By Alemayehu G Mariam It seems Ethiopia finally has a new prime minister. Two days ago, the leaders of the ruling EPDRF party approved Hailemariam Desalegn, the current deputy prime minister [DPM], to replace the late Meles Zenawi as party chief and prime minister. But Hailemariam will not be sworn in until early October according…
Disappointed but… Did I enthusiastically support presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008? Absolutely! Do I agree with everything he has done over the past four years as president? No! Has he carried out all of the promises he made in 2008? No! Am I disappointed in President Obama in 2012? Yes! But so are millions…
በኢትዮጵያ ወቅቱ መጥረቢያውን ቀብሮ ወደፊት መራጃ ነው፡፡ ኔልሰን ማንዴላ እንዳስተማሩት ‹‹ከጠላትህ ጋር ሰላምን መመስረት ከፈለግህ፤ከጠላትህ ጋር አብረህ መስራት አለብህ በዚህን ጊዜ ጠላትህ አጋርህ ይሆናል፡፡›› እኔ ደግሞ ትንሽ ላክልበትና፤ጠላትህ ወዳጅህና ተባባሪህ ይሆናል፡፡ከታሪክ እንዳየነው፤ ብሔራዊ አሜሪካኖች (አሜሪካን ኢንዲያንስ) በመሃከላቸ ሰላምን ሲፈጥሩ፤መጥረቢያቸውን፤ መቁረጫቸውን በመሬት ውስጥ ይቀብሩታል:: ይህም በመሃላቸው ተነስቶ የነበረውን አለመግባባት መቋጨቱን ማረጋገጫ ነው፡፡ዛሬ ለኢትዮጵያውያን ሁሉ ያንን የጎሳ ክፍፍሉን፤የሃይሞኖት ልዩነቱን፤የሰብአዊ መብት ጥሰትን እርግፍ አድርገው ማጥፋታቸውን ለማረጋገጥ መጥረቢያቸውን መቅበር ይገባቸዋል እላለሁ፡፡ አሁን እጅ ለእጅ ተጨባብጠን፤እርስ በርሳችን ተቃቅፈን፤ሁለንተናችንን ለአዲሲቱ ዴሞክራሲያዊት ኢትዮጵያ፤ የሕግ የበላይነት የተከበረባት ኢትዮጵያ፤ሰብአዊ መብት የተጠበቀባትና ዴሞክራቲክ ስነስራት የተከበሩባት ኢትዮጵያን ለመገንባት መዋል ይገባናል፡፡
መለስ ስለፈጸመውና ስላመለጠው ጉዳይ በሕይወት ዘመኑ እያለ በብቃት ያነሳሁት ስለሆነ አሁን ከህልፈቱ በኋላ ብዙም የምለው የለኝም፡፡ ሕልፈተ ሞቱ ያሳዝነኛል፤ ምክንያቱም፤ ጆን ዶን እንዳለው ‹‹የማንም ሰው ሞት ያሳንሰኛል፤ ምክንያቱም እኔም ቁጥሬ ከሰብአዊያን ጋር ነውና ፡፡ሞት ለሁላችንም በእኩል መንገድ መጪ ነው፡፡ሲመጣም ሁላችንንም በእኩል ደረጃ ያስቀምጠናል፡፡›› እንደ ሃቀኛ የሰብአዊ መብት ተሟጋች፤የለየለት ፈላጭ ቆራጭ ባለ ስልጣን ቢሞትም ያሳዝነኛል ምክንያቱም በሰብአዊ መብት ጉዳይ፤በፍትሕ ሚዛናዊነት ላይ፤በእኩልነት ላይእና በመሳሰሉት ላይ ሲጓደሉ ለሙግት በመሰለፌ ነው፡፡
Alemayehu G Mariam It is time to bury the hatchet and move forward in Ethiopia! Nelson Mandela taught that “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.” I would add that your enemy also becomes your friend and your ally. Historically, when…
By Alemayehu G.Mariam For over two hundred seventy five weeks, without missing a single week, I have written long expository commentaries on the deeds and misdeeds of the man who has been at the helm of power in Ethiopia for over two decades. Meles Zenawi has now passed on. The cause of his death remains…
George Ayittey, one of the foremost African public global intellectuals, metaphorically suggests that Africa’s destiny will be determined by the promise of the “Cheetah Generation” or the paralysis of the “Hippo Generation”. As he explains, The Cheetah Generation refers to the new and angry generation of young African graduates and professionals, who look at African issues…
Alemayehu G Mariam Last week, The Economist Magazine rhetorically inquired, “What if Mr. Meles goes for good?” Shouldn’t the question be, “Is it not good for Ethiopia if Mr. Meles goes for good?” Those who know where Mr. Meles has gone are not talking; and those who are talking don’t know where he has gone….
By Alemayehu G Mariam An AWOL “Prime Minister”? What happens when a “prime minister” goes AWOL? That is, absent without constitutional leave of absence. Dictator Meles Zenawi has disappeared from public view for several weeks now. He was last seen in public on June 19 at the G20 Summit in Mexico. His disappearing act has…
ለአሜሪካ ድምጽ በቅርቡ በስጠሁት ቃለ ምልልስ ላይ በኢትዮጵያ ሕገ መንግስት መሰረት ጠቅላይ ሚኒሰተሩ በህመም፤ በእክል በሞት በአካለ ጉዳት በተለያዩ ሰበቦቸ በሰራው ላይ መገኘት ባይችል የስልጣን ዝውውሩ አንደት ይሆናል የሚል ጥያቄ ቀርቦልኝ ነበር ነበር። መልስ የሰጠሁት ብዙዎችን አሰግረምዋል፤ አሰደነግጦአል። ባጭሩ በኢትዮጲያ ሕገ መንግስት ስለ ስልጣን ዘውውር በግልጥ ያስቀመጠው ድነጋጌ ምንም የለም።
