Blogging
from her home in Oslo, Norway, activist Eden Abera says a day has
hardly passed before TPLF accused the Blue Party of "issues"
that the rally was called for in the first place. Here's her
ViewPoint.
What
is funny about TPLF's tactic is that after allowing the demonstration
to be held so that it would deceptively make them look "democratic,"
they come back and accuse the opposition of all sorts of crimes.
The
ruling party knows what kind of slogans the protesters would chant.
Obviously, it is about political repression. The regime knows that
protesters would call for the release of political prisoners and for
the regime to stop interfering in religious affairs.
And
here we go: The regime said on its own TV that the Blue Party is
guilty of:
- Calling for the release of political prisoners which, it said, are accused of terrorism and their case is still pending court decisions.
- Defaming the regime as if the regime is interfering in the religious affairs.
Such
charges were, no matter how funny they look, made by Communications
Minister Shimelis Kemal who appeared on the same day on ETV, the
mouthpiece of the regime. Shimelis said the government had taken
corrective measures against evictions of farmers before the
protesters took to the streets and shouted about it. He said this was
nothing else but defaming his government. But it is widely known the
forceful eviction is still continuing in different parts of Ethiopia.
Much
to its credit, however, ETV reported one fact: The Blue Party has
promised to return to the streets within three months. If they people
rise up for their rights, TPLF knows it is the end of its brutal
rule, and hence Shimelis Kemal's warning via ETV.
Thanks
to technology, pictures and video clips of the protest rally were
instantly beamed across Social Media networks and websites, despite
TPLF's huge appetite to hide and bury the truth. TPLF cannot arrest
the power of technology and the Ethiopian people's quest for
democracy and justice. It is simply impossible.
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