Oromo’s Ongoing Negotiation: the OLF to Take over Oromia and the OPP to Further Rule Oropia?
Oromo forces are still negotiating in Tanzania. It is said that the OLF wants to take over power in Oromia and leave the federal administration at the level of Oropia (Oromumma led Ethiopia) for the OPP. What a smart move, if they really agree on such compromise solution. The OLF controlling Oromia means building a very strong back bone for Dr. Abiy to govern Oropia further securely being well stabilized. At the same time, it will be the end for the vocal anti-Oromo forces, who are salivating to take power in Finfinne palace in order to exploit Oromia again. Now is a very high time for Dr. Abiy to use this opportunity and write history in Oromo politics. Then, the Oromo will have only two big political parties (OPP and ORP). The later is Oromo republican party yet to be formed by melting together of OLA, OFC and the OLF. Through the next election after about three years, the ORP can even have a chance to take power at federal level to administer an integrative Oropia (Afaan Oromo being primary working language of the federation replacing Amarigna), where the right of individuals, nations and institutions will be well respected. As far as Oromia is concerned, all its parts taken or given away by Woyane such as Finfinne, Diredhawa, Rayya, Wallo, Wambara, Moyale, etc shall be reunited under the legislative rule of Oromia.
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Re: Oromo’s Ongoing Negotiation: the OLF to Take over Oromia and the OPP to Further Rule Oropia?
It is fact on the ground that some pro-Amhranet Oromo activists, who used to support EPP and denounce Oromo Republicans at the cost of Oromumma are changing their mind because of the push coming from the well organized Amhara neo-Naftagna elites. It seems that they have no more hope in Dr. Abiy, who is already hijacked, manipulated and persuaded by Amhara elites in order to beat and break the Oromumma camp. They started to call for Oromo republican leaders to come out and speak their position. No question that Oromo republicans are pro-Oromummaa in contrast to Dr. Abiy, who is practically Pro-Amharanet. It is interesting to observe that Oromo leaders are politically orienting differently. It looks like that Dr. Abiy is more friendly to the Ethiofederalists like ECS of Dr. Berihanu, whereas republicans seem to stay loyal to Ethnofederalism. The political spectrum in Ethiopia (Great Oromia) is concentrating at the middle. Both the Derg style ethiofascists and the Woyane type ethnofascists have lost influence never to come back. At last, freedom fighters including both ethiofederalists and ethnofederalists won the struggle.
Re: Oromo’s Ongoing Negotiation: the OLF to Take over Oromia and the OPP to Further Rule Oropia?
Ethiocenteralists, who wished to forge unitary Ethiopia, already gave up their goal and moved to the middle left position of ethiofederalists. Similarly, ethnoseparatists nowadays seem to accept the middle right vision of ethnofederalists. In short, there are only two camps of opposition against the incumbent administration, which seems to entertain both ideologies (ethiofederalism and ethnofederalism.) Oromos prefer either of the two types of federalisms based on the sort of sovereignty they wish for Oromia according to the version of Oromo history they have in mind. Oromo prospertitans are open for ethiofederalism with risk of dismantling Oromia and Oromo republicans insist on preserving ethnofederalism with risk of dismantling Oropia. It is not bad to be ethiofederalist, but bad is to be pro-Amharanet at cost of Oromumma. Oromumma led Ethiopia is actually more beneficial than an independent Oromia, be it the adminstration form of Ethiopia will be ethiofederation or ethnofederation.
Re: Oromo’s Ongoing Negotiation: the OLF to Take over Oromia and the OPP to Further Rule Oropia?
When we want to look at Oromo’s history, we just need to consider and ask the question: “who wrote it?”. Are they Abesha elites, who used to tell us that we came out of river? Some Oromo nationalists, who tell us that we are from Mada Walabu and we have been colonized by Abyssinians? Certain “modern” historians, who write that we are related to Meroe of north Sudan, and the name Ethiopia actually belongs to the Oromo of Cush, not to the Habesh?. Did the Oromo “migrate” from south towards north or were we pushed from north (Meroe) towards south.
Re: Oromo’s Ongoing Negotiation: the OLF to Take over Oromia and the OPP to Further Rule Oropia?
I personally would like to leave history to historians. But, I am not too naive not to recognize that the Oromo were and are indigenous people in the Horn of Africa, and were pushed by Christian Europeans and Muslim Arabs as well Turks from different directions and squeezed to our present national area. Additionally, the Oromo, being originally Waaqeffataas, tried to resist the big Abrahamic religions, and we preserved ourselves as the Oromo in our current geographical region. Let me raise certain questions: are the Christianized and Habeshanized Amharas and Tigrayans biological Oromo or are they derivatives of other Cushitic nations like the Agew? Are the Islamized i.e Arabanized Afars and Somalis also biological Oromo? I do ask these questions for there are certain historians who do consider Oromo as a stem for almost all other Cushitic nations in the Horn.
Re: Oromo’s Ongoing Negotiation: the OLF to Take over Oromia and the OPP to Further Rule Oropia?
Unfortunately, all the above groups narrate their versions of past Oromo history in order to instrumentalize it for justification of their versions of future Oromo destiny, i.e what they wish and want to achieve for the Oromo in the future:
– Abesha elites narrate that the Oromo are new comers (immigrants) from somewhere (Madagascar, the River, and so on) just to justify their theory that “most parts of Oromia originally belonged to Abyssina”, so that it is legitimate to have the future unity of the empire at the cost of Oromo liberation.
– Pro independent Oromia fronts narrate that Oromia was not part of Abyssinia, but became colony of Abysinian rulers in the end of 19th century, so that it would be legitimate to fight against colonialism and to separate Oromia from Abyssinia.
– Those, who do argue with “post-modern facts” that Oromo is stem for even Tigrayans and Somalis, who are culturally changed, but biological Oromo, try to tell us that we all belong to Cushitic nations.This includs the Habeshanized ones like Tigrai, Amhara, Gurage, Silxe, Argoba and Harari – who are originally Oromo or Agew. With this theory, they want to suggest that the Horn of Africa is in reality Cushland, to whose unity the Oromo should dedicate ourselves.
– Abesha elites narrate that the Oromo are new comers (immigrants) from somewhere (Madagascar, the River, and so on) just to justify their theory that “most parts of Oromia originally belonged to Abyssina”, so that it is legitimate to have the future unity of the empire at the cost of Oromo liberation.
– Pro independent Oromia fronts narrate that Oromia was not part of Abyssinia, but became colony of Abysinian rulers in the end of 19th century, so that it would be legitimate to fight against colonialism and to separate Oromia from Abyssinia.
– Those, who do argue with “post-modern facts” that Oromo is stem for even Tigrayans and Somalis, who are culturally changed, but biological Oromo, try to tell us that we all belong to Cushitic nations.This includs the Habeshanized ones like Tigrai, Amhara, Gurage, Silxe, Argoba and Harari – who are originally Oromo or Agew. With this theory, they want to suggest that the Horn of Africa is in reality Cushland, to whose unity the Oromo should dedicate ourselves.