Das jährliche Eritrea Festival in „UNIVERSITY FRANKFURT, BOCKENHEIMER WARTE“ wird auch in diesem Jahr in der Zeit zwischen 8. bis 10. August zum 23.Mal stattfinden. Organisator der Festivalveranstaltung ist die Eritreische Demokratische Vereinigung e.V., in Deutschland.
Unter den Teilnehmer/innen sind Politische Organisationen und bürgerliche Widerstandsbewegungen aus der Eritreischen Opposition in der Diaspora. Die “Eritrean Liberation Front – Revolutionary Council” (ELF-RC) und die “Eritrean Democratic Party” (EDP) haben ihre Teilnahme bereits angekündigt. Man wird erwartungsgemäß den Teilnehmern und Teilnehmerinnen des Festivals über einem Zusammenschluß beider Organisationen informieren, und die Richtlinien und Zielsetzungen der Einheit werden erläutert. Des weiteren wird eine neue politische Partei an diesem Festival sich den Festivalbesuchern vorstellen, die im großen und ganzen eine Nachfolgerpartei der ELF-RC sein wird. Die ELF-RC ist seit 2006 in Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Organisationen und Individuen ähnlicher Weltanschauungen bemüht, eine breitgefächerte Partei zu gründen. Der Verlauf der Parteiformation ist noch im Gange und wird erwartungsgemäß kurz vor unserem 23. Festival mit seinem Gründungskongreß abschließen.
Darüber hinaus wird sicherlich ein Dachverband der eritreischen Oppositionsorganisation, nämlich „the Eritrean Democratic Alliance“ EDA, auch teilnehmen. Auch Namhafte Politiker aus der deutschen Parteien und Gesellschaft werden anwesend sein.
Wie immer werden namhafte Persönlichkeit aus der Musik und Folklore anwesend sein, um somit den Festivalbesuchern durch kulturellen Reichtum und Lebensfreude Eritreas überzeugen zu können. An Verpflegung und Leckerbissen wird es natürlich auch nicht fehlen.
Willkommen zu unserem 23. Festival in Deutschland!

i.A Festivalkomitee

ሎሚ ዓመት እውን ሰፊሕ በዓል ኤርትራ አብ ፍራንክፎርት ዩንቨሪስቲ (ቦክሃይመር ቫርተ) ንመበል 23 ግዜኡ ከቢሩን ደሚቑን ክውዕል’ዩ፡፡ ኣዳላዊ በዓል ከአ ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ (ዕላዊ) ማሕበር አብ ሃገር ጀርመን ኢዩ፡፡
ኤርትራዊ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባትን በርጌሳዊ ምንቅስቓሳትን ክሳተፍዎ ኢዮም፡፡ ድሮ’ኳ ተጋድሎ ሓርነት – ሰ/ባይቶ (ተሓኤ-ሰ/ባ)ን ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ሰልፊ (ዲፒ)ን ተሳተፍነቶም ክፍለጥ ተኻኢሉ አሎ፡፡ ልኡኽ እዚ ክልተ ውድባት’ዚ ንክቡራንን ክቡራትን ተሳተፍቲ ብጕዳይ ሓድነታዊ ጉዕዞ ክልቲኡ ውድባት ክገልጽን መጻኢ መትከላትን ዕላማን ናይቲ ዝሰመረ ሰልፊ ከመይ ከም ዝመስል መብርሂ ክህብን ከአ ጭቡጥ ትጽቢት አሎ፡፡ ብዘይካ እዚ’ውን ሻቡ ሓደ ሓድሽ ሰልፊ ነብሱ ከላሊ ኢዩ፡፡ እዚ ሓድሽ ሰልፊ ዝዐበየ ክፍሉ መተካእታ ተሓኤ ሰ/ባ ኢዩ፡፡ ተሓኤ ሰ/ባ ካብ 2006 ዓ.ም አትሒዙ ምስ ብዕላማን መርገጽን ምስ ዝመሳሰልዎ ውድባነትን ውልቀ-ሰባትን ብምትሕብባር ሰፊሕ ማሕበረ-ፖለቲካዊ ሰረት ዘለዎ ሰልፊ ክምስርት ክቃለስ ጸኒሑ’ዩ፡፡ እቲ ጕዕዞ ጌና’ኳ ቀጻሊ እንተሎ ድሮ መበል 23 ሰፊሕ በዓልና መስራቲ ጕባኤኡ ደምዲሙ ክሳተፍ አብ መደቡ አሎ፡፡
ካብዚ ሐሊፉ ከምኡ ወኪል ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ኪዳን (ኤዲኪ) ተሳታፊ ክኸውን ዓቢ ትጽቢት አሎና፡፡ ኤዲኪ ንልዕሊ 13 ውድባት ካብ ውድባት ተቓውሞ ዘማእክለ ኣሀዱ-ጽላል ኢዩ፡፡ ከምኡ ናይ ጀርመን ሰልፍታትን ሓለፍቲ ሰበ-ስልጣንን ከም ቀደሞም ተሳተፍቲ ሰፊሕ በዓልና ክኾኑ ኢዮም፡፡
ወናማት ባህላውን ሙዚቃውን ክኢላታትና ድማ አብ ውሽጥና ተረኺቦም መቐረት ኤርትራዊ ህይወትን ባህላዊ ሃብትን ከንጸባርቑ ኢዮም፡፡ መአዲ መግቢታት ኤርትራና’ውን ከምኡ ምሉእ ዘይጕዱል ሽሻዩ ክዝርግሐልና’ዩ፡፡
ንቐደም በሉ አብ መበል 23 ሰፊሕ በዓልና፣ ሰሲንኩም ከአ ምጹልና!

ስለ ኣዳላዊ ሽማግለ መበል 23 ፈስቲቫል

The annual Eritrean festival is going to take place this year for its 23rd time at the „FRANKFURT UNIVERSITY, BOCKENHEIMER WARTE” in the period between the 8th and 10th of August. The organizer of the event is the “Eritrean Democratic Association”, in Germany.
Among the participants are Eritrean political organizations and civic resistance movements in the diasporas. The Eritrean Liberation Front – Revolutionary Council (ELF-RC) and the Eritrean Democratic Party (EDP) have already announced their participations. It is expected that the participants of the festival will be briefed on a merger by the two above-mentioned organizations and the concerned delegation would explain their guidelines and objectives. In addition, we will be introduced to a new political party by then, one which by and large is quasi a successor of the ELF-RC. The ELF-RC in collaboration with other organizations and individuals of similar viewpoints and interests has sought since 2006 to form a party of wider socio-political scope. The process of party formation is still going on and is being expected to conclude its founding congress short before our 23rd Festival.
In addition, an umbrella organization of the Eritrean opposition organizations, namely the “Eritrean Democratic Alliance” EDA, shall also participate and address the Festival audience. Well-known politician from the German political parties and society will be as well present.

