The VKP ( February 4, 2003 )
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In his recent articles on various topics, among which the one titled "Shabia
Shabia Kishamokoabbu Koiana Kogoshake" (the Shabia needs to be defeated
as Shabia), Mr. Kornelios Adolay Osman analyses the history of the Eritrean
People's Liberation Front (EPLF). He states that, after it had split and distanced
itself from the ELF ( the Eritrean Liberation Front/Jebha-Al-Tahrir), the EPLF,
brandishing its slogan, "we and our aims, started by shedding people's
blood.
It killed the freedom fighters like Abraham Tewelde who had objected to that
evil system.
It raised unfounded accusations against and killed democratically-minded people
like Yohannis Sebhatu and Musie Tekle.
Isayas Afwerki killed his long-time comrade Ibrahim Afa.
The claim of the thirty-year struggle was not of liberation but of elimination
of people."
The good man goes on to add that, "in its thirty-year-struggle history,
it (the EPLF) secretly killed not less than thirty-thousand Eritreans and, had
it been only for the liberation, it would not have taken such a long time."
Though not specifically named, Mr. Isayas Afwerki, as the founder and leader
of the then EPLF and of the present PFDJ, was the man who had an absolute authority
over that organisation and therefore all the killings had been carried under
his direct orders. Being an absolute dictator, Mr. Isayas Afwerki could neither
tolerate differences of opinions nor people confronting him and his dictatorial
system. When it came to the threatening of his leadership post, he could not
spare even the life of his own "long-time friend and comrade, Mr. Ibrahim
Afa:"
Three factors have always characterised therefore the person and the leadership
style of Mr. Isayas Afwerki:
1. - his absolutely dictatorial character;
2. - the intolerance and the uncompromising elimination of whomever confronted,
challenged and threatened him and his leadership and
3. - the identification of his own self with the EPLF then and with the PFDJ
regime today.
During all those thirty-or-so-struggle years, Mr. Isayas Afwerki was the undisputed,
unchallenged and an absolute "factotum" and commander, within and
outside of the EPLF's military, political, social and economic fields. No one
was and could therefore criticise and, least of all, accuse him, even of the
biggest crimes of eliminating anyone facing him.
The EPLF as a military and political might as well as even the absolute owner
of the economic powers, was not only indisputably accepted, but also feared
and revered. The organisation was above everything and everybody, except its
top leader, Mr. Isayas Afwerki. That configuration is very visible, also today,
within the whole structure of the present PFDJ regime. Mr. Isayas Afwerki, as
before and always, is still the undisputed and unchallenged dictator, either
jailing his opponents at will or even eliminating them, with no one openly accusing
and condemning him.
The Eritrean opposition forces too, today seem to be frightened by that ominous
person and by his military, political and economic powers.
Not being able therefore to challenge that colossal force, the leaders of the
various Eritrean opposition organisations too, are today somehow imitating the
same Mr. Isayas Afwerki and his leadership style.
The VKP's team has been recently, openly and vehemently confronting, accusing
and condemning the leader and the leadership of the DMLEK, (the Democratic Movement
for the Liberation of the Eritrean Kunama), for turning into a Shabia-like organisation,
with its leader killing and strictly controlling the military, the political,
the financial and the administrative sectors of the entire organisation. As
recently as four years ago, the DMKLEK's leadership started even to use violent
means to detain, jail, torture, and, as recently as the last two years, it started
to eliminate and hang those fellow-Kunama, it felt were threatening its leadership
post. Previously it had expelled also those daring to confront and condemn its
dictatorial system, challenging and questioning its free and distorted handling
of the common property (finance).
Very like the then EPLF's and today's PFDJ regime's leader, Mr. Isayas Afwerki,
the DMLEK's top-leader, Mr. Kornelios Adolay Osman too, has today become the
absolute, and undisputed and unchallenged leader of that organisation, turning
that Kunama movement into his own property, defending his own person and personal
interests. The good man, has elevated the organisation above every Kunama, except
his own self and identified his own self with the organisation to the point
of giving it, not only his own dictatorial character, but even the language
and the style of propagating his own personal political and socio-economic principles.
