22 June 2015, 10:45 UTC

Every year the Bay Area Eritrean democratic forces remember Martyrs Day with candle lights and prayers. This year was not different. On Saturday June 20, 2015, the Bay Area Eritreans for Democratic Change (aka DaEro) hosted Martyrs Day in a special way; members experience or memories about our Martyrs, invited former fighters to give their reflection and how do the local opposition build an energetic opposition and focus in toppling the sitting dictator.

The Board of Bay Area Eritreans for Democratic Change (BAEDC) opened the meeting with silence of prayer in memory of our Martyrs and delivering a message from the leadership. Then, the Board opened the stage for the audience to share their first hand experience with Martyrs in the battle field. Many attendees shared the bravery and selfless sacrifices our Martyrs showed on the last minute of their precious life. They fought and sacrifice their lives to better Eritrea and the Eritrean people. Memories were shared from attendees about gallant sacrifices that was given in Asmara and Massawa. One attendee shared the sacrifice that was given by civilians and most of them women from the dungeons of the enemy. A truck driver at the Badme war shared his eye-witness on masses of Martyrs by the roadside that remained engraved in his memory. An incredible eye-witness was shared by a young woman about martyrdom in the Revolutionary School in Sahel. The care takers of the children were very caring and loving and gave their lives while protecting them from Ethiopian fighter jets. The graphic story of the event was echoed into the audience’s faces and dark cloud of sadness loomed in the hall. All members who shared their firsthand eye-witness said they could not erase the graphic pictures of those moments from their memory.

The audience shared many stories of firsthand experience with martyrs. The meeting acknowledged that story of martyrs is endless, but the cause of their martyrdom didn’t materialize yet. Their sacrifice was not to hand the free land to a monster dictator, but for its children to enjoy the fruit of liberty together. The Martyrs are crying from their graves to carry their cause of martyrdom to end, and audience responded they will. With this, the first part of the meeting came to conclusion.

The second part of the meeting was to discuss about creating a healthy working relationship within the pro-democracy forces and individuals. The Board asked what they can do to better and advance the vision of the BAEDC. The audience discussed this topic with openness. They appreciated the Board’s work so far, and encouraged them to continue on the same trend. Some of the suggestions that came were; to reach out, to conduct more members engaging events, diner events every month or so, etc. Reminders also came to the attendees; not to live in past grudges, to focus on toppling the dictator, to put the horse before the cart, to say sorry to each other, to think about positive things and not consume in negative staff against each other, etc. Some mentioned of the round sitting arrangement contributed to communal effort and facing each other allowed attendees to dialogue fact to face. An approach we Eritreans would benefit from.

In conclusion, the meeting chemistry was weighted towards new and young members. It carried very healthy spirited discussions, and members were very determined to make BAEDC work and advance it to a higher level of struggle. The Board assured members that there will be more members engaging meeting to establish more bonding and trust.

Our Martyrs Dream will Live!

Bay Area Eritrean for Democratic Change (BAEDC)

