When I read the response of Nharnet Team to the interview of Dr.
Habte, under the tittle commentary on excerpts of Awate.com interview
with Dr.Habte especially the following paragraph:
"The allegation By
Dr. Habte and drum beat by the Awate Team do not hold any water because
the elements who have been led by Moslems for the last 41 years without
any complaint abiding by the rules of the law in the ELF-RC principles
adopted at its National Congresses cannot be painted any divisive colors
because they voted for a chairman who is deemed competent, skilled and
hard-working who happens to be Christian after 4 decades. It just does
not add up. To the contrary, those who want to cry foul at this point
are those who took it for granted it is only a Moslem who can lead
ELF-RC and cannot take the change brought about after 41 years well".
I was deeply disgusted about their divisive argument on why ELF RC
chairman was a Moslem, Is this what we need in Eritrea to elect a
leadership through his religious back ground rather than his leadership
capability, Which power are they talking about, when the power has never
been in the hands of the chairman, the leadership was and is a
collective leadership, and the real power was and is in the hands of the
Executive committee and the Revolutionary council and they were always
part of these bodies.
The scope of their commentary was not only to discredit Dr.Habte, but
also to disunite the Eritrean people through power struggle that can
lead to a civil war as it happened in Lebanon and else where. As every
Eritrean knows that, the Eritrean armed struggle started by the hero
Hamed Idris Awate, and the initiators of the struggle were the late
Idris Mohamed Adem Idris Galadius, Salih Hummed, these people have never
claimed that the organisation they. started has to be under their
leadership, nor they refused others to have a share in power, from the
first beginning of armed struggle the power in the ELF was in the Hands
of every Eritrean who is ready to struggle for the independence of
Eritrea.
At the time of the Zone leadership (zemene Kiflitat) Woldai Kahsai
and others were in power. In The 1969 when General command (Giyda Alama)
was formed Isayas Afworki was a member of the Leadership. In 1st
congress 1971, Mr Hurui Tedela Bairu was a vice chairman, in 2nd
congress 1975 Tesfay (Degiga), Tesfamariam Woldemariam, Haileab Andu the
late Meleke Tekle, were members of the executive committee and many
others were in the leadership of the RC, like prominent figure as Dr
Habte who deserved to be in power for his long standing struggle in the
ELF he became vice chairman in the 6th session of 2nd Congress until the
3rd Congress. In the 3rd, 4th and 5th congress they had equal share in
the leadership, and the chairman was always elected by consensus except
in 2nd session of the 5th congress was by conspiracy.
I am long standing member of the ELF As a Tigrina saying ( Kab Kedem
zewaze Izeni's Dehary zewaze Kerni), I have never came across any Moslem
who felt or thought that the organisation they started has been
dominated by Christians or nor Christian members of the organisation
thought about the religious back ground of who is going to become a
chairman of the organisation, because that was not what ELF taught us,
This great organisation has always taught us to be nationalists, who
defend the national interests first, then the interests of the
organisation and how we can live together as Eritreans in peace and
Harmony. Religion or ethnicity have never been an issue and never was in
the minds of any genuine member of this great organisation, that is why
they failed to fulfil their divisive mission which they started it in
the 2nd session of RC meeting in 2002.
Nharnet Team's commentary to Dr Habte's interview has took them out
of shape, and I hope all genuine Eritreans have got a chance to evaluate
how the leadership of the organisation and the grassroots were
struggling for the unity of the Eritean people and the unity of the
organisation against this divisive agenda of Mr Seyoum and his group.
It reminded me of a story in 1990, I went to the house of a very
devoted respectful member of the organisation named Mother Giorgis, I
actually went to see her son who was sick, I could not find her at home
even I could not see her son Tekie because he was sleeping and waited
for her until she came back, I asked her where she have been, she said
to me that she was with Ibrahim Mohamed Ali, and said that she told him
that" we are fighting Shabia's out side leaving You Shabia's inside us",
This respected lady reached that conclusion because at that time
Ibrahim, and the representative of this group who were members of RC and
senior cadres at that time in Sudan except Seyoum who was not with them
at that time did not let the organisation to function and put the
organisation into internal crises , when she told me I laughed and I
admired her boldness and I left.
When I observe, how they react against their critiques by distorting
the truth, character assassinations and how they behave to silence their
critiques as Isayas and his group do, I really cannot differentiate
between them and Isayas and his clique, the only difference they are in
power, and they are not, I realised after 14 years how this devoted
member of the organisation has correctly defined them.
