Celebrating Eritrean independence by protest: the Australian diaspora
Written by Martin Plaut
It is hardly news to say that Eritrea is repressive, or that it has no democracy. But for many years people (even grudgingly) accepted that the rule of President Isaias Afwerki was free from the scourge of corruption.
Sadly, this is no longer the case.
These studies, accumulated by the World Bank, point in the other direction.
This graph summarises the findings.
The original material is drawn from 22 different institutions – ranging from the African Development Bank to the World Bank itself.
As someone sometime ago put it, “The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.” In a few months’ time, we will celebrate the 58th anniversary of the start of our armed struggle for national liberation. This is quite a life- time during which no real compromises and accords were reached between rival Eritrean political groups. But regretting and brooding over lost opportunities will not serve us any useful purpose. Today, what can be helpful is to think of meeting half the way - making compromises in order to rescue our gradually but surely sinking ship.
During the past week, there appeared yet another well written paper on our sad situation; it also listed recommendations as to what can be done. The paper, dated 22 May 2019 and entitled “Eritrea: State of the Nation,” was signed by 16 of our compatriots, many of them with long and good record in the struggle for liberation and democratic change.
The group is raising issues that deserve consideration and agree without delay so that we as a nation can avert serious problems in the post-PFDJ period. For lack of a better name, we can call the group ‘G-16’.
Useful Replay
It is true that G-16’s analysis of our situation and the recommendations/proposals they make can be seen as part of our never-ending circus of trying to ‘reinvent the wheel,’ which in fact is a grave sin that all of us have been committing for decades.
So, let the G-16 paper be re-inventing, regurgitating of things that we said and wrote before. Still, it is to our national advantage to accept it as if it were a new call for action. No forgetting that we have already accepted the “Enough is Enough” momentum as a new call although that call is as old as our resistance to the Asmara regime. We need to strike the iron while it is hot. We need to speed up national dialogue and agree on critical issues like a legal document for the transition period.
G-16 are describing our situation as a polarized one, especially in regard to the 1997 constitution which many Eritreans accept as “an excellent legal document” while other Eritreans “consider the document flawed in its exclusionary process and content (flag, land, language, unitary state), reflecting only the value system of the EPLF.”
The paper also states that the zero-sum approaches of our past politicking are not leading us anywhere. Compatriots in G-16 are therefore appealing that: “each side must retreat from its entrenched position and meet the other half way.”
This is one of the key messages addressed by the group of professionals to many Eritreans in the opposition camp who always remained rightly mistrustful of the tyrannical regime that Isaias Afeworki installed after independence. That mistrust of Isaias was extended to the ruling party that he firmly controlled.
We need to admit that that mistrust is not easy to heal, nor did concerned parties take steps to address it. It is because of that unaddressed, unhealed mistrust that we failed to make compromises and reach solutions.
But now, we have no time to address lingering mistrusts. As the outburst of the papers we draft on the state of our nation clearly manifest, Eritrea is emptied of its youth, of its very soul, and we are in extremely critical times challenging the very survival of the independent state we created the hard way.
What Do We Do?
The G-16 paper expresses deep concerns about the immediate aftermath of PFDJ in Eritrea if we do not have a legal document to start with. They strongly urge for compromises to agree on letting the 1997 constitution fill that vacuum. They say that the still unimplemented constitution “must be only a transitional document” for the transitional period beyond which time Eritreans have “the right to make partial or even wholesale changes to the constitution, and that can only come about in a free and stable environment.”
What makes the G-16 paper different from most previous pronouncements is that it has come at the right time. It also clearly states what is needed: compromise and agreement regarding a legal document that can serve only for a limited transition period.
This time round, we should not fail to think that this is an opportunity to be seized without delay. In other words, all concerned parties need to push this G-16 idea one step further and translate it into a national agreement for that short transition period.
The G-16 paper rightly suggests action to draft legal codes on future constitutional organs like: (a) Rules of Parliament, (b) Judiciary, (c) Offices of Attorney General, (d) Auditor General, (e) National bank, (f) Election Commission, (g) Election law, (h) Civil Service Commission, (i) Press law and others.
Yet, nothing is as important as their points for compromise about the 1997 constitution.
EPDP and the 1997 Constitution
When the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPPD) was formed as merger on mid-night of 31 December 2009, it was resolved as follows:
“the unimplemented constitution in Eritrea, which has been collecting dust since its ratification in 1997, can only find suitable ground for contemplation after the fall of the PFDJ regime. At that time, the question of replacing it by another document or amending it can be decided by a national referendum or become the responsibility of a democratically elected national parliament.”
This was a sensible compromise reached by the co-founders of the EPDP ten years ago. The subsequent congresses of the party confirmed that commitment regarding the 1997 constitution. In other words, the suggestions made in the G-16 paper about the 1997 constitution appear to be not that different from what the EPDP foresaw a decade ago.
It is everyone’s hope that the insistent calls for national dialogue by religious leaders, political organizations, civil society activists and national figures like those who took part in the recent London conference on Democracy Building in Eritrea will materialize soon into the holding of a National Conference for Unity and Reconciliation so that useful ideas for compromise and agreement like those suggested by this new G-16 can be considered.
ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ፡ ሰዲህኤ
ዲክታተር ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ ከምቲ ልሙድ ኣብ ጽንብል መበል 28 ዓመት ናጽነት ኤርትራ መደረ ኣስሚዑ። መራሕቲ ሃገራት ኣብ ከም ኣጋጣሚ 24 ጉንበት ዘስምዕዎ መደረ መጻኢ መደባቶምን ዕድል ናይታ ሃገርን ህዝባን ዘመላኽት ስለ ዝኾነ ትጽቢት ይግበረሉ እዩ። ዋላ’ኳ ህዝብና ሓድሽ ክጽበ ኢሳይያስ ከኣ ኣብ ዝኣረገ ዛዕባ ከኹድድ ተረባሪቦም እንተኾኑ፡ ዝተወሰኑ ኤርትራውያን “ምናልባት ደኾነ ኣብ መበል 28 ዓመት ዝኽሪ ናጽነት ሓድሽ የምጽእ ይኸውን?” ዝብል ትጽቢት ዘሕደሩ ነይሮም። ሓድሽ ከምጽእ ይኽእል እዩ ኢሎም ክግምቱ ዝድረኾም ከኣ ነቲ ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ከካይዶ ዝጸንሐ ክሳብ ሕጂ መዕለቢኡ ዘይተፈልጠን፡ ንድሕሪት ናይ ምምላስ ሓደጋ ኣንጸላልይዎ ዘሎን ምቅርራብ ርእዮም፡ ኣብ ዘቤታዊ ኤርትራዊ ጉዳይውን ይቕጽሎ ይኸውን ዝብል ግምት ስለ ዘሕደሩ እዩ። እዚ ግምትዚ ኣብ ኤርትራውያን ጥራይ ዘይኮኑ ኣብ ገለ ናይ ግዳም ተዓዘብቲ’ውን ቦታ ረኺቡ ነይሩ እዩ።
መብዛሕትኡ ህዝብና ግና ኢሳይያስ ካብ ኣብያን ኣብ ኣረጊት ኣጀንዳ ምኹዳድን ሓሊፉ፡ ሓድሽ ሓሳብ ዘመንጩ ኣተሓሳስባ ከም ዘየብሉን፡ እቲ ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ዘካየዶ ዘብለጭልጭ መሬት ዘይሓዘ ዝምድና ካብ ልባዊ ናይ ሰላም ድሌቱ ዝመጸ ዘይኮነስ፡ ናይ ጐይተቱ ቃል ንዘይምዕባርን ገለ ግነዖት ንምርካብን ምንባሩ ስለ ዝርድኡ፡ ህግዲፍ ልቡ ኣረስሪሱ ኣብ ኤርትራዊ ዘቤታዊ ዛዕባ ሓድሽ ነገር ከምጽእ’ዩ ዝብል ግምት ኣይነበሮምን። እቲ ቀንዲ “እዚ ሰብኣይ ሓድሽ ጉዳይ ኣየምጽእን’ዩ” ዘብሎም ከኣ፡ ኢሳይያስ ኣብዛ ዘለዋ መንበር ንምቕጻል ዘዋጽኦ፡ ኣብቲ ዓጽይዎ ዘሎ ባብ ምቕጻል እምበር፡ ቁሩብ ጩራ እንተፈጢሩ ደሓር መምለሲ ከምዘይረክብ ስለ ዝርዳእ’ዩ።
ኢሳይያስ ኣብ መደርኡ ብዘይካቲ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝውድስ ዝመስል መዳህለልን መቐሸሽን ቃላቱ፡ ኣብቲ ባዕሉ እውን “ሓደስቲ ኣይኮነን” ዝበሎ ንጸዓት፡ መንገዲ ምድርን ኣየርን፡ ምምዕባል ወደባት፡ ህንጸት ማይ፡ ትምህርትን ሕክምናን፡ ኢንዱስትርን ኣባይትን ዝምልከቱ ጸገማት ኣኳማሲዑ። ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ “ነቲ ሕሩስ ክሓርስ” ዝሰምዑ ወገናት ሓድሽ ጉዳይ ብዘይምምጻኡ እንዳሓዘኑ ንመደረኡ “ሓድሽ ነገር የብሉን” ይብልዎ ኣለዎ። እዚ ማለት ግና ናብ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘመሓላልፎ መልእኽቲ የብሉን ማለት ኣይኮነን። ኢሳይያስ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ካብዚ ኣጋጣሚ እንታይ ይጽበ ከም ዝነበረ ኣጸቢቑ ይፈልጥ እዩ። ካብ ትጽቢታት ህዝብና ዋላ ሓንቲ ዘይምትንካፉ ከኣ፡ “ቀደም፡ ሎሚ ኮነ ጽባሕ ኣነ እየ ብዛዕባ ኤርትራ ዝሓስብን ዝፈልጥን ህዝቢ ዝተጸበየ ይጸበ በቲ ዝመረጽኩዎ መገዲ እየ ኣጠርሚመ ዝኸይድ” ዝሕመረቱ፡ ነቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝጸንሐ ንዕቀትን ብደዐን መሊሱ ዘሕደሰ መልእኽቲ እዩ ኣመሓላሊፉ።
