Since the time I
heard the news that one of our heroes, namely, Hailemedhin Abera, has
“hijacked” the plane he was co-flying, Boeing 767, and landed in Geneva, I have
been browsing the net to get some more information about this small land-locked
European nation, Switzerland. Then, though the case of this young co-pilot is
not yet made public to the media, and though I should wait for some time to
have a clearer picture about the motive(s)
of this dynamic
citizen of our
country from the
horse’s mouth, I
just went off my
patience and wrote this letter taking into account the empirical conditions of
my country and the information I gleaned from Ethiopian opposition media
outlets, the pilot’s family, and his workmates. And I pray to God to have at
least one Swiss official who would read and take heed of what I say here now. I
speak my mind; if there is no human listener, the air, the soil, and the water
will be listening to our grievances, and at the end of the day, God will judge
us all according to our actions, reactions, or inactions. It is therefore much
better to listen to and have empathy with others’ griefs, generally as a human
being and particularly as an Ethiopian, if you are one.
The Journey of Apartheid
from South Africa to Ethiopia
Ethiopia
is a multi-ethnic
state located in
the horn of
Africa. She is
estimated to have
about 90 millions of people
with a diversity
of religions and
cultures. But all
these people have
many things in
common as
Ethiopians; they share communal ethical and moral values, they used to live
under the same flag and national
anthem, they have
the same color and similar psychological makeup,
etc. This has been
true especially up until 1991 before
the apartheid system was in place in May, 1991. The apartheid we have is something to be cited as the first of its kind which has
never been observed in any country in the world.
In 1990, the Apartheid
System was chased out of South Africa. That apartheid was officially declared in 1948 to
segregate the black
majority from the
benefits of South
Africa. Following that
declaration, the white minorities were situated on top of every privilege
in that country while on the other hand the majority of the black population was doomed to every sort of
suffering and poverty. In this great historical event of removing apartheid, at
least from serving
as state machinery,
two world class
citizens are always
in our mind: Nelson R. Mandela
and F.W. de klerk. These selfless individuals will remain alive in history. But
on the regretful
contrary, that apartheid
was immigrated to
Ethiopia and made
the policy of
the ethnocentric junta which seized the political power immediately after
the central dictatorial government was toppled by popular uprising mainly led by EPLF and TPLF in 1991. The
very fact that the apartheid which was driven out of the country of Nelson Mandela was accepted as a
state policy in Ethiopia remains to be an irony of history. This is so because Nelson Mandela was here in
Ethiopia for some assistance by the then government and he used to love this country for her successful anti
colonial movement; as a matter of historic enigma, the fugitive apartheid run out of Mandela’s country and
freely entered Ethiopia, perhaps the only country which staunchly fought it and served as sanctuary to ANC
members in the time of the struggle. This reality is what makes this case astoundingly peculiar in the history of
mankind. To your surprise, there is no apartheid now on earth other than Ethiopia. As of the time apartheid
was happily entertained by the ethnic junta of TPLF (By the way, this junta
has a baptismal fake name known as ‘EPRDF’.), Ethiopia and the majority of non- Tigrian Ethiopians have been under the tyranny of this
apartheid which was applied amongst people of same color and some other basic common backgrounds, such as
religion and culture.
Ethiopia has over 80
languages; amongst these Amharic, Oromifa, and Tigrigna are the most prominent ones. Amharic has been and still is the working
language of the so called federal government of Ethiopia [N.B. The TPLF’s
‘federation’ and ‘democracy’ are
absolutely fictitious and
a make-believe to
deceive
donors and creditors. To whichever “regional state” you may go, the key
statespersons who decide not only of
the fate of
the regional budget
but also that
of the job
description of the
so called regional officials are TPLFites. Regional officials have almost
nothing to do with respect to the people they claim to represent more than playing the role of toothless dogs to
bark at their subjects and the opposition when they are ordered; they are simple guards who are there to only
protect the overall well being of their masters. Theyare illiterates most of
whose educational qualification is not higher than junior secondary.]
