Some 700 individuals, 90% of whom were agames, gathered in Mekele to save federalism in Ethiopiahands. Agames have been brainwashed itno thinking thatthey are a special people and that they can do whatever they want to do.. Now, the TPLF goons are not smart people. But even they know full well that they are an irrelevant factor in Ethiopian politics. The meeting was a political farce played out in real time. So what was the real purpose? Here is my take.
The TPLF has a huge problem on its hands. Agames have been brainwashed into thinking that they are exceptional and that there is nothing they can't do. Activists like Mehari Yohannes, for example, have been heard to ask Tigray to build nuclear weapons. Now if you can build nuclear weapons, declaring independence should be a cake walk, right? That is what all young agames believe. But the older TPLF goons know that that is an impossibility. So in order to diffuse expectations, the TPLF needs to concince agames that their place is in Ethiopia. And the meeting last week was precisely desinged to make agames feel like they are Ethiopians and thatthey need to fight to save it.
A very neat trick palyed on Agames. Whether Agames buy it or not is of course another matter. We shall see.