ኢሳይያስ ኣብዚ መደርኡ ዘኮማሰዖም ካልእ ዛዕባ ትዕግስቲ ከምዘድሊ እዩ። ትርጉም ትዕግስቲ ብቋንቋ መደረ ኢሳይያስ “ኣብ ገዛእ ዋኒንኩም ስቕ ኢልኩም ስምዑንን ርኣዩንን” እዩ። ትርጉም ጽንዓት ከኣ ስንኹም ነኺስኩም ንነዊሕ ዕድመ ስልጣን ጸልዩለይ እዩ። ብመሰረቱ ናይ ኤርትራ ጸገም ናይዞም ኢሳይያስ ኣብ መደርኡ ዝጠቐሶም ኣብ ላዕሊ ዝዘርዘርናዮም ጽላታት ድሕረት ጥራይ ኣይኮነን። እዚ ኢሳይያስ ዝዘርዘሮ ሳዕቤን ኮይኑ እቲ ቀንዲ ጠንቂ ምሕንጋድ ኢሳይያስ ኣብ ምትካል ሕገመንግስታውን ህዝቢ ዝማእከሉ ዲሞክራስያውን ስርዓት እዩ። ኣብዚ ዝፈሸለ ሰብኣይ፡ ነዞም ዝተጠቕሱ ቁጠባውን ማሕበራውን ጽላታት ከዕሪ ማለት ከኣ ፈጺሙ ዘይከኣል እዩ። ንሱ ኣብዞም ጽላታት ዘሎ ጸገም ዝጠቕሰ፡ ካብቲ ቀንዲ ህዝቢ ዝጠልቦ ዘሎ መሰረታዊ ጉዳያት ንምህዳም እዩ። እንተ ጸገም ምዝርዛር ኮይኑ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ገገዝኡ ስለ ዘሎ ካብ ኢሳይያስ ዝጽበዮ ኣይኮነን። ኢሳይያስ ናይ ብሓቂ “መራሒ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ” እንተዝኸውን፡ ካብኡ ትጽቢት ዝግበረሉ ጸገማት ምቑላል ዘይኮነ፡ ነቶም ጸገማት ንምፍታሕ ህዝቢ ዘሳትፍ ትካላዊ ስርዓት ምዝርጋሕ እዩ ነይሩ። እንተኾነ ህግዲፍ ኣይበቐዖን። ንመጻኢ እውን ኢሳይያስ ኣብቲ ብሓይሊ ተወጢሕዎ ዘሎ በሪኽ ቦታ ክሳብ ዘሎ ኣይክረጋገጽ እዩ።
ህዝቢ ኤርትራ በዚ “ኣቦይን ኣደይን በበይኑ ጸሎቶም” ዝዓይነቱ፡ ናይ ኢሳይያስ ጠባርን ኣሽካዕላልን መደረ ክትክዝን ክሕርቅምን ዘይኮነ ንክቕይሮ እዩ ክትንስእ ዝግበኦ። በካይዳ ኢሳይያስ ርእሱ ከድንን ዘይኮነስ ክሕርን እዩ ዝግበኦ። እቶም ውሑዳት ኢሳይያስ ከም መራሕ ሃገር ዘየሎ ክነሱ፡ ከም ዘሎ ኣምሲሎም “ኣሎ እምበር” ዝብሉን ነብሶም ዘዕሽዉን ወገናትና ከኣ “ሕጂ እውን ደንጉዩ እምበር ኣይመሰየን’ሞ ናብ ልብኹም ተመለሱ” ካብ ምባል ሓሊፍና እንብሎም የብልናን።
ኣብ መደረ ኢሳይያስ ካልእ ኣዛራቢ ጉዳይ፡ ብዛዕባቲ ክንደይ ወልደፍደፍ ዝበለሉ ዝምድና ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ዋላ ሓንቲ ቃል ከይጠቐሰ ጓስይዎ ምሕላፉ እዩ። እዚ ብዘይምግናን እቲ ዝምድና ቀምሲሉ ከምዘሎ ዘመልክት እዩ። እቲ ብዙሓት ወገናት፡ ድሌት ኣብ ባይታ ምስ ዘሎ ኩነታት እንተዘየሳንዩ፡ ናብ ዝድህሰስ ውጽኢት ክበጽሕ ኣይክእልን እዩ፡ ዝብልዎ ከኣ ህያው እንዳኾነ ይመጽእ ዘሎ ይመስል። ህልዊ ኩነታት ክልቴን ሃገራት እንተኣወዳዲርና ከኣ፡ እቲ ሰላምን ጥዑይ ጉርብትናን’ኳ ንደልዮን ዝተቓለስናሉን እንተኾነ፡ እቲ ሸበድበድ ዘይሰማማዕ ከተሰማምዕ ካብ ምፍታን ሓሊፉ ካልእ ትርጉም የብሉን።
ኣብ ኤርትራ ሕገመንግስቲ የለን፡ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ግና ኣሎ። ኣብ ኤርትራ ናይ ፍትሒ ልዕልና የለን፡ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ግና ትካላዊ መስርሕ ፍትሒ ኣሎ። ኣብ ኤርትራ ብዝኾነ ጉዳይ ዝተታሕዙ ዜጋታት ድሕሪ ምትሓዞም ሃለዋቶም ኣይፍለጥን፡ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ግና ዜጋታት ብገበን ምስ ዝጥርጠሩ ኣብ 48 ሰዓታት ናብ ቤት ፍርዲ ቀሪቦም ባዕሎም ይኹን ብጠበቅኦም ነብሶም ናይ ምክልኻል መሰል ኣለዎም። ኣብ ኤርትራ ጉዳይ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ከም ኣጀንዳኳ ኣይለዓልን፡ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ግና ብፓርላማ ዝተመስረቱ፡ ኮሚሽናት ሰብኣዊ መሰልን ናይ ህዝቢ ሓባሲ ንብዓትን ኣለዉ። ኣብ ኤርትራ መሰል ምውዳብን ሓሳብካ ምግላጽን የለን፡ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ግና ሕጋውነት ለቢሰን ዝንቀሳቐሳ ክሳብ 107 ተወዳደርቲ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባት፡ ልዕሊ 20 ናይ ብሕቲ ማዕከናት ተለቪዝዮን፡ ብዙሓት ብሕታዊ መደበራት ሬድዮን ጋዜጣታትን ኣለዋ። ኣብ ኤርትራ ዋላ ሓንቲ ዩኒቨርስቲ የለን፡ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ግና ናይ ብሕቲ ከይወሰኽካ፡ ልዕሊ 30 መንግስታዊ ዩኒቨርስታት ኣለዋ። ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝሕግግ፡ ዘፈጽምን ዝፈርድን ሓደ ዲክታቶር ሰብኣይ እዩ፡ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ግና ሓጋጊ፡ ፈጻምን ፈራድን ኣካላት መንግስቲ ኣለዉ። ኣብ ኤርትራ ምርጫ ዝበሃል የለን፡ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ግና ኣብ ነፍሲ ወከፍ 5 ዓመት ፈደራላውን ክልላውን ምርጫታት ይካየዱ። ጉዳይ ኣጠቓቕማ ባንክ፡ ጉዳይ ግደ ብሕታዊ ጽላት ኣብ ወፍሪ፡ ጉዳይ ግዱድ ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት ዝኣመሰሉ፡ ዛዕባታት እንተወሲኽናሉ ከኣ ናይቲ ዝየሳኒ ሃለዋት ዝርዝር ኣዝዩ ነዊሕ እዩ። ኣብ ከምዚ ኩነታት ኣብ መንጎ ክልቴን ሃገራት ዝምድና ክትገብር ምፍታን፡ ትምኒት እምበር ግብራዊ ክኸውን ዘለዎ ዕድል ኣዝዩ ጸቢብ እዩ። ኢሳይያስ ናብቲ ኢትዮጵያ ዘላትሉ ኩነታት ንምምጻእ ዕጭ ካብ በለ፡ ንኢትዮጵያ ናብቲ ኤርትራ ዘላትሉ ጽልሙት ኩነታት ምምላሳ ከኣ ዘይሕለም እዩ። እቶም ነዚ ዘሕዝን ኩነታት ሃገሮም ኣቐሚጦም፡ በቲ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝርአ ናይ ኣተገባብራ ሕጽረታት ክወራዘዩ ዝህቅኑ ኤርትራውያን ከኣ ኣዝዮም የሕዝኑ። እዚ ማለት ግና እቲ ናትካ ኣቐሚጥካ ናብ እንዳማትካ ዳምዳም ምባል እንተዘይኮይኑ፡ ብዛዕባ ናይ ካለኦት ሃገራት ሕጽረትን ተመኩሮን ምዝራብ ነውሪ እዩ ማለት ኣይኮነን። እንተ መደረ ኢሳይያስ “እንተ ፈታሕካዮስ ጥራሕ ቁጻር” እዩ።
INTRODUCTION
(1) Between December 2018 and May 2019, a diverse group of Eritrean professionals met in Nairobi, Kenya and online to evaluate developments since the rapprochement between Eritrea and Ethiopia (“ERITREAN THOUGHT LEADERS ON THE PRESENT DYNAMICS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA”). While we welcome the Eritrea-Ethiopia peace process and appreciate the Ethiopian leadership for embarking on such a bold, if long overdue, initiative, we are dismayed by the lack of progress towards normalizing governance within Eritrea and are alarmed by the rate of “peace-time” exodus, which we believe is directly related to the state of hopelessness the regime of Isaias Afwerki has engendered. Our conviction that this state of affairs will not change unless there are immediate and dramatic reforms in Eritrea is only matched by our persuasion that the regime is incapable, or unwilling, to do so. The inescapable conclusion is that the system over which Isaias Afwerki presides must go, and a mechanism for restoring popular sovereignty must begin in earnest immediately.
(2) While we welcome the Eritrea-Ethiopia peace treaty that was signed in Asmara in July 2018, the exodus out of the country has tripled. It is a phenomenon observed only in Eritrea: normally, peace treaties result in exiles returning to their home.
(3) During the first week of the Eritrea-Ethiopia border opening, almost ten thousand Eritreans registered in refugee camps in Tigray. They—including a shocking number of unaccompanied minors– continue to arrive, at a steady pace, in already resource-strained camps. The fact that so many Eritreans were eager to leave their country once they were provided a safe route highlights Eritrea’s desperate political and economic conditions at this time.
(4) Due to the command economy pursued by the State, the severe shortage of labor due to Eritrea’s exodus, the stranglehold of parastatal businesses, and Isaias Afwerki administration’s reckless foreign policy, Eritrea’s economy has been decimated. All sectors of the economy, agrarian and pastoral, fishers, farmland and entrepreneurship, have been severely downgraded. Most Eritrean entrepreneurs have been chased out of the country and the Eritrean economy remains dismal. In this vacuum created by the Asmara administration, unregulated Ethiopian businesspersons—including taxi-drivers and retailers—have crowded out what little remained of Eritrean businesses. This development, coupled with the secretive nature and dizzying pace of the peace treaty now consummated only at the head-of-government level, has led many to question the very nature of the peace agreement.
(5) The people of Eritrea have no say over how their national resources are exploited and ambiguous statements by both Eritrean and Ethiopian leaderships are creating serious uncertainty about Eritrea’s sovereignty. In short, Eritreans, both at home and abroad, are deeply concerned about their country’s future.
(6) At the foreign policy level, the triumphalist language of President Isaias Afwerki and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed lends credence to the view that the peace agreement is not necessarily one that will benefit all Eritreans and Ethiopians, but one that is directed to creating winners and losers in the two countries: a sure recipe for perpetual strife. Moreover, the Gulf countries that Eritrea and Ethiopia have chosen to be “bosom
buddies” with have a long history of abysmal human rights records.
(7) Genuine peace, harmony, security and prosperity can only be sustained by the people with their full participation in all the affairs of their respective nations. Only a reconciliatory environment will help Eritreans release their energies and harness their initiative, creativity, and power to hold their government accountable. Only a government with moral authority and political legitimacy can lead a reconciliation effort. This is the second reason we are convinced the Government of Isaias Afwerki must go: it has been at the forefront of all the factors that polarized our people and destroyed our country.
(8) This report reflects the substance and spirit of meetings we held over the last 5 months in hopes of identifying ways out of our current state of confusion. It is our hope that it will offer some direction towards peaceful and constructive change and rule of law in our country. It will describe Eritrea’s dire situation and will conclude with suggestions for Eritreans from around the world on change management with minimal
risk.
