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“No”
to DERG Resuscitation
Engineer
Ghirma
May
24, 2007
Yes, the DERG may now be lying in repose.
The relevant question however, is a matter of whether the
Ethiopian people will allow it to resuscitate. The DERG leadership
is still somewhat intact.
Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam is leading rather very comfortable
life in Zimbabwe; thanks to vast wealth which he plundered from
Ethiopia before he was spanked
out of office by the primarily joint forces of TPLF and EPLF. From
time to time he would launch verbal attacks on the EPRDF
government, claiming that it is illegal.
The bum actually believes that DERG is still the legitimate
government of Ethiopia! His followers won significant number of
seats in the 2005 elections; but they
wouldn’t settle for anything less than outright take-over
of the Ethiopian government; by force if need be. However, they
were no match for P.M. Meles who nipped the scheme in the bud. In
my opinion the 2005 debacle was a case of a failed coup
d’état.
The
sons and daughters of DERG will not rest until they usurp power from the Ethiopian people. Not that they will ever
succeed, but they will certainly
try. They are reasonably educated, and have accumulated wealth,
which they have and will continue to use for buying influence from
foreign governments; and for sponsoring unrest in the home front,
in their effort to blackmail the legitimate government of
Ethiopia. They have aligned themselves with terrorist
organizations; and have openly condoned attacks on innocent
Ethiopians by mercenaries.
Last
but not least, DERG and its clones
continue to demand new elections through their attention-deficient
mouthpiece Ana
Gomes; who is running her mouth complaining that she is not satisfied
with the choices that the Ethiopian people have made! My advice to
Ms Gomes is to seek satisfaction
from her husband or boyfriend(s); and to leave the Ethiopian
people out of her personal
problems. EU deserves a more mature person in its parliament.
I wonder if DERG clones have promised her an honorary sit in their
“dream parliament”. I was also shocked by the European
Commission’s cock-eyed comment about being honored for having
terrorist Isaias Afwerki in their presence!
It seems to me, the EU has some serious
“image-cleaning-up” to do; but that is their problem.
On
the other hand, Ethiopians are determined to stop DERG cold on its
track, by whatever means necessary. Ethiopians have opened their
eyes, and can see clearly what is at stake. They certainly do not
desire to return to the dark
old days
of the DERG era. Those who had colluded with DERG in the past
prospered; and transferred most of their ill-gotten wealth
overseas. The same DERG colluders were beneficiaries of freedom of
travel, with easy access to exit visas for themselves and their
families. Those who opposed Mengistu’s regime on the other hand,
were condemned to imprisonment, torture, and death. The lucky ones
escaped with just the clothes they were wearing; leaving their
hard-earned belongings behind, to be confiscated and sold to the
DERG sponsored scavengers at bargain prices.
DERG
and its clones are determined to reverse
Ethiopia’s successful journey towards prosperity
and democracy. Unequivocally, there will be
no turning back; and DERG can take that to the bank!
Ethiopians in all walks of life are adamant in their struggle to
halt the resuscitation of DERG. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck,
it must be a duck! DERG,
by
any other name, is equally detrimental
to the National Interest of Ethiopia. Some would say I am
being a bit too harsh. Damn right I am!
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