ADDIS ABABA – Three decades perpetuated vicious crimes against Ethiopians by the TPLF would not be hidden via becoming misinformation super spreaders, an expert said.
In his recent article entitled TPLF’s Dwindling Fortunes as It Remains Isolated and Irrelevant that posted on Nairobilawmonthly.com, Peacebuilding, Conflict Mitigation Consultant Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad (PhD) quoted former deputy speaker of Kenya Faraha Maalim’s twitter message in which the ex-speaker said that TPLF has perfected the art of misinformation, aided by public relations firms masquerading as consultancy firms funded by foreign interests.
Farah Maalim also asked logical questions in his tweet that why criminal faction failed to display the weapons and other military hardware they confiscated from the Ethiopian military personnel. Farah responded to his own question saying: “The truth is that no amount of propaganda can bring it back to its former glory in Ethiopia.”
Stating some of the zero sum game politics of the TPLF, the writer pointed out that all of the other biggest federal member states, particularly Amhara, Oromo, and Somali are determined to the clique’s political demise having suffered at their hands for three decades. On this count alone, the TPLF already lacks the numbers to become or be seen as a popular movement amongst the people, For instance, the TPLF thrived on marginalizing other regions including annexing part of Amhara.
The faction also perpetrated crimes against humanity. Abdi Mohamoud Omar, former Somali state president is on record admitting that his government carried out murders on its own people at the behest of the TPLF.
According to Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad, What is more, the TPLF made so many enemies during its reign and is essentially isolated: it invaded Somalia, attempted to annex Eritrea, subjugated Djibouti at will, was responsible for insecurity in the upper eastern region of Kenya and setting up a militia in Moyale, which carried out extrajudicial killings in neighboring countries.
The TPLF disastrous policies contributed to their lack of popularity with the rest of the country. To cement their iron grip amid their resentment, the TPLF employed decadent tactics for their survival: they muzzled any critical voices and committed what Human Rights Watch termed “crimes against humanity on unimaginable scale.”
Interestingly, during that time, the International Community continued to unconditionally bankroll the regime, which only served to embolden the group’s heinous regime.
In 2016, several ethnic groups including Amhara and Oromo demonstrated against the TPLF-dominated government in open defiance of the regime. Top on the demonstrators’ agenda were claims that the other ethnic groups were being marginalized by the Tigray-controlled government. These demonstrations ultimately culminated in the departure of TPLF from power. Despite numerous efforts to quickly change the situation, including six assassination attempts on Abiy Ahmed, the current prime minister.
In 2017, TPLF officials retreated to their backyard to re-strategize, having transferred enormous military hardware to their bases. They also looted 30 USD billion and took hundreds of metric tons of gold from Ethiopia’s gold reserves with the help of a neighboring country.
The Ethiopian Herald July 9/2021