HR 2003 again

Thanks to the relentless effort by the Coalition for HR 2003, thanks to your emails and phone calls, and thanks to many courageous congress men and women, HR 2003 is passed unanimously by the house foreign affairs committee on Sept. 26, 2007. And now it is scheduled for October 2,2007 for final action by the U.S. house of representatives. The EPRDF camp is shaking and trying everything at their disposal to make sure this bill won't be signed into law. It is even reported that the head master from Addis is coming to DC to speak with the U.S State Department officials about the bill.
We urge everyone to buckle up and email, fax, or call house speaker Nancy Pelosi before the scheduled date. Take 5 minutes of your time and do it for the sake of your country, your people, and yourself.
What is the bill all about? you ask. here is everything you want to know about HR 2003.

Appeal to CUP leadership

*The problem among CUD top leadership is becoming apparent day by day. Even though both groups are trying to cover it up, almost everyone who follows Ethiopian politics understands that the party is heading to a very dangerous split. We believe that many factors contributed to the current stalemate. Instead of taking measures to correct problems at early stage according to the internal rules and procedures of the party, it seems that it is being left for the problem to go away by itself. That is a grave mistake. Problems may arise in any party’s day-to-day activity and the party should have rules and procedure on how to go about solving them. Anyone who is unwilling to obey the rules will also need to be dealt with accordingly.
*kinijit, we believe, has its own internal procedures. And whenever something as major as this happens, it has to be dealt with it according to the internal workings or the party. What seems happening now is that one group is avoiding the other and yet pretending that the problem either doesn’t exist or minor.
*We need you, CUD leaders, to lead us by example. You told us time and again how compromise is important and how you are willing to work even with EPRDF. But what we see now is that you are not even doing anything promising to come closer with each other and hammer out differences. We have high regard for all of you and we hope you will not let us down by acting childish.
*Giving interviews to radio stations that are known for fomenting division , hatred, and hearsay (sept.19)is not expected from leaders of your caliber. Just follow who is fueling the confusion by posting those interviews and inflammatory articles. One can’t help it but to wonder why EPRP mouth pieces Ethiolion,debteraw, Asimba, Ethiopiawinet are so much devoted in siding with one group and alienating the other. Also notice how EPRDF affiliates Aiga forum, and hagerfikir radio are so much involved in mud slinging at some CUD leaders. Lib yalew lib yibel!!!!!!
*We have reached to the point that we can no longer hide what is going on inside the party. Stop the lip service and start to deal with it. Either solve it now or the strong and united CUD we are hoping to see would be in grave danger. Some concerned Ethiopians are offering their willingness to get involved. We suggest both groups consider that very seriously.
**We know that you CUD leaders, are honest to your words. That’s what you showed us by staying in that horrible kality prison. And we hope that you will take measures to solve the ongoing problem sooner than later.

happy millennium

We would like to wish everyone a happy new year... a millennium filled with prosperity,reconciliation,compromise, and love.
Melkam ametbeal to all!!!!

We Are Back

So much has happened in Ethiopian politics during the last month. We, however, were unable to post our comments as we were out of the country due to an emergency.We will resume our regular blogging very soon. Please stay tuned.