The pitfalls of forming a state within state
Posted: 14 Feb 2023, 22:33
Forming a state within the state would have no good ending. TPLF is the first government that created a state within the state of Ethiopia.
During its 27 years, it controlled the army, the economy, and the international fora.
Created parasitic entities within different groups that got rewarded depending on a willing subservient role they demonstrably played.
They trained special forces to defend themselves
etc, but at the very end, both the state and the core state had a different design and end so they come into conflict the result has been devastating to the country and to the people who designed it.
Here we go the second time around with Oromuma leaders who use the same two-state strategies that will lead to the same result.
To fight two state design of Weyanes , Oromos formed a state within the regional state. By joining with others using the state within regional state Abiy was able to marginalize Weyanes .
But soon after weayens have been kicked to the curb the Oromuma strategies decided to use Weyanes model of two-state strategies. Shimiles with Abiy's full approval and support militarized Ormia, and shifted the national economy toward straightening Oromia at the expense of other regions. The political discourse in Oromia has been anti-Ethiopia openly, while Abiy preaches empty Ethiopian nationalism, Shimils was promoting virulent anti-Ethiopiansm structurally and psychologically. It is obvious now the beast that Abiy fed is ready to confront Ethiopia. A full-blown civil war is not a question of if but when. So those who are looking for a win-win solution should abandon the thought and prepare for the inevitable.
During its 27 years, it controlled the army, the economy, and the international fora.
Created parasitic entities within different groups that got rewarded depending on a willing subservient role they demonstrably played.
They trained special forces to defend themselves
etc, but at the very end, both the state and the core state had a different design and end so they come into conflict the result has been devastating to the country and to the people who designed it.
Here we go the second time around with Oromuma leaders who use the same two-state strategies that will lead to the same result.
To fight two state design of Weyanes , Oromos formed a state within the regional state. By joining with others using the state within regional state Abiy was able to marginalize Weyanes .
But soon after weayens have been kicked to the curb the Oromuma strategies decided to use Weyanes model of two-state strategies. Shimiles with Abiy's full approval and support militarized Ormia, and shifted the national economy toward straightening Oromia at the expense of other regions. The political discourse in Oromia has been anti-Ethiopia openly, while Abiy preaches empty Ethiopian nationalism, Shimils was promoting virulent anti-Ethiopiansm structurally and psychologically. It is obvious now the beast that Abiy fed is ready to confront Ethiopia. A full-blown civil war is not a question of if but when. So those who are looking for a win-win solution should abandon the thought and prepare for the inevitable.