ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ሰደህኤ:-

ኣብ መስርሕ ፖለቲካዊ ቃልሲ፡ እቲ ቀዳማይ ተመራጺ ኩልኻ ዕዉታት ክትኮነሉ ዘኽእል ማእከላይ ፍታሕ ምርካብ እዩ። እዚ ኣብ ዘይተኻእለሉ ግና፡ ናብ ሓዴኻ ሰዓሪ ሓዴኻ ድማ ተሰዓሪ እትኾነሉ ናይ “ንሓዴና እያ” ቃልስን ህልኽን ክትኣቱ ናይ ግድን እዩ። ናብቲ ምዕቡል ኩልኻ ሰዓሪ እትኾነሉ ኩነታት ምብጻሕን ዘይምብጻሕን ብሓደ ኣካል ናይቶም ተወዳደርቲ ዝውሰን ዘይኮነስ ናይ ክሎም ቅሩብነት ዝሓትት እዩ። ክልቲኦም ወይ ሓዲኦም ንናይ ሓባር ተዓዋትነት ቅሩብ ኣብ ዘይኮነሉ ከምዚ ሎሚ ኣባና ኤርትራውያን ወሲኽካ ኣብ ብዙሕ ኩርነዓት ዓለም ዝረአ ዘሎ ናይ መን ሰዓረ ውድድር ኢኻ ትኣቱ።

ኣብ ኩነታት ኤርትራ እቲ ዘሎ ፍልልይ ብናይ ክልቴኻ ተዓወቲ እትኾነሉ ንክዛዘም ዝተገብረ ጻዕርታት ኩሉ ብሰንኪ “ብውድባት ሓሸውየ የለን” ዝሕመረቱ ስስዑን ነጻግን ባህርያት ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ክትግበር ኣይተኻእለን። ከም ውጽኢት ናይዚ ድማ እነሆ፡ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ህልውና ናይ ለውጢ ሓይልታት’ኳ ክቕበል ቅሩብ ኣይኮነን። ነቲ ርኡይ ኤርትራዊ ተቓውሞ ንሓንሳብ ብጉልባብ ወያነ ንሓንሳብ ድማ ብኢድ ኣእታውነት ምዕራባውያን ከጐልብቦ ይጽዕር ኣሎ። እቲ ብዘይካ ከምኡ ምግባር ካልእ መተካእታ ዘየብሉ ደንበ ተቓውሞ ድማ፡ ነቲ ጉጅለ ኣወጊዱ ኣብ ቦታኡ ደሞክራሲያዊ ስርዓት ንምትካል ይቃለስ ኣሎ።

እቲ ኣዝዩ ዘተሓሳስብ ድማ እቲ ናይ ምንጽጻግን፡ ክልቴኻ ዕዉታት እትኾነሉ ኩነታት ዘይምፍጣርን ኣብቲ ኣብ መንጎ ጉጅለ ህግደፍን ኤርትራዊ ተቓውሞን ዘሎ ምትፍናን ከይተደረተ፡ ኣብ መንጎ ሕድሕድ ተዋሳእቲ ደንበ ተቓውሞ’ውን ዝተላብዐ ሕዱር ሕማም ምዃኑ እዩ። ኩልና ከም ዘይንስሕቶ፡ ሎሚ ህዝብና ካብ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝጽበዮ ርህሩህ ልቢ ከም ዘየብሉ ኣረጋጊጹ እዩ። ከምኡ ስለ ዝኾነ ድማ ክጠፍኣሉ ጥራይ እዩ ዝቃለስ ዘሎ እምበር፡ ሓሳቡ ክቕይር ኣይጽበዮን እዩ። ካብ ህግደፍ ሕማቕ ዜና ክሰምዕ እንከሎ ድማ ዝተጸበዮ ስለ ዝኾነ ኣይሕደሶን እዩ። ኣብ ደንበ ተቓውሞ ብዝፍጠር ምኽንያቱ ብዘይርደኦ ፍልልያትን ተቐራሪብካ ዘይምስራሕን ዝሓድሮ ሻቕሎት ግና ኣዝዩ ዓሚቕ እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ናይቲ ዝተጸበዮ መጻኢ ብሩህ ተስፋ ምልክት ይርኢ ስለ ዘየለ።