Full Report ERITREA – The State of The Nation – English
1. Andom Ghebreghiorgis, New York, New York, United States of America
2. Asia Abdulkadir, Nairobi, Kenya
3. Assefaw Tekeste, California, United States of America
4. Awet T. Weldemichael, Ontario, Canada
5. Bereket Berhane Woldeab, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
6. Habteab Yemane Oghubazgi, Bern, Switzerland
7. Khadeijah Ali Mohammed-Nur, London, United Kingdom
8. Meron Semedar, Bay Area, California, United States of America
9. Paulos Tesfagiorgis, Ontario, Canada
10. Sabine Mohamed, Göttingen, Germany
11. Saleh Younis, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
12. Samuel Emaha Tsegai, Ontario, Canada
13. Sarah Ogbay, Manchester, United Kingdom
14. Uoldelul Chelati Dirar, Macerata, Italy
15. Vanessa Tsehaye, London, United Kingdom
16. Wejdan Osman, Ottowa, Canada
On this year’s Independence Day, Eritreans are dreaming of a post-Afwerki Eritrea
Written by Abraham T Zere![Eritreans have peace, now they want freedom Eritrean President Afwerki attends the country's Independence Day celebrations in Asmara on May 24, 2007 [File: Jack Kimball/Reuters]](https://i0.wp.com/www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2019/5/24/f8fd1fef2e3549fc89fca8ce877b0a58_18.jpg?zoom=1.9880999529361724&w=840&ssl=1)
Today, Eritrea is celebrating its hard-won independence, a victory earned after 30 years of fierce and deadly armed struggle, followed by 20 years of deadlock with neighbouring Ethiopia, after the border conflict of 1998-2000.
Like previous years, the Eritrean authorities have made extensive preparations to mark the anniversary with a major festival in the streets of Asmara. But this year, the celebrations will also feature a new element: two mannequins representing Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who in a landmark move last year opened the common border for the first time in 20 years.
The regime clearly wants to celebrate the peace agreement and rapprochement with Ethiopia, still brandishing it as a major achievement. However, it will do so under tight security. While round-ups, patrols and checkpoints have been routine features of Independence Day security, they have reportedly been significantly boosted this year as a clear warning to the general population.
The Eritrean people, who initially also rejoiced at the peace agreement, hoping that the resolution of the cold conflict could bring them much-desired relief, are yet to see any change in their daily lives.
For two decades, they had been told that they have to live under a virtual state of emergency because Ethiopia is still posing an “existential threat” to their country and their freedom. All possible justifications for the continuing repression and austerity the regime could manufacture ended with the peace deal, the lifting of UN sanctions and the country’s admission to the UN Human Rights Council.
Today, Ethiopia is no longer a threat, given all the documents signed and all the official visits exchanged.
Yet the Eritrean president has clearly demonstrated that he will not relax the chokehold he has had the country in for so many years. As a result, little has changed for most Eritreans since last year.
After the border with Ethiopia was opened in September 2018, which allowed free movement of goods, the Eritrean market, which had suffered from an acute shortage of goods for years, briefly enjoyed stability and the sharp decline of prices.
But over the next eight months, Asmara gradually shut down all border crossings unilaterally without giving an official reason for doing so and put an end to the short-lived trade boom.
Having their hopes for economic opening and prosperity quashed, Eritreans have continued to flee the country, resorting to alternative routes to bypass the closed border crossings. Those who make it to neighbouring countries abroad are facing a precarious situation and the risk of having no valid documents, as some Eritrean consular offices have started rejecting requests for issuing passports to nationals who have left illegally after the peace deal with Ethiopia.
Meanwhile, mandatory military conscription continues both for the regular army and the “popular army”. Conscripts to the latter, both men and women, are required to attend military drills, carry guns, and guard government buildings in night shifts after they are done with their regular government jobs.
After the peace deal and following Ethiopia’s announcement of amnesty for political prisoners, Eritreans were hopeful that their government would follow suit. But they were again disappointed. Repression continues against the population at large and specific targeted groups.
In May, around 140 followers of banned Christian denominations, including minors, were rounded up and taken into custody in Asmara. Since 2002, all religious groups that are not affiliated with the Orthodox, Roman Catholic or Lutheran Protestant churches or Sunni Islam have had to undergo mandatory registration, including giving up personal information of their members. Those who have failed to do so have been persecuted.
At the same time, the Eritrean president continues to keep not only the general population in the dark about the peace deal with Ethiopia but also members of his regime.
While the agreement was signed on July 9, 2018, in Asmara, Afwerki didn’t bother to conduct his first interview with local media until November 3, 2018. The president took 80 minutes to respond to a few preapproved questions and only addressed regional geopolitics and emphasised that Eritrea is still under threat from its many enemies. Yet neither he nor any regime officials ever addressed any of the domestic implications of the deal.
The most important issues for Eritrea’s general public remain unaddressed: when the indefinite national service will be suspended, the demarcation of border finalised, the rule of law restored and the ban on trade and construction lifted.
At the same time, the regime has sought to limit other sources of information Eritreans have been trying to access. In the past few months, the authorities have started trying to jam certain TV channels broadcast from abroadm, including opposition satellite TV Assenna.
Since early May, social media has also been blocked in Eritrea with the exception of selected officials and cadres, according to recent reports. Sources within the country have confirmed to me that certain websites are also being blocked, while most internet cafes – where a majority of Eritreans access the internet through a very slow connection (kept so intentionally) – instruct their customers to use proxy servers and VPN.
Having seen no improvements in their lives since the peace agreement was signed, Eritreans inside the country are growing increasingly frustrated. There may not have been protests – for those put down almost immediately by security forces – but public anger seems palpable. People who have visited the country recently have shared with me their impression that many citizens are openly voicing their criticism in public places. This was unheard of a year ago. “People are waiting for change more than ever,” a contact from inside Eritrea told me.
The revolution in neighbouring Sudan has certainly left its mark. Eritreans have watched carefully the events in Khartoum and have rejoiced at the show of solidarity by Sudanese protesters with their suffering.
Meanwhile, the diaspora has become increasingly active. In January, a social media campaign was launched under the hashtag #EnoughIsEnough which aimed to encourage Eritreans to talk openly about their post-peace-deal demands.
The campaign gradually spread across the world and recently resulted in various Eritrean communities holding official meetings to discuss how to bring lasting change to their motherland. Bigger public events in the United States and Canada have also been organised. In Washington, DC, for example, a two-day event is under way that includes public demonstration, seminars, and concerts.
Never have the Eritrean diaspora been so united. Until the recent past, regular meetings among the Eritrean opposition, let alone such festivals, were impossible. The turnout was always small, as many feared retaliation against family members back at home. Today, not only there is an unprecedented activity, but also an open conversation about a post-Afwerki Eritrea.
Up to now, the regime has ruled by fear, violence and endless excuses. Slowly but surely, all justifications for keeping the country in deliberate isolation and austerity are crumbling, while the population is growing increasingly bold in the face of extreme repression.
While it is impossible to guess how this anger will express itself, it seems certain now that political change is inevitable in Eritrea. Today, more than ever before, Eritreans are dreaming of celebrating their true liberation.
The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera’s editorial stance.
ሕጂ ሕራይ ወገነይ ሕጂ ሕራይ
ኣለኹ ምባልካ ጭቆና ንምእላይ
ኩልኻ ብሓባር ብዘይኣፈላላይ
ባርነት ክንቀብር ከይደግሰና ዳሕራይ
ሓቢርና ክንጽንብል ናይ ሓርነት ውራይ።
ሕጂ ሕራይ‘ወ ከብቅዕ ባርነት
ብዙሕ ተጸሚምና ኣብ ዘይንቡር ሂወት
እምብዛ ኣኽቢርናዮስ ሰኺሩ ብንዕቀት
መመሊሱ ይዓብድ ካብ ዕለት ናብ ዕለት
ክዳሎ ንገርዎ ንግብኣተ-መሬት።
ክንደይ ዘይጸየቕካ ግሩሃት ከሎና
ብፍትሒ ክትመርሕ ብዙሕ ተጸቢና
ኣምላኽ ሰሚናካ ጉድካ ከይፈለጥና
ሃገር ኣባዲምካ በቲንካ ደቅና
ጸብጺብካ ዘይውዳእ'ዩ ገበንካ ኣብ ሂወትና።
ጀጋኑ ክስውኡ ንስኻ ትሰክር
ምሁራት ንምሕቃቕ ብጸላም ትመክር
ተንኰል ኣጻዊድካ ኣድራሻ ትቕይር
ሰይጣን ዓዲሃሎ ሃዋርያ ዕግርግር
ንስኻ ከሎኻ መን ሰላም ክነብር።
ህዝቢ ንምህውታት ስምካ ህግደፍ
መሰል ደቂ ሃገር ብምልኣት ትገፍፍ
ጀጋኑ ሰብ ሕድሪ ብቓጻ ትቐዝፍ
ፈታዊ ጸላኢ ብሓባር ትስይፍ
ህዝቢ ተላዒሉ ሞትካ ከቀላጥፍ።
ነዚ ሓላል ህዝቢ ብዙሕ ዘኽብረካ
ድላይካ ክትገብር ዓገብ ዘይበለካ
ኢሱ ኢሱ ምባል ኣብ ጽሉል ለዊጡካ
ብመንነትና ክትጻወት ፍጹም ከይሓፈርካ
ተኣለ በል ሎምስ ተኸሽሑ ጉድካ።
ሕጂ ሕራይ እወ ሕራይ
ብሓደ ነቒሉ ኩሉ ብዓል ውራይ
ጸሪጉ ክጕሕፎም ነዞም እራይ-ምራይ
ነጋዳይ ክነግድ ክሓርስ ሓረስታይ
ኤርትራ ክትከውን ዓዲ መዓር ጠስሚ ዓዲ ስርናይ ደምሃይ።
ይኣክል ሰሚዐ ድምጺ ጥዑም ወረ
መሊሰ ከዳምጽ እዝነይ ኩር ኣቢለ
መንፈሰይ ተሓዲሱ ብሞራል ሃጢረ
ኣስላማይ ክስታናይ ብሓደ ምስ መኸረ
ኣይወስደልናን ግዜ ጉዳይና ክዕረ።
ተሓጒሰ ሎምስ ከመይ ዘይሕጐስ
ዝተዘርገ ባህልና ኣብ ንቡር ክምለስ
ንፍርሒ ሰንጢቕና ኣብ ቃልሲ ክንሕወስ
ከዳዕ ህግደፍ ካብ ሱሩ ክምንቈስ
ሽዑኮዩ ሕማምና ፈጺሙ ዝፍወስ።
ሳጥናኤል ኢሳያስ በዓል ክፉእ ኣመል
ምሕረት ዘይፈልጥ ትርፎ ተኵስ ቅተል
ደም ንጹሃት ሰቲኻስ ካብ ህዝቢ ክትክወል
እዋኑ ቀሪቡ‘ዩ ኣብ ኣደባባይ ክትስቀል
ምልቃቕ ናይ እሱራት ሽዑ‘ዩ ዝብሰር ዝዕለል።
ሊቀ ምድንጋር ቁሩብ ዘይትሓፍር
ኣማኢት ኣሲርካስ ብፍትሒ ትግዕር
ብሂወት ከሎናስ ሃገርና ክትድምር
ስኺርካ ትውስን ፍጹም ዘይትምርምር
ባዕልኻ ፍሒርካ ትኣትዋ መቓብር።
ኣይከሰርናን ኢልካ ሓሶታት ትብትን
ከሲርና‘ባ ጀጋኑን በላሕትን
ከሲርና‘ምበር መርዓውን መርዓትን
ከሲርና‘ምበር ጐራዙን ኣጕባዝን
ከሲርና‘ምበር ቀያሕትን ጸለምትን
ንዓካ ግን ሓንዳ‘ዮም ካርታን ጠላዕ መጻወትን።
መቐለ ዘሊልካ ሽዋ ምስ ኣቶኻ
እንተስ ተጸሊልካ ወይስ ተገዚእካ
ኣሕሊፍካ ክትዕድል ሃገር እንዳማትካ
መልኣኽካ ኣልጊሱ መላገጺ ኴንካ
ዘይናትና ምዃንካስ ባዕልኻ ገሊጽካ።
ተኣለ በል ሕጅስ ሓጥያትካ በዚሑ
ብኣኻ ዝኣምን ኣምላኹ ረሲዑ
ባህርኻ ፈሊጡ ሓፊሩ ሰኪሑ
ይኣክል ባርነት ኣብ ምባል በጺሑ
ምስ ህዝቡ ወጊኑ ፍጹም ተናሲሑ።
ሓይልታት ምክልኻል ትሰምዑዶ ኣለኹም
ሃገርኩም ክትሽየጥ ብሂወት ከሎኹም
ትርጉሙ ክሃስስ ታሪኽ ጀግንነትኩም
ከንቱ ንከይከውን ፍረ ሰማእታትኩም
ኢሳያስ ንምእላይ ወሳኒ‘ዩ ግዴኹም።
ኤርትራዊት ኣደ ኣቲ ጅግና ዋዕሮ
ሰውራና ዘጽለለት ለምለም ዓባይ ዳዕሮ
ሕሉፍ ቅያታትኪ መንሞ ዘይዝክሮ
ድገምዮ ሎሚ ኣብ‘ዚ ርሱን ውዕሎ
ነዚ ጋኒን ስርዓት ቀቲልና ክንቀብሮ።
ኣሎኻዶ መንእሰይ ዋልታ ሃገር
ውረሶ ታሪኽ ተንስእ ተበራበር
ሕድሪ ሰማእታትና ብግቡእ ክትግበር
ድኽነት ከብቅዕ ካብዛ ለምለም ሃገር
ኣባያ ኣልጊስካ ብሰላም ክትነብር።
ኵልኻ ኤርትራዊ/ት ኣብ ዘሎኻ ሃሉ
መቓልሕ ይኣክል ግብሪ ወስኸሉ
ካብ ሱሩ ክምንቈስ ስርዓት ናይ ዓዋሉ
ይለዓል ይበገስ ጎዞሙኡ ኣልዒሉ
ሃገርና ክንውንን ወደቦ ዘይብሉ።
ዓወት ንፍትሓዊ ቃልስና!
