Sam Ebalalehu wrote: ↑09 Jun 2023, 10:05
DTT there was no negotiation.
I think then that you must have something I don't. In that case you could also enlighten us why on earth the TPLF agreed to relinquish its power, which it claimed before the war to have won after conducting a legal election in the region. It also went further and decaled it is the central govenment that is illegal, by failing to conduct the elections according to the time line.
Now we see and hear that there is only an iterim government in the region, which will relinquish its power to a permanent government to be elected according to the country's election law, which is all voluntary, according to your thesis here.
Sam Ebalalehu wrote: ↑09 Jun 2023, 10:05
Just imagine the Welkayet and Raya question should weigh more than the disarmament of TPLF. There was no a single word said about it,
I said it before and I say it again here: in my view the negotiations to stop the war were not the right venue to settle the internal border disputes between neigbouting regions. For such topic there were already established mechanisms to resolve them. The parties to the talk didn't have the mandate or the needed expertise to tackle such kinds of issues at those negotiation tables in Pretoria and else where. This is the point you would like to leave out. But this is a glaring fact.
"the Welkayet and Raya question" didn't cause the war and there is no need to make them also the reasons to end the war. As simple as that, in my little understanding.
Sam Ebalalehu wrote: ↑09 Jun 2023, 10:05
This negotiation affects every living soul in Ethiopia. The more inclusive the negotiation , the better its acceptance by the great majority of Ethiopians .
Which means "every living soul in Ethiopia" should have travelled to south Africa and represented itself, is what you mean. I have to rest my case here.
Sam Ebalalehu wrote: ↑09 Jun 2023, 10:05
Rather now, we have Getachew Reda complaining about " Western Tigray " on twitter five days ago.
Getachew may complain, Yilikal may complain, somebody else also may complain, but it shouldn't be the complaining of people that should settle the matter of the issue at hand here, rather what the law says in a civilized and discussion oriented society, my little understanding again.
Sam Ebalalehu wrote: ↑09 Jun 2023, 10:05
DTT there was no negotiation. We were misled to believe there was. ENDF was at the outskirts of Mekele. Ready to take over Mekele and apprhened the TPLF leaders. The prime minister had ordered them to stop apparently after receiving order from Washington D.C.
In pretoria the Americans dictated the terms. Just imagine the Welkayet and Raya question should weigh more than the disarmament of TPLF. There was no a single word said about it, but we were told the TPLF is going to have no knife let alone tanks.
Right now, TPLF is armed to its teeth as usual.
Yes, in the negotiation other stakholders being included was necessary . This negotiation affects every living soul in Ethiopia. The more inclusive the negotiation , the better its acceptance by the great majority of Ethiopians .
Rather now, we have Getachew Reda complaining about " Western Tigray " on twitter five days ago.
As for the " neftegnas" I mentioned you quoted I would only say many Ethiopian politicians made a living by using that word.
ነፍጠኛና ትምክህት will be used to shut up the Amharas for a long time to come.