ኣብ መንጎ ክልተ ሓይልታት፡ ከምዚ ኣብ መንጎ ደንበ ተቓውሞናን ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ቃልሲ ክካየድ እንከሎ፡ ነቲ ቃልሲ ፍሉይ ቆላሕታ ሂቦም ውጽኢቱ ዝጽበዩ ኣካላት ንዓቕሚ ናይቶም ተተፋነንቲ ሓይልታት ከወዳድርዎ ዝተለምደ እዩ። ከም ውጽኢት ናይዚ ምውድዳር ድማ ”እዚ ካብቲ ይሕይል ወይ ይሓምቕ” ዝብል ሓሳብ ይሕዙ። ኣብ ቃልስና እቲ ቀንዲ ዋናን በዓል ዋኒንን ናይቲ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ስለ ዝኾነ ከምቲ ቀደም ኣብ ግዜ ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ንውድባት ኤርትራ ዘወዳድሮም ዝነበረ፡ ሎሚ እውን ንደንበ ተቓውሞን ጉጅለ ህግደፍን ከወዳድር ናይ ግድን እዩ። ኣብቲ ውድድር ዝተፈላለዩ ኣወዳደርቲ ኣካላት ነናቶም መወዳደሪ መዕቀንታት ኣለዎም። ከከም እምነቶም፡ ንኣጽዋር፡ ብዝሒ ሰዓቢ ወይ ሰራዊት፡ ናይ ግዳም ሓይሊ ደገፍን ገንዘባዊ ዓቕሚን ከም ናይ ብቕዓት መምዘኒ ክወስድዎም ይርኣዩ። እቲ ዝያዳ ቆላሕታ ክወሃቦ ዝግባእን ግና ግቡእ ክብደት ክወሃቦ ዘይንርእዮን፡ ሓደ ፖለቲካዊ ሓይሊ ዝምረሓሉ ፖሊሲ ወይ ኣተሓሳስባ እዩ። ናይ ሓደ ሓይሊ ብቕዓት ኣብ ምምዛን እዞም ዝተዘርዘሩ ካለኦት መስፈርታት፡ ቦታ የብሎምን ማለት ኣይኮነን። ኣገዳስነቶም ከከም መድረኹ ከም ዝፈላለ ክዝንጋዕ ኣይግባእን። ንኣብነት ኣብ ግዜ ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ንብዝሕን ዓይነትን ተዋጋኢ ሓይልን ኣጽዋርን በሪኽ ቦታ ክወሃቦም ባህርያዊ ነይሩ። ከምዚ ሎሚ ኣተሓሳስባ ቅድሚት ይሰራዕ ንብሎ ዘለና። ንሓደ መዕቀኒ በሪኽ ቦታ ክወሃቦ እንከሎ እቶም ዝተረፉ እውን ብደረጀኦም ክዝንግዑ ኣይግበኦምን ኢልና ኣለና። ንኣብነት ኣብ ግዜ ብረታዊ ቃልስና ንኣጽዋርን ዓቕሚ ውግእን ቀዳማይ ደረጃ ክወሃቦ እንከሎ፡ ነቲ “ድሕሪ ዓውት ኣብነጻ ኤርትራኸ ነየናይ ኣተሓሳስባ ኢና ከነሰስን?” ዝብል ቆላሕታ ክንፈጎ ኣይመነበሮን። ብሰንኪ ሽዑ ኣርሒቕካ ዘይምርኣይ ኢና እምበኣር ሎሚ ዋጋ ንኸፍል ዘለና።

