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“ጽምዶ” ሰፊሕ ትርጉም ዘለዋ ቃል ኮይና፡  ብፍላይ ኣብ ሕርሻዊ መስርሕ ነባር ባህላዊ ትርጉም ኣለዋ፡ መልእኽታ በበይኖም ከድምዑ ዘይክእሉ ኣካላት ተላፊኖም ንክወፍሩ እተኽእል መራኸቢት እያ። ጽምዶ ንምዕሩይ ናይ ሓባር ተጠቃምነት ናይቶም ተጻመድቲ ከም እትውዕል ንምግባራ ድማ  ምስትውዓልን ምትሕልላይን ይሓትት። ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ከኣ ምስ ፖለቲካዊ ትርጉም መድረኽ ሒዛ’ላ

ኣብ ሕብረተሰብና ብሓደ ኢድካ ከምዘይጣቓዕ፡ ብቓንጃ ብዕራይ’ውን ስለ ዘይሕረስ፡ ሓደ ብዕራይ ዝውንን ተመሳሳሊ ኩነታት ምስ  ዘለዎ ተራኺቡ  ምጽማድ ልሙድ ኣሰራርሓ እዩ።  ኣብዑር ኣላፊንካ ምጽማድ ኣገዳሲ ኮይኑ፡ እቲ ወሳኒ ግና እቲ ዕርፊ ጨቢጡ ነቶም ዝተጸምዱ ዝሓርሶም ሓረስታይ እዩ። እቲ ሓረስታይ፡ ተበላጺ፡ ተንኮለኛን ስሱዕን እንተኾይኑ፡ እቲ ጽምዶ ይዳኸም ወይ ይፈርስ፡  እቲ ትጽቢት ዝተገብረሉ እቶት’ውን ኣይሕፈስን።  በዚ መሰረት ጽምዶ  ሃንደፍ ኢልካ ዝእቶ ክስተት ዘይኮነ፡  ዕላማኡን ቀጻልነቱን እንታይን ከመይን እዩ? ናይቶም ተጻመድቲ ዓቕሚኸ ክሳብ ክንደ እዩ  ዝመጣጠን? ዝብሉ ሓሳባት ኣብ ግምት ዝኣቱ እዩ። ኣብቶም ተጻመድቲ ምምጥጣን እንተዘየልዩ ግና ምግድዳዕን ምጥልላምን የስዕብ። እቲ ርክብ፡ ዝተፈላለየ ኣተሓሕዛን ብቕዓትን ብዘለዎም ስለ ዝዝወር ንተጻመድቲ ክሳብ ክንደይ ከም ዝኸብዶም ምግማቱ ዘጸግም ኣይኮነን።

ኣብዚ እዋንዚ፡ እቶም ቅድሚ ሕጂ ንሳቶም ብዝኣጐድዎ ውግኣት፡ ህይወት ኣእላፍ ዘጥፍኡን እልቢ  ንብረት ዘዕነዉን ውድባት ህግደፍን ህወሓትን ሎሚ ከኣ፡ ብመጉላሕቶም ኣቢሎም “ጽምዶ ንፈጥር ኣለና”  ዝብል ጽዑቕ ዘይቀጥታዊ ዜናታት ይዝርግሑ’ለዉ። ቅድሚ ሕጂ ክስራሕ ክፈርስን ዝጸንሐ  ናይ ጉርሒ ዝምድናኦም’ውን፡ ዋላ ዝተፈላለየ ኣስማት ይወሃብዎ ብትሕዝቶኡ ካብዚ  ሎሚ ዝጉስጐሰሉ ዘሎ ጽምዶ ዝፍለ ኣይነበረን። ሃናጺ ኣይነብረን ሎሚ’ውን ኣይኮነን ካብ ዝበሃለሉ መሰረታዊ ምኽንያት ከኣ “ብፍላይ ብወገን ኤርትራ ህዝቢ ዘይፈልጦን ዘይተሳተፎን” ምንባሩን ብምዃኑን እዩ። ብመሰረቱ’ውን ምስ ናይ ወጻኢ ሓይልታት ዝግበር ርክብ፡ “ጽምዶ ክባሃል ይካኣል ድዩ? ዝብል ሕቶ ዘኸትል እዩ። እቲ ካልእ  ኢንታኡ ከኣ ወትሩ ተዘራሪኻ ንግዝያዊ ህልውና ናብ ውግእ ምእታው እንተዘይኮኑ፡ ዋላ ንይምሰል ምእንቲ  ንሰላም ዝሰብኽ ዘይምዃኑ’ዩ። 

ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ብሰንክ’ዚ ናይ ጽምዶ ሸበድበድ፡ ኣብ መንጎ ዝተፈላለዩ ኣካላት ኣዝዩ በሊሕ ፍልልይን ምትህልላኽን ይፍጠር ኣሎ። እቲ ፍልልይ ብዙሓት መልከዓት ዘለዉዎ ኮይኑ፡ ኣብ መንጎ ኤርትራውያንን ተጋሩን፡ ኣብ ውሽጢ ደገፍቲ ህግደፍ፡ ኣብ ሕድሕድ ደገፍቲ ህወሓት፡ ኣብ ኤርትራውያን ሓይልታት ለውጢ……ወዘተ እናበልካ፡ ነዊሕ ዝዝርዘር ኣለዎ። ኣብ መንጎ ህወሓትን ፈደራል መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያን ከኣ ኣዝዩ ዘተፋንን ዘሎ እዩ። እቲ ናይ 2018 ዝምድና ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቅን ኣብይ ኣሕመድን ንደንበ ተቓውሞ ኤርትራ ናብ ዘይተጽበዮ ዘየረዳድእ ኣጀንዳ ዘእተዎ ከይድገም ዘየሰክፍ ኣይኮነን። ሓይልታት ለውጢ ኤርትራ እምበኣር፡ ካብ ናይ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ተመኩሮኡ ተማሂሩ፡ ብሰንኪዚ  ዝእለም ዘሎ መጻወድያ፡  መሰረታዊ ተልእኮኡ ከይስሕት   ከስተውዕል ይግበኦ።

 ናይዚ ጽምዶ እናተባህለ ዝፍጠር ዘሎ ሸበድበድ፡ ሓደ መርኣያ ናይቲ ኣብ ከባብና ናህሩ ዝውስኽ ዘሎ ሓድሽ ፖለቲካዊ ኣሰላልፋ ምዃኑ ርኡይ እዩ። ከምቲ ኮሚተ ወጻኢ ዝምድናታት፡ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳን ሰነይት ሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣሜሪካን ኣብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ንዘይርጉእ ኩነታት ዞባና፡ ክድህስሱ እንከለዉ፡ “ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ንትግራይ ኣብ ማእከሎም ገይሮም ኣብ ሓያል ምውጣት ተጸሚዶም ኣለዉ” ዝበልዎ፡  “ንህልዊ ኩነታት  ትግራይ መን መዝመዘ” ኣብ ዝብል፡ ሓያል ምውጣጥ ይካየድ ኣሎ። ፖለቲካዊ ዘይርጉእነት ትግራይ ነዞም ዝዋጠጡ ዘለዉ ዝተቓለዐ ምዃኑ ከኣ፡ ንብዙሓት ዘተሓሳስብ ኮይኑ’ሎ።  ህዝቢ ትግራይ ብዛዕባዚ  ከቢድን ዝተሓላለኸን ክስተት ተጠንቂቑ ክውስን ከቢድ ሓላፍነት ኣለዎ። 