As always, known personalities from music and folklore will present to the festival visitors their artistic pieces showing Eritrea’s lively cultural wealth and joy. A variety of delicious dishes shall obviously be in their abundances.
Welcome to our 23rd Festival in Germany!

On behalf of the 23rd festival committee

 Mr. Laine Kahessay`s Presentation

 at the North America Party

Candidates’ Conference

1 June 2008

Indianapolis, Indiana

Party candidates, Members of ELF-RC and leadership, Invited guests, 

First, I would like to thank all of the leadership and members of ELF-RC for their commitment to the process of democratic change. The decision to dissolve their front and join the new party in progress has opened a new chapter in the history of Eritrean politics.

This party candidates’ conference for democratic change is taking place at a time when the dictatorial regime continues to push the country to the brink of disintegration. We are holding this conference at a time when the fundamental rights and freedoms of Eritrean people continue to be violated unabated. We are holding this party candidates’ conference at a time when Eritrean people continue to be subjected to a massive torture, death, detentions, murders, and disappearances under a one-man rule. And we are holding this conference at a time when Eritrea’s new generation is fleeing the country in hundreds every day.

The question in front of us all is how do we end the dictatorial regime in our country and replace it by a sustainable democratic system of government. The answer is to introduce a process of democratic change in the politics of Eritrea. How do we do it? What do we need to do as a political party to introduce the process of democratic change in Eritrea? The first step is to develop a democratic political party that would serve as a cornerstone for building democratic society in our country. With this understanding, now let me focus on the following topics:

1.      The state of the Eritrean political  groups

2.      The negative state of Eritrean political groups

3.      The importance of political participation

4.      The importance of democratic cultures and practices

5.      Development of democracy and its challenges

6.      Conclusion

As we are aware, over the last seventeen years, the Eritrean political groups could not administer their own differences democratically and establish one strong opposition force. The absence of one such opposition force gave the repressive government in Eritrea unfettered chance to stifle democracy on one hand, and to push the country to the brink of disintegration on the other. To understand this, it is imperative to briefly discuss and shed some light on the lessons, legacies, and experiences of the armed struggle of our country, and the impact it has on the post independence democratic change.

1. The state of the Eritrean political groups

The organizational, political, institutional, and administrative set up of the present political groups is the product of the armed struggle. As liberators, they were setup to liberate Eritrea from colonial rulers through an armed conflict. To achieve this, all these organizations had to create a unique political, military, and cultural identity (politics, traditions, cultures, values…etc) designed to fit the armed struggle.

Eritrean people took up arms to free themselves from economic, political, and social injustices perpetuated upon them by successive colonial rulers. Soon, our armed struggle drew its force from the masses of Eritrean people, which was an indispensable factor in winning the struggle against the colonial system. However, in conducting and leading the armed struggle, the current political groups, including the regime in Asmara assumed authority over the people, acted as reformers, indoctrinated our society in armed struggle convictions, instilled a military culture in the minds of our society, and created a society scared to demand democratic governance in Eritrea. In general, the mode and specific forms of practices our armed struggle followed throughout the 30 years shaped the present structure of our politics, psyche, relationship to one another, and our attitude towards democratic change in post independence Eritrea. Hence, the present Eritrean political organizations are the creation of this phenomenon.

Certainly, our armed struggle has registered unparalleled histories over the course of the years. And we are proud of it. However, the post independence Eritrea presented a different set of dynamics and challenges. The armed struggle era ended and Eritrean people’s question became nation building, constitutional governance, peace, justice and democracy. Yet, the Eritrean political groups are stuck in the armed struggle mode, and are unable to grasp the realities and challenges of the post independence Eritrea. The culture of intolerance, dominance, unwillingness to compromise and dialogue, lack of accountability and transparency, and betrayal and secrecy dominate the present Eritrean political groups. Such undemocratic culture entrenched in the armed struggle legacies and experiences continue to present major obstacle to peaceful and democratic transition in the present day Eritrea.

2. The negative state of the Eritrean political groups

·    It is not far from the truth to state that the participation of majority of Eritrean people in the opposition is either withdrawn or nonexistent. This explains that the present political groups are far from addressing the people’s primary concern, which is democracy and change.

·    Dwelling in the armed struggle state of practices not only perpetuated the birth of many splinter groups but also became a major obstacle and diluted the resources and capacity of the political groups. This scattered and unorganized state of presence cannot challenge the repressive government in our country. 

·    The structure of the current political groups extends from national up to sub national with the potential threat to the nation of Eritrea. They are unable to recognize that the interest of Eritrean social groups is best served within a strong, united, and democratic Eritrea.

·    Their existence as political groups does not emanate from peoples legitimacy or representation but from a narrow organizational interest. This situation is consistently maintained by exploiting the historic differences that had existed during the armed struggle era.

·    The present set up of the political organizations neither answers the question of democracy by involving the new generation nor realizes the hopes and dreams of Eritrean people. The perpetuation of the armed struggle culture continues to benefit the undemocratic government in Eritrea on one hand, and stifles the process of democratic change on the other.

Therefore, the aim of the new party is to divorce from the negative armed struggle culture and introduce a process of democratic change that must draw its strength from the public participation in general and from the new generation in particular. Of course, our party should be for democratic change. However, the process of democratic change is not easy. First, considering the level of social, political, and economic development of our society in addition to the negative culture we inherited from the liberation era, the process of democratic change in our country will not be instant. Second, democratic change takes time because it necessitates change in our thinking, change in our behaviors, and change in our old practices. Third, change takes from one stage to another; and the result might not be instant, which in turn creates fear and suspicions in peoples mind as well as obstacles to the progress of change itself. Therefore, our party must follow the best possible path of introducing, developing, and expanding the process of democratic change. This means that our programs and policies must reflect the interests, rights, and full participation of Eritrean people in all spheres of the party activity (governance and other national institutions). If we adopt and start to practice such participatory policies, we would be ready to be the driving force for democratic change.

