Moderator, Sidama National Regional State Information Net Work
January 25, 2014
A highly controversial far right fundamentalists Amhara organisation
advocating to reclaim its lost hegemony officially declares war on the
largest Ethiopia’s Oromo Ethnic nationals, on January 24, 2014 in its
officially dispatched press statement in Amharic. Known under its
Amharic name ‘Moresh Wogene Amhara Dirjit’
dispatched its unpalatable, unbalanced, uncivilised and potentially
venomous propagandas against the Oromo nationals –erroneously blaming
them for causing death and destruction to others Ethiopian nations and
nationalities; more essentially accusing them of attempting to destroy
the concept of Ethiopianism created by Abyssinian king ‘Atse Menelik II’
who had colonised nations and nationalities of Ethiopia to create
today’s Ethiopian Empire’s geo-political shape.
Moresh group also claims that the Ethiopian empire is being built by
the bloods of their ancestors, yet, they think that the bloods of
colonised nations and nationalities are less relevant thus relegated.
Conceived, crafted and being led by the historical grandchildren of
those who have brutally crushed the Oromo, Sidama, Wolayta, Gedeo’s,
Ogadenia, Kambatas and Hadiya, Shakacho and Kafficho and others nations
and nationalities creating today’s Ethiopia; Moresh supporters strongly
believe that they are the only ones who must rule their colonial
subjects without being challenged. The language, culture, religion and
ways of life imposed on the subjects by the colonial masters remain to
this date visible in entire Ethiopia creating utter confusion on
uneducated groups of people about their identities. When someone decides
to stick to his/her root the claimants (Moresh groups) accuse such
groups of educated subjects of being narrow minded renegade
ethno-nationalists. Whoever raises the issues related with self-identity
is automatically regarded as a threats to Ethiopia and Ethiopianism; by
implication to those who ruled over others since their colonial
expansion.
Under the pre-1991 rules of the Amhara regimes, the languages of the
subjects often remain subjugated and ridiculed. It has been also
emphasised and re-emphasised that if the languages of
Oromo/Sidama/Gedceo/Wolayta comes to Radio, (Moresh groups used to
claim) that the languages of others, other than Amharic breaks Radio or
TV and others more worst claims. Such attitudes and perceptions among
such groups r to this date emain pervasive; and due to such deep seated
beliefs and sustained propagandas of the rulers, the subjects were
unwillingly driven to forget their own identities by considering the
imposed culture, language, religion and ways of life as if it was
theirs. Such is the way of life of subjugation and political paradigm
the Moresh groups are claiming to be bring it back. Hooray!! Well come
back Slavery!!
Praising the groups of subjugated peoples who completely deny their
identity was a common practice and such groups subjugated peoples have
been even elevated to a higher authorities and given fake statuses and
artificially created cosmetic respects to emphasise that those who deny
who they are often respected as such. Changing names of the subjects to
the rulers’ was also a commonly practiced phenomenon. On most occasions
changing names was mandatory to go Scholl and earn employment during the
pre-1974 revolution under the rules of Moresh’s current advocates,
fathers and grandfathers. When the peoples of oppressed nations and
nationalities raise these, Moresh groups often become extremely paranoid
and act irrationally.
The others who want to stick to their roots and proud of themselves
are often regarded as uncivilised who worship Devil (indigenous cultural
and religious beliefs and practices-sadly forgetting their own Debra
belief cultures); therefore they must be completely changed.
Aaftrtwards, these groups of people often forcefully baptised to accept
an Orthodox Christianity from the inception of colonial expiation; as it
was the case with European colonialism whose colonisers came up with
triple ‘C’ (Christianity, Commerce and Civilisation); actually I add the
forth ‘C’ which was the main reason for the colonial expansion of
Europeans as well as Atse Menilik II’s regime which I call it a
‘Conquest’.
Atse Meilik II’s conquering army used similar tactics, actions, also
had similar ambition and drive for territorial expansion, exploitation,
enslavement and ultimately had adopted similar subjugating techniques
against the subjects. The Moresh groups in their press statement are
telling the subjects that the subjects are still feeling inferior for
the fact that the subjects don’t feel comfortable with the Status-Quo
unless the nations and nationalities are effectively De-Colonised. I
think they are correct!! If one thoroughly reads their yesterday’s press
statement with eagle eyes and with the attention of elephant ears, one
can see what I’m discussing about.
Why are they huffing and puffing unnecessarily while the fact remains
that they remain the primary culprits for ongoing tragedy unfolding in
entire Ethiopian empire to this date? I’m not, however, exonerating the
current diabolic TPLF regime that shows its excellently progressive
constitution but dehumanises the peoples of nations and nationalities.
Although the current TPLF led authoritarian regime isn’t different in
its substances from its predecessors; however, theoretically it has in
its constitution granted nations and nationalities rights to the level
of self-determination not only exercising their cultures but also they
are superficially able to use their languages as a learning and working
medium despite the resistances of Moresh groups ever since it was
introduced soon after 1992. Doing so obliged the Moresh groups to label
TPLF led regime as pariah renegades. Therefore, Moresh groups accuse the
regime of inciting violence and fuelling disagreements between the two
Ethiopian largest ethnic nationals, the Oromo and Amhara; the reasons
Moresh groups are beating war drum; boasting that they know how to fight
against the Oromo and threaten that the worst yet to come, therefore,
they claim that the unfortunate situation befalling an Oromo and others
subjugated nations and nationalities will be much worse than it has ever
been since the conquest. What a fantastic puff!!
Moresh groups often puffed and huffed such claims for lengthy period
of time since 1991 whenever their deep seated beliefs are effectively
challenged, the Oromos currently are doing with others subjugated
nations and nationalities. Oromo’s Qubbe generation is defying such deep
rooted beliefs of the Moresh groups, it is therefore becoming
formidable power, the former rulers don’t want to see and can’t
tolerate. Thus, they are extremely becoming anxious and started acting
irrationally to declare a kind of an official war against Oromo people
who did nothing- but demanded their fundamental rights to be firstly
respected and to be recognised as an equal stakeholders in their own
land; and secondly tried to decipher the historical injustices imposed
on their nation to logically challenge and categorically denounce and
reject these. What is wrong here? Any logical and conceptual argument
contrary to doing such?
Adolf Hitler is unconditionally and continuously condemned for his
barbarism to this date on daily, monthly and yearly basis. The victims
of his heinous crimes against humanity are receiving compensation from
the Germany government whose ancestors have caused such diabolic crimes.
The Oromo whose ancestor were similarly brutalised didn’t ask for
compensation from Moresh groups, yet decided to remember their victims
by erecting memorial monument; does this cause the descendants of those
criminals to officially declare war against the Oromo and others
subjugated nations and nationalities who are logically and legally
arguing the actions of such barbaric rulers shouldn’t be condoned? What
do Moresh Groups think the way forward if they decided to stick to their
obdurate attitudes, erroneous beliefs and illogical arguments?
http://welkait.com/?p=2262?
Numerous peoples of colonised nations and nationalities advise Moresh
and its supporters to walk with the walks of 21st century and its
civility to think logically instead of thinking with barbarism of
Stone-age mentality.
Moderator, Sidama National Regional State Information Network
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