ኣብዚ ሎሚ ነካይዶ ዘለና ቃልሲ እምበኣር እቲ ቅድሚት ክስራዕ ዝግበኦ ጉዳይ ምጥራይ ሓድሽ ኣተሓሳስባ እዩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ’ኳ ርእይዎን መዚንዎን እዩ። ድሕሪ ሕጂ ካብኡ ዝጽበዮ ሓድሽ ኣተሓሳስባ የብሉን። ንኣካላት ደንበ ተቓውሞ እውን ብመንጽር ኣተሓሳስባኦም እዩ ክመዝኖም ዝግበኦ። እቲ ካልእ መምዘንታት እውን ኣይረሳዕ፡ እንተኾነ ካልኣዊ እዩ። በቲ ካልእ ወገን ሓይልታት ተቓውሞ እውን ንዓቕሙ ብመንጽር ዝሓዞ ናይ ኣተሓሳስባ ለውጢ እዩ ክመዝኖ ዝግበኦ። ኣብ መንጎ ሓይልታት ተቓውሞን ኣብ መንጎ ጉጅለ ህግደፍን ዘሎ ፍልልይ፡ ሓደ ካብ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ እቲ ሓደ ድማ ኣብ ኤርትራ ብምህላዉ ኣይኮነን ክምዘን ዝግበኦ። ኣብ መንጎ ክልቲኡ ወገናት ዘሎ ናይ ፍልልይ ርሕቀትዩ ብመንጽር ኣተሓሳስባ እዩ ክርኣይ ዝግበኦ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድሕሪ ውድቀት ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝጽበዮ ሓድሽ ገጽ ዘይኮነስ ሓድሽን ምዕቡልን ኣተሓሳስባ ምዃኑ ክዝንጋዕ የብሉን።

ንሕና ውድባት በቲ ሓደ ወገን ምስ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ፡ በቲ ካልእ ወገን ድማ ኣብ ነንሕድሕድና ኣብ ቃልስን ውድድርን ኢና ንነብር ዘለና። ቃልስን ውድድርን ፈላሊኻ ክረኣዩ ስለ ዘይክእሉ። ዝኾነ ኮይኑ ኣብ ውድድር ካብ ሃለና “እዚ እዩ ሓያል ናይ ውድድር ጐድነይ” እንብሎ ክህልወና ናይ ግድን እዩ። ስለዚ እቲ ክንየተሉ ዝግበኣና ዓቕሚ፡ ብረት፡ ገንዘብ፡ ናይ ግዳም ደግፍን ዕርክነትን ዘይኮነ፡ ዘጥረናዮ ጽባሕ ኣብ ኤርትራ ተዘሪኡ ሰናይ ዘፍሪ ሓድሽ ኣተሓሳስባ እዩ ክኸውን ዝግበኦ። ሓድሽ ኣተሓሳስባ ኣብ ውሽጥኻ ብዝካየድ ረቂቕ ናይ ለውጢ ቃልሲ ዝምዝገብ እምበር ብሓገዝ ዝትኮብ ኣይኮነን። ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ ስዒርናዮ እንብል ብኣካል ከነወግዶ እንከለና ኣይኮነን። እቲ ሓቀኛ ዓወትና ነቲ ሕጂ ናይ’ቲ ጉጅለ ኩሉ እኩይ ተግባራቱ መንጠሪ ኮይኑ ዘሎ ጸረ ህዝብን ሃገርን ኣተሓሳስባ ዳሕራይ ከም ዘይምለስ ከነብርሶ ክንክእል እንከለና እዩ። እዚ እንተዘይጌርና ግና፡ እቲ ጉጅለ እንተወደቐ’ውን፡ እቲ እከይ ኣተሓሳስባኡ፡ ብሓደስቲ ኣሳሰይቲ ዳግማይ ናይ ምጥጣዕ ዕድሉ ዕጽው ኣይክኸውንን እዩ። እዚ ድማ ብናይ ጉልበት ዘይኮነስ፡ ብናይ ኣተሓሳስባ ቅልጽም’ዩ ዝረጋገጽ። “ናይ ኣተሓሳስባ ዓቕሚ” ምምዕባል ሰፊሕን ኣብ መስርሕ ዝረጋገጽን ኮይኑ፡ ንኹሎም እዞም ኣብ ደንበ ተቓውሞና ዘሳቕዩና ዘለዉ ድኽመታት ዝዓጽፍ እዩ።

