Radio Demtsi Harenet -Sweden 3/1/2015
Written by Radio Demtsi Harenet Sweden
Sadly, Eritrea Remains at Tail of All World Indexes
Written by EPDP Information OfficeAfter nearly quarter of a century of independence, Eritrea under the repressive regime of Dictator Isayas Afeworki remains at the bottom of all world indexes – even in sports in which it is the 202nd out of 202. But few would care about the sports index: the worst is when you lack in the economic sector, also in technological connectivity.
Least Connected in the World
The June 2014 report of the UN International Telecommunications Union (ITU) confirmed that Eritrea is “the least technologically connected country in the world”. Its telecommunication is under the monopoly of the state-owned EriTel with no other competitor in the country. At 1% of potential users of fixed-line and mobile line, Eritrea ranks the lowest in the world.
The Business Monitor International (BMI) lamented on 24 December 2014 that “by preventing international investors from entering the Eritrean telecoms market, there will be no significant boost to growth”. BMI continued to observe that “international investment would bring long-term benefits to the market, extending networks to rural areas and lowering prices that would enable more Eritreans to participate in the telecoms market.”
Human Development Index (HDI)
This is one of the most important indices that measure health/life expectancy, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living. In the 2014 HDI, Eritrea again ranked at the bottom: 182nd out of 187 countries put to the measure. Djibout ranked a bit better by being the 170th in the list, Ethiopia the 1773rd and the Sudan 166.
Human Development Index map for Africa
Eritrea’s Economic “Freedom” Score
Eritrea’s economic freedom score was put at 38.5, making its economy one of the least free in the 2014 index of the Heritage Foundation. Eritrea was also ranked 45th out of the 46 countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa region in 2014 although the revenues from the mining sector (which are consumed for the regime’s security concerns) are expected to improve the index to be issued in 2015.
The Heritage Foundation’s report of 2014 further states as follows:
“Corruption is a major problem. The president and his small circle of senior advisers and military commanders exercise almost complete political control. The politicized judiciary, understaffed and unprofessional, has never ruled against the government. Protection of property rights is poor. The government has a history of expropriating houses, businesses, and other private property without notice, explanation, or compensation. ...... State domination of the economy acts as a deterrent to foreign investment. The financial system, consisting mainly of a small banking sector, remains severely underdeveloped and subject to heavy state control. Private-sector participation in the system remains constrained”.
Also in spite of the lies churned out by the regime, public debt has reportedly reached 125 percent of GDP, making Eritrea one of the most indebted countries in the world.
The report continues to confirm the following:
“Eritrea’s economic freedom was first assessed in the 2009 Index and has remained stagnant near the bottom of the Index rankings. Score improvements in government spending and business have been completely offset by deteriorations in six of the 10 economic freedoms including investment freedom, labor freedom, and fiscal freedom. Scores for financial freedom and property rights have not changed. The country continues to be stuck in the “repressed” category.
“Strong GDP growth has been led by increased foreign investment in the mining industry, but substantial mineral revenues benefit only a narrow segment of the population. Chronic deficits due to large military spending plague public finance, worsening already fragile monetary stability. A repressive central government continues to marginalize the domestic private sector, perpetuating an uncertain investment climate.
“Inconsistent enforcement of regulations and other institutional shortcomings often impede business activity and undermine economic development. Launching a business takes more than 80 days and is costly. The labor market remains underdeveloped, and much of the labor force is employed in the informal sector. Monetary stability has been weak. Subsidies and price controls are core features of the country’s command economy.”
Eritrea – Last in World Press Freedom Index for 2014 Remains Africa’s Biggest Prison for Journalists
Written by EPDP Information Office
The World Press Freedom Index for 2014 has listed 180 countries for its evaluation and found Eritrea is still the last in the list – the 180th! Eritrea in 2014 also remained to be “Africa’s biggest prison for journalists”.
Prepared by Reporters Without Borders (RWB), the index confirmed that 28 journalists are currently in detention in Eritrea. It stated that ever since the repressive regime in Eritrea “closed down all privately-owned media and jailed 11 journalists in 2001, of which seven are reported to have died while in detention, Eritrea has been Africa’s biggest prison for the media”
The second worst place for press freedom in the world in 2014 was North Korea, the third being Turkmenistan, fourth Syria and the fifth Somalia which ranked 176th in list. Ethiopia is 143rd in the list, meaning the 33rd worst for press freedom in the world.
