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Rayya Oromo’s revolt of 1940s which was later known as Woyane Rebellion was aborted because of their lack of knowledge that losing leadership leads to losing control over the movement. As recorded by Professor GebruTareke and Dr. Laphiso G. Delebo, the Rayya Oromos who started Woyane rebellion against Haileselassie’s government passively accepted when Tigrian Hailemariam Reda who joined their movement took the leadership of the movement from them.

"In 1992, OLF pulled itself out of the Transitional Government of Ethiopia because of TPLF harassing and assassinating its members. OLF’s pullout was because of lack of wisdom how to navigate in Habesha dominated Ethiopian politics. OLF’s withdrawal from the government didn’t stop the harassment and killing of OLF members rather it escalated it and expanded the harassment, arrest, and killing to non-OLF member Oromos by TPLF .The withdrawal led to the disbandment of OLF members, losing the momentum of operation, breaking of OLF into pieces, distancing of some Oromo elites from the OLF, and weakening of the organization"

"leaders of Oromo Democratic Front (ODF) regretted for withdrawing from Ethiopian Government and requested the TPLF led Ethiopian government to allow them come back to the country and peacefully operate in Ethiopia, but their request was denied. Therefore, they were forced to stay in foreign countries until the change of government happened in 2018."

The coup d'état planned to remove Hailesellassie from power in 1966 and led by General TadesseBiruwas aborted because of lack of discipline of individuals assigned to undertake the coup d'état. Even today, after 54 years, Oromo political movement is suffering from lack of discipline of individuals who associate themselves with the movement. Some have problem of controlling their appetite, some have problem of controlling their mouth, some have problem of controlling their tempers, and others have problem of controlling their urge for power, dominance, and popularity.

"Not only Oromo political organizations, TPLF is also in the state of confusion regarding making a choice. It wants to simultaneously eat the cakeand keep the cake. TPLF decided not to join Dr. Abiy’sProsperity Party (PP). However, except issuing press statements, TPLF didn’t take any tangible legal measures to stop the dissolution of EPRDF and PP’s claim to be successor of EPRDF. TPLF complains about its officials who were removed from Federal Government’s position and Addis Ababa’s City Government’s positions.The removals of TPLF members from the Federal Government positions are the normal and expected consequences of TPLF’s decision not to join Dr. Abiy’s new party and one way of challenging this action is through legal means by taking the case to the court. I am not aware of any legal action taken to stop the dissolution of EPRDF and control of government machinery by PP which some consider unconstitutional and illegal. "

"It is embarrassing to see Oromo political organizations committing silly “mistakes” that may lead to the revocation of their license/registration certificate and put their leaders in jail. The simple and observable example is the membership card issued to Jawar Mohammad by OFC without verification of the status of his citizenship and announcing that membership all over the Facebook and media. The speeches that Jawar makes in the recent OFC organized back to back meetings in various zones and districts of Oromia and posted on his Facebook and reported by his chroniclers in OMN makes us to question where does Oromo politics is heading? Are Professor MereraGuidan and Jawar Mohammed who claim to be political scientists and who are supposed to know the nature and characteristics of politics and government better than others are really political scientists? Leave alone about being political scientists, are they good politicians to take Oromo politics forward togo further distance? I am not questioning the degrees they have, but question their actual practice."