25/04/2024
ቕድሚ ሃገር ዝነቕሑ ክልተ ጀጋኑ ተጋሩ፤
ተስፋይ ቼንቶን ካሕሳይ በርሀን
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ቕድሚ ሃገር ዝነቕሑ ክልተ ተባዓት ምሁራን ትግራይ ነይሮም። ክልቲኦም ውሩያት ተጋደልቲ እዮም ነይሮም። ካሕሳይ በርሀን ተስፋይ ኣፅብሃን። ካሕሳይ ካብቶም 11 መስረቲ ህወሓት ኮይኑ ብዲግሪ ካብ ሃለስላሴ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ምሩቕ እዩ ነይሩ። ውሩይ ወታሃደራዊ ኮማንደር ተስፋይ ኣፅብሃ (ቼንቶ) ካብ ሃረር ሚሊታሪ ኣካዳሚ ምስተመረቐ እዩ ንሜዳ ዝወረደ። እቱ ሰውነቱ ብጥይት ኣብ ብዙሕ ቦታ ዝቆሰለ ቼንቶ፣ ብመለስ/ስብሓት ትምራሕ ውድብ ደመኛ ፀላኢት ህዝቢ ትግራይ/ኢትዮጵያ ምዃና ብዙሕ፣ ኣዝዮም ብዙሓት መምሀርቲ ዝኾኑ ፅሑፋት እዮም ኣወፊዮም። ኣብ ልዕሊኡ፣ ካሕሳይ በርሀውን እታ ንህወሓት ብ ዕሙቕ ትገልፃ መፅሓፍ - Ethiopia: Democratization and Unity; the Role of the TPLF ዝብል ዝፀሐፈ እዩ። ኻል ኦት ንህወሓት ዝፈልጡ ተጋሩ ብፍርሒ ተሸምሪሮም ትነበሩ፣ እዞም ክልተ ጀጋኑ ግን ንታሪኽ ሰፍ ዘይብል ግደ ኣወፊዮም እዮም። ብፈረንጂ ነሓሰ 2002 ቼንቶን ካሕሳይ በርሀ ካብ ዝፀሐፉዎ ካብ ባሕሪ ብማንካ ቐኒሰ ኣብዚ ኣቕሪበዮለኹ፤
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Once the non-CC members of the TPLF were deprived of their rights to express their opinion, Meles concentrated himself on the internal struggle for power within the leadership of the TPLF. He has murdered two of them (Atsbeha Dagnew and Teklu Hawaz) and purged 13 others including the latest ten so far.
When the founding congress of the MLLT took place in July 1985, the power struggle within the leadership of the TPLF was openly known only to the CC members and the cadres prepared by Meles. As a result of this system of destructive secrecy, differences of opinion, which both perpetrators and victims claim to have had, were not openly discussed before and during the congress. The protagonists were elected to the CC of the MLLT in the tradition of the TPLF (the old leadership, those appointed by it as deputies, those suggested by it as candidates and those for whose candidacy the members of the election gremium made up of CC members demonstratively raise their hands, get elected).
After the congress, a meeting of the members of CC of the MLLT and TPLF took place. Aregawi and Gidey were demoted, isolated, harassed and they had to accept political tutors just to humiliate them till they were forced to leave Tigray altogether. Even private letters of Gidey were read in some units and used for ridiculing and cracking jocks. Once a small group picked by Meles and co reached decisions, the remaining members of the TPLF had to hear the decisions with corresponding explanations. Aregawi and Gidey did not have basic differences even with Meles. It was simply a power struggle that ended up the phase of the collective leadership.
There was a stage-managed podium discussion between Gidey and Meles, in which the participants either applauded Meles or had to keep quiet. Meles demagogically portrayed Gidey as "a gangrene of the organisation. And as an infected limb must be amputated to save the life of a person, Gidey must be amputated to save the organisation". Meles declared: "Gidey is not a political animal" and ordered the latter to get out of the meeting. Abay Tsehaye, who was nominally the General Secretary of the MLLT, expressed his pride that there were people like Meles who defended the line of the organisation. Abay’s reverence for Meles could not be overlooked and this showed that he had given up his role in the political leadership of the TPLF/MLLT.
The thesis of amputation from Meles says a lot about the taboo of having different opinions in the organisation. Amputation in this connection is the justification for liquidation, purges and isolations. If a member is declared to be gangrene or an unwanted person by Meles, he is automatically an outcast. Such a person, if not killed is all of a sudden an alien amongst his/her former friends, because the former friends do not want to be associated with the outcast out of fear. Meles Bezabeh had to commit su***de after such a dirty experience that made him an outcast.