.The RWB index added that there are no longer any privately-owned media in Eritrea and that the state media are subject to such close surveillance that they have to conceal major world developments not liked by the repressive regime.
ኵሎም ናይ ዓለም ዲክታቶርያውያን ዝልለዩለን ናይ ሓባር ረቛሕቲ ኣለዋ። ንሳተን ከኣ፡
1ይ. ተፈራሕቲ ክዀኑ ይደልዩ፤
2ይ. ጸላእቲ ኣለዉና ብዝብል ምስምስ ንህዝቢ ብሃገራዊ ስምዒት የስክሩ(Nationalism)፤
3ይ. ካብ ናቶም ፍልይ ዝበለ ርእይቶ ክህሉ ኣይፈቕዱን። ንስነስርዓት፡ ተማእዛዝነትን ተወፋይነትን ኢዮም ዘተባብዑ ወይ ድማ ቀዳምነት ዝህቡ፤
4ይ. ምስጡራት ክዀኑ ይደልዩ።
ኢሳያስ ኣፍወርቅን ስርዓቱን ምስ'ዚ መግለጺታት'ዚ ምሉእ ብምሉእ ይሳነዩ ኢዮም። ኢሳያስ ኣፍወርቂ ኣብ'ቲ ብ30 ታሕሳስ 2014 ምስ ተለቪዥን ኤርትራ ዝገበሮ ቃለ-መሓትት፡ እቲ ዘሎ ሰራዊት ውሒድዎስ፡ ህዝቢ ብምሉእ ሰራዊት ኢዩ ብምባል፡ ንዅሉ ህዝቢ ከዕጥቕን ክዕስክርን ዘለዎ ድሌትን ሕልናን ብዘይ ሕብእብእ ኢዩ ደርጒሕዎ። እዚ ጥራይ እውን ኣይኰነን። ናይ ሎሚ መጸዋዕታ ናይ ህዝቢ ንታዕሊምን ቀውዒን ብሓደ ምምጻኡ ኣብ መቐራቕሮ ዘእቱ ኵነታት ምዃኑ ድሕሪ ምግላጽ፡ ካብ ኣብ ዓውዲ ዘሎ ቅሚጦ ኣኺድካ ምእካብ፡ ታዕሊም ቀዳምነት ክውሃቦ ከምዝመርጽ ሕንኽ ከይበለ ገሊጹ (trade off)። ንኢሳያስ፡ ህዝቢ ይጥመ፡ ይሰደድ፡ ይሕመም ብዙሕ ዘገድሶ ኣይኰነን። ዘገድሶ፡ ስልጣኑ ኢዩ። ንህዝቢ ጽቡቕካ ዘይደልዩ ጸላእቲ ኣለዉኻ፡ ኣይትደቅስ፡ ኣይትቕሰን እናበለ፡ ንሃገራዊ ስምዒታቱ ብምቕስቓስ ኣንጻሩ ከይልዓል ይገብሮ።
ብተወሳኺ፡ ኢሳያስ፡ ኣብ ዝህቦ ዝነበረ መልሲ፡ ሰራዊት ኣብ ድፍዓት ክሓድር ከሎ፡ ንስኻ ጥዒሙካ ክትነብር ወይ ኣብ ዓራትካ ክትድቅስ መን ዝሃበካ ሓለፋ ኢዩ ብምባል ንህዝቢ ብመላኡ ብማዕረ ክዕስክሮን ከድክዮን ከምዝደሊ ከይሓብአ ሃህ ኢሉ ኢዩ ተዛሪቡ። እወ፡ ስርዓት ኢሳያስ፡ ካብ'ዚ ኣተሓሳስባ።ዚ ተበጊሱ፡ ንዩንቨርሲቲን ላዕለዋይ ደረጃ ትምህርትን ከይተረፈ ናብ ወተሃደራዊ መዓስከርን ዲሲፕሊንን ዝቐየረ (regimentalize ዝገበረ) ስርዓት ኢዩ። በዚ ኣቢሉ ክበጽሖ ዝደሊ ዕላማ ድማ፡ ንህዝብን ጐረባብትን ኣፈራሪሑን ኣማእዚዙን ጐብለል ኰይኑ ዝድላዩ እናፈጸመን ዝድላዩ እናረኸበን ምንባር ኢዩ።