I wonder how they wanted to be seen as Angels of the organisation
when they claimed, that Mr Ahmed Nasser has failed to lead the
organisation, for me they are the cancer of the organisation, because
most of them were in the higher ranks of the organisation some of them
were members of Executive committee, like Tesfai Degiga, Seyoum
Ogbamicael was a chairman of peasants union who has direct link with the
mass, Amanuael Mengistu was a military and political cadre of Brigades
19, Asfaw Berhe was a military and political cadre of brigade 71,
Gherezghir Tewolde was a representative of ELF in Germany a very big
mass movement in Europe, Mengistab Asmerom was a military and political
cadre of Brigades 72 and many others who were political commissioners of
some provinces in Eritrean, Where Were they?. As they claim "when Mr
Ahmed Nasser was leading the organisation into a wrong way".
If they were genuine enough as they claim to be now, they could have
stopped the organisation from deteriorating further, because they were
military and political cadres, leaders of the big mass movements of the
organisation, they had direct contact with the military and the mass,
and more power to stop him if the problem was Mr. Ahmed Nasser, because
the real power was under their control where were they? For me they were
the creators of the problems through which this organisation passed
through as they did now.
As Dr Habte put is it took us 20 years to build this organisation and
to show the principles ELF RC stands for and its real history that was
distorted by EPLF. When Eritrean People started to listen to us and try
to know our history and what we stand for, they destroyed all this in
2nd session of the RC with sectarian agitation which we in ELF are not
use to it, How can on earth they claim about the well being of the
organisation or its principles when they tried to destroy it in a very
critical time in the history of the ELF RC. How on Earth they speak
about their opposition to Dictatorial regime in Eritrea when they walk
out from the ENA 5th regular session, when the Europeans, the Americans,
and the Neighbouring countries were ready to recognise us as legitimate
opposition against the regime, Is n't it, what they did, saved the
regime from falling apart.
When one observes how they are determined to destroy the unity of the
Eritrean people and the organisation, it raises the following legitimate
questions that have to be answered.
1. Why did Woldeyesus
Ammar and Seyoum Ogbamichael Schoolmates of Mr Isayas and their group
wanted to quit the ENA in the crucial time of the Opposition and when
Eritrean people was nearly to be free from the Dictator?
2. Had they any fundamental difference with Isayas except power
they did not share power with him?
3. Do they want the divisive statisco of the EPLF to stay
there?
4. Have they ever been genuine ELF members at all?
5. Are they getting directives from Isayas their Schoolmate or
from unknown source as Isayas did in 1970( the Kagnow theory)
There is going to be a time when these questions have to be
answered, whether they like it or not,
This Website does not deserve to have the name Nharnet.com because
this name had a mission when it was launched nearly 2 years, this
mission could not be accomplish, unfortunately it became a tool of
division and misleading. They have tried to mislead the Eritrean public
and the ELF grassroots through their divisive religious, and ethnicity
propaganda by their self-appointed gurus, but thanks to Dr Habit who
exposed their true motive, he has damaged their credibility, he told the
whole world about what happened in 2nd session and their motive was
religious.
He exposed their cheap propaganda", that they always use", that
behind the movement of the Grassroots are specific ethnic group" and
showed the true face of this group, I wonder how they went mad by
fabricating stories and distorting what he said, especially he what he
said about Ato Woldeab Woldemariam, just to create a gab between Dr
Habte and the Christian segment of Eritrea which they want to bet on for
their divisive agenda, they tried to discredit him as they did with Mr
Ahmed Nasser and Dr Beyene Kidane through incredible and unknown entity
like Desseble Khasai, I read a plenty of his articles of hate against
Mr.Ahmed Nasser, Dr. Beyene and now against Dr. Habte.
I tried to find an information about who this person is, I found out
that he was a short time fighter in the social affairs office of the
organisation when ELF was in the field, he quitted the organisation very
early, a very confused and isolated personality which had no mandate nor
had a chance to evaluate nor give judgement about Ahmed Nasser's failure
or success, After he went to America he was not a member for a long time
until recently, not only this, he is one who still pays the 2% to the
Shabia government. How can this individual be credible who has financial
relations with Shabia. Doesn't it legitimate to raise a question why
this individual always try to attack the ELF prominent figures Like Mr
Ahmed Nasser, Dr Beyene and now Dr Habte Can't it be that he gets his
directives from the Eritrean government?.
