize democracy only in a liberated Oromia and in the other liberated national areas; that is why the democratization of the Ethiopian empire is a futile exercise even though it is one of the means leading us to our Kaayyoo (the END-goal). To achieve the liberty we do want, we need to be well-informed and well-armed (empowered). Empowering the Oromo nation and other oppressed nations can only come through Tokkummaa for Bilisummaa (unity for liberty) of all national liberation fronts. So let’s unite first to achieve liberty from Weyane’s tyranny and then forge a democracy in a multinational union of the region called Ethiopia. Democratization of such a NEW Ethiopia is possible on the contrary to the attempt of democratizing the imperial Ethiopia.
Regarding the unity we do talk about, there are two types of unity: the one required to achieve liberty, which is the unity of the freedom movements of all nations (unity for liberty), and the other one is which we need after liberty, that is a union of nations in the region/empire. To have the first one (unity for liberty), it is good to have a common ground for all opposition freedom fighters regarding what to achieve after liberty. The common ground can only be to have a union of liberated nations in the empire/region. The two nefxenyas, including those who want to dismantle Oromia (the wish of the ex-nefxenya) and those who want to keep the status quo of the de-autonomized Oromia (the wish of the neo-nefxenya), must be dealt with by the cooperation and the coordination of the two parts of the unionist opposition, i.e. by the working together of those, for instance, who want to achieve only Oromian autonomy in the Ethiopian federation, like what OFC of Medrek is trying, and those who do fight for Oromian independence in a possible union of nations in the empire/region like for what OLF struggles.
So let us the unionist opposition groups at home in the form of Medrek and groups in Diaspora in the form of AFD, which does now include OLF, ONLF, SLF, BPLM and GPLM, cooperate and coordinate our efforts. I hope the other ‘quasi-unionists’ like G-7, EPPF, EPRP and UEDF-Diaspora will join the AFD group or we will see in the near future if they are part and parcel of the unitarist admirers of the ex-nefxenyas. I know that specially G-7 already made an acceptance of the unconditional Ethiopian unity as a precondition to forge any sort of alliance with AFD member organizations. With such arrogant position, G-7 just showed its color of a tendency to long for the unitarist Ethiopia. I just recommend G-7 and the likes to make the right of citizens and the wish of nations for liberty as a common ground, not their mantra about unconditional unity. Only free citizens and free nations can decide on the issue of Yes vs No to a union of nations in the empire/region, in which we can forge democracy of multi-national Ethiopia, of course, after securing our individual and national liberty. That is why we tend to say: national liberty, such as Oromian liberty, precedes regional democracy like that of Ethiopian democracy!
Galatoomaa and nagaan ta’aa!!
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Our world is completely changed!!!!!!! R u on this planet? Think about it again
Not only boring, it is also toxic for people like you! The talk for more than 45 years has got the result, for which many others are still fighting for more than 450 years. Again, don't die from being bored, you like it or not, your last destiny is only Dedebit!!!
Fayyis wrote:
"Hallo dear Oromo,
my good-bye message raised many questions and a lot of interpretations as I could know from the e-mails I got till now. Dears, I assure you that my good-bye is only from such writing in cyber, but not from the struggle in QBO (Qabsoo Bilisummaa Oromo). I will be involved further in a better and more practcal way. Anyways I thank you for the concern!
Last, but not least I would like to thank Oromoindex.com for the publication of my opinions! It was a very nice working together for the higher cause of Oromo! Galatoomi Oromoindex.com and I wish you all the strength and the stamina to continue your very good job! Oromo people is blessed in having you as a voice!"
Fayis I wish you would have come to this clear undrestanding of the reality in the country we call Ethiopia.Though you used to call those of us who argued against your un manegable and some times being cofused to confuse your readers the confused or neftegnas,welcome to reality.To asure you in politicts you con't go with the wind.That is opportunistic stand.Now man you put your credibility on the line and I do not undrestand what it will do good for you.
From the very beginning the Unity of all was demanding to kick the tyrant out and free the people to own the power they diserve.If all the parties had believe in the power of the people instead of their petty interest the tyrant would have gone long long ago and the people would have put up or bring down any body they chose to.There still one thing though about you which is not clear.Are OFD and FDR going to walk away from the unity after the dictator is removed?Could you make it clear to the readers you have been confusing?
Let me take you beyond your support for MEDREK and ask you to go one step more to call on all Ethiopians to rise up and libret themseves for MEDREK by itself is not enough to remove the despot.I hope you join all of us who believed in the unity of all to free all the people who are suffering under this tyrant.
Aite Warwlataa,
what are you blaberring here? The confusion is in your mind, not in the writzings of Fayyis. If you want to comprehend Fayyis, go to voiceoforomia.com and read all his hitherto articles. Is he not the one who wrote a brilliant article with a title: ALL against one EVIL! Current slogan of the opposition? It is not your nifxaam mind, ho first understood the necessity of ALL to struggle against Weyane!!