ቅዋም ብዝምልከት ንዝቐረበሉ ሕቶ ክምልስ ከሎ ድማ "ቅዋም ከምዘየለ ኩሉ ሰብ ስለዝፈልጦ፡ ናይ ቀደም ቅዋም ነይሩ፡ ሞይቱ፡ ተንሲኡ... ክብለካ ኣይደልን እየ። ኣብ ውሽጢ እዚ ዝሓለፈ 15 ዓመታት ኣብህላወና፡ ሉኣላውነትና፡ ዕብየትናን ልምዓትናን ከጋጥሙና ዝጸንሑ ብድሆታት ኣልዒለ’ውን መመኻነዪ ከምጽእ ኣይደልን እየ። መብዛሕትኡ ናይ ፖለቲካ ገስጋስ ጉዕዞና፡ ብኸም’ዚ ዝኣመሰለ ዕልቕልቓትን ናይ ደገ ምትእትታዋትን፡ ሓንሳብ ብህቦብላ ሓንሳብ ብማዕበል ሓንሳብ ብሓጹራት እናተዓንቀፈ ስለዝኸደ፡ እቲ ሰነድ ከይተኣወጀ ሞይቱ እዩ" ኢሉ።
ክንደይ ገንዘብን ጕልበትን ህዝብን ፈተወቲ መንግስታትን ዝባኸነሉ መስርሕ፡ ብባይቶ ኤርትራ ጸዲቑ ተባሂሉ ዝተኣወጀን ዝተዘመረሉን ሰነድ ብኸም'ዚ ዝኣመሰለ ናይ በጋሚንዶ ኣገባብ ሞይቱ'ዩ ተቐቢሩ'ዩ ኢልካ ምዝራብ ብሓቂ ዘስደምምን ንኽትርድኦ ዘጸግምን ጕዳይ ኢዩ። ነቲ ነዚ ሰነድ ዘጽደቐ ባይቶን ህዝብን ድዩ ረሲዕዎም ወይስ እዚኦም ውን የለውን፡ መይቶም ኢዮም ኢዩ ክብለና ዝፍትን ዘሎ?!!!! ከም'ዚ ምስ ተረኽበ ድማ ኢዩ "ኣብ ክንዳኺ ሓፊረልኪ፤ ወይ ኣብ ክንዳኻ ሓፊረልካ" እናተባህለ ዝዝረብ።
ቀጺሉ፡ "...ኣብ ልዕሊ ልዑላውነትና፡ ዕብየትና፡ ልምዓትና ብናይ ግዳም ሓይልታት ዝተገብሩልና ዕንቅፋታት ከም መማኻናዪ ከምጽኦም ኣይደልን'የ..."ክብል ጸኒሑ፡ ተመሊሱ ድማ ከም'ዚኦም ዝኣመሰሉ ዕልቕልቓት፡ ሓንሳብ ህቦብላ፡ ሓንሳብ ድማ ማዕበል ኰይኖም ስለዓንቀፉና ኢዩ ቅዋምና ከይተኣወጀ መይቱ ዝብል ተጋራጫዊ መግለጺታት ክህብ ተሰሚዑ። ብኻልእ ኣገላልጻ፡ ቅዋም ኣነ ዘይኰንኩስ፡ ናይ ግዳም ምትእትታውን ዕልቕልቕን ኢዮም ቀቲሎሞ ኢዩ ክብለና ዝፍትን ዘሎ።
ቅዋም ኣብ መንጐ ህዝብን መንግስትን ዝእቶ ማሕበራዊ ውዕል ወይ ኪዳን (social contract) ኢዩ። ስለዝዀነ ድማ፡ ክንደፍ፡ ክጸድቕ፡ ክመሓየሽ፡ ወይ ከም'ዚ ስርዓት ኢሳያስ ዝገበሮ ክቕተልን ክቕበርን ከሎ ህዝቢ ብእዉጅ መንገዲ ክፈልጦ ይግባእ። ምስ ጐረባብቲ ሃገራት ዝግበር ውግኣት ውን ከምኡ፡ ብዘይኣፍልጦ ናይ ህዝቢ ወይ ህዝቢ ዝወከሎ ትካል ክካየድ የብሉን። ነዚ ሓቅታት'ዚ ንምድፋን... ክእወጅ ነይርዎ'ዶ ኣይነበሮን ዝብል ሕቶታት ወይ ክትዓት ንህዝቢ ምድንጋር እንተዘይኰይኑ ካልእ ትርጕም የብሉን። ነዚ ሕጂ ብምስጢር ዝዳሎ ዘሎ ናይ ኢሳያስ ቅዋም ባይታ ንምምድማድ ተባሂሉ ኢዩ እምበኣር ክእወጅ ነይርዎ'ዶ ኣይነበሮን? መን'ዩ ነዲፍዎ...