In the land of origins (Ethiopia), where politics is a never-ending circus, the TPLF (Tigray People’s Liberation Front) has been throwing a tantrum of epic proportions. After being designated a terrorist organization, defeated, and surrendered (whoops, our bad!), they signed a peace deal with the government (yay, peace!).” But now, the die-hard, divided rulers of Tigrayan people are refusing to register as a new political party (um, what?). Talk about a terror-ific tantrum!The Ethiopian Election Board is all like, “Hey, TPLF, you gotta follow the rules, just like everyone else.” But the TPLF is all, “Nah, we’re an ancient (fifty-years-old) special snowflakes, and our peace deal that saved our lives in Pretoria, South Africa should automatically make us legal again.”
It’s like they’re saying, “We’re above the law, and we want a get-out-of-jail-free card!” Meanwhile, the government is trying to balance legal integrity with the practicalities of fostering peace and reconciliation. It’s a tightrope act, friends!
So, what do you think? Should the TPLF get a free pass, or do they need to follow the rules like everyone else? Let’s weigh in on this peace deal drama!
The writer, LJDemissie, can be reached at LJDemissie@yahoo.com or @LJDemissie on Twitter.
There have been news circulating among our Diaspora about grenade explosions in various cities and villages both in Amhara and Oromia regions also now in the nation’s capital Addis/Finifinne itself. Grenades used at targets nearby civilian quarters is nothing but terrorism. It will strike fears not at the designated opponent but innocent civilians. Whoever is lobbing grenades in cities and villages qualifies the perpetrator to be designated as a terrorist outfit. This is not a ‘liberation’ act but terrorizing civilians, quite that simple that none of us peace mongers should condone. No, no! It is not only wrong but also criminal.
No, you are wrong. The Freedom fighters did not use any weapon on civilians and civilian properties. You have to say you want the criminal Abiy to stay in power than use other tactics to support him.
TO ITTU ABA FARDA – You are the first person to tell us the breaking news in your imaginary Finifinne because this is the beginning of the end of the vampire Abiy.