I think Fayis doen't need watch dog or foot solder to defend him.Open your mind to all kind of critics if you are part of the polimics.I can't use the wards you used to make my point .As far as I know Oromos are gentle people.The insulting wards you used shouldn't belong here.Fayis used similar wards that you are using now and that was the problem I had with him.If he is grown up it is good news and I will be happy for him.At last Fayis is not the issue but the cause of our poeple.
Aite Warwlataa,
if really Oromo is your people, for whom cause you "are burning", then Fayyis is a wrong target to attack. Why don`t you turn your word-bullet on Weyane, rather than to nationalist Oromo like Fayyis, who did more than every good Oromo can do!
Ogina,
You are dangerously close to "worshiping Fayyis." In your effort to idolize him, you entirely desecrated the efforts of "every good Oromo".
He might have been successful in fanning the fire inside you, but his polarizing and radical articles did nothing to bring better days to the Oromo people, who desperately need good governance, democracy and equitable development (just like the rest of the Ethiopian people).
Stop hanging to the rhetorics of people like Fayyis who can only offer you a channel to "externalizing your problems". Think how you can positively contribute - in a realistic manner - to achieving the needs of the Ethiopian people. Come out of your shell. The days of narrow nationalism are long gone. It's time your kind of Oromo elites (in case you are an elite that is) join the 21st century.
Aite Ethiopia Today,
what is wrong if Ogina "idolizes" Fayyis, you also seem to idoloize your fascist boss Aite Meles. You like it or not the position of Fayyis is that of 99.9% Oromos who want to achieve first independence of Oromia and then move to the union of independent nations in the region for common benefit. The wish of you to continue to prey on the resources of Oromia using the pretext "Ethiopian unity" is the cry of settler colonialists and fascists like your boss and of course like you!!
Mellis,
Ironically your name sounds like the Ethiopian dictator Meles. When you read what I wrote you were probably not in your right mind or you were just replying with your predetermined thoughts no matter what I said. My brief note had two messages: 1) I reminded Ogina that in his effort to praise Fayyis he made the mistake of saying "Fayyis has done more good than 99.9% of good oromos" 2) the radical opinions of Fayyis are no guarantee to peace and democracy to the Oromo people.
Mellis - you know what you should do? go back and read what Ogina wrote and tell me if you in fact agree with Ogina's statement that almost nullifies the existence and efforts of other Oromos.
Once you did that try to enroll into a self-discipline course so that you can develop your self control because it seems like you had a big problem of writing gibberish.
Talk to you soon. I like talking to Oromos with a different opinion than mine so that we can reach an understanding through time.
Aite Ethiopia Today,
I am not here to defend anybody. But looking at Ogina's post you mentioned, he didn't denigerate other "good Oromo", but he only mentioned that Fayyis' work is more than what one good Oromo can do. Fayyis is today almost a hero of the year among Oromo community for the essays he contributed to Oromo liberation movement. Your attempt of villifying Fayyis speaks a million about your identity (not part of Oromo community). You simply are one of the Weyane cadres, who try to bite every Oromo nationalist doing good for Oromo.
Fayyis wrote:
Hallo dear Oromo,
thanks for your encouragement. My "good-bye message" was based on programm change in my own personal and politcal life. But I did get a very high pressure from different Oromo individuals and institutions both in cyber and real world after my last contribution. Additionally I read a lot of merry making from our foes like Weyane cadres in the cyber. Based on this info, I think I will come back, even though it might not be as frequent as I did in the last six months. I think we all genuine subboonaa Oromo should contribute all in our ability till Oromo and Oromia will be free. Jabaadhaa nu jabeessaa, hundi keessanu galata guddaa qabdu!!
To put the four categories of the current political forces of the empire in relativity, ex-nefxenya Unitarists like AEUP are worse, neo-nefxenya Hegemonists like TPLF are bad, democratic Federalists like MEDREK are good and progressive Unionists like AFD are better!
Dear Fayyis,
above all, I liked your metaphor for the Oromo liberation journey, which you described else where! Accordingly the trinity OLF is doing the smart job. OLF-1 being camouflaged as OPDO is keeping the status quo (the liberation move from Djibouti (Garbummaa = slavery) to Diredhawa (cultural autonomy). OLF-2 in a form of OFC and OLF-SG tries to bring the movement to Adaama (cultural, economic and political autonomy of Oromia in Ethiopian context). Then OLF-3 now being organized in a form of OLF- KY, OLF-QC, FIDO and COPLF will finish the liberation journey to Finfinne (Independent Oromia within or without a union of nations in the region/empire based on national self-determination per referendum). This short but exact describtion of liberation route planned by the trinity OLF is a very bad head ache for Habesha Domination Forces, who try to rule over Oromo and Oromia for eternity!!
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