ዘልኣለማዊ ዝኽርን ክብርን ንሰማእታትና!
ብቐዳምነት ነዚ ንመበል 28 ዓመት ነጻነቱ ብልዑል ናይ ይኣክል ዘይፍትሓዊ ምሕደራ ብዝብል ጭርሖ ዘኽብር ዘሎ ኣብ ውሽጥን ወጻእን ዝነብር ዘሎ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዮውሃና እብል። ናይ ሎሚ ዓመት ጽንብል ነጻነት፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ካብቲ ን27 ዓመታት ረሚሱዎ ዝነበረ ሕማም ስቕታ ተገላጊሉ ተጻዒኑዎ ዘሎ ስርዓት ንምልጋስ ኣብ ሓያል ጥምጥም ኣትዩ ኣብ ዘለወሉ እዋን ትበዓል ስለ ዘላ ዝያዳ ኩለን ዝሓለፋ ዓመታት ዝኸበረትን ዝዓዘዘትን'ያ። እዚ ነቲ ኣብ እዋን ብረታዊ ቃልስና እቲ “ኣቲ ኤረይ ኩሕሎ ሽዋ ኴንካዶ ኣስመራ ይሕሎ“ ተባሂሉ ዝድረፍ ዝነበረ፡ ሎሚ ድማ ወዲ ኤረይ ኩሕሎ ክቡር ነጻነትካዶ ብጸጥታ ሃገራዊ ድሕነት ይሕሎ ዘስምዕ ቃና እናዘመረ፡ ትመጽእ ዓመት ጽንብል ነጻነት ብሓባርን ብዘይሓለዋን ስግኣትን ስክፍታን ኣብ ትብዕለሉ ብርሃን ሓርነት ከሰጋግራ ብነድሪ ምብጋሱ ዝሕብር ምልክት'ዩ ። በዚ ምኽንያት መበል 28 ዓመት ነጻነት ድሮ ሓርነት ምልክት ጩራ ብርሃን ንመጻኢ ብሩህ ተስፋ ምባላ ምግናን ኣይከውንን።
እዚ ሎሚ ተበጺሑ ዘሎ ውጽኢት ናይቲ ንዘመናት ክንገረናን ግን ከኣ ጸማም እዝኒ ዝተዋህቦን መጸዋዕታ ንፍትሓዊ ቃልሲ ስለ ዝኾነ ነቶም ሃገራዊ ሓላፍነት ደሪኹዎም ብድፍረት መጻኢ ሂወት ህዝብናን ሃገርናን ኣብ እዋን ምምሕዳር ህግደፍ ንጹር ሚዛኖም ዝሃቡ ውልቀሰባት ውድባት ማሕበራት ልዑል ምስጋና ይብጽሓዮም።
ኣብዚ ብኣብነት ዝጥቀስ ፡-
1 – ተስፋሚካኤል ጆርጆ እዚ ክሳብ ሎሚ ንሃገርና ዝርምስ ንህዝብና ዝብትን ዘሎ ስርዓት ውሽጣዊ ባህርያቱን ሕቡእ ዕላምኡ ሰራውር ምትእስሳሩን ዝገለጸ፤
2 – እቶም ልዑል ፍቕሪ ንህዝቦም ዘለዎም ኣብ መንጎ 2 ውድባት ዝተወልዐ ኲናት ሕድሕድ ንምትዕራቕ ብ1974 እኹል ትሩፍ ጻዕሪ ዝገበሩ ቅዱስ ኣቦና ኣባ ኣጉስጢኖ በቲ ምስ ተጋዳላይ ሕሩይ ተድላ ባይሩ ናይ ተሓኤን ምስ ተጋዳላይ ኢሳያስ ኣፎርቂ ናይ ህሓኤን ዝገበሩዎ ዝርርብ ዝበጽሑዎ ሚዛንን፡ ኤርትራ ብህሓ ነጻ እንተወጺኣ እታ ሃገር ቤት ማእሰርቲ ህዝባ ከኣ እሱር ክኸውን'ዩ ዝበሉዎን ዘይተሰምዐን ሎሚ ዘሎናዮ ህያው ምስክር'ዩ። እዚ ትንቢት እዚ ዝሕብሮ ነገር እንተልዩ፡ እዞም ፈላሲ ብዝቐሰሙዎ ናይ ስነ-ኣእሙራዊ ፍልስፍና፡ ክሳብ ክንደይ ነቲ ኣብ ውሽጢ ህ.ግ. ተጠኒሱ ዝነበረ ህግደፋዊ ድቂ ክርድእዎ ምኽኣሎም ዘነጽርን ዘገርምን ብስለቶም እዩ።
3 – ኣብ ድሮ ረፈረንዱም ብምዑታት ኣባላት ሰራዊት ሓኤ ዝተገብረ ኣድማ ንፍትሒ'ምበር ንውልቃዊ ረብሓ ኣይነበረን።
4 – በቶም ሰነድ ታሪኻዊ ጅግንነት ዝኾኑ ኣካለ ስንኩላን ዝተገብረ ኣድማን ኣብ ልዕሊኦም ዝተፈጸመ ኣረሜናዊ ቅንጸላን፤
5 – በቶም ጉጅለ 15 ዝፍለጡ ኣባላት መሪሕነት መንግስትን ምኒስትራትን ዝተገበረ ምንቅስቓስ ንዲሞክራስያዊ ስግግርን ዝወረዶም ዘይፍትሓዊ ፍጻሜን ርኢኻን ሰሚዕካን ምጽቃጥ ዝፈጠሮ ዕንደራ ኣብዚ ሕጂ ንርከቦ ዘሎና ኣሰካፊ ኣተሃላልዋ ምብጻሕ ናይ ኩልና ጥፍኣት ወይ ሓጥያት ምዃኑ ዘይከሓድ'ዩ።
እዚ ሕጂ ብኣዝዩ ርሱን ናህሪ ዝበጋገስ ዘሎ ተበግሶ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ከኣ ዋላ ምስቲ ኣብ ከባቢና እንዕዘቦ ባኒ ከቢሩና ናብራ ከቢዱና ኢሎም ብብዝሒ ኣዲሞም ስርዓት ዝቐየሩ ኣህዛብ ዘይዛመድ ኣዝዩ ደንጕዩን ድሕሪ መዘና ዘየብሉ ክሳራን ዝመጸ እንተኾነ ሸቶኡ ከይወቕዐ ከም ዘይተርፍ ግን ሕሉፍ ታሪኽና ናይ ትማሊ ምስክር'ዩ።
እዛ ሎሚ ዓመት እነብዕላ ጽንብል ነጻነት እምበኣር መደምደምታ ምልካዊ ስርዓት ህግደፍን መሰጋገሪት ናብ ነጻን ዲሞክራስያዊትን ኤርትራ ናይ ምግባራ ዝዓግት ሓይሊ ከም ዘይህሉ ተበጊሱ ዘሎ ነድሪ ኩሉ ደላይ ፍትሒ ዘየወላውል ዋሕስነት ዓወትና'ዩ። እዚ ናይ ይኣክል መቓልሕ ኣብ ግብራውን ቅልጡፍን ሱናምያዊ ሓይሊ ተቐይሩ ንስርዓት ህግደፍ ጸራሪጉ ኣብቲ ንጨቖንቲ ዝተዳለወ ጉሓፍ ክድርብዮም ዘኽእል ቅኑዕ ጐደና ቃልሲ ክሕዝ ግን ሓደን መሰረታውን ኣማራጺ'ዩ።
ንሱ ድማ፡-
1 – ኩሉ ይኣክል ዝብል ድሌትን ዓቕምን ብዘይካ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ጸላኢ ከም ዘይብሉ ኣሚኑ ኣንጻሩ ክሰርሕ፤
2 – ካብ ኩሉ እቲ 27 ዓመታት ከይነድምዕ ዓንቂፉና ዝነበረ ብልሹውን ዘይሓላፍነታውን ኣተሓሳስባ ተነሲሕና ነጻ ክንከውን፤
3 – ሃገርን ህዝብን ንምድሓን ነንኽእሎ ከነበርክት፤
4 – ተበግሶና ዝጥርንፍን ስልጡንን ንጹርን መልክዕ ውደባ ክሕዝ፡ ንሱ ድማ ኩሉ ደላይ ፍትሒ ዝእከበሉ ንምልመላን ምልዕዓልን ዝነጥፍ ብመንእሰያት ዝምራሕ ሓይሊ ዕማም ክቐውም፤
5 እዚ ሓይሊ ዕማም'ዚ ብደረጃ ከተማ ሃገር ኣህጉር ዝዓብን ዘተኣሳስሮ ሕጋዊ ጐደና ክህልዎን፤
6 – እቲ ብደረጃ ኣህጉር ዝተጠርነፈ ማእከል ሓይሊ ድማ ንምሉእ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ወኪሉ ብኩሉ ንውልቀ መላኺ ዝለግሰሉ መደብ ሓንጺጹ ክሳብ ምስግጋር ዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት ክመርሕ።
7 – እዚ መስርሕ'ዚ ድማ ካብ ዝነኣሰ ኣካል ሓይሊ ደላይ ፍትሒ ክሳብ ዝለዓለ ጽፍሒ መሪሕነት ዘራኽብ ንጹርን ኣብ ኩሉ ዝበጽሕን ብኩሉ ዝትግበር ኣብ ኩሉ ቦታን ብሓደ ሰዓትን ዕለትን ዝትግበር መደብ ኦዮ ኣብ ምትግባር ምሉእ ሓላፍነት ዘለዎ ትካል ክኸውን።
ነዝን ካብዚ ዝሓሸ ኣማራጺ ምስ ዝቐርብን ተኸቲልና እንተዘይሰሪሕና ግን እዚ ተላዒሉ ዘሎ ማዕበላዊ ሓይሊ ለሚሱ ተስፋ ብርሃን ጸሓይ ከምቶም ከይተጠቐምናሎም ዘምለጡና ወርቃውያን ዕድላት ከይከውን ዋሕስነት የብልናን። ኣብዚ ከይጠቐስኩዎ ክሓልፍ ዘይደሊ እንተልዩ እቲ ብኣብ ድያስፖራ ዝነበሩ ምሁራት ኤርትራውያን ዝግበር ዘሎ ዝተፈላለየ ዓውድታት ዝድህስስ መጽናዕታዊ ተበግሶ እዩ። ኩልና ከም እንፈልጦ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሃገራዊ ሓላፍነቱ ብጨቋኒ ስርዓት ስለ ዝተነፍጎ እምበር ብስእነት ኣፍልጦ ሕግን ዘይምእዙዝነትን ዝተዘርገ ናብራን ዝተበተነ ህዝቢ ዘይምንባሩ እዩ። እዚ ብምሁራት ዝግበር መጽናዕትታት ድማ ንዝነበረና ብቕዓትን ዓቕምን ዝጐልሕ ስለ ዝኾነ ንኩሉም ኣብዚ ዓውድታት ዝነጥፉ ልዑል ኣኽብሮትን ምስጋናን አቕርበሎም። እቲ መጽናኦቲ ተወዲኡ ኣብ መጋባእያ ክቐርብን ብህዝባዊ መንፊት ሓሊፉ ድልው ሰነድ ንምስግጋር ዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት ከገልግል ብዝከኣል ጽፈትን ቅልጣፈን ክዳሎ ተስፋ እገብር።
