Bilisummà Precedes Biltsiginna — Even in the Dictionary!
Posted: 28 Nov 2025, 11:57
Bilisummà Precedes Biltsiginna — Even in the Dictionary!
By Fayyis Oromia*
There is no question that bilisummà (freedom) for the Oromo must come before biltsiginna (prosperity). Unfortunately, some Oromo elites who support and promote Abiy Ahmed’s EPP are putting the cart before the horse. They try to convince us that we have already achieved bilisummà, and that now is the time to pursue biltsiginna. I too believed this during the first two years of Abiy’s rule. I never imagined that Abiy Ahmed would betray the Oromo cause and sell our sacrifices and victories to the Neo-Naftagna camp.
Just as we had three years of euphoria before Mengistu turned against Haile Fida’s MEISON, and ten months of transition before Meles Zenawi started suppressing Lencho Lata’s OLF, it took us about two years to realize that Abiy Ahmed was imprisoning genuine Oromo nationalists to preserve the dominance of Amharic at the expense of Oromic. The Oromo have brought about three major revolutions, sacrificing our limbs and lives, yet we have unfortunately lost all three. Why have we failed repeatedly? And what must be our next move to achieve final and lasting success in the form of bilisummà and walabummà (sovereignty)?
Read more: https://orompia.wordpress.com/2017/01/1 ... r-victory/
By Fayyis Oromia*
There is no question that bilisummà (freedom) for the Oromo must come before biltsiginna (prosperity). Unfortunately, some Oromo elites who support and promote Abiy Ahmed’s EPP are putting the cart before the horse. They try to convince us that we have already achieved bilisummà, and that now is the time to pursue biltsiginna. I too believed this during the first two years of Abiy’s rule. I never imagined that Abiy Ahmed would betray the Oromo cause and sell our sacrifices and victories to the Neo-Naftagna camp.
Just as we had three years of euphoria before Mengistu turned against Haile Fida’s MEISON, and ten months of transition before Meles Zenawi started suppressing Lencho Lata’s OLF, it took us about two years to realize that Abiy Ahmed was imprisoning genuine Oromo nationalists to preserve the dominance of Amharic at the expense of Oromic. The Oromo have brought about three major revolutions, sacrificing our limbs and lives, yet we have unfortunately lost all three. Why have we failed repeatedly? And what must be our next move to achieve final and lasting success in the form of bilisummà and walabummà (sovereignty)?
Read more: https://orompia.wordpress.com/2017/01/1 ... r-victory/