As of 1991, Ethiopia has
been led by TPLF (Tigrian People’s Liberation Front), which is a distraction of a nationality whose population is only 6%; due to the
regime’s discriminatory intervention in the current demography, this percentage might be influenced and may
be a little bit higher than 6% now. [For example and to your surprise, TPLF allots a big sum of budget and
arranges various facilities to Tigray to have more children while on the other hand, aside from punishing
the region with deep-rooted poverty and substandard education, TPLF’s
ethnocentric junta ‘budgets’ injections
of deadly viruses such as
HIV and other killing agents in areas of the
Amharas to minimize or if possible to gradually wipe out the population. According
to its former members and its
political program as well, TPLF had long ago abeled the Amharas as enemies of its core diabolic
values, which are
intrinsically anti-Ethiopian.] It
is this narrow-minded
distraction of the Tigray
region that millions of Ethiopians are accusing it of the destruction of the
entire nation. Followed by a significant number
of greed and
hatred laden emotional
Tigrians, this TPLF
is absolutely destabilizing Ethiopia and as a result the country along with her
citizens is being changed into nothingness in all aspects.
Though there are many
gullible idiots and morons from other ethnics such as from the Amharas and Oromos or Wolaitas, who blindly obey TPLF, just for the
sake of filling their elastic tummies, it is a public secret that almost
all economic sectors
and the politics
in general is
held by these
anti-Ethiopia group of
people. Nonetheless,
albeit these TPLFites have
infested all Ethiopia
in all denotative
and connotative meanings of the term infestation, be it militarily or
economically, or what have you, we are pretty sure that the majority of Tigrians
are under the same yoke of oppression and anybody is wrong if they blame the
entire population of Tigray as an
accomplice to the crime TPLF is committing. In regard to officialdom, leave
alone thousands of human locust, even a
swarm of 100 officials is a big number to plunder a great city like Addis Ababa and its environs protected by a network of
sophisticated security and intelligence services. Therefore, though the multitude of Tigrians in all offices and
institutions seems undoubtedly high, we have to bear in mind that the
majority of Tigrians
in Tigray and
elsewhere are oppressed
like us, non-Tigrians.
It is also worth
mentioning here that the fact that this multitude of the Tigrian swarm of
woyanes is mainly accompanied by
incompetence, lowest level
of educational and
experiential backgrounds, and
mere ethnic attraction is tragically exacerbating the cleavage
believed to exist between TPLF and [other] Ethiopians. I
have no
intention of inciting oxymoronic feeling in my readers’ mind. If you sense it
somehow, it is not I who has
created it; it
is the situation
itself that has
called for. Clear?
Puzzling real situations
may create unintended sentiments in
certain conditions. Yes, Tigrians are oppressors, and at the same time, Tigrians
are oppressed. It is true that both
statements are undeniably true. Paradoxical stuff, just a kind of “የሞተው ወንድምሽ የገደለው ባልሽ፤ ሀዘንሽ ቅጥ አጣ ከቤትሽም አልወጣ”. Both the defendant and
the plaintiff live under the same roof.
Everything in
Ethiopia is under
the control of
the leaders of
this apartheid system,
the TPLFites’ system of segregation. We sometimes get forced to believe
that what is, is not; and what is not, is. In light of this, TPLFites are few but billions; they are weak but
strongest; they are religious but atheists; they are here but there; they are old but young; they are poor but rich;
they are everything but nothing. They are with us but not at all. And most of all, money
matters, you see. With the fulcrum of money you are somebody but as the same time you are nobody too. It depends. Depends on
what? Money? Time? Luck or chance? Opportunity? Conscience? Consciousness? Conscientiousness? Please do
some SWOT analysis....
Money changes
mountains to plains.
Money changes plains
to mountains. Everything
depends on what we think and what we believe in; we shouldn’t always
forget the place of this manmade MONEY in every
walk of life. Misused, alas! Properly used, nice to all! That is why TPLF is
great but riffraff; gigantic but minute; elegant but
amorphous; dead but alive; liar but truthful. If the role of money were limited
to the level of the sober consciousness
one might have, the shape of this world would most probably have seemed different; I know if clauses are obsolete or nonexistent
in politics and only the objective reality works there or here wherever you
stand upright.