ጽንብል ነጻነት ሎሚ‘ውን ስርዓት ህግደፍ ዕምሪ ስልጣኑ ንምንዋሕ ህዝቢ ዘደናግረሉ ብልሓት እናመሃዘ ኣብ ባይታ ዘየሎ ብቲቪ ኤረ ጌሩ ዓለም ዝጐብእ መልእኽቲ ንምትሕልላፍ ክግዕር ይርአ‘ሎ። እቲ ካብ ኩሉ ዘሕፍርን ነውራምን ባህርያቱ ዘንጸባርቕ ከኣ ነቲ ዕብዳኑ ክገልጻ ዝተሰርሓ ብግልብጭ ቁኖን ሒናን ዙርያን ወርቅን እምበር ልቦናዊ ጽባቐ ዝጐደለን ደቂ ሃገር ወዛሕዛሕ ዝብላሉ እሽም-ንጥፍኣቱ ዘጽልል ኣደራሽ ንምምዋል ካብ ድራር ዕለቱ ዘይረኸበ ህዝቢ ዝኣርዮ ዘሎ ገንዘብ ምዃኑ‘ዩ። ይኹን‘ምበር ዳስ ይስራሕ መደናገሪ መደረ ይለፍልፍ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ይኣክል ምድንጋር ምባል ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ ሽጣራኻ ደውር ኢሉ ዝተሰለመ ዳስ ሓውያ ክትመስል ገረውረው ከም ዘብላ ከይደቀስካ ዝሕለም ጉዳይ‘ዩ።
እቲ ብልዑል ናህሪ ንለውጢ ተበጊሱ ዘሎ ደምበ ፍትሒ ግን ቀንዲ ኣድህቦኡ ኣብ ጓይላን ዳንኬራን ዘይኮነስ ኣብ -
1 - ሓቀኛ ታሪኽ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ዓወቱን ዝሃቦ ፍረን፤
2 - ካብ ነጻነት ክሳብ ሎሚ ዘሎን ኩነታት ኤርትራን ህዝባን ጠንቁን፤
3 - ንምቕያሩ ክውሰዱ ዘለዎም ተግባራትን መሳርሒታትን ኣድማዕቲ መደባትን፤
4 - ኣብ መቓብር ስርዓት ህግደፍ ዝህነጽ ዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓተ-ምሕደራን ተራ ህዝቢ ኣብ ምህናጹን ምክትታሉን፤
5 - ካብ ምውዳቕ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ክሳብ ምስግጋር ዲሞክራስያዊ ምሕደራ ኣብ ህዝቢ ዝወስድ ገደብ ግዜን ኣገባብን ብመልክዕ ዘተን ዓውደ ክትዕን ዝበሰለን ንጹር መምርሒ ስኢልካ ንምትግባሩን፤
6 - ሕድሪ ሰማእታትና ዝምልስ ማዳ ኣዴታትና ዝፍውስን ንብዓተን ዝሕብስን ኩልና ኤርትራውያ ብሓጎስን ብደስታን እነብዕሎ ነጻነት ንምርግጋጽ ቃል ኪዳን እንኣትወሉ ጽንብል ነጻነት እዩ ክኸውን።
በዚ ኣጋጣሚ ንኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ዜጋ ብሓፈሻ ንሃይልታት ምክልኻል ኤርትራን ደቀንስትዮን መንእሰያትን ተረካቢ ሕድሪ ወለዶ ኤርትራን ፍሉይ መልእኽቲ ከመሓላልፍ እዋኑ እመስለኒ።
ዝኸበርኩም ሓይልታት ምክልኻል ኤርትራ -
ካብ ሓርነታዊ ቃልሲ ጀሚርኩም ሓለፋስ ይትረፍ መጠናዊ ክፍሊት ከይረኸብኩምን ብዘይዕረፍትን ብጸጋም ብየማን ኣብ ዝተወልዐ ትርጉም ኣልቦ ኲናት ኣናተጠብስኩም ትስውኡን ትስንክሉን ግዳይ ትኾኑ ዘለኹም ንስኹም ኢኩም። ብድሕሪ ነጻነት ጥራሕ ብመስዋኣቲ ኣምዑት ዘይቈጸሩ ኣሕዋትኩምን ኣሓትኩምን ካባኹም ንላዕሊ ዝምስክር ኣብ ዘይህልወሉ እዋን ኣይከሰርናን ምባል‘ዚ ገበነኛ ኢሳያስ ልዕሌኹም ክሰምዖን ክቐብጾን ዝግብኦ ኣካል ኣሎ ኣይብልን። ካብ ከምዚ ዝበለ ሃገራዊ ክሕደት ዝፍጽም ስርዓት መሰልን ፍትሓዊ ምሕደራን ምጽባይ የዋህነት ስለ ዝኾነ ንምእላዩ ኣብ ዝግበር ናይ ይኣክል ተበግሶ ምስ ህዝብኹም ወጊንኩም ሃገር ከተድሕኑ ምሕጽንታ መላእ ደላይ ፍትሒ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ‘ዩ።
ዝኸበርክን ኣዴታተይን ኣሓተይን ደቀይን ወዓሩ ኤርትራ -
ትማሊ ኣብ እዋን ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ተፈጥሮኣዊ ባህርያት ከይዓንቀፈክን ብረት ተሓንጊጥክን ኣብ ውሽጢ ድማ ነቲ ኩሉ ኣብ ልዕሌኽን ዝወርድ ዝነበረ ጸጥታዊ ሓደጋታት ተጸሚምክን ምስጢር ሰውራኽን ዓቂብክን ቅያ ብምስራሕ ኣብ ዓወት ዘብጻሕክን ንስኽን ኢኽን። ኣደ 10 ብዓሰርቲኦም ኣደ ሓደ‘ውን ሓዲኣ ከይበቐቐት ነጻነተይ ስልማተይ እናበልክን ሓይሊ ሰውራ ዘጐልብት ታሪኽ ዘይርሳዕ ጀግንነት ዝፈጸምክን ንስኽን ኢኽን። ኣብዛ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጻምኡ ዘይተኸፍለላ መሊኣ ዘይበረቐት ጸሓይ ነጻነት ድማ ልዕሌኽን ዝተበደለን ዝሓዘነን መሰሉ ዝተነፍጎን የለን። እዚ ስርዓት ክቅጽል ስቕ ምባልን መሪር ሂወትና ኣብ ዝኸፍአ ንክበጽሕ ምሕጋዙን ሃገር እናዓረበት ጽቡቕ ኣላ ምባልን ብምቍራጽ ኣብዚ ነዚ ስርዓት ንምቅባጽ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ርሱን ተበግሶን ሓመድ ድበ ህግደፍ ክትሳተፋ ዕድመ ኩሉ ደላይ ፍትሒ‘ዩ።
ዝኸበርኩም ናይ ሎሚ ሰዊት ናይ ጽባሕ ፍረን ወረስትን ሃገር ዝኾንኩም መንእሰያት ኤርትራ - ነዛ ኣቦታትኩምን ኣዴታትኩምን ኣያታትኩምን ኣዳኖታትኩምን ዘይዓገቡላ ግን ከኣ ሰዊት ዕድሜኦም ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ ንስኹም ብራህዋን ብሰላምን ሓንቂቕኩም ክትነብሩላ ምእንቲ ክትክእሉ ካብ ክቡር ሂወት ክሳብ ዘይጽገን ስንክልናን ከፊሎም ዘምጽእዋ ሃገር‘ያ። ስለ ዝኾነ ነጻነት ኤርትራ ፈቲኻ ዘትትኮብ ጸሊእካ‘ውን ዘይትሕደግ ግርማ ልዑላውነት ዝለበሰት ሃገር ስለ ዝኾነት ነቲ ጐዲሉዋ ዘሎ ብርሃን ሓርነት ንምልባስ ናትኩም ናይ ደቂ ግዜ ምዃኑ ተረዲእኩም እጅገኹም ሰብሲብኩም ኣንጻር‘ዚ ሕንግድ ስርዓት ገጢምኩም ከተቃብጹዎን ሃገራዊ ዕዳኹም‘ዩ። ነዚ ዕላማ‘ዚ ንምስልሳል ከኣ ሓገዝ ኩሎም ምሁራትን ምኩራትን ዜጋታት ብሓፈሻ ናይ ኩሎም ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ከይፍለየኩም ድማ ቃል ንኣትወልኩም።
ኣብ መደምደምታ ድማ ንኩሉ ደላይ ሰላምን መሰረታዊ ለውጥን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሎሚ ብዘይካ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ንጥፍኣትካ ዝምነ ኣብ ርሑቕ ይኹን ኣብ ቀረባ ከም ዘይብልካ ኣሚንካ ሓንሳብን ንሓዋሩን ንምቕባሩ ኣብ መቓብሩ ፍትሓዊትን ኩሉ ዝነብራን ሃገር ኣብ ምርግጋጽ ብቆራጽነት ተለዓል።
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ውድብ ናይ ሓባር ዕማም ዘለዎም ሰባት ናይ ሓባር ዕማሞም ንምዕዋት ዓቕሞም ንምትርናዕ ዝፈጥርዎ ናይ ሓባር መድረኽ እዩ። ውድብ ናብቲ እትብህጎ ዓወት ዘብጽሕ መሳርሒ እምበር ንገዛእ ርእሱ ናይ መወዳእታ ዓወት ኣይኮነን። ኣወዳድባ ዝተፈላለየ መልከዓት ክሕዝ ይኽእል። ፖለቲካዊ ውደባ ወይ ሲቪላዊ ማሕበር ካብቶም ከም ኣብነት ዝጥቀሱ ኣገባብ ውደባ እዮም። እቲ ፍልልይ ኣብቲ መልከዖም ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ እቲ ከዕውትዎ ዝደልዩ ዕላማን ክበጽሕዎ ዝደልዩ ርሕቀት እውን ይፈላለ። ፖለቲካዊ ውድባት ንጹር ከዕውቶ ዝደሊ ፖለቲካዊ ኣረኣእያ ወኒኑ ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ ስልጣን ናይ ምውድዳር ሕሳብ ኣለዎ። ሲቪላዊ ማሕበር ድማ ነቲ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባት ካብቲ ዝተሰለፈሉ መስመር ወጺኡ መሰል ህዝቢ ከይግህስ ዝጓስን ዝድርኽን ኣብ ልዕሊ ምዃኑ፡ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባት ቅኑዕ ህዝባዊ መስመር ክሕዝን ዓቕሚ ክድልብን ዝድርኽ ኣብ ስልጣን ናይ ምውድዳር ጠመተ ዘየብሉ እዩ። ኩሎም ፖለቲካዊ ውድቦም ይኹን ሲቪላዊ ማሕበሮም ብዘይካቲ ከዕውትዎ ዝሕዝዎ ዕላማ፡ ኣብቲ መስርሕ ዝቕየድልዩ ሕግን ስርዓትን፡ ፈትዮም ቆጽሊ ዘውደቕሉ መሪሕ ኣካልን ክህልዎም ናይ ግድን እዩ። እዚ መሪሕነት ዝምዘዘሉ ሕጋዊ መድረኽን ዝመርሓሉ መትከላትን ፖሊስታትን ድማ ይህልዎ። ፖለቲካዊ ውድባትን ሲቪላዊ ማሕበራትን ማዕዶ ንማዕዶ ዝጠማመቱ ዘይኮኑ፡ ነንሕድሕዶም ዝደጋገፉን ዝመላልኡን እዮም።
