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[OPFist]

The Oromo Need Only two Political Organizations: Prosperitans vs Republicans!

To be pragmatic, the Oromo now need only two political organizations: the ruling prosperity party of Dr. Abiy, who seems to be comfortable by keeping Amharigna as a primary working language of the federation at the cost of Oromiffa, which legitimately should have been the primary working language and republican party to be forged by the pro-Oromumma forces like the OLF and OFC in order to promote Oromiffa to its legitimate primary position. The main difference between the Oromo Prosperity Party (OPP) and Oromo Republican Party (ORP) is not only their vision of geo-federation vs con-federation, but mainly their pro-Amharanet vs pro-Oromummaa stand. The OPP is pro-Amharanet party, whereas ORP is pro-Oromummaa party.
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[DefendTheTruth]

A very neat fantasy, endlessly.

[OPFist]

Fact on the ground shows us that there are two lines of opposition movement in Ethiopia: the line of multi-national federation (con-federation) as a prelude to an independent Gadaa Oromia and the line of multi-regional federation (geo-federation) as a prelude to an integrative Great Oromia (democratic Ethiopia). The first line is promoted by Oromo republicans like the OFC (moderate Oromo republican) being satisfied by achieving genuine multi-national federation and the OLF (radical Oromo republican), who wants to push further up to fostering republic of Gadaa Oromia. The second line is entertained by Oromo prosperitans like those in OPP (liberal Oromo) having multi-regional federation as their final goal and in Ezema (conservative), who wants to get rid of any federation and secure an integrated democratic Ethiopia (integrative Great Oromia). Any force struggling for democratization of Ethiopia is doing a bid of transforming Ethiopia to Oromia, be it by default or by design.

[OPFist]

Common denominator of the two lines are FREEDOM from system of domination and DEMOCRACY (including referendum on the two lines). It seems now we got our freedom to some extent and the next phase is a transition to democracy. Both the above routes and their results are not disadvantageous for Oromo people. Thanks to Waaqa, the two camps could agree on the two common factors and cooperated to remove the worst evil we ever faced in Ethiopia – the TPLF. Now, the Oromo polity must do every thing under the sun to coordinate the necessary further cooperation of the two lines for there is nothing Oromo people will lose in realizing the two goals of both lines of freedom movements, i.e an independent Gadaa Oromia or an integrative Great Oromia. The move by the OFC and Ezema in forging ENM was a right step in the right direction. Both of them being federalists (Ezema as geo-federalist facilitating the move to an integrative Great Oromia and OFC as con-federalist paving way for an independent Gadaa Oromia) agreed on common denominator of fighting for freedom from TPLF’s fascism and then leave the decision of choosing one of the two lines for future public verdict per referendum. It looks that the first phase of fighting for freedom is now closed and they now need to dedicate themselves for democracy.

[OPFist]

NB: we should differentiate the two dictatorial forces (the pseudo-ethio-federalists as supporters of the dead Derg, who want to bring back the old assimilative Ethiopia and the pseudo-ethno-federalists trying to revive the dead Woyane’s apartheid Ethiopia) from the democratic forces in the above two lines, who are ready to foster optionally an accomodative democratic Ethiopia (Great Oromia), in which all citizens and nations will be free. During the next democratization process, only two organizations are necessary for the Oromo in particular and for all Ethiopians in general: 1. Prosperitans to forge geo-federation as a prelude for an integrative Great Oromia (democratic Ethiopia) and 2. republicans to foster con-federation as a prelude for an independent Gadaa Oromia. Both should be ready to achieve their goals democratically per public verdict, being different from the ethio-dictators and ethno-dictators, who persue their goals of ethio-integration and ethno-independence respectively by any means, including force and terror. Regarding the Oromo, I can say OPP is there to promote the line of geo-federation. As republican party, all the existing Oromo organizations (OLF, OFC, ONP, etc) can merge into one strong ORP. May Waaqa help our politicians to overcome their ego and do a favour to Oromo people by realizing such unity of purpose in the mentined two lines!