ስለ'ዚ፡ ኣብ ኣተሓሳስባናን ፖለቲካዊ ንቕሓትናን ለውጢ ከንገብር እንተደኣ ዘይክኢልና፡ ኣብ ጸቢብን ኣዕናውን ናይ ሕድሕድ ቃልስታት ዕንክሊል ክንብል ክንግደድ ኢና። እዚ ድማ፡ንዕምሪ ናይ'ቲ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ዘናውሕ ዕድል ክፈጥር ኢዩ።

31 መጋቢት 2015

In a memorandum sent today, 31 March, to the European Union (EU), the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) expressed utter dismay with the regional body’s plans to help the dying though still repressive regime in Asmara, and urged Europe to stand with the victimized Eritrean people.

Addressed to Ms Federica Mogherini, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-Chairperson of the EU Commission, with copies to Mr. Donald Tusk, President of the Council of EU; Mr. Jean-Claude Junker, President of the EU Commission; Mr. Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, and to foreign ministries of all the 28 EU Member States, the memorandum regretted EU’s plan of repeating another mistake of vainly trying to engage an incorrigible regime that failed it in the past.

Messrs Donald Tusk, Martin Schultz and Jean Claude Junker

The EPDP message also listed priority areas in which the European Union can be of help to the distressed 6 million Eritreans at this critical hour in their life. Copied below is the full text of the memorandum.

Your Excellency EU High Representative Mogherini,

We in the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP), an organization in exile struggling for democratic change, are addressing this message to your esteemed office, with copies to all concerned in the European Union, to express our utter dismay about the reported intention of the EU to once more resort to gestures of appeasement with the incorrigible and Africa’s most repressive regime in Asmara.

When the UN Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea submitted its interim report to the UN Human Rights Council on 16 March 2015 affirming that “most Eritreans have no hope for their future” under the current regime, the EU representative, Mr. Peter Sorensen, welcomed the report as “an excellent work” and stated that the EU was “deeply concerned about the persisting human rights violations” in Eritrea. The EU message to the Council also regretted that the Eritrean regime is refusing all cooperation and access to the country where “arbitrary arrests, disappearances, torture, extra-judiciary killings….” are taking place and restriction of freedoms is widely reported.

EU member states that addressed the UN Human Rights Council on 16 March, among them Germany, France and UK, also strongly supported and endorsed the EU statement.

The Council of the European Union

Dear Ms Mogherini,

The EU’s generous grant of €122 million in 2007 did nothing to change the regime from continuing violating human and political rights of its own. Both the EU and the Eritrean regime appeared to have agreed to ignore the Cotonou Agreement stipulating that any support from the EU was strictly conditional to good governance and respect of human rights. To the contrary, the regime in Asmara continued to defy ande violate the Cotonou Agreement and the EU funds had proven to have helped to strengthen the criminal security apparatus of the regime. As a result, more displacement and flight of desperate refugees increased since that time.

Dear Madam,

The Eritrean people deserve sympathy and support and not the repressive regime that victimized them for decades. We therefore appeal to your esteemed office to listen to our people’s appeals to the EU to stop re-empowering a regime whose days now appear numbered.

Instead of supporting the repressive regime, we request the EU and its member states to do the following:

1. To tell the regime in Asmara that it does not deserve EU support until it stops all the cruelties it is meting out against its own people.
2. The EU to initiate an extensive package programme for Eritrean refugees in the Horn of Africa. This programme can provide academic education, skill training and scholarships and prepare young and disadvantaged Eritreans for a better future in post-dictatorship Eritrea. It can be financed mainly by the technical assistance funds suspended for over a decade by many countries because of the Asmara regime’s bad human rights record.
3. We also ask the EU to forget the Asmara regime and engage Eritrean non-state political and civil society actors. These pro-democracy actors deserve your support for empowerment now.

To sum, a resumption of support to the regime in Asmara will again prove to be a wrong action by the EU. It will prove to be repeating a failed experience? We therefore urge the EU and its member states not to spend time and resources on such futile endeavor that will not yield the intended results. Eritreans will continue fleeing the country as long as the regime of Isayas Afeworki in is in power.