ፖለቲካዊ ውድብ ኮነ ሲቪላዊ ማሕበር ናይቶም ፈትዮም ናታቶም ኣባላት ክኾኑ ዝወሰኑ ኣካላት ውክልና ጥራይ እዩ ዘለዎ። እዚ ውድባታት ምእንቲ ክዓብን ክሰፍሕን ዕላማኡ ሒዙ ኣብቲ ዘይተወደበ ሓፋሽ ክንቀሳቐስ መሰሉን ቀንዲ ዕላምኡን እዩ። ከከም ዝሓዞ ዕላማን ዝተንቀሳቐሶን ከኣ ሰዓቢኡ ክበዝሕን ክውሕድን ይኽእል። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ሓንሰብ ስለ ዝተወደ ጥራይ ሓያልን ተዓዋትን ይኸውን ማለት ኣይኮነን። ዕዉት ምእንቲ ክኸውን ነቲ ንድሌት ህዝቢ ብግቡእ ዘንጸባርቕ ዕላማኡ ሒዙ በብግዜኡ ምስ ዝፍጠሩ ምዕባለታት ክጐዓዝን ነብሱ ከሕድስን ይግበኦ።
ሓደ ውድብ ምስተወደበ ገዝኡ ዓጽዩ ዝነብር ዘይኮነ፡ ምስቲ ከምኡ ውድባትን ማሕበራትን ዝምድና ክፈጥርን ኣብቲ ብሓደ ዘስርሕ ሓቢርካ ናይ ምስራሕን ሓላፍነት ኣለዎ። ነዚ እንተዘይበቒዑ መድረኽ ገዲፍዎ ከይዱ ካብ መድረኽ ክወጽእ ይኽእል። ኣብ ከምዚ ውድቀት እቲ ዘዛርብን ኣብ ምልክት ሕቶ ዝኣቱን፡ መሰረታዊ ኣድላይነት ውደባ ዘይኮነ፡ ነቲ ውድብ ከምቲ ዝድለ ክትመርሖ ምብቃዕን ዘይምብቃዕን እዩ። ሓደ ውድብ ብሰንኪ ዘርኣዮ ድኽመት ንመሰረታዊ ኣድላይነትን ወሳንነት ውደባ ሓጢጥካ ምኹናን ግና ቅኑዕ ኣተሓሳስባ ኣይኮነን።
ናይ ውድባት ምህላው ንህዝባዊ ምልዕዓላት ዘዕንቅፍ ዘይኮነስ እኳደኣ ዘተባብዕን ኣካሉ ኮይኑ ዝሰርሕን እዩ። ኣብ ርእሲዚ ውደባ ነቲ ዘይተወደበ ኣካል ንክውደብ ዘተባብዕን መንግዲ ዝጸርግን እምበር ጅሆ ዝሕዝ ኣይኮነን። “ውድባት ኣካይደአን ምስ ከምዚ ሕጂ ኣብ ኤርትራውያን ንርእዮ ዘለና ሰፊሕ ህዝባዊ ምልዕዓል ከም ዘሳኒ ክገብረኦ ይግበኣን” ዝብል ግና ቅቡል እዩ። መሰረታዊ ሕመረት ውደባ ሓደ ዓይነት ዕላማ እንዳሃለዎ በበይኑ ዝወፍር ዓቕሚ ኣብ ሓደ ኣራኺብካ ዘተኣማምን ዓቕሚ ምፍጣር ካብ ኮነ፡ ኣድላይነቱ ኣብ ከምዚ ተጸሚድናሉ ዘለና መስርሕ ለውጢ ወሳኒ እዩ። እቲ ሓሓሊፉ ለውጢ እንዳበሃገስ መሰረታዊ ናይ ለውጢ መሳርሒ ንዝኾነ ውደባን ውድባትን ዘይቅበል፡ ሳሕቲ ከኣ ንቁልቁል ዝኣፉ “ውድባት ኣየድልያን እየን” ዝብል ስምዒታት ምናልባት ከምቲ “ብተመን ዝሰንበደስ ብልሕጺ ተዳህለ” ዝበሃል፡ በተን ክሳብ ሕጂ ማዕረ ድሌት ህዝብናኳ ክኾና እንተዘይከኣላ ካብ ቃልሲ ግና ዘይበኾራ ውድባትና ሕጉስ ዘይምዃን ዘስዓቦ ክኸውን ከም ዝኽእል ምግማት ይከኣል። ብዝኾነ ምኽንያት እምበኣር እቲ መደምደምታ ከምኡ ክኸውን ኣይግበኦን። እቲ ጸገም ኣብ ኣድላይነት ውደባ ዘይኮነ፡ ኣብ ኣድማዕነትን ኣካይዳን ናይተን ውድባት ምዃኑ ኣነጺርካ ምርዳእ የድሊ። ድሕሪኡ ከኣ “ኣነኸ ነተን ውድባት ካብቲ ዝጸንሓኦን ዘለዋኦን ጸገም ክወጻ እንታይ ኣበርኪተ?” ኢልካ ንነብስኻ ምሕታት እውን ካብ ጌጋን ስምዒታውን መደምደምታ ዘድሕን እዩ ዝኸውን።
እቲ ናይ ሓደ ውድብ ጸገም ብመሰረቱ ካብቲ ዝመረጾ ኣገባብ ኣወዳድባ እንተኾይኑ እውን፡ ዝሓሸ ናትካ ኣገባብ ኣወዳድባ ሒዝካ ክትወዳደሮን ተወዳዲርካ ክትስዕሮን ይከኣል እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ውድባት ነቲ ተወዲብካ መቃለሲ ፖለቲካዊ ሜዳ ስለ ዘይሓዝእኦ ወይ ዘይብሕተኦ። ንቑልቁል ዝኣፉ “ኣይትወደቡ ወይ ውድብኩም ኣፍርሱ” ምባል ግና መሰል ምግሃስ እውን እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ምውዳብ ሓደ ካብ መሰረታዊ ፖለቲካዊ መሰላት እዩ። ንጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ካብ እንቃወመሉ ዘለና ብዙሕ ምኽንያታት ሓደ እውን ነዚ መሰረታዊ ናይ ምውዳብ መሰል ስለ ዘየፍቅድ እዩ።
መዓስ ኢኻ እትውደብ፡ በቶም ነቲ ናይ ውምዳብ ምርጫ ብዝወስዱ ኣካላት ዝውሰን እዩ። ውደባ ናይ ቃልሲ መሳርሒ እዩ ኢልና ኣለና። ብመንጽርዚ ኣብዚ ህግዲፍ ንምውጋድ እነካይዶ ዘለና ውዑይ ቃልሲ ውደባ ቀንዲ መሳርሒና እዩ። ስለዚ ሕጂ ዘሎ ውድባት ኣፍሪስና፡ ድሕሪ ውድቀት ህግዲፍ ንምለሶ ዘይኮነስ፡ ንህግዲፍ ኣብ ክንዲ ናብ ደቀቕቲ ውድባዊ ጉዳያት፡ ናብ ዓበይቲ ኤርትራዊ ዛዕባታት እንዳጠምትና፡ ብውዱብ ኣገባብ ኢና ከነወግዶ እንኽእል። ብርግጽ እዚ ዘለና ውድባት ነሕይሎ፡ ኣብ ክንዲ በበይኑ ዝወፍር ብሓባር ዝሰርሓሉ ባይታ ንፍጠረሉ ዝብሉ ሓሳባት ቅቡላትን እዋናውያንን እዮም።
ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ብፍላይ ከኣ ንቕሎ “ይኣክል” ደፊኡ ምስመጸ በብኹርናዑ ነናይ ከባቢኻ ወከልቲ ናይ ምምራጽ ተበግሶ ንርኢ ኣለና። ነዚ ናብ ላዕለዋይ ንኹሉ ዘማእክል መሪሕነት ኣካል ናይ ምድያቡ መደብ ከም ዘሎ ከኣ ንርኢ። ደሓር ኣብ ላዕለዋይ ጽፍሒ ምስ በጸሐከ እንታይ እዩ ክገብር’ኳ ምንጻር ዘድልዮ እንተኾነ፡ ንገዛእ ርእሱ ዲዕ ዝበለ ውደባ እዩ። ስለዚ ከምዚ ዓይነት ውደባ እንዳተኻየደ “ሕጂ ህሉዋት ውድባት ይፍረሳ ደሓር ህግዲፍ ምስ ወደቐ ይውደባ” ምባል እቲ ጸገም ምስ መትከላዊ ኣድላይነት ውደባ ድዩ ወይስ ምስ ህሉዋት ውድባት ዘብል ሕቶ ዘልዕል እዩ። ምናልባት እዘን ህሉዋት ውድባት እንተዘይ ዓጅበናኻ ከተዕሪ እንትኽእለሉ መንገዲ፡ ወይ ንዓኣተን ምትብባዕ ወይ ድማ ካብኣተን ዝሓሸ ተወዳዳሪ ውድብ ኮይንካ ብምቕራብ ጥራይ እዩ። እንተ ውደባን ውድባትን ኣብ ክትቃሲ ኣንጻር ህግዲፍ ኮነ ብቑዕ መተካእታ ኮይንካ ንምቕራብ ዘይስገር እዩ።
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Eritrea’s economy in difficulties: needs urgent review – IMF
Written by Martin PlautSource: IMF
Eritrea: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Staff completes 2019 Article IV Mission
Eritrea is in a difficult economic situation following an extended period of international isolation and emergency measures to manage the economy

The peace agreement with Ethiopia and lifting of international sanctions provide a welcome opportunity for Eritrea to build an impetus for economic development; Eritrea is in a difficult economic situation following an extended period of international isolation and emergency measures to manage the economy; the IMF stands ready to support economic reforms through policy advice, technical assistance and training to help achieve macroeconomic stability and inclusive growth.