Our party needs to address some specific issues in order develop and to be a driving force for democratic change in our society. One such issue is political participation.

3. The importance of political participation

Political participation takes many forms and interpretations. However, political participation is initially a right that falls under the popular sovereignty, in which citizens participate in the decision-making process of their country to protect their democratic and human rights. Thus, our party should recognize political participation as the sole right of Eritrean people to participate, own, and influence the political process:

·    Our political programs and policies must guarantee full representation of all Eritrean social groups. That our programs must enable Eritrean people to accept it, defend it, and embrace it on their own free will.

·    Recognize that political participation is the right of citizens. Hence, our party must encourage political participation to be established as an institution both at individual and organized/group level.

·    Replace the liberation era political culture such as fear, docility, suspicion, unquestioning, and marginalization by a new participatory and democratic culture.

·    Ensure the political participation of women and youth at institution level.

·    Create a powerful news media to promote and educate Eritrean people on political participation, on democracy, on human rights, on governance, and on equality and justice… etc.

·    Provide access for public and civil society institutions to influence and interact with our party.

               3.1 Participation of women

Eritrean women represent half of Eritrean society. They contributed in liberating Eritrea as much as any Eritrean. In fact, they played a dual role: fighting against the colonial power on one hand and fighting for women’s rights on the other. Still, in post independence Eritrea, Eritrean women find themselves denied of all their democratic and human rights, lowered to second class, excluded from all spheres of governance and decision making process of the country. Similarly, women’s participation in the present political organization is nonexistent.

The denial of Eritrean women’s rights, total exclusion, and marginalization from the political system is rooted in the political and social structure of Eritrean society. What we have in Eritrea is a patriarchal dominant mindset that undermines the women’s role in our society. Overall, women in Eritrea cannot be independent and productive part of society while the political decision making process is controlled by men who believe Eritrea should be built in their own image.

Without full participation and representation of women, we cannot achieve social and economic development or democracy, peace and justice. Again, there is no right to achieve here by marginalizing half part of Eritrean society.  How does our party achieve women’s participation?

·       Establish a mechanism that would allow Eritrean women to hold political office in our party and in future Eritrea.

·       Our party programs and policies must encourage and enable women to raise their awareness on their rights, on democracy, on equality and justice.

·       Recognize in principle that women organize their own institutions for their rights, roles, and responsibilities in the process of democratic change.

·       Change the patriarchal dominant beliefs, traditions, and cultures by introducing a new political culture and education.

               3.2 Civil society institutions

Civil society institutions are diverse group of associations such as labor unions, human rights advocates, and charity groups … etc that serve to empower public participation in democratic governance by promoting accountability and transparency in governments and their institutions. Eritrean civil society organizations are still maturing. However, to introduce democratic change in Eritrea, to have a stable and sustainable government, and to ensure a developed and prosperous society, the presence of strong civil society organizations is not only important, but also it is a democratic and human rights issue.

Thus, our party should play its role in creating a favorable condition for the development and establishment of Eritrean civil society institutions free from the influence and control of others. To make Eritrean civil society organizations’ participation public and productive, our working relationship with them should be based on equality and not on controlling them. Similarly, the roles and responsibilities of Eritrean civil society organizations on democratic change must be both to benefit the people and to defend the country.

4. The importance of Democratic culture and practices

Political parties are one of the institutions in democracy. As important institutions, they play a decisive role in representing the interest of citizens by promoting democracy and participatory decision-making processes. Thus, in order to play its roles and fulfill its responsibilities, our party should achieve accountability and transparency in its internal democratic practices. The focus of introducing internal democracy is to ensure that democratic change provides the perquisites for democratization process in future Eritrea:

               4.1 Internal democratic practices

The aim of internal democracy is to achieve transparency, accountability, broad participation as well as enabling an inclusive decision making processes in the party. However, to achieve internal democracy our party must be first democratic itself. In the absence of internal democratic cultures and practices, it is unlikely our party will participate both in political power and in leading Eritrean people in future Eritrea. Most importantly, the relation between internal democracy and party is a necessary political ingredient for establishing a democratic society in Eritrea. What are some of the internal democratic practices?

·    Protect the democratic values and rights of party members without marginalizing.

·    Build a party not controlled by a few.

·    Allow members to voice their views on building and developing the party.

·    Allow decisions to be made through a democratic decision making processes and seek compliance of those              decisions by members from top to bottom.

·    Build a party that does not see its members as a mere financial contributors and decision implementers, but strives   to ensure the participation of its members in the process of formulating policies as well as developing and deepening democracy.   

·    Understand  that the role of party internal democratic practices is to mobilize citizens, encourage participation, and consolidate democracy

               4.2 Party organizational structure

Establishing participatory and transparent internal party organizational structure are necessary elements for implementing our party programs and goals on one hand, and developing and deepening democracy in our society on the other:

·    Develop a clear working relationship between various party institutions and branches with clearly defined roles and responsibilities.

·     Maintain a coherent party structure that coordinates the practical implementation of decisions.

·    Develop well-organized party structure where decisions, work assignments, and information flow goes easily and timely from the lowest to the highest level.

·    Develop a structure that ensures party leadership accountability to its members on all decisions and works it makes. The party structure must place limits on the power of party leadership with clearly defined duties and   responsibilities. 

·    Internal communication among party members needs to be a two way where tasks and issues are addressed efficiently. Accordingly, internal communication should enable party members to present new ideas, messages, views, and questions to the party.

·    On decision making process: our party structure should be transparent and participatory; members must understand and know how the decision making process works

·    Develop a mechanism on how party leadership and party candidates are selected. Similarly, our party should adopt a system to ensure the representation of women, youth and minority.

               4.3. Establishing accountable party

The concept of accountability was known less during the Eritrean armed struggle. If there were any, it would be general reports and statements presented in regular meeting. In addition, accountability was never objectively understood as part of a system to be incorporated to the political and organizational structure. In fact, our armed struggle is known for its secrecy and lack of transparency.

What is our understanding about accountability? It is a system built in contemporary democracies where political, party, and government leaders become accountable on the decisions and actions they take to the people who entrust them with the political power.  Similarly, accountability enables citizens or party members to hold their leaders accountable. Furthermore, accountability is built in the government or party structure that gives citizens the right to participate in the system and evaluate the performance of their leaders. Accountability encourages transparency in addition to enhancing democracy, political participation, and representation. Following are some highlights our party must consider:

·    Party leadership must be accountable and transparent by presenting regular reports and statements.