ኣብ ባህልና ከም ሓደ ካብ መለለዪታትና ኮይኑ ዝቐርብ ኣሰራርሓ ጸጉሪ ርእሲ እዩ። እዚ ንክልቲኡ ጾታ ዝምልከት ኮይኑ ኣብ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ዝያዳ ሰፊሕ ዝርዝር ኣለዎ። ናይ ወዲ ተባዕታይ ኣሰራርሓ ጸጉሪ ጎተናን ዓሊባበን ኣብ ዝብሉ ዝተወሰነ እዩ። እዚ ከም ሓደ ባህላዊ መለለዪ ኢለ ኣስፊረዮ ዘለኹ ንኣሰራርሓ ጸጉሪ ዝምልከት ዛዕባ፡ ከባቢ፡ ጾታ፡ ዕድመን ኣጋጣምን መሰረት ገይሩ ዝፈላለ ምዃኑ ድማ ከይጠቕስኩዎ ክሓልፍ ኣይደልን። ከምቲ ዝበልኩዎ እዚ ኣሰራርሓ ጸጉሪ ርእሲ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ፡ ብፍላይ ኣብ ከበሳታት ኤርትራ ጋመ፡ ሳዱላ፡ ሽብላሎ፡ ኣልባሶ፡ ግልብጭን ድርምምን ዝብሉ ኣስማት ኣለዉዎ። ኣብ ካልእ ከባቢታትና ድማ ዝተፈልየ ኣስማት ከም ዝህልዎ እግምት። ብመንጽር ኣሰራርሓ ጸጉሪ ምስ ኣጋጣምታት ዘለዎ ዝምድና ግልብጭን ኣልባሶን ኣብ ናይ ሓጐስ ግዜ ክዝውተሩ እንከለዉ፡ ድርምም ድማ ኣደታትና ናይ ቀረባ ቤተሰብ ክሞተን እንከሎ ዝስረሐኦ ናይ ሓዘን መግለጺ እዩ። ኣብ ገለ ከባቢታት ኣደታት ብፍላይ ምስ ሞት በዓል ቤተን ጸጉረን ይላጽየኦ እሞ ንሓያሎ ዓመታት ካብ ኩሉ እዚ ዝጠቐስኩዎ ኣገባብ ኣሰራርሓ ጸጉሪ ርእሲ ዝሕረማሉ ኣጋጣሚ ኣሎ።

ሓንቲ ኣደ ተደርሚማ እንተርኢኻያ እሞ ድማ ምስኡ ጥራይ ክሳዳ እንተኾይና ሓዘንተኛ ንምዃና ካልእ ተወሳኺ መግለጺ ኣየድልየካን። ምናልባት ግና ዝርዝር ኩነታት ናይቲ ናብዚ ሓዘን ዘብቀዓ ንምፍላጥ ጥራይ ክትሓታ ትኽእል። ኣደታት ሓዘነን ንምግላጽ ንዝተወሰነ ግዜ እየን ዝድርመማ። ደሓር ከከም ቅርበት ናይቲ ዝሞተን ዘመድ፡ በዓል ቤት፡ ሓው፡ ሓብቲ ወይ ውላድ ተራእዩ ድሕሪ ዝተወሰነ እዋን ብቐረበን ትይድበሳ። ካብቲ ናይ ምድባሰን ምልክት ሓደ ድማ ድርምመን ተፈቲሑ ጸጉሪ ርእሰን ብኻልእ ኣገባብ ምቑናኑ’ዩ። ኣብቲ ግዜ ምድባስ ከዓ “በሊ እዚ ናይ ሓዘንኪ ወሰን ይግበረልኪ” ይበሃላ’ሞ ንሳተን ድማ “ኣሜን” ኢለን ንደበስተን የመስግና። ሓዘን እንተደኣ ተደጋጊምወን ግና እቲ ድርምም እውን ብድርምሙ ይቕጽል።