ነዚ ናይ ኣሰላልፋ ምግልባጥ፡ ከምቲ “ባዕላ መምጽኢት ደርፊ፡ ባዕላ መጥፍኢት ደርፊ”  ዝበሃል፡ ተዓዛባይ ጥራይ ኮንካ “ድላዮም ይግበሩ” ኢልካ ዝሕለፍ ዘይኮነ፡ ብትሪ “ዓገብ” ክትብሎ ዘገድድ ኮይኑ’ሎ። ምኽንያቱ ናይዚ  መዛረቢ ኮይኑ ዘሎ “እንዶ ዘየብሉ ጽምዶ ” ሳዕቤንን ዕዳን ዝኸፍሎ እቲ መንቀሊኡ ኮነ መዓርፍኡ ዘይፈልጦ ክልቲኡ ህዝብታት ስለ ዝኸውን።

ኣብ ምግጣም እዚ ዝረአ ዘሎ በሎበሎ፡  ህዝብታት ኤርትራን ትግራይን  መሪሕ ግደ ክጻወቱ ዝግበኦም ምዃኖም፡ ኣብ ርእሲቲ ዘለዎም ተረድኦ ምዝኽኻሮም እዋናዊ እዩ። እንተቲ “ክልቲኡ ጐረባብቲ ህዝብታት ደላይ ሰላምን ስኒትን’ዩ” ዝበሃል ግና፡ ርዱእን ክንሰርሓሉ ዝጸናሕናን እምበር፡ ናይዚ ልኡላውነት ዘይንታዩን ፍኑውን ኣካይዳ ሓድሽ መጸዋዕታ ንጽበየሉ ኣይኮነን። ሰዲህኤ ኣብ 4ይ ጉባአኡ ኣብ ዘጽደቖ መደብ ዕዮኡ፡  “… ምስ ጐረባብቲ ሃገራት፡ እንገብሮ ዝምድና ኣብ ናይ ሕድሕድ ውሽጣዊ ጉዳያት ኢድ ምትእትታው ዘየፍቅድ፣ ስኒትን ሰላምን ዝመለለይኡ ናይ ከባቢና ዕብየትን ርግኣትን ዘስፍን ፖሊሲ ከምንኽተል ንምርግጋጽ ጻዕርታት ክግበር ኢዩ” ዝብል፡ ሓሳብ ምስፋሩ ከኣ ንማዕርነታዊ ዝምድና ጐረባብቲ ህዝብታት፡ ዘለዎ ተገዳስነት  ዘርኢ እዩ።

ተጋሩ ይኹኑ ካለኦት ምስ ህግደፍ ዝጻመዱ ወገናት፡ ነታ “ህግደፍሲ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘይኮነ፡ ንኻልእ ህዝብን መጻምድትን ክሓሊ ኣይክእልን እዩ” እትብል መልእኽቲ ክዝንግዕዋ ኣይግበኦምን። ሓንቲ ባህሪ ህግደፍ ዝተረደአት ኢትዮጵያዊት፡ ኤርትራውያንን ተጋሩን ደገፍትን ተቓወምትን እቲ ጽምዶ ኣብ ዘካየድዎ ኣኼባ፡ “ህግደፍሲ ቅድሚ ብባጽዕ ኣፍደገ ከፊቱ፡ ንተጋሩ ስርናይ ካብ ከናዳ  ምምጺኡ ምልጋሱ፡ ቅድም እስኪ እቲ ኣብ ኢዱ ዘሎ ፍትሒ፡ ሕገመንግስታዊ ምምሕዳር፡ ዲሞክራስን ሰላምን ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሂቡ ልግሱ የርእየና” ክትብል ተሰሚዓ። ንሕና ከኣ እቲ ጉጅለ ቅድሚ ካልእ መዛምድቲ  ንምርካብ ሃንደፍደፍ ምባሉ፡ “ምስ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እንዶ ንቡር ዝምድና  ፍጠር” ኢና እንብሎ። 