These people,
the TPLFites, know nothing about
law and rule. As
usual, they always
apply jungle law; they are people of revenge. Just one example:- they
have vowed to eliminate one of Ethiopia’s nationalities,
namely, the Amhara, from the surface of the earth and they use everything to
implement this agenda, as
mentioned a bit
earlier in this
letter. To implement
this motive, they
go to the
extent of man slaughtering
even liberal Tigrians with whom or
about whom they fought the previous regime, which used to bestow upon us an equal
right to die or get imprisoned irrespective of who we were ethnically or
otherwise.
The Days of Apartheid in
Ethiopia are coming to their closure
It is in
this critical time
of the Ethiopian
history that Hailemedhin
Abera has taken
one drastic measure to
show the
world that Ethiopia needs attention. If a
Hailemedhin with a gut to oppose
the aforementioned suffering of the
people exists in Ethiopia, this time is verily perfect and he should come out of his blanket
of fear to
wage the fight
in any means
available. This Hailemedhin
did it! Congratulations Hailemedhin and his proudest family! Congratulations
millions of Ethiopians who are leading miserable life in the Diaspora due to the hellish government at home! Currently,
this young pilot has become focal point all over the world; this is one of his main purposes. But not
the major one! Hailemedhin is said to be leading luxurious life in his country with a fairly reasonable
salary along with the background of a well to do family. What he did is something to be given from the Almighty, not
of terrestrial, dear guys. We know that many poor fellow like me tend to be clever in committing
suicide but are afraid of even speaking a word to demand their rights; we are living in a comic world. But look
this lad; he consciously and proudly forsook his daily comfort for the sake of his people. That is why I believe
in the general truth that genuinely struggling for the benefit and well being of others is a Godsend glory which
gives spiritual gratification to the person involved. Hailemedhin
triumphed! But let’s not
forget that there
are obstacles for
every path of
glorification or salvation. ‘There is no free lunch’. Hailemedhin knows
this; what he did is well thought and well meditated.
Whoever says what, this young
pilot is too
healthy to be
sick and risk
his life as
well as his profession;
he is too healthy to realize what the consequence of his attempt would result
in. He is too aware to apprehend the fruits
of his heroism. He was first an outstanding student and later very diligent
staffer of the Ethiopian Airlines. He can’t
miscalculate the outcome of his sacrifice. He knows the role of individuals in freedom fighting. He remembers what Abebe Gelaw did
some two years back in the US; Abebe Gelaw was not, and still is not, mad when he nearly killed the monster, Meles
Zenawi, with a bombardment of his
voice saying
“Meles Zenawi is a dictator! We need freedom more than food!...” in front of
world leaders, peace be upon them, dear
our redeemers, at the UN Hall. Hailemedhin recalls what the Ethiopian version
of Mohammad Buoaziz,
Instructor Yenesew Gebre
and some others
did through immolation
to convey their message of
“enough is enough!”. He
knows what Mekonen
Tesfaye of Legetafo
district is doing
now to expose the illegal
land grab in
that locality. He
remembers what Assefa
Maru did some
years back. He
knows the
historical martyrdom of the renowned surgeon, Professor Asrat W/yes. He knows
the sacrifice of Eskinder Nega, Re’eiot
Alemu, Andualem Aragie et al. Our hero knows all these and other sacrifices
taken individually. Citizens take
various steps to show their solidarity with
real or imagined freedom fighters or just to expose
the tyranny of
leaders in their
countries. At times,
like what Hailemedhin
did, they may astonishingly devise
newest strategies for
this same purpose.
