Friday, October 7

A Beginner's Guide to Ethiopian Politics

For newcomers to the subject of Ethiopian politics and for even long time observers it is possible to become occasionally lost in the cacophony of heated and contradictory voices that too often define it. Below is a glossary that defines the issues that confront the country today as well as the solutions offered by current Ethiopian governance.

The will of the people = eternal TPLF rule
Justice = eternal TPLF rule
Respect the constitution = eternal TPLF rule
Ethiopians should solve their own problems = eternal TPLF rule
Foreign aid increased = eternal TPLF rule
Law and order = eternal TPLF rule
Afar protest = eternal TPLF rule

Negotiate with the Opposition = eternal TPLF rule
Ethiopians want change = eternal TPLF rule
Drought = eternal TPLF rule
Foreign interference = eternal TPLF rule
Sunrise = eternal TPLF rule
Bereket Simon is at the center of controversy = eternal TPLF rule
Revolutionary democracy = eternal TPLF rule

Sunset = eternal TPLF rule
Election fraud = eternal TPLF rule
Free press = eternal TPLF rule
Ethnic unity = eternal TPLF rule
Street massacres = eternal TPLF rule
Externalization of funds = eternal TPLF rule
Birth = eternal TPLF rule

Global warming = eternal TPLF rule
Ethnic division = eternal TPLF rule
Civil disobedience = eternal TPLF rule
Global cooling = eternal TPLF rule
Death = eternal TPLF rule
Monopolies owned by TPLF / government / cronies = eternal TPLF rule
HIV /AIDS = eternal TPLF rule

Truth = eternal TPLF rule
Sidamo protest = eternal TPLF rule
Free press restrictions = eternal TPLF rule
Bereket Simon is purged = eternal TPLF rule
Foreign support = eternal TPLF rule
Imperialism = eternal TPLF rule
Somali protest = eternal TPLF rule

Ethnic divide and rule = eternal TPLF rule
Freedom = eternal TPLF rule
Tigrayans protest = eternal TPLF rule
The poorest nation on earth = eternal TPLF rule
All parties should join parliament = eternal TPLF rule
Capitalism = eternal TPLF rule
Free and fair elections by international standards = eternal TPLF rule

Anuak protest = eternal TPLF rule
The workers and the peasants want = eternal TPLF rule
Elections don’t meet international standards = eternal TPLF rule
Sunshine = eternal TPLF rule
Original sin = eternal TPLF rule
Free market = eternal TPLF rule
Human existence = eternal TPLF rule

Eternal wretchedness = eternal TPLF rule
Neftegnas, chauvanists, kulaks are bad = eternal TPLF rule
Amhara protest = eternal TPLF rule
Lies = eternal TPLF rule
Rainy season = eternal TPLF rule
Maturing Democracy = eternal TPLF rule
Shrinking economy = eternal TPLF rule

Colonialism = eternal TPLF rule
Al Quaeda threat = eternal TPLF rule
Enver Hoxha's ghost wants = eternal TPLF rule
TPLF ownership of every square meter of land = eternal TPLF rule
Security forces set off bombs, plant weapons = eternal TPLF rule
Foreign criticism = eternal TPLF rule
Oromo protest = eternal TPLF rule

La Lutta Continua (the struggle continues) = eternal TPLF rule
Negotiate with the OLF anywhere, anytime = eternal TPLF rule
Stagnant economy = eternal TPLF rule
Foreign aid is cut = eternal TPLF rule
Gurage protest = eternal TPLF rule
E=MC squared = eternal TPLF rule
Opposition rejects Parliament = eternal TPLF rule

We hope that this has cleared things up a bit.

# posted by ethiopundit : 10/07/2005


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