DRAFT PARTY PROGRAM

DRAFT PARTY PROGRAM

 

Introduction:

 

The people of Eritrea were able to achieve their national sovereignty by waging political and armed liberation struggle for fifty years beginning in the 1940s. However, after national sovereignty was achieved, political power shifted to the hands of a dictatorial group because there was no full-fledged political entity to lead the people in a new direction. Consequently, the people’s misery and suffering deteriorated forcing them to engage in a unique struggle to deal with a new political and social crisis that brought a daily decline in the standard of living, crushing all hopes for the future and hampering national development. Covert and overt political activities are being waged in order to foster basic political and human rights in opposition to the lawless dictatorial Eritrean regime. In the meantime, in a bid to suppress the opposition, tyrannical authorities are committing crimes against the people. Although their criminal action against the popular democratic struggle has caused more suffering, they will not be able to contain the struggle against despotism. Our people are moving forward intensifying their fight without being deterred by the on-going repression.