To me, this
is so smartly
fruitful and the sacrifice
is less precarious when compared with, say, organizing hundreds of
demonstrations in Ethiopia or worldwide to expose the
apartheid installed in Ethiopia. People mentioned
herein are all
sane and nearly
without any problem
of survival; they
have/had enough food to eat, shelter
to live in, and beautiful clothing to hide under. But, be it the dead or the
living, they all have been sparing their
lives for the freedom of the suppressed people and for the emergence of real democracy in their country. Leaving aside his personal
comfort and more secured economic life, this young pilot has devoted even his life to his people and this
action automatically makes him an Abebe Gelaw or a Zeray Deres in
Ethiopian history. He
is an oasis
in the wilderness,
a torch in
the darkness, a
John who harbingers the nearing of resurrection, a hope and a
practical response to the “what shall I do to my country?” people of the confused state of mind, a Mandela in time
of apartheidal regime where millions are willy-nilly fallen under untold barbarianism; he has attained a quasi
highest form of self-actualization. He knows what he has done and
where he has done it. He knows
Switzerland; the Switzerland we all know as a token of peaceful co-existence among
many cultures and
languages and a
residence of hundreds
of international organizations. He believes this country would understand
his benign purpose of fighting for the oppressed people. He knows this small country would seriously hear
his pleading and would responsibly react to give him fairest justice. He had about 200 options to land his
plane; but he chose Switzerland. He only knows why he chose the best of his choices. We can only guess. Despite
the fact that billions of dollars, dollars of mostly corruptible citizens from all over the world, especially
from the so called developing countries, are siphoned to this country and serve criminals as a safe haven to
hide their blood money, on the brightest side of this small nation, we
believe that Hailemedhin
would be treated
as a human
being unlike the
case in his
own country. After all, to my understanding,
his action may need a new definition in the realm of law, for I do not think there is one to deal with such incident. A pilot
can’t logically hijack his own plane as a president or prime minister of a nation cannot do so and flee out of
his country, as in the case of Mengistu H/Mariam.
Undoubtedly, the case
of Hailemedhin is
very unique and
clearly indicates that
the oppression in
Ethiopia is
beyond imagination. Hence,
this effort of
the pilot should
be supported by
the peace loving citizens
of the world. His action should be appreciated and rewarded rather, for every
international organization and civic
society that work on human rights violations is currently witnessing the
atrocities the TPLF junta is inflicting
upon Ethiopians. In this regard, if the Swiss try to do
anything that may even slightly harm this young pilot, physically
or psychologically, which I don’t expect so, all Ethiopians would burst into tears. This young man is shouldering the burden of nearly
100 million people. He is our messiah who has given us all what he has. He has beloved families, beloved
friends, beloved fiancée, and an envying mode of modern life with his peers at home. He closed all these
files for the sake of us. He is bartering others’ pain with his luxury. He is the vicar
of millions of oppressed people at home.
He is amongst the chosen ones.
Ethiopians have been suffering in and out of their country for the past 23
years since the coming into power of TPLF. Europeans
may not properly understand the meaning of the word “suffering” as they usually fail to understand the words hunger and famine (starvation)
in African and European contexts. I think such contextual differences are big linguistic barriers in
creating mutual understanding between the haves and the have-nots
everywhere, especially between
the west and
the people of
the inferno, such
as Africans. A
European little kid may
say “I am starved, mum.” If this kid says this to his mum, what should an
Ethiopian little kid, a kid from one of the
poorest families who has never eaten anything for two or three consecutive days, say to his mum? It is a matter of relativity. Anyways,
the suffering inflicted upon Ethiopians by TPLF is beyond the comprehending capability of both the
civilized and the ‘uncivilized’ people of the world. Come and visit us; through time, we are alchemically changed
into speaking animals that are forced to endure every sort of TPLFite tyranny. Therefore, anyone who tries to
expose this severe suppression and inhuman
subjugation, in
any way possible,
deserves the highest
reward even the
Nobel Prize, if
that prize would include Ethiopians’
interests. Thank you
HAILEMEDHIN! Thank you
the womb that
has given us
this precious son! Thank you the loins
which had resulted in this man of outstanding caliber.