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Bhaswar Mukhopadhyay, held discussions in Asmara from May 13–22, 2019 on the Article IV Consultation with Eritrea, the first such discussions in 10 years. At the conclusion of the mission, Mr. Mukhopadhyay issued the following statement:
“Eritrea has just emerged from twenty years of conflict with Ethiopia and a decade of sanctions imposed by the international community. The war and then international isolation deprived the country of vital investment, trading opportunities and external support, and have left the economy in a difficult situation. The peace agreement with Ethiopia and lifting of international sanctions provide a welcome opportunity to build an impetus for economic development and to begin implementing much needed reforms.
Eritrea’s economy is dominated by agriculture and mining and is highly vulnerable to shocks
“The information base of economic developments in Eritrea has deteriorated, and the conditions prevailing in the country have given rise to data and capacity constraints. Nonetheless, the mission received useful information to better understand the macroeconomic situation and capacity development needs in Eritrea.
“Eritrea’s economy is dominated by agriculture and mining and is highly vulnerable to shocks. Most of its population is engaged in rain-fed subsistence agriculture, which is exposed to repeated droughts. Data estimates show that GDP fell sharply in 2017, driven by the regional drought. Real GDP growth is expected to have recovered in 2018.
“In recent years, policies have tried to adapt to the difficult conditions prevailing in the country. A sustained period of high fiscal deficits—reversed over the past three years—has led to a heavy public debt burden, the banking sector is vulnerable and foreign exchange is scarce. Notwithstanding such economic pressures, the Eritrean authorities have made remarkable progress on some development goals, notably in the health and education sector, and prioritized public investment in the earlier years.
“Looking ahead, the near-term outlook for real GDP growth is challenging due to the tight fiscal situation and existing restrictions on economic activity. Over the medium-term prospects for a pick-up in growth are promising, including due to new mining projects coming on stream. Policies to restore the health of the fiscal and financial sectors will be central to ensuring macroeconomic stability and broader economic reforms will help to deliver inclusive development.
“The mission team expresses its gratitude to the authorities for their warm hospitality and the productive discussions. The IMF stands ready to assist the authorities in the implementation of their economic policies, including through the provision of technical assistance, and looks forward to continuing the policy dialogue.”
The mission met with the Minister of Finance, Minister of Health, Minister of Tourism, the Minister of National Development, the Minister of Agriculture, the Acting Central Bank Governor and other senior government officials as well as representatives of the banking sector and international partners.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of International Monetary Fund (IMF).
ዓመታዊ ንግደት ማርያም ደዓሪ ኣብ ሳን ሆዘን ከባቢኣን
ዕድመ ንኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ደላይ ሰላምን ፍቅርን
ዓመታዊ ንግደት ደዓሪ ንቀዳም ሰነ ዕለት 1, 2019 ከነውዕሎ ተቀሪብና ኣሎና። ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ደለይቲ ሰላምን ፍቅርን ምሳና ሓቢርኩም ንክትጽልዩን ብሓጎስ ንክትውዕሉን ንዕድመኩም። ጸሎት ምህለላ ማርያም ዝጅምረሉ ግዜ ስዓት 12 ፋዱስ ኢዩ።
ብደሓን ምጹ!
ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE OF MARIAM DAARI IN THE BAY AREA!
ALL ERITREANS IN THE GREATER BAY AREA WHO LOVE PEACE ARE INVITED TO THE ANNUAL MARIAM DAARI PILGRIMAGE. THIS IS A DAY THAT WE COME TOGETHER FOR FAMILIES, PRAYER, PLAY, AND FUN.
WELCOME!
DATE JUNE 01, 2019
LOCATION: KELLY PARK (FAMILY CENTER)
1600 SENTER ROAD
SAN JOSE, CA 95112
PRAYER TIME: 12:00 P.M.
PROGRAMS INCLUDE CHILDREN AND ADULT ACTIVITIES.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A QUALITY TIME.
THE BAY AREA CATHOLIC COMMITTEE
አብ ትሕቲ ምንቅስቓስ “ይኣክል”፡ ኤርትራውያን ንኽንሰማማዕ ተሰማሚዕና አሎና!
Written by በይ ኤርያ ኤርትራውያን ንደሞክራስያዊ ለውጢኤርትራውያን ተቐማጦ በይ-ኤርያ ካብ ዓበይቲ ከተማታት ሳንፍራንሲስኮ፣ ሳንሆዘ፣ ሳክራመንቶ፣ ሳንታሮዛን ካልኦት ከተማታትን ውሒዞም ናብቲ ብማሕበር በይ-ኤርያ ኤርትራውያን ንደሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ ዝተዳለወ ናይ “ይኣክል ምንቅስቓስ” ዝተሳተፍዎ መጠነ ሰፊሕ ኣኼባ ብ18 ግንቦት 2019 ኣብ ከተማ ኦክላንድ፣ ሰሜን ካሊፎርንያ ተኻይዱ። ኣብቲ ብሓልዮት ንዅሎም ኤርትራውያን ዘጽልል “ማሕበር በይ-ኤርያ ኤርትራውያን ንዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ” ዝተዳለወ ኣኼባ፣ ዝተሳተፉ ድማ ንኤርትራዊ ፖሊቲካውን ማሕበራውን ብዙሕነት ዝወከሉ፣ ንመብዛሕትአን ናይ ተቓውሞ ውድባትን ሲቪካዊ ማሕበራትን ከምኡ’ውን ውድባዊ ጸጊዕ ዘይብሎም ሃገራውያንን ዝጠርነፈ ናይ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ተሳትፎ ምንባሩ ዝያዳ ድምቀት ዘንጸባረቐ ነይሩ።
ንትሕዝቶ ምንቅስቓስ “ይኣክል” ብኣጀንዳ ሰሪዑ ዘዳለወ ኣካያዲ ቦርድ ናይ “ማሕበር በይ-ኤርያ ኤርትራውያን ንዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ” ብመሪሕነት ኣቦ መንበሩ ኣቶ ማእከለ ተስፋማርያም እምባየ እዩ ነይሩ። ኣቶ ማእከለ ብዘጋጠሞ ኣሰንባዲ ሃንደበታዊ ሞት ካባናን ካብዛ ዓለምን ብምፍላዩ፡ ኣኼበኛታት መሪር ሓዘኖም ገሊጾም። ንመስመር ቃልሱ ብዕቱብ ንምቕጻልን ናይ ስድራ ቤቱ ሓላፍነት ክስከሙ ምዃኖምን እውን ተሳተፍቲ ቃሎም በብተራን ብሓባርን ገሊጾም።