ወዘተ ናብ ዝብሉ ቈይቊታት ክንኣቱ ኣይንደልን ኢና ዝብሃል ዘሎ። ቅዋም ከም'ዚ ኢሳያስ ዝገበሮ ዘሎ ኣብ ጸላም ወይ ኣብ ዕጽው ገዛ ኰይንካ ኣይንደፍ፡ ኣይጸድቕ፡ ኣይትግበር ። ቅዋም ክንደፍ፡ ክጸድቕ፡ ክትግበር እንተተደልዩ ናብ ዋናኡ ዝዀነ ህዝቢ ክምለስ ኣለዎ።
ከም ልምዲ፡ ዝዀነት ዓመት ክትዛዘም እንከላ፡ ኢሳያስ ኣፍወርቂ፡ እዛ ዓመት'ዚኣ ናብ ዝመጽእ ዓመት መንጠሪት ንምዃን ዘኽእላ ስርሓት ተኻይዱላ ኣሎ። ኣብ ዝመጽእ ዓመት ዓበይቲ ለውጥታት ክምዝገቡ ኢዮም እናበለ ከይተማባጽዓላን ተስፋ ከይሃበላን ዝሓለፈት ዓመት ኣይነበረትን። ናይ ሎምዘበን ውን ከምአን፡ ድሕሪ ሰለስተ ኣዋርሕ ሕተተኒ፡ ሰለስተ ዓመት ኣይብለካን ኣብ ውሽጢ 2015 ዓበይቲ ስርሓት ክምዝገቡ ኢዮም ኢሉ ንሕርሻ፡ ሃብቲ ባሕሪ፡ ኢንዱስትሪ፡ ማዕድን ... ወዘተ ሓደ ብሓደ ዘርዚሩ። ብግብሪ ግን፡ ምንጣርስ ይትረፈና ፍሑኽ ኢልና ክንከይድ ውን ኣይከኣልናን። ብኣንጻሩ እኳ ደኣ፡ ወይ ኣብ ዝነበርናያ ደውታ፡ ወይ ድማ ንድሕሪት ከም ሽንቲ ገመል ኢና ንኸይድ ዘለና።
ከም ነፋሒቶ መልክዓቱ ምቅይያር ዘይእግሞ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ኢሳያስ፡ ምስ ህዝቡ ዝብሎ ካልእ ምስ ናይ ዓለም መንግስታት ዝብሎ ድማ ካልእ ኰይኑ ኣሎ። ብሓደ ሸነኽ፡ ካብ ተነጽሎን እገዳን ክወጽእ፡ ንምዕራባውያን መንግስታት ቅዋም ክገብር ኢየ፡ ወተሃደራዊ ኣገልግሎት ኣብ 18 ኣዋርሕ ክሓጽሮ ኢየ፡ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ከኽብር ኢየ እናበለ ኢዩ ክምሕልን ክጥሕልን ዝውዕልን ዝሓድርን ዘሎ። ብኻልእ ሸነኽ ከኣ፡ ምስ ኤርትራውያን ክዛረብ ከሎ፡ ብኣንጻሩ ንሃገሮም ብዘይ ፍቓድ ራሕሪሖም ዝኸዱ ዜጋታት ተጣዒስና ኢሎም ክልምኑ ኣለዎም፡ እንተዘይኰይኑ ጽባሕ የራኽበና ክፍክር ኢዩ ኣብ ቃለመሓትቱ ተሰሚዑ። ከምኡ'ውን፡ ነብሲ ከምዘለዎ ክመስል፡ ንነብሱ ልዕሊ ሃገራትን መንግስታትን ምዕራብ ገይሩ ክፋላሰፍ ኢዩ ዝፍትን። እታ ተለቪዥኑ እኳ ብዘይካ ሕማቕ ናይ ካልኦት ጽቡቕ ኣይተምጽእን ኢያ።