Last time, Ethiopians in some Arab countries especially in Saudi Arabia
faced genocidal massacre. That incident was not
given due attention by the so called main stream media such as the CNN and BBC. That stupidity of the ‘civilized’ media institutions
indicated the fact that those Ethiopians were not humans!st In the 21 century, if citizens in Ethiopia or Ethiopians
anywhere die in thousands and zillions, their souls are considered as the
souls of rats
and cats due
to maybe they
are blacks or
maybe they are
insignificant creatures in terms of
making news headlines. Who stands for the poor and the destitute other than
their God? What a worrying state of human
mental development? If TPLF kills hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians, the CNN and the likes, even Aljazeera, do not care. They
rather care if the bitch of the queen of Great Britain or the cat of the king of KSA gives birth for three
beautiful puppies or kittens, respectively. It is a miracle, isn’t it guys? When barbarian Arabs are beheading Ethiopians, when
seven gangsters in the Sudan or elsewhere rape
an Ethiopian and upon application of this felony by the victim to authorities
the court decides that the victim is
adulterer and hence
should be stoned,
it is not
worth of mentioning
to the world.
What kind of
craziness is
this! Currently, an Ethiopian woman is feared to have a death sentence via
stoning for her “crime of being kidnapped and
raped” by some Sudanese gangsters; laugh openly guys at this astonishingly
greatest level of human ‘wisdom’! By the
way, the best panacea I depend on most is that there is death eventually to every stupid citizen like myself. This consoles me a lot.
Let’s thanks Mr. Death, please. …
When a Boeing 767 was rightly redirected by our hero to Geneva, all media
gave it their prime time, because there
were about 140
white people on
board; and maybe the captain
was white; and
perhaps the plane itself was white, I mean, not only of its body
paint, but also it is made by the Boeing Company; and maybe it was flying in the skies of the white people, sorry
for my idiocy to have followed the track of TPLF and its mentors or tutors, if you will. What is the role
of our conscience then? Where has humanity gone? Where are the so
called moral values such as
sympathy, empathy, altruism, etiquette, courtesy, etc. of the civilized world? Where is the trust in God? After all
what is the definition of man? What is the color, the sex, the religion, the height, the nationality, etc. of God? Where
is His country? From which tribe is He? What is the favorite food, drink, hobby, etc. of the true God we
claim to trust or believe in? What do black, white, and yellow
mean? What do
they have in
common? Please guys, let’s mind
our commonalities and be considerate of each other. Racism is a disease. Ethnocentrism
is an incurable illness from which millions of people are suffering and millions of others are fatally
affected.
I believe the mind of Hailemedhin has calculated all the aforementioned
loopholes in the mainstream media. He probably knows
the flesh and soul of an Ethiopian is considered as a flesh and soul of an
ordinary animal in the eyes of the
orientals or occidentals. And I believe that he well knows the apartheid
imposed on his country would get due global
attention if he takes this conspicuous action, an action that can surpass the veils of racism and any western hypocrisy. He knows no
media can purposely shun this news, a gnamachoma
news in Kiswahili to mean a salivating superb news. Yea, it is the negligence
by the international community of
Ethiopia that has motivated this young Ethiopian to take this courageous action.
This is just the
beginning of the end. You will see more other miracles will come soon. Remember
my article I wrote last week. Though some
may refute all or part of the ideas in my articles due to various reasons, some of which are not unexpected, the time for Ethiopia is
coming in an unpreventable manner. Please read my article entitled, “The Greediest Nature of the Sudanese
Government”. Write the title on the URL and google it; the only charge you are humbly requested is just
about ten minutes from your biological age, the age you cannot stop it from ticking on microsecond basis! God
bless Ethiopia and the world.
MOTHER
ETHIOPIA IS NOT
STERILE; SHE WILL
GIVE BIRTH TO
LOTS OF GALLANTCITIZENS WHO WILL LIBERATE US FROM THE SINISTER
APARTHEID REGIME WE ARE IN!
By Netsanet
Zeleke (Addis Ababa)