አብ’ቲ ን24 – 25 ግንቦት፣ ኣብ ዋሺንግቶን ዲሲ ዝካየድ ናይ ሰሜን አመሪካ ናይ ይኣክል ሽማግለ ሰሚናር፣ ንበይ-ኤርያ ኤርትራውያን ንደሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ ወኪላ እትሳተፍ ሰለስተ ዝአባላታ ግዝያዊት ሽማግለ ተዳልያ ከምዘላ ተገሊጹ። መነመን ምዃኖም ድሕሪ ምሕባር፣ ዝተወሃሃደ ዕቱብን ውዱብን ቃልሲ ንምክያድ “እንታይ ይገበር” ንዝብል ሕቶ ንምምላስ ክትዋሳእ ምዃና’ውን መብርሂ ተዋሂቡ።
ብስውእ ማእከለ ተስፋማርያም እምባዬ አብ ዱሮ መስውእቱ ዝተዳለወ ጽሕፍ ቀጺሉ ዝተነበበ፡
ዝኸበርኩምን ዝኸበርክንን ኤርትራውያን ነበርቲ በይ ኤርያ፡ ናብዚ ብዓይነቱ ፍሉይን ብኣገዳስነቱ ከኣ ዕዙዝ ሓድሽ ትንሳኤ ምትእኽኻብ፡ኤርትራውያን፡ ሃገራዊ ሓድነትኩም ደሪኽኩም፡ ብዛዕባ ህሉው ኩነታት ህዝብን ሃገርን ክትዝትዩን ክትመኽሩን ስለ ዝመጻእኩም፡ ብስም በይ-ኤርያ ኤርትራውያን ንደሞክራስያዊ ለውጥን ብስም እቲ ውጹእ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ዝኸበረ ምስጋና ይብጻሕኩም።
ዝኸበርክንን ዝኸበርኩምን፡ ከምቲ ኩልና ንፈልጦ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ መሪር ተጋድሎ ኣሕሊፉን መወዳድርቲ ዘይብሉ መስዋእቲ ከፊሉን ከይኣኽሎ፡ ኣብዚ ሕጂ እዋን ብቓላት ክትገልጾ ዘጸግም፡ ፍጡር ወዲ ኣዳም ክጻወሮ ዘይክእል ግፍዕን መከራን ኣብ ልዕሊኡ ይፍጸም ምህላዉ ከይኣክል፡ ህዝቢ በታቲንካ ንኤርትራውያን ደቀባት ብጋህድን ብስውርን ብምቕንጻል፡ እንሆ ናይ ሃገር ልኡላውነት ኣብ ፍጹም ሓደጋ ወዱቑ ይርከብ ኣሎ፡ ነዛ ብኽቡር ዋጋ ዝተረኽበት ሃገር፡ ከም ህዝብን ሃገርን ናብ ንቡር ክንመልሳ፡ ናይ ነፍወከፍና ታሪኻዊ ሓላፍነት እዩ።
ዝኸበርኩም ኤርትራውያን ፡ እዚ ኣብ ሕሱም ጭቆና ዝርከብ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንዓና ኣብ ድያስፖራ እንነብር ኤርትራውያን፡ እዋናዊ ለበውኡ ከምኡ’ውን ከም መጠን ደቁ ዝሓተና ሕቶ እንተልዩ፡ ኩሉ ሓይልናን ጸጋታትናን ኣወሃሂድና ብሓባር ኰንና ከም ሓንቲ ስድራ ኣብ ሓደ ጽላል ኣጽሊልና ካብ ጭቆናን ዳግማይ ስውር መግዛእትን ሓራ ንኽወጽእ ዝለዓለ እጃም ክንጻወት፡ ካብቲ ዘለውዎ ሕሱም ጭቆናን ሓያል ጻዕረ-ሞት ዝተሓወሶ ሻቕሎትን ይላበዉናን ሓገዝኩም ኣይፈለየና ይብሉ ኣለው። ነዚ ለበዋ ክዉን ንምግባር ግን እቲ ኣማራጺ ዘይርከቦ ብሓባር ምስራሕ ጥራይ እዩ።
ዝኸበርክንን ዝኸበርኩምን፡ ንሕና ኤርትራውያን ካብ ንፈላለየሎም ንሰማምዓሎም ጉዳያት ስለዝበዝሑ፡ ብሓደ ዀንና ጸላኢና ካብ ምጽራግ ካልእ ኣማራጺ ከቶ ኣይክህልወናን እዩ። እዚ ናይ ሎሚ ኣኼባ ፍሉይ ዝገብሮ እምበኣር ደቂ ሓንቲ ስድራ ክነስና፡ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ መኣዲ ክንቋደስ ዝጸናሕና ግን ከኣ ዓጊብናሉ ዘይንፈልጥ መኣዲ ገዲፍና፡ ዳግም ናብ ናይ ሓባር መኣድን ፍቕርን ተመሊስና ታሪኻዊ ሓድነትና ንምምላስ ከምኡ’ውን ነቲ ኣብ ዓለም መዳርግቲ ዘይተረኽቦ ኤርትራዊ ሓቦን ኒሕን ንምብርባር ብሓባር ክንዝቲ ምብቃዕና፡ ሓደ ስጉምቲ ንቕድሚት እዩ ክበሃል ይከኣል።
ዝኸበርኩም ኤርትራውያን፡ ሎሚ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሓዲሽ ዝጫጫሕ ወዳበ፡ ናብ ካልእ ጓል መንገዲ ዝወስድ ምክፍፋል ዘይኮነ ዘድልዮ፡ ኩላትና ብሓባር ንድሕነት ህዝብን ሃገርን ወፈራ ክንገብር እዋኑ ዝጠልቦ ከምዝኾነ ዝሰሓት ኣይኮነን። ሓድነት ሓይሊ እዩ ምክፍፋል ግን ብኣንጻሩ ሕሰምን መከራን ህዝቢ የናውሕ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ፡ ከም ህዝቢ ንቐጻልነት ህላወና ኣብ ምልክት ሕቶ ዘእቱ ከምዝኾነ ሕሉፍ ተመኩሮ ናይ ዝሓለፍናዮም 28 ዓመታት ህያው ምስክር እዮም።
በይ ኤርያ ኤርትራውያን ንደሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ፡ ነዞም ኣብ ላዕሊ ዝተጠቕሱ ዕላማታት ኣብ ምትግባር ዓቕሙ ብዘፍቅዶ ክሰርሕ ጸኒሑን ኣሎን፡ ኮይኑ ግን ኣብ ሱታፈ ህዝቢ ሕጽረታት ስለዝነበረ፡ ከምቲ ዝድለ ንቕድሚት ንምስጓም ክጽገም ጸኒሑን ኣሎን። ካብ ሎሚ ጀሚርና ዘድሊ ምትዕርራያት ጌርና ብናይ ኩልና ሓያል ተሳትፎ፡ ዕምሪ መላኺ ንምሕጻርን ሕሰምን ኣደራዕን ህዝብና ንምውጋድን ብሓባር ይኣክል ንብለሉ ሰዓት ሕጂ እዩ። ክብርታትና ኣምሊስና ኣብዛ ብባህርያዊ ጸጋታት ዝተዓደለት ኤርትራ፡ ህዝብና እፎይ ኢሉ ብልዕልና ሕጊ ተመሪሑ ብሰላም ዝነብረላ ሃገር ክንፈጥር እቲ እንኮ መፍትሒ ሓድነት ጥራይ እዩ።
አብ ትሕቲ ጭርሖ “ይአክል” ኤርትራውያን ንኽንሰማማዕ ተሰማሚዕና አሎና!
ክብርን ሞገስን ንሰማእታትና
ክንዕወት ኢና
በይ ኤርያ ኤርትራውያን ንደሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ
ኣብቲ ኣኼባ ብቛንቃ`ታት ትግርኛን ዓረብኛን ካብ ዝቐረበ ጭርሖታት ቀጺሉ እነሆ፡
ይኣክል ንውልቀ ምልኪ
ይኣክል ንግህሰት ሃይማኖታዊ መሰላትና
ይኣክል ምጥላዕ ብልዑላውነት ሃገርና
ይኣክል ንወገነይ ወገንካ፡ ንኣውራጃይ ኣውራጃኻ
ቅዋምና ክትግበር፣ ዶብና ክሕንጸጽ፣ እሱራትና ክፍትሑ ብሓባር ንቃለስ
ይኣክል ንስቕታ፡ ይኣክል ንዅሉ ምፍልላያትና፡ ይኣክል ንዅሉ ጸገማትና !!!
ኣብቲ ገዳይም ተቓለስቲ፣ መንእሰያት ደቀንስትዮን ደቂ ተባዕትዮን በብተራ እናተንስኡ ዘስምዕዎ መደረታት፡ ሓድነትና ኣትሪርና፣ ብምክብባርን ምጽውዋርን ሃገርናን ህዝብናን ከነድሕን ዝጽውዕ ብምድግጋም ተቓሊሑ። ናይ ይኣክል ምንቅስቓስ ኣብ ምሉእ ዓለም ብዓወት ተቓሊሑ ኣሎ፡ ካብዚ ቀጺልና ናብ ደረጃ ሓዞ-ሓዞ ከነሰጋግሮን ንውልቀ መላኺ ሓንሳብን ንሓዋሩን ክንድምስሶን ንለዓል እውን ተባሂሉ። ኣብቲ ክካየድ ዝጸንሐ ምንቅስቓስ ተሳትፎ ዘይጸንሖምን ንመጀመርያ ጊዜ ኣብ ናይ ይኣክል ምንቅስቓስ ምስታፎምን ብምሕባር፡ ኣብ ማሕበርን ንጥፈታቱን ብኣባልነት ክሰርሑ ዘፍለጡ’ውን ብዙሓት ነይሮም።
ክንዕወት ኢና
በይ ኤርያ ኤርትራውያን ንደሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ
ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ነቲ ንፍርቂ ዘመን ዝኸውን ዘካየዶ ሰላማውን ዕጥቃውን ቃልሲ፡ ድሕሪ ብዙሕ ዋጋ ዝተኸፍሎ መስዋእትን ሓሳረ-መከራን ብ1991 ዓ.ም ንመሬቱ ካብ ጐበጣ ኢትዮጵያዊ መግዛእቲ ሓራ ኣውጺኡ፡ ብግንቦት 1993 ኣብ ዝተኻየደ ሪፈረንደም ድማ፡ ኤርትራ ናጻን ልዑላዊት ሃገርን ብምዃን ኣህጕራዊ ተፈላጥነት ረኺባ።
በዚ ኣጋጣሚ’ዚ፡ ነቲ ምእንቲ ናጽነቱን ልዑላውነትን ክቡር ዋጋ ዝኸፈለን ጌና እውን “ይኣክል” ኣብ ትሕቲ ዝብል ጭርሖ፡ ንናይ ምድማር ፖለቲካ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ኢሳያስ ዝቃወም ዘሎ ኣብ ውሽጥን ኣብ ግዳምን ዝርከብ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ብስም መሪሕነትን መሰረታትን ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ናይ ዮሃናን መጐስን መልእኽተይ ከመሓላልፍ ከለኹ ክብርን ሓበንን ይስምዓኒ።
ነዚ ብኢሳያስን ውሑዳት መሳርሕቱን ዝተወስደ ንልዑላውነት ኤርትራን ህዝባን ንሓደጋ ዘሳጥሕ ናይ ጥልመት ውዕላትን መግለጺታትን ብምቅዋም ከም ቆፎኡ እተነኽአ ንህቢ፡ ንህዝቡን ሃገሩን ንምድሓን “ይኣክል” ዝብል ድምጺ ኣምሪሑ ሰላም፡ ግዝኣተ-ሕግን ፍትሕን ንምንጋስ ተበጊሱ ዘሎ ህዝባዊ ማዕበል ሽቶኡ ክሳብ ዝሃርም፡ ነፍስወከፍ ኤርትራዊ ደላይ ፍትሒ ዕጣቑ ሸጥ ኣቢሉ ንቕድሚት ክምርሽ ኣብ ዝጥለበሉ መድረኽ ምህላውና ከዘኻኽር ይፈቱ።
ካባ ናጽነትን ልዑላውነት ተሸፊንካ ንውልቃዊ ስልጣንካን ረብሓኻን ንምቕዳም ክግበር ዝጸንሐ ስዉር ሸርሕን ጥልመትን ተቓሊዑ፡ ድምጺ ናይ’ቶም ንናጽነትን ልዑላውነትን ኤርትራ ዝቃለሱ፡ ዝእሰሩ፡ ዝስደዱን ዝስወሩን ዝነበሩን ዝነበራን ንጹሃት ደቂ ኤርትራ ከም ብርሃን ጽሓይ ተዀሊዑን በሪኹን ምውጽኡ፡ ዝተቓለሰ ይዕወት ኢዩ እሞ እንቋዕ ሓጐሰና። ናብ’ዚ ደረጃ’ዚ ንምብጻሕ ነቲ ናይ ህዝብና ኣውያትን ጸሎትን ዝሰምዐ ሰማያዊ ኣምላኽ ድማ፡ ክብርን ምስጋናን ይብጽሓዮ።
በዚ ኣጋጣሚ’ዚ፡ ኣባላት ሓይልታት ምክልኻል ኤርትራን ኤርትራውያን ምሁራትን ሞያተኛታትን ኣብ ጐድኒ ጭቍን ህዝቦምን ናይ ለውጢ ባህግታቱን ደው ኢሎም፡ ንዕምሪ ናይ’ቶም፡ ንመጻኢ ዕድል ናይ መንእሰያት ዘጸልመቱ፡ ንምስሊ ኤርትራ ዝደወኑ፡ ንህዝብና ኣደዳ ሞት፡ ምፍንቓል፡ ስደት፡ ድሕረትን ድኽነትን ዝገበሩ ካብ ሕፍንቲ ኢደ ዘይበዝሑ ውሑዳት ከድዓትን ፈተውቲ ነብሶምን ከሕጽሩ መጸዋዕታይ አቕርብ።
ክብርን ዘልኣለማዊ ዝኽርን ንዅሎም’ቶም ምእንቲ ናጽነትን ክብረትን ህዝቦም ህይወቶም ዝበጀዉ ሰማእታትና!!!
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