The DMLEK today is being reduced to a slave-like status by its top leader and
leadership. It would suffice only to read and consult the articles, Mr. Kornelios
Adolay Osman has been and is writing, even under different pen-names and only
in Kunama language and posting them, in the Alliance`s web-site, to remain astounded
by their contents and therefore conclude that, this man is no second to Mr.
Isayas Afwerki. For DMLEK's sake (for his own sake), Mr. Kornelios Adolay Osman
did confirm to have eliminated:
1. - the late Mr. Yakob Ashora;
2. - the late Mr. Adago Auka,
3. - the late Mr. Adum Osman and
4. .- hanged, accusing him of being the "ring-leader," the late Mr.
Hussen Yusuf.
Allegedly these killed Kunama individuals had tried to eliminate the DMLEK's
leadership, though, up to now, there are no independent forces confirming such
accusations. Those individuals, nevertheless, had been already detained, speedily
prosecuted and jailed for almost four years, but the DMLEK's leader was not
satisfied with the mere imprisonment and therefore he ordered to be eliminated,
still fearing them. The present DMLEK's leader is even threatening to eliminate
anybody, (including the VKP's web-master and the co-writer), not accepting and
not abiding by the principles of the DMLKE (translate it, by the principles
of Mr. Kornelios Adolay Osman's himself).
As already mentioned, the present DMLEK's leader has identified himself with
the organisation and the organisation with his own self to the point that, there
is no article of his, non containing the Kunama word "kittita" (organisation
in English and "uddb," in the Tigrigna language).
Let alone in the previous ones, only in the latest article, titled "Dimokrasia
Elate Kotiribasi Gonidina Kalma Kosimme" (there is no force to spare in
order to defend the democratic forces), the VKP's team has managed to count,
the term "kittita," more than thirty times, being mentioned and used.
This clearly shows the obsession, Mr. Kornelios Adolay Osman is suffering from
the dependency of that organisation. The latest studies have revealed that,
for this gentleman, the DMLEK has become his employer and bred-winner and therefore
"there are no forces to spare in order to defend it". Mr. Kornelios
Adolay Osman himself, in his above cited article, "Shabia Shabia Kishamokoabbu
Koiana Kogoshake," (Shabia needs to be defeated as Shabia), reports that,
Mr. Isayas Afwerki had "silenced the freedom-fighters like Abraham Tewelde
who had objected to his evil system.
He smear-campaigned and killed democratically-minded people like Yohannis Sebhatu
and Musie Yohannis.
He eliminated even his own long-time freedom-fighting comrade, Ibrahim Afa and
had also eliminated numberless other heroes who had to perish due to such system
and prolonged the liberation movement more than necessary." What had led
Mr. Kornelios Adolay Osman then to eliminate the Kunama heroes like, Yakob Ashora,
Adago Auka, Adum Osman and cruelly hanged Hussen Yusuf? Was it not to safe and
safeguard his leadership post at the DMLEK and thus ensure the flow of money
into his own bank account? Unlike Mr. Kornelios Adolay Osman, Mr. Isayas Afwerki
himself is yet to be proven and accused of financial corruption. In this sense,
the DMLEK's leader exceeds the PFDJ regime's Chairman, in scandalous activities.
As the former leader of the EPLF grew up and had formed himself into one of
the most cruel African dictators of our times, in the Eritrean battle-fields
and is still practising and ruling in that same manner even today, in the independent
Eritrea, similarly, the people like Mr. Kornelios Adolay Osman too and others,
are using their organisations and their movements as their "spring-board"
of maturity in dictatorship and accumulation of wealth, as well as to becoming
the future Isayas Afwerkis of future Eritrea. The VKP's team therefore does
believe that, neither the present DMLEK's leader, Mr. Kornelios Adolay Osman
to be the liberator of the Kunama people nor all those other organisations'
leaders to bring true democracy in Eritrea. This VKP's comparative study shows
that, there are very close constant lines of behavioural characteristics, as
most of the past and present Eritrean leaders, have been demonstrating to possess
identical political, military and leadership styles, to those of the then EPLF's
"Secretary General" and today's PFDJ regime's "Chairman,"
Mr. Isayas Afwerki. There is a clear proof and great danger that, one dictator
and dictatorship gone, there will follow other ones in Eritrea, if we do not
vehemently combat, defeat and prevent them. Let us therefore begin within our
own circles first.
The VKP ( February 4, 2003 ).
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