ጥልመት ናይ ኢሳያስ ዝፈልጥ ሰብ በዚ ኵሉ ብስም ቃለመሓትት ወይ ብስም ሓድሽ ዓመት ዝግበር ዳንኬራን ትያትርን ክደናገር ኣይኽእል ኢዩ። ትማሊ ንስርዓት ብዙሓን ሰልፍታት ፋሽን ኰይኰነ ኢና ተቐቢልናዮ ክብል ጸኒሑ፡ ንጽባሒቱ ብዘይካይ ህግዲፍ ካልእ የለን፤ ካብ ህግዲፍ ዝተፈልየ ርእይቶ ኣሎኒ ዝብል እንተሃልዩ ኣብ ጠፈር ክድለ ኣለዎ ክብል ተሰሚዑ። ተጣባቒ ቅዋም ኰይኑ ትማሊ ንህዝብን ፈተውትን ከድክምን ከህልኽን ጸኒሑ ሎሚ፡ ቅዋም ከይተኣወጀ መይቱ ኢዩ ክብለና ንሰምዖ ኣለና። ነቲ ናጽነት፡ ፍትሒ፡ ሰላምን ዲሞክራስን ከጓናጽፈካ ኢየ ዝበሎ ህዝቢ ጠሊሙ ሎሚ መላኺ ኰይኑ ክጭፍጭፎ ይውዕልን ይሓድርን ኣሎ። ነቶም ትማሊ ናብ ስልጣን ዘምጽእዎ ብጾቱ፡ ብዘይ ክስን ብዘይ ፍርድን ኣብ ማእሰርቲ የብልዮም ኣሎ። ስለ'ዚ፡ ባሻይ መን ኣመኖ፡ ጽባሕ ውን፡ ብዛዕባ'ዚ ሕጂ ዝገብሮ ዘሎ መብጽዓታት ካልእ ክዛረብ ምዃኑ ኣይንጠራጠር።
ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንኡስ ዞባ ጀርመን ጨንፈር ቁጽሪ 3 ( ከሎንን ከባቢኡን) ዕዉት ኣኼባ ኣካይዱ
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ብዕለት 03-01-2015 ዓ.ም ኣብቲ ልሙድ መኤከቢኡ ቦታ Allerweltshaus Köln Straße 77-79D. 50823 Köln ካብ ሰዓት 14.00 ክሳዕ 17.00 ድሕሪ ቀትሪ ዝተኻየደ ኣኼባ ብዓወት ተዛዚሙ።
ኣኼባ ብኣቦ መንበር ጨንፈር ሓው ዓንደብርሃን ዮውሃንስ ብእንቋዕ ደሓን መጻእኩምን፡ ከምኡውን እንቋዕ ናብ ሓዲሽ ዓመት 2015 ኣሰጋገረኩም ብምባል ነቲ ኣኼባ ከፊትዎ። ኣስዒቡ ብዛዕባ ህሉው ኵነታት ሃገርናን ህሉው ንጥፈታት ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ብስፍሕ ዝበለ መግለጺ ሂቡ።
ቀጺሉ ተሓዝ ገንዘብ ጨንፈር ሓው ኢብራሂም ዓጣ ብዝሓለፈ ዓመት 2014 ዝኸድናዮ ኣገባብ ቃልስና ኣብ ግምት ብምእታው ነዚ ንጅምሮ ዘሎና ሓዲሽ ዓመት ካብቲ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ኣብሊጽናን ዕዉት ቃልሲ ከነካይድ እንተ ዀይኑ ኵላትና ብልዝብን ተገድስናትን ብሓባርን ምስ ንቃለስ ጥራይ ኢዩ ክብል ኣገዳሲ ምኽሪ ንኣኼበኛታት ገሊጹ።
ኣስዒቦም ብኣጋጣሚ ኣቦ መንበር ንኡስ ዞባ ጀርመን ሓው ተስፋማርያም ክብርኣብን፡ ኣቦ መንበር ጨንፈር ፍራንክፈርት ሓው ሓጂ ሳልሕ ስዒድ ስለ ዝተረኽቡ በብወገኖም ነቲ ጨንፈር ዘተባብዕ ኣገዳሲ ሓበሬታትን ምኽርን ለጊሶም። ብድሕሪዚ ኣኼበኛታት ብሃነጽቲ ዝዀኑ ርእይቶታትን ለበዋታትን ብምሃብ ብዝኽሪ ስዉኣት ኣኼባ ብዓወት ተፈጺሙ።
