Better for Amhara and Oromo Nationalists to Cooperate Against the Dictatorial Biltsigina!
By Fayyis Oromia*
The emerging Amhara nationalism has made three major mistakes so far:
- Designating its main enemy as Oromummà, which literally means being against Oromo identity. How can any politician with a sound mind be against the identity of an entire people? They could have made the ruling OPDO their main enemy. Even naming the OLF as an enemy automatically puts them in an anti-Oromo category, since the OLF is the true vanguard of the Oromo national interest, supported by all genuine Oromo nationalists in the OLA, OFC, and even in OPP.
- The Amhara nationalists’ grand conference in Washington, DC, calling the Oromo “Galla”, even though they know that the “G-word” for the Oromo is as derogatory as the N-word is for Black people in North America. How can any intellectual in the 21st century make such a grave mistake? By using this term, Amhara nationalists declared war on the Oromo, not on the oppressive OPDO regime.
- Their inability to recognize the territorial rights of the Oromo, especially regarding Finfinne. Claiming Finfinne and other parts of Oromia could cost them even the existing Amhara region. It would be easy to give back parts of Gojjam, Gondar, Awi, Lasta, Qimant, and Wag to the Agaw people, as well as bring parts of Gojjam, Wallo, and Shoa back to Oromia.
I believe that it would be better for Amhara nationalists to stop confronting the Oromo and instead cooperate with Oromo nationalists to overthrow the dictatorial Biltsigina regime. This would help foster a democratic country where all nations (Oromo, Amhara, and others) can live peacefully and in equality, respecting each other’s national territories. The fact on the ground is that the dictatorial Biltsigina regime escalates and exploits conflicts between Amhara and Oromo nationalists to prolong its brutal rule. Any sound-minded politician who wants to rid the country of this regime should not fall into the incumbent’s trap of divide-and-rule.
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