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PM Abiy has also followed the example of the TPLF when it took power in 1991. It ostracised the Amhara so as “to end their hegemony”, and imposed its own creation, the Oromo People’s Democratic Organization, as the representative of the Oromo people. This denied them what some saw as their true representatives from the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), who were part of the transitional government until they clashed with TPLF and were exiled. As a result, the TPLF failed in the vital task of national reconciliation, and this contributed heavily to the problems of the past few years.

Abiy, in fact, has chosen to build a personalised network through transactional deals, requesting the mediation of elders and religious leaders, or face-to-face dialogue.

If this is Abiy’s genuine position, it means he is ready to climb to the “Big Man” rank by force if necessary. This tendency left its mark on Abiy’s instrumentalization of the creation of the Prosperity Party, which blurred its positive political aim. Then at least parts of the formal and informal opposition, like the Qeerroo and Fano, could react forcefully too, adding a very perilous factor to the already dangerous situation.

For example, several high officials and journalists in Mekele and Addis Ababa have reported that during a meeting with around 50 Tigrayan businessmen on 24 November, gathered to start a shuttle diplomacy between him and the TPLF, Abiy said: “I am the leader for the next five years; if I don’t get enough votes in the ballot boxes, I will rig the elections”. His justification: “This is Africa”.

" In rebalancing (justifiably) the ethnic composition of the state apparatus, particularly the army and the security services, Abiy and his supporters have acted with blind relentlessness, throwing the baby out with the bathwater, overcompensating the Oromo. He is also widely perceived to have appointed a disproportional number of officials sharing his Pentecostalist faith. One close Ethiopian observer of national politics called it an “Evangelical state capture”,5 at least at the top; and there have been increasing criticisms on social media on the weight of these “converted Christians”.

Popular wisdom claims that the Tigrayan party opposes Abiy’s reformism and is still pushing the image of a dogmatic Marxist-Leninist party, dreaming of revenge and a return to national power, ruling Tigrayans with an iron fist, and doing its best to plunge the whole country into chaos.

I see Ethiopia's issue as parcel of global situation. What is to come now and after always depends on the global situation because 27 years is not easy to create such complete different society while under Ethiopoian's watch. If Aby becomes dictator or even takes the country to complete worst situation, it is expected because it had started 27 years ago under our watch. Hence, the reason for ethnic division, you are no longer able to unify yourself in order to get rid of rogue and non Ethiopian elements within the society that is now growing and threatening traditional society. We have seen under our watchful eyes when Protestant is growing and will grow to over power Orthdox even in future, it is physics and most likely will happen. action reaction. Even under tplf rule, they have already corrupted the Orthdox Christian that is moving more and more away from its true faith. Again it will further weaken the Orthodox faith. As I said the global situation what is controlling is the cause that is bringing rogue elements such as the Liberation Fronts and now Arab flag, latin, protestant that is NOT Ethiopia. We have seen this eko under Tplf and I wouldn't expect any different.