When I knew what happened in the 2nd session of RC and motive behind
it, it let me go back about what was going inside the organisation, and
how they were dividing people through giving different names and forcing
people to leave the organisation, they were active in the late 1980 by
using Ibrahim Mohamed Ali, who was at that time a vice chairman and head
of the organisational office (nai serit Halafi). In the 4th Congress
They brought him into power and used him against one ethnic group and
against any genuine members who was opposing their wrong doing by
dismissing so many members of the organisation under different reasons,
I know now what that motive was about, it was to dominate the
organisation and make it free from opponents and control the power in
the organisation behind religious motives.
Nharnet team and their group always try hard to convince us that
there was a conspiracy theory behind why Ibrahim was not elected as a
member of the RC in the 5th Congress, Mr Ismail Ali Ahmad Has clearly
put it in one of his articles that Mr Seyoum Ogbamichail and Tesfay
Teklezghi were the ones who hardly worked, Ibrahim Mohamed Ali not to be
elected.
As a Tigrina saying says (Chografe Baela Harema Teuwi),
when I read their crocodile tears why Ibrahim Mohamed Ali was not
elected as RC member in the 5th Congress, I wonder how this people are
evil, They had conspired against him not be elected, Ibrahim's failure
in the 5th Congress was not only their conspiracy against him, but also
as I have mentioned in one of the above paragraphs was that he could not
lead, to the contrary he disunited the organisation, under his
leadership we have lost a lot of members of this organisation. Is n't it
the right of attendance of the congress to choose who has to be a member
of RC or not!
In 2nd session of the 5th Congress they brought him back as RC
speaker to make him a cover of their religious motive, they know and I
know and every one knows including Ibrahim they wanted to use him for
their hidden agenda which was exposed in the 2nd session of the RC. It
reminded me what Isayas did with Romadan Mohamed Nur, Isayas brought
Romadan as symbolic head of the organisation, and kept the real power
for himself, he did that to do his criminal deeds behind his back and he
threw him when there was no need of leaving him as the head figure, that
was exactly the aim of Woldeyesus Ammar and his clique wanted with
Ibrahim, unfortunately Ibrahim is still willingly used by them, for
assuming that it is the only way to stay in power.
The Eritrean people have enough experience of what Isayas has done to
them by the name of Christianity, and I don't expect our people to be
cheated twice by people who want to use them for the sake of their
power.
Is n't it disgusting to see Nharnet team and their group hammer
deeply into why an organisation is led by a Moslem leadership, this is
just to divide people through religion, while a nation, Eritrea as a
whole is under a Christian leader, and this has never been an issue for
Moslems and will never be.
Is n't it fair If Eritrean moslems demand and say, a Christian leader
have tried to lead Eritrea and failed, so give us a chance, a Moslem to
lead Eritrean people with out differentiating between Moslems and
Christians who belong to one Eritrea.
I just brought the above argument against the argument of Nharnet
Team that claims about the Moslem leadership of an organisation when
Eritrea is under a Christian president, for me Eritrea has to be lead by
an Eritrean whether he/she is a Moslem or Christian, but he /she must be
elected democratically and lead the Eritrean society equally, in other
words to make Eritrea for all Eritreans and no one feels that he/she is
excluded.
Nharnet Team and their group are deeply hammering to divide the
Erittrean people through religious and ethnicity as EPLF did in 1970 by
claiming that ELF is a Moslem organisation and monster who killed
Christians and so fours, this card has worked in 1970 and I don't think
for a minute that they can succeed, because our people have a bitter
experience how Isayas and his clique betrayed them.
Isayas took his mask when he came to power, that he is neither good
for Christians nor for Moslems, he proved to be the enemy of the
Eritrean people, after all this disaster caused by Isayas and his
regime, every Eritrean dream is an inclusive, peaceful and democratic
Eritrea.
Now the Schoolmates of Isayas, Woldeyesus Ammar and Seyoum
Ogbamichail want us to go through that divisive pass again.
Eritrea is for all Eritreans and power is for every Eritrean who is
capable to lead us to peace and prosperity, and let us work together to
be united as Eritreans who share one homeland leaving our religious
affiliation apart, As a very a prominent Egyptian politician Saad Zeglul
said," religion is a personal affiliation, but a nation is for all of
us".
I call on all genuine Eritreans to condemn this group under
the leadership of Seyoum of their divisive policy and to be united
against any organisation or individual that wants to divide Eritrean
people that have lived for centuries without any problems.
God bless Eritrea
Glory to our Martyrdom
We live and die to
create a democratic Eritrea