HR 2003

In a country where millions struggle to eat once a day, in a country where millions are dying of minor and serious diseases each day, in a country where cost of living is sky rocketing and citizens’ income is stuck, one would expect the government to do its best to relieve the ever worsening situation. EPRDF, however, continued to ignore the people’s outcry for help. And, rather, has chosen to spend millions of dollars on millennium fiesta, Somalia invasion, military buildup, spying on citizens, and that sort of stuff.

Most of all, EPRDF has chosen to spend thousands of dollars a month for lobbyists. Most of us remember the fate of HR 5680 last season. And now EPRDF and it’s lobbyists in Washington are working day and night to delay HR 2003’s mark up. The thinking here seems that if they can delay it long enough, the congress will be in recess for summer and by the time they come back in the fall, the millennium and all that would be over. What will Meles and Co. get from this? Well, a lot of PR is being done to promote the millennium to divert attentions and to make everyone believe that everything is under control.
We got to wake up and we have to wake up and do some thing now. It only takes a couple of minutes of our time. Email, fax, and/or call your representatives. Do it right now. Do it for the sake of your people suffering from the worst form of dictatorship. Let’s make sure our voices be heard. Let the fight begin!