“ከምቲ ቀዳማይ ስሕታን ካለኣይ ዕብዳን” ዝበሃል፡ ውድብነቱ  ብምስራዙ ኣጀንዳ ኮይኑ ዘሎ ህወሓት፡  ካብ ናይ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ተመኩሮኡ ዶ ይመሃር ወይ ኣብ ኣርዑት ህግደፍ ይጽመድ? ባዕሉ ክምልሶ ዘለዎ’ዩ። ገለ ተጋሩ ንህግደፍ “ሕጹብ ከም ጲላጦስ” ገይሮም፡ ንዓኡ ምእንቲ ከሕጉሱ፡  ምእንቲ ለውጢ ንዝቃለሱ ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ከጸልሙን ናይ ትግራይ ሃገርነት ኣፍልጦ ካብ ህግደፍ ክጽበዩን ይስምዑ እዮም። ህዝቢ ትግራይ ትማሊ ንህግደፍ ክሳብ ክንደይ ይረግሞ ነይሩ? ሎሚኸ?”  ዝብሉ ምምዛን’ውን ንዓኡ ይምልከት።

እንተ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብህግደፍ ብተደጋጋሚ ግዳይ ዝኾነን ዝኸውን ዘሎን ብምዃኑ፡ ቃልሱ ክሳብ ዓወት ዝቕጽል እምበር፡ በቲ ካበይ መጺኡ ናበይ ከም ዝኸይድ ዘይፈልጦ ጽምዶ ኣይክጥበርን እዩ።    

May 24, 2025, marks the 34th year since our country attained its sovereignty. Thousands of patriotic Eritreans wished to see this precious day but were not fortunate enough to witness it. Hundreds of thousands sacrificed their precious lives for the independence and freedom of our people. Thanks to their noble sacrifice, our country Eritrea has had its sovereignty recognized and has become a member of the United Nations. On this occasion, I extend congratulations to all our people, both at home and abroad.

However, because our country has fallen under a dictatorial regime, our people's rights have been violated, their freedoms stripped, and through indefinite, unpaid national service, their youth's potential has been extinguished, and it has become their fate to live a life of servitude. With one radio, one TV, one newspaper, and "Network 03," the dictatorial regime has been spreading confusing false information, numbing the minds of the people, and has been and continues to exploit our country's resources, and primarily our people, at its whim. The question that needs an answer is: How did we fall into this situation? And how can we overthrow the dictatorship and become free?

The Eritrean People's Liberation Front (later the People's Front for Democracy and Justice - PFDJ), which took control of Eritrea promising to establish constitutional governance allowing a multi-party system in a free Eritrea and to establish social justice, betrayed its promises. By terrorizing the people and imprisoning leaders and members of the EPLF (and its own ranks) whom it considered opponents, it spread the tentacles of dictatorship. And because the people took this abnormal situation as normal, stopped saying "enough" despite witnessing blatant oppression, and, whether out of fear or for personal gain, became complicit in the spread of an unjust culture; and because the opposition camp has been unable to be represented by one body and one voice, the life of the dictatorship has been prolonged, and the daily life of our people is going from bad to worse.

Because the dictatorial regime's hands are washed in blood, it is unthinkable that it will reform itself. As the saying goes, "The stick is in your hand, the snake is at your feet" – the solution, our people, is in your hands. There is no power that can rule you without your consent. The answer is: No to dictatorship! Yes to freedom!

Stand up for your rights! The martyrs did not sacrifice themselves for you to live cowering and hiding on Independence Day, fearing being snatched away, but for you to walk with your head held high in your country. Yes, they gave their precious lives for you to believe, think, express, organize, move, learn, farm, herd, and work as you wish; in short, for your general freedoms to be respected and for you to be governed by law and a constitution. Your duty is to protect the sovereign country they handed over to you through noble sacrifice and to reclaim your stripped rights.

On this occasion, I also call upon the opposition camp to make the necessary compromises to achieve, without delay, the unity that this current stage demands. There is no doubt that this is a step that will give hope to our people and accelerate the downfall of the dictatorship.

Gerezgiher Tewolde
Chairman of the Political Forces of Eritrea (EPF)

Victory to the just struggle of our people!!
Downfall to the dictatorial regime!!
Eternal memory to our martyrs!
Through Unity to Freedom!!