ብመንጽር እዚ ኤርትራዊት ኣደ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ብሰንኪ ተተኻኻኢ ሓዘን ወትሩ ምስ ብድርምምታ እያ ትነብር ዘላ። ኤርትራዊት ኣደ ኣብ ግዜ ቃልሲ ምእንቲ ነጻነት ብዝተፈላለዩ ግፍዕታት ቤተሰባ ይሞቱ ስለ ዝነበሩ፡ ክትርመም’ያ ጸኒሓ። ናጽነት ኮይኑ፡ ብዝተወሰነ መልክዑ’ውን እንተኾነ ኣስማት ስዉኣት ምስ ተነግረ፡ ውላ”ኳ በቲ ሳላ መስዋእቶም ዝተረኽበ ዓወት ሓዘና ውሒጣ ተደዓዒሳ ክትቀርብ እንተፈተነት፡ ከስዐ ኣደ ስለ ዝኾና፡ ነቲደጋዊ ምልክት ገዲፍካ፡ ብውሽጣ ካብ ሓዘን ዓዲ ኣይወዓለትን። እቲ ንደገ ከይወጽእ ትዓግቶ ዝነበረት ንብዓታ ከዓ ንውሽጢ ካብ ምፍሳስ ኣየዕረፈን። ዋላ’ኳ “ከምኡ ደስ ስለ ዝበለኒ እየ” ዝብል ምኽንያታት እንተሃበት፡ ድርምማ ኣይተረፈን። ሓደ ተስፋ ግና ነይሩዋ። ሓዘናን ድርምማን ኣብኡ ከብቅዕ። እንተኾነ ብሰንኪ ዘይህዱእ ፖሊሲ ጉጀለ ህግደፍ ሓዘና ኣይተደረተን። ድርምማ ከዓ ኣይተፈትሐን። ናይ ግድን ኣብ ዘይነበረ ውግኣት ምስ ሱዳን፡ ምስ የመን፡ ምስ ጅቡቲ፡ ብዓብይኡ ድማ ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ዝተኻየደ ውግኣት ብዝተሰወኡ፡ በዓል ቤታ፡ ውላዳ ኣሕዋታ ሓዘና ተድጊሱ፡ ድርምማ ድማ መሊሱ ጸኒዑ። ዋሕዚ ንብዓታ ኣይዛረየን። ኣቦ እውን ይሓዝን እዩ’ሞ ግና እቲ ሓዘን ኣብታ ናይ ልውሃት ኣብነት ዝኾነት ኣደ ከም ዝገድድ ዝሰሓት ኣይኮነን።

ኣብ ከምዚ ኩነታት ንሳ ባዕላ እታ ኤርትራዊት ኣደ እያ “ስለምንታይ ወትሩ ይድርመም?” ኢላ ክትሓትት ዝግበኣ። ናይዚ ሕቶኣ መልስን ናይቲ ዘይዛሪ ሓዘና ጠንቅን ምስ ፈለጠት ከዓ ንሳ እያ ነቲ ሕቶ ኣብ ምምላስ ኮነ ነቲ ጠንቂ ኣብ ምውጋድ መሪሕ ግደ ከተበርክት ዝግበኣ። እዚ ናይ ኣደታት “ወትሩ ድርምም” ናይ ሓዘንን እህህን ግዜ፡ ኣደታት ነንሕድሕደን ብዝደባበሰኦ’ሞ መሊሱ ብዝድገስ ኣገባብ ኣይኮነን ዝፍታሕ። እቲ ፍታሕስ ነቲ ጠንቂ “ወትሩ ድርምም” ንሓዋሩ ከምዘይምለስ ምውጋዱ እዩ። ወጽዓ ኣደታት ማለት ብሓፈሻ ናይ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ወጽዓ ኣብ ኩሉ ምዕራፋት ቃልሲ ኣዝዩ ዝኸበደን ድርብን እዩ። ኣብቲ ነዚ ከቢድ ወጽዓ ናብ መሰረቱ ዝደልደለ ራህዋ ንምቕያሩ ዝግበር ቃልሲኸ ማዕሪኡዶ ኣሎ እጃመን? ንዝብል ሕቶ ኣብ ምምላስ ግና እቲ ክኸውን ዝግበኦ “እወ መሪሕ እየን” ዝብል እዩ። “ብተግባርከ ከምኡዶ ኣሎ?” ንዝብል ግና ኣፍካ መሊእካ እወ እትብሎ ኣይኮነን። ዝያዳ ብብሩህ ንምግላጹ ተሳትፎአን ኣብዚ ነካይዶ ዘለና ናይ ለውጢ ቃልሲ ትሕቲ ግምትና እዩ።

ብዙሓት ፖለቲካዊ ውድባትን ሰልፍታትን፡ ከምኡ ኣውን ማሕበራት ካብ ዘቕርብዎ ስኽፍታታት ሓደ ሕጽረት ተሳትፎ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣብዚ ቃልሲ ቅድሚት ዝስራዕ እዩ። እዚ ብተግባር’ውን ዝረአ ዘሎ እዩ። እሞ ድማ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ብቑጽረን ማዕረ ደቂ ተባዕትዮ ምናልባት እውን እንትዘይበዚሑ፡ ወጽዓአን ድማ ዝመረረ እንዳሃለወን ሃብታም ተመኩሮ ቃልሲ ኣንጻር ወጽዓ እንዳወነናን እዩ። ስለምንታይ ደኣ ከምኡ ይኸውን? እዚ ብዘይወዓል ሕደር ክምልስ ዝግበኦ መሰረታዊ ሕቶ እዩ። ተተሓሒዙ ዝመጸ ባህላዊ ተጽዕኖን ስፍሓት ቤተሰባዊ ሓላፍነትን፡ ኣደታትና ካብ ቃልሲ ንክርሕቃ ኣስተዋጸኦ ከም ዘለዎ ከይዘንጋዕካ፡ ብኩራተን ክሳብ ክንድዚ ምብጸሕሑ ግና ዋላ እንተገላበጥካዮ ቅቡል ኣይኮነን። ሎሚ ኣዋጃት፡ መግለጽታትን መጸዋዕታታትን ክቐርቡ እንከለዉ ቅድሚት ዝስራዕ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣብ ቃልሲ ንክሳተፋ ዝምሕጸን እዩ። ኣብ ከምዚ እየን እምበኣር ኤርትራውያን ኣደታት “ኣብዚ ቃልሲ መንዩ ዓዳማይ መንከ ተዓዳማይ?” ኢለን ክልዓላ ዝግበአን። ወየን ኣብቲ ዝሓለፈ ኤርትራዊ ሰንሰለታዊ ናይ ናጽነትን መሰረታዊ መሰላትን ቃልሲ ኣብነታዊ ታሪኽ ዘለወን ኤርትራውያን ደቂ ቅንስትዮ፡ ሎሚ ብብኩራት ካብ ቃልሲ ክሕመያን ብተደጋጋሚ ሰብ ዝሰርሖ ሓዘን ምስ ድርምምን ምእሳር ፈትልን ኣሳንየን ክነብራን ፈጺሙ ቅቡል ኣይኮነን።

እቲ ቃልሲ ነዊሑ፡ ኣቲ ኣሰላልፋ ናይ ለውጢ ሓይልታት ዘተባብዕ ዘይምዃኑ ካብቶም ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኣብቲ ቃልሲ ከይተግሃ ዝዓግቱ ምኽንያታት ኮይኖም ይቐርቡ እዮም። እዞም ጸገማት የለዉን ኢልካ ምክርኻር ኣይከኣልን። እንተኾነ በቲ ሓደ ወገን እተን ኩሉ ወዲ ተባዕታይ ክገብሮ ዝኽእል ገይረን ነጻነት ዘውሓሳ ኤርትራውያን ደቂ ኣንስትዮ በዚ ምኽንያት ካብ ቃልሲ ክበኹራ ቅቡል ኣይኮነን። በቲ ካልእ ወገን ከዓ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ነቲ ዘይጥጡሕ ናይ ቃልሲ መንገዲ ኣብ ምጥጣሕ ዓቕመን ትሕቲ ወዲ ተባዕታይ ስለ ዘይኮነ ንብኩራተን ካብ ቃልሲ ቅቡል ምኽንያት ጌርካ ዝውሰድ ኣይኮነን። እምበርከ ነቲ ዝርካቡ ዕድልከ ተጠቒመናሉ ድየን። ብሓጹሩኸ እቲ ዝያዳ ተደራራቢ ወጽዓ ዘለዉ ኣካልዶ ኣይኮነን፡ ኣብቲ ኣንጻር ወጽዓ ዝግበር ቃልሲ ቅድሚት ክስለፍ ዝግበኦ።

22 ሰነ 2015