·    Allow party members a right to participate and evaluate party leadership reports and job performances

·    Ensure that various offices and party administrative institutions are accountable to the party on their work activities and performances

·    To achieve full accountability, our party must have political, administrative, and legal mechanisms in place. In addition, to ensure such mechanisms of accountability are functioning well, our party must create independent institutions as an overseer bodies.

4.4. Training and capacity development

Training and human capacity development is a prerequisite for creating a strong democratic party. Developing the skills of party members on one hand, and introducing democratic change in our society on the other enhances democracy:

·       Raise the awareness and understanding of party members on democracy and human rights protections.

·       Provide seminars and workshops on how multiparty system works.

·       Conduct seminars and workshops on various topics and policies on nation and governance.

·       Provide educational seminars on how a political party operates, develops, and expands.

·       Provide Education on achieving political participation of women, youth, and civil society institutions.

·       Enhance party members’ engagement in dialogue and conflict resolution processes through education.

5. Developing democracy and its challenges

Achieving political party as an institution in countries such as Eritrea is not an easy endeavor. Hence, to achieve democratic development or to begin influencing Eritrean society, the process of democratic change we aim should underline the following challenges:

·       Eritrean society ascribes to different cultures, traditions, and way of thinking.

·       We have weak political and civil society institutions in Eritrea.

·       To recognize the difference between the new and the armed struggle era generation

·       The existence of weak mass political participation in the democratic change. 

·       To recognize the present struggle for democratic change is different from the struggle we waged for liberation of      Eritrea.

6. Conclusion

The process of democratic change requires representation and participation, in which the interest of various Eritrean social groups, women, youth, civil society institutions, and above all the new generation is strongly visible. In the absence of such participatory process, our party cannot develop or establish a democratic society in Eritrea. Our party must enable Eritrean society and its institutions to play their roles and fulfill their responsibilities both in the process of democratic change and in developing democracy.

Certainly, the negative culture and old political agendas inherited from the armed struggle is a major obstacle that is crippling the process of democratic change. Our party’s effort must be to change this mindset. To do this, our party must first focus on developing internal democracy; internal democracy aimed at changing the thinking, mindset, and ideas that prevent members from engaging in the democratic change. We must develop party internal democracy that promotes democratic culture and rejects the old political agendas characterized by undemocratic cultures, conflicts, and indecisions. Our party must be transparent and accountable to its members and to the people on its decisions, actions, and policymaking processes.

Our party’s goal is to achieve democratic change in our country. This means changing the mindset formed by armed struggle cultures and experiences, and creating instead democratic minds in our society. In conclusion, the democratic change we introduce must replace the undemocratic regime in our country with a constitutional and democratic government and achieve the basic rights and freedoms of Eritrean people where the rule of law, economic and social justice, development and prosperity, and protection of minority prevails.  

This is only option we have. Let us rise up for democratic change in our country.

Thank you,

Laine Kahessay

መደረ ዶ/ር ገብረመስቀል ሃብተዮናስ ኣብ

ዋዕላ ሓባራዊ ኮሚስዮን ምምስራት ሰልፊ

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1 ሰነ 2008

ክቡራትን ክቡራንን ተሳተፍቲ ዋዕላ!

ብመጀመሪያ ግዜኹም፣ ጉልበትኩምን ገንዘብኩምን ወፊኩም ኣብዚ ዋዕላ ንክትሳተፉ ብምምጻእኩም ዘለና ኣድናቖት ወሰን ከምዘይብሉ ክገልጽ እፈቱ። እንቋዕ ብዳሓን መጻእኩም ብምባል ካኣ ብስመይን ብስም ብጾተይ (ኣባላት ኮሚስዮን ምምስራት ሰልፊ) ምስጋናይ ክገልጽ ኣፍቅዱለይ።

ብምቅጻል ካኣ ነቶም ነዛ ዕለት እዚኣ ክውን ንምግባር ለይትን መዓልትን ከይታሓለሉ ዝሰርሑ ኣባላት ኣሳናዳኢት ኮሚቴን ተሓባበርቶምን ልዑል ምስጋናይ ከቅርበሎም እፈቱ። ብተወሳኺ ተሓኤ ሰውራዊ ባይቶ ኩነታት ኤርትራ ገምጊሙ ዋሕስ ናይ ህዝቢ ህዝቢ  ሙዃኑ ተገንዚቡ ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ከሳትፍ ዝኽእል ናይ ቃልሲ መስመር ንምሕንጻጽ፣ ንነብሱ  አሕቂቑ ሰፊሕ ህዝብዊ ሰረት ዘለዎ ሓዱሽ ሰልፊ ንክምስረት ብሻዱሻይ ጉባኤኡ ኣቢሉ ዘሕለፎ ተባዕ ውሳኔ ወሰን ዘይብሉ ኣድናቆተይ እንዳገለጽኩ ንባላት ሰውራዊ ባይቶ ክብርን ሞጎስን ይሃብኩም እብል። ብፍላይ ካኣ ነቶም ኩሉ ውልቃዊ ዋኒኖም ገዲፎም ከይታሓለሉ ነቲ ውድብ ዝመርሑ ዘለዉ ኣባላት መሪሕነት ክብ ዝበለ ምስጋናይ ከቅርበሎም እፈቱ። ኣብ መጨረሻ፣ ኣባላት ሓባራዊ ኮሚስዮን ምምስራት ሰልፊ ንስለቲ ዘካየድዎን ዘካይድዎ ዘለዉን ዘይታሓለለ ቀጻሊ ጻዕሪ ኣድናቆተይ እንዳገለጽኩ ተወፋይነትኩም ቀጻሊ ከምዝኸውን ጥርጥር የብለይን እብል። ነታ እንፈትዋ ኤርትራ ሃገርናን ነቲ እንፈትዎ ህዝብና ዘርብሕ ሱር-ነቀል ልውጢ ዝሕላገቱ ሓዱሽ ሰልፊ ኣብ ኣፍደገ ምምስራት በጺሕና ኣለና’ሞ እንኳዕ ኣብዙይ ኣብጻሓና ክብል ኣፍቅዱለይ።

መእተዊ፦

እዚ ዋዕላ ኢዙይ ንምምስራት ሓዱሽ ሰልፊ ዘድልዩ ኣገደስቲ ነጥብታት ንምዝታይ ብሓባራዊ ኮሚስዮን ምምስራት ሰልፊ፣ ዞባ ሰሜን ኣመሪካ፣ ዝተወደበ ኢዩ። ሓባራዊ ኮሚስዮን ምምስራት ሰልፊ ካብ ዝምስረት ድሮ ሸሞንተ ኣዋርሕ ኣቑጺሩ ኣገደስቲ ዕማማት’ካኣ ዓሚሙ ኣሎ። ቅድሚ ኣብቲ ዝርዝር ዕማማት ምእታውና ግን፣ ንምንታይ ሓድሽ ሰልፊ ምምስራት ከ ኣድለየ ዝብል ሕቶ ምምላስ ኣድላዪ እመስለኒ።

ንታሪኽ ንዳሓር ምልስ ኢልና እንተራኣና፣ ሰውራ ኤርትራ ብቡዙሕ ሓርጎጽጎጽ ዝሓለፈ፣ ሰላሳ-ዓመት ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ኣንጻር ባዕዳዊ ጸላኢ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ፣ እንተላይ ቡዙሕ ሕድሕዳዊ ምትፍናን፣ ምውንጅጃል፣ ካባኡ ሓሊፉ’ውን ሕድሕዳዊ ውግኣት ዘሕለፈ ምኳኑ ኢና ንርዳእ። እዚ ታሪኽ ኡዙይ ብጉቡእ ዘተሰነደ ጥራሕ ዘኮነስ ኮነ ኢልካ’ውን ዝተቐብረ ቡዙሕ ከምዘሎ ዝሰሓት ሓቂ ኣይኮነን። ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ፍትሓዊ ቃልሲ ኢዩ። ምእንቲ ፍትሕን ሓቅን ዝሓቐቑ ቡዙሓት ከምዝኾኑ ዝሰሓት ኣይኮነን። ንሳቶም ግባኦም ፈጺሞም ሓሊፎም፣ ባህጎምን ትምኒቶምን ግን ክሳብ ሕጂ ኣይተዓወተን። ንታሪኾም ክቐብሩ፣ መጻኢ ወለዶ ታሪኾም ከይፈልጥ ለይትን መዓልትን ዝጽዕቱ ሓይልታት ከምዘለዉ ክስሓት የብሉን።

ብመሰረቱ ናጽነት (ካብ ባዕዳዊ መግዛኢቲ ነጻ ሙዃን) መበገሲ’ምበር ናይ መወዳእታ ዓላማ ኣይነበረን፣ መበገሲ ናይ ሓራ ኤርትራ፣ ምዕብልቲ ኤርትራ፣ ሕጊ ዝኽበረላ ኤርትራ፣ ህዝባ መሰል ምዝራብ፣ መሰል ምጽሓፍ፡ መሰል ማዕርነት ኣብ ቅድሚ ሕጊ፣ መሰል መጻኢኡ ናይ ምውሳን፣ መሰል መንግስቲ ብነጻ ናይ ምቕያር፣ መሰል ቑጠባዊ ምዕባሌ፣ መሰል ካብ ሕማም ካብ ድንቁርና ናጻ ዝኾነላ፡ መሰል ብባህላውን ተክኖሎጂካውን ምዕባሌ ምዕጣቕ ዝኽበረላ ሃገር ኢዩ ነይሩ። ናጽነት ነዚ ንምግባር ሙቹእ ባይታ ዝፈጥር ናይ መጀመሪያ ኩነት ኢዩ። ስለዝኮነ ካኣ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ኩሉ ሃገራዊ አእጃሙ ንምብርካት ኣሳታፊ መድረኽ ይጽበ ነበረ።

ዝነበር ትጽቢት፦

ብቐጥታ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ሃገራዊ ናይ ዕርቂ ጉባኤ (National Reconciliation Conference) ክጽዋዕ ነይርዎ። ንኹሉ ሃገራዊ ዘሳትፍ ጉባኤ ኮይኑ፡ ኢቲ ጉባኤ ጊዝያዊ መንግስቲ የቑውም። ጊዝያዊ መንግስቲ ካኣ ብመሰጋገሪ መድረኽ ሓሊፉ ቖዋሚ ህዝባዊ መንግስቲ ኣብ ቡዙሑነት ዝተመርኾሰ ቑዋማዊ መንግስቲ (Constitutional Government) ዝቖመሉ ኩነት ይፈጥር። እቲ ዝነበረ ናይ ናጽነት ጽምኣትን እቲ ዝነበረ ናይ ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ህንጡይነትን ኣብ ግምት የእቲኻ፣ እዚ ኩነታት ኢዙይ ተፈጢሩ ነይሩ እንተዝኸውን ሎሚ ኤርትራ ኣበይ ክትበጽሕ ትኽእል ምንባራ ንምግማቱ ዘጸግም ኣይኮነን።

ብግብሪ ግን እንታይ ተገብረ፦

እቲ ዝነበረ ትጽቢታት ብሰንኪ ኢሳያስን ሰዓብቱን ኩውን ክኾውን ኣይካኣለን። ኢሳያስ ይትረፍ ዶ ብዓላማ ዘይሳማምዕዎ ንቶም ኣብ ጎድኑ ኮይኖም ምእንቲ ህዝቦም ዝተቓለሱ’ውን እንዳኣጥፈአ ዝመጸ ሰብ ስለዝነበረ፡ ብሕግን ስርዓትን እትማሓደር ኤርትራ ክትመጽእ ኣይድሌቱን ስለዝነበረ፡ ነዚ ሙቹእ ኩነታት ንከይፍጠር ኩሉ ዝካኣሎ ዘበለ ጺዒሩ ኢዩ። ነቶም ሂወቶም ንምኽፋል ዕድሚኦም ሙሉእ ኣብ በረኻ ከርተት ዝበሉ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነ፡ ነቶም ኣብ ዓዲ ኮይኖም ቃልሶም ዝገበሩ’ሞ ሓንጎፋይ ኢሎም ዝተቐበልዎ፣ ነቲ እሱ ገባር ዝብሎ ህዝቢ፣ ኤርትራውያን’ውን ካብ ምህናጽ ዓዲ ከምዘልግሱ ገይርዎም ኢዩ።

ዳርጋ ኩሉ ሰብ እቲ ዝሓለፈ ሓርጎጽጎጽ ንድሕሪት ገዲፉ (ኣብ ጎቦ ዘሎ ንፋስ ይሰዶ፡ ኣብ ሩባ ዘሎ’ካኣ ዉሒጅ ይሰዶ ኢሉ) ንቅድሚት ክጓዓዝ ኣብዝተበገሰሉ ጊዜ፡ ኢሳያስን ሰዓብቱን ስራሕ ምብታንን ምፍልላይን ቀጺሎሞ። ንምጥቃስ ዝኣክል፦

ተቓውሞ ዝባሃል የልቦን (ናይ ተቓውሞ ሓሸውየ ኣይነተኣናግድን ኢና)፣ ብጀካ ኣነ ካልእ ነዚ ዓዲ ዘምጽአ ሓይሊ የልቦን ብምባል ነቲ ዝድለ ዝነበረ ሃገራዊ ዕርቂ (National Reconciliation) ንኸካይድ ፍቕደኛ ኣይነበረን። ብዘይቡኡ ዓዲ ኣትዮም ክሰርሑ ድልዋት ዋላ ንዝነበሩ’ውን ዓዲ ከይኣትዉ ከልኪሉ። ብወታሃደራዊ ሓይሊ ገይሩ ነቶም ጸዋዒት  ሃገራዊ ዕርቂ ዝጽበዩ ዝነበሩ ሓይልታት’ውን ከጥፎኦም ፈቲኑ። ስለዝኾነ’ካኣ እቶም ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ፍልይ ዝበለ መደብ ኣለና ኢሎም ብሰላም ቃልሶም ክቕጽሉ ወሲኖም ዝነበሩ ሓይልታት እዚ ማኣዲ ስለዝተኸልከሉ ቃልሶም ካብ ዓዲ ወጻኢ ኮይኖም ክቕጽልዎ ተገዲዶም።ኣብዙይ ኩሉ እቲ ተ.ሓ.ኤ ሰውራዊ ባይቶ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ዝዎሰዱዎ ተበግሶታት ከም ኣብነት ምጥቃስ ይካኣል ኢዩ።

ህዝቢ ካብ ማኣዲ ህንጸት ሃገር ተኸልኪሉ። ኢሳያስ ገና እግሩ ከይኣተወ ሓላፍነት ከም መካሓሓሲ (Position as a Compensation)ብዝብል ፖሊሲ ኢዩ ክሰርሕ ጀሚሩ። ነቲ ዝዋሃበካ ሓላፍነት ዝበቅዕ ክእለት ይሃሉኻ ኣይሃሉኻ ተጋዳላይ ስለዝኾንካ እቲ ሓላፍነት ይዋሃበካ። ብሰንኪ’ዙይ ቡዙሓት ዓቅምን ክእለትን ዘይብሎም ኣብ ሓላፍነት ተመዲቦም ነቲ ኪኢላ እርትራዊ ኣይሰርሑ ኣየስርሑ ኮይኖም ቡዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ክኢላታት በብቁሩብ ካብቲ መንግስታዊ ስርሓት ከምዘልግሱ ተገይሩ።  እቲ ብግሉ ኣብ ዓዲ ምህናጽ ዝተዋፈረ ዜጋ ካኣ በብቁሩብ ከምዘልግስ ተገይሩ። ኣብዙይ፡ ኣብርእሲ ነጋዶን ናይ ግሊ ኣውፈርቲ ዝተገብረ ዘመተ ክጥቀስ ይካኣል።

ኣብ ርእሲ ትምህርትን ናይ ትምህርቲ ትካላትን ዝተገብረ ዘመተ’ውን ቀሊል ኣይኮነን። መንእሰይ ብዓይኒ ጸጥታ ተጠሚቱ ንምድንቋሩ ዝተገብረ ዘመት ኣብ መጻኢት ኤርትራ ዝፈጥሮ ሳዕቤናት ደረት የብሉን። ዩንቨርሲቲ ተዓጽዩ፡ ኣብዚ ሕጂ ጊዜ ኤርትራ ኣብ ዓለም ቁቡል ዝኾነ ናይ ላዕለዋይ ደረጃ ትምህርቲ የብላን። ብሓፈሽኡ ትምህርትን ናይ ትምህርቲ ደሌትን ተዳኺሙ ሎሚ ኤርትራዊ መንእሰይ ኣብ ክንዲ ብፍልጠትን ተክኖሎጂን ዝዕጠቕ ብብዝሒ ናብ ስደት ዘምራሓሉ ጊዜ ኢዩ። ካብዚ ኩነታት እዙይ ዝኸስብ እንተሃልዩ ኢሰያስ ጥራሕ ኢዩ።

ካብ ውሽጢ ዝተቓላቀለ ለውጢ፡ ካብ ውሽጡ ንዝቓላቀሉ ንለውጢ ዝቃለሱ ባእታት ካብ ምሕቃቅ ኢሳያስ ዓዲ ውዒሉ ኣይፈልጥን። ክሳብ ሕጂ ዝተገብሩ ተበግሶታት ጭቡጥ ዉጽኢት ኣይተረኽቦምን። ይኩን’ምበር ካብ ውሽጢ ንለውጢ ዝቃለሱ ከምዘለዉ ምግንዛብ’ውን ኣገዳሲ ኢዩ።

ህዝቢ ምስላይ፡ ህዝቢ ኣብ ነንሕዲኡ መታን ከይታኣማመን ስለያ ኣብ ውሽጢ ህዝቢ ምክያድ ሓደ ካብቶም ኣገደስትን ዝበዝሐ ባጀት ዝስልዓሎም ስርሓት ናይዚ ስርዓት ኢዩ።

Diaspora Illusion: እቲ ቀንዲ ምኽንያት እኳ ረብሓ እንድዩ፣ እቲ ስርዓት ብዝገብሮሎም ፍሉይ ኣራኣእያ ዓይኖም ዓዊሩ ንህዝቢ እርትራ ክፈርዱ ዝውዕሉ ቡዙሓት ኢዮም። ዝያዳ ሰቦም ሓለይቲን ተሓለቅትን ይመስሉ፡ ደቆም ኣብ ዝበለጸ ቤ/ትምህርቲ እንዳኣምሃሩ ነቲ ትምህርቲ ተሓሪምዎ ንስደትን ንሽግርን ተፈሪዱ ዘሎ መንእሰይ ካኣ ንምንታይ ካብ ዓዲ ይወጽእ ኢሎም ክፈርዱ ይውዕሉ። እዞም ሰባት እዚኦምን እቲ ስርዓትን ናይ ስምባዮቲክ (symbiotic) ዝምድና ኢዩ ዘለዎም።

ብወገን ተቓዉሞ ዘሎ ኩነታት፡ ክሳብ ሕጂ ጭቡጥ ፍረ ኣየምጸአን ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ ነዚ ዝድለ ዞሎ ለውጢ ንምምጻእ ዘኽእሉ መሰረታውያን ቅድም-ኩነት’ውን ከጣጥሓ ኣይካኣላን። ተቓውሞን እዚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ስርዓትን ካብ ሓደ ተሞክሮ ዝቦቘሉ ከምሙዃኖም መጠን፡ ተቓውሞ ሓይልታት ክሳብ ዘይተሓደሱ ካብቲ ስርዓት ዝሓሸ ስራሓት ክሰርሑ ከምዘይክእሉ ርዱእ ኢዩ። ስለዝኮነ’ካኣ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ መብጻዓ ዘካየዶ ፍትሓዊ ቃልሲ ተጠሊሙ ኤርትራ ኣብዚ ሕጂ ዘላቶ ኩነታት ትርከብ ኣላ።

ኣብዚ ጊዜ እዙይ እንታይ ዳኣ እንተተገብረ ይሓይሽ ዝብል ሕቶ ክለዓል ግድን ይኾውን። እቲ መልሲ፡ከምቲ ኣቶ ሃይለ ገብሩ፡ ኣቦ ወንበር ኮሚስዮን፡ዝበሎ ኣወንታዊ ሰውራ (Positive Revolution)ምክያድ ኢዩ። ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንሐድሕዱ ኣታዓሪቑን ጠርኒፉን ናብ ዓወት ዘብጽሕ ሓዱሽ ጥርናፌን ምንቅስቓስን የድሊ ኣሎ። ከምዙይ ስለዝኮነ ኢዩ ካኣ ሓደ ሰፊሕ-ህዝባዊ ሰረት ዘሎዎ ሰልፊ ምምስራት ዘድሊ። ሓባራዊ ኮሚስዮን ምምስራት ሰልፊ ነዚ ዕማም እዙይ ብሰፊሑ ተታሒዝዎ ይርከብ።

ፍልጠት (knowledge)ዝዕጣቐቱ፡ ፍትሒ (justice) ዝሕላገቱ፡ ለውጢ (CHANGE) ዝቛንቋኡ፡ ምትዕራቕ (reconciliation) ዝወስትኡ፡ ኣወንታዊ ሰውራ(positive revolution) ዝስሙ ዕሸል ኣብ ማህጸን ሓባራዊ ኮሚስዮን ምምስራት ሰልፊ ተጠኒሱ ኣሎ።

ሰልፍና እንታይ ዓይነት ሰልፊ ኢዩ ክኾውን ንጽበዮ፧

ሰልፍና ንክውንነት ኤርትራን ዓለምናን ኣብ ግምት ዘእተወ  ክኸውን ኣለዎ። እዚ ማለት ካኣ ታሪኻዊ ኣመጻጽኣን ህልዊ ኩነታት ኣብ ግምት ብምእታው ነቲ ዝሓለፈ ገድላዊ ቃልሲ ዝፈጠሮ ስምብራት ንምፍዋስ ኩለንተናዊ ለውጢ የድሊ ኣሎ። ነዚ ዝስዕብ ብሂል ምስትብሃሉ ኣገዳሲ ኢዩ፡

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor is it the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to CHANGE— Charles Darwin.

 ለውጢ’ካኣ ካብ ነብስኻ ኢዩ ዝጅምር። ሓባራዊ ኮሚስዮን ምምስራት ሰልፊ ነዞም ዝስዕቡ እምነ-ኹርናዕ ኣትሓሳስባታት መሰረት ብምግባር ኢዩ ሰፊሕ ህዝባዊ-ሰረት ዘሎዎ ሓዱሽ ሰልፊ ንምምስራት ዝጽዕት ዘሎ።

ብዘበነ-ገድሊ ኣታሓሕስባ ህልዊ ሽግራት ክንፈትሕ ኣይንኽእልን ኢና። ንናጽነት ዝተገብረ ቃልስን መስዋእትነትን ዝተርኽበ ዓወትን ኣብ ቦቱኡ ኮይኑ፡ እቲ ነቲ ዝነበረ ሽግራት ንምፍታሕ ዝተዋደደ ኣሰራርዓ ኣእምሮ (mind-set) ክቅየር ኣሎዎ። 

ጀብሃ-ሻዕብያ ዝብል ፍልልይ መድረኹ ዝሐለፎ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ፡ ንህልው ኩነታት እርትራ ዝገልጽ’ውን ኣይኮነን። ሎሚ ዲሞክራስያዊ/ዘይዲሞክራስያዊ፡ ማለት ንኤርትራዊ ዜጋ ንምሕራር ዝቃለስን ብኣንጻሩን፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ ፍትሒ (justice) ንምምጻእ ዝቃለስን ብኣንጻሩን ተባሂሉ ክጥመት ኣሎዎ። ስለዝኮነ’ካኣ ኣብ ሞንጎ ዲሞክራስያውያን ሓይልታት ምትዕራቕ (reconciliation) ክህሉ ኣሎዎ።

 ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ህልው ሕብረተ-ሰብኣዊ ቅርጻ ብጉቡእ ምግምጋሙ የድሊ። ንኣብነት

Þ     ክንደይ ሚእታዊት ካብ ኤርትራውያን ድሕሪ ናጽነት ዝተወልዱ ኢዮም፧

Þ     ንደይ ሚእታዊት ካብ እርትራውያን ከ ትሕቲ ኣርብዓ ዝዕድምኦም ይኾኑ፧

Þ     ፖለቲካ ኤርትራ ከ መን ይቖጻጸሮ ኣሎ፧

ብሓጺሩ፡  ሕብረተ-ሰብኣዊ ቅርጻ ኤርትራ ብመንእሰይ ዝተዓብለለ ኢዩ። ብገምጋም ካብ 40-50% ድህሪ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ዝተወልደ፡ ዳርጋ ልዕሊ 80% ካብ 40 ዓመት ንታሕቲ ዝዕድሚኦም ኢዮም። ስለዚ መብዛሕትኡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ሰውራ ኤርትራ ቀጥታዊ ዝኮነ ተሞክሮ ዘይብሉ ብዛዕባ ትክክለኛ ታሪክ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ውሑድ ኣፍልጦ ዘሎዎ ወይ’ካኣ ዝተማዛብዐ ሓበሬታ ዘሎዎ ኢዩ። ተሳትፎ ኢዚ ኣካል ሕብረተ-ሰብ ኤርትራ ኣብ ህልው ዲሞክራስያዊ ቃልሲ ቱሑት ኮይኑ ፖለቲካ ኤርትራ በቶም ካብ 60 ዓመት ንላዕሊ ዝዕድሚኦም ገዳይም ተቃለስቲ ዝተዓብለለ ኢዩ። ከምዙይ ዓይነት ዲሞክራስያዊ ቃልሲ ቀጻልነቱ ውሑስ ጥራሕ ዘይምኻኑ ዘይኮነስ 80% ካብ ህዝቢ ዘየሳትፍ ቃልሲ ክዕወት’ውን ዝኽእል ኣይኮነን። ስለዝኮነ’ካኣ ሰልፍና ንተራ መንእሰያት ዘዕዝዝን መሪሕ ተራ ዝጻወትሉ መንገዲ ዘጣጥሕ ክኾውን ኣሎዎ። ኢዚ ዘሎ መንእሰይ ዝያዳ ዝተማህረን ነቲ ቃልሲ መሪሑ ናብ ሰላማዊ ለውጢ ከብጽሕ ዝኽእል ሓይሊ ምኻኑ ምግንዛብ ኣድላዪ ኢዩ።

 ዘለናዮ ዘበን ዘበነ-ተክኖሎጅያዊ ምዕባሌ ስለዝኮነ ቦታን ጊዜን ብዘየገድስ ናብ ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ብቐሊል ክብጻሓሉ ዝካኣል ጊዜ ምኻኑ ምግንዛብ የድሊ። ስለዝኮነ’ካኣ ሰልፍና ተራ ፍልጠትን (knowledge)ተራ መራኸቢ ቡዙሃን ብጉቡእ ተገንዚቡ ኣብ ጥቕሚ ዘውዕል ሰልፊ ክኸውን ኣሎዎ። ሎሚ ዝድለ ዘሎ ንህዝቢ ዝጠቅም ሓሳብ (idea) ምምንጫውን ምዝርጋሕን ኢዩ። ሓሳብካ ኣብ ናይ ሓሳብ ዕዳጋ ብውድድር ክትሸይጥ ኣሎካ። ሓሳብካ ንህዝቢ ዝጠቅም እንተኮይኑ ገዛኢ (ዕዳጋ) ትረክብ ትስስንካኣ፡ እንተዘይኮይኑ ግን ብሕጊ ነጻ ዕዳጋ ካብ ዕዳጋ ትግለል (ዕዳጋ ስለዘይትረክብ ምንቅስቓስካ ይመውት)።

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እንታይ ከምዝደሊ ብጉቡእ ምልላዩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ፍትሕን ሰላምን ኢዩ ዝደሊ። ፍትሒ (justice)- ማሕበራዊ ፍትሒ፡ ቁጠባዊ ፍትሒ፡ ፖለቲካዊ ፍትሒ፡ ኮታ ኩሉ እቲ ኤርትራዊ ዜጋ ተሓሪምዎ ዘሎ ሰብኣውን ዲሞክራስያዊን መሰላት- ምኽባር  እቲ ህጹጽ ጠለባት ህዝቢ ስለዝኮነ ሰልፍና ነዙይ ንምትግባር ዘኽእሎ ኣገባብ ኣቀላልሳ ከዋድድ ኣሎዎ። ነዙይ ንምትግባር ሰልፍና ኣብ ግምት ከእትዎም ዘሎዎ ሓቅታት ኣለዉ።

ሀ) ህዝቢ እርትራ ዝተኣትወሉ መብጽዓ ተጠሊሙ  ስለዝኾነ  (ዝቐደመ’ውን ኣድገይ ኣጥፊኡለይ ዝዓይነቱ ኮይንዎ) ንለውጢ ብዓይኒ ጥርጣረ ዝርእየሉ ጊዜ ምኻኑ ብጉቡእ ምስትውዓል የድሊ። እታ እንኮ ጊዜ መንግስቲ ዝለወጠላ (1991) ኢያ፡ ንሳ’ካኣ ተጠሊሙ ስለዝኾነ ሕጂ ነዓ ተቓለስ መንግስቲ ክንልውጠልካ ኢና እንተበልካዮ ቀልጢፉ ክቕበለካ ኣይክእልን ኢዩ።

ለ) ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ዘለና ዝምድና፡ ካብ ታሪኽ ዝተወርሰ ምጥርጣራት (mistrust) ኣብ ርእሲ ኢትዮጵያ ስለዘሎ ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ካብ ብሓገዝ ኢትዮጵያ ወይ ኣብ ውሽጢ ኢትዮጵያ ኴንካ ዝግበር ናይ ለውጢ ቃልሲ ምድጋፍ ነቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ምጥባቕን ምድጋፍን ከምዝመርጹ ምግንዛብ ኣገዳሲ ኢዩ። ኣብዙይ ክንጸር ዘሎዎ ጕዳይ፡ ጽቡቕ ድሌት (good intension) ምህላው ዘይኮነስ ብኸመይ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ይርድኦ (perception) ኣብ ግምት ምእታው ኣገዳሲ ኢዩ። ስለዝኾነ’ካኣ ሰልፍና ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ዝህልዎ ዝምድና ኣብ ርሑቕን ቀረባን ሃገራዊ ረብሓ ኤርትራ ኣብ ግምት ዘእተወ ኮይኑ ብንጹርን ብዘየማትእን መልክዑ ከቐምጦ ይግባእ።

ሐ) ናይ ዶብ ጕዳይ፡  ካብዚ ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ዘሎ ናይ ዶብ ምስሕሓብ ዝኸሰበ ሰብ እንድሕርዳኣ ኣሎ ኮይኑ ኢሳያስ ጥራሕ ኢዩ። ዶብ ቀጻሊ ናይ መማሳመሲ ክገብሮ ኪኢሉ ኣሎ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ናይ ዶብ ጅሆ ኮይኑ፡ ናይ ዶብ ጉዳይ ከይተፈትሐ ዝግበር የለን እንዳተባህለ ኩሉ መሰላቱ ተገፊፉ ኣብ ትሕቲ ራዕድን ሽበራን ዲክታተርያዊ ስርዓት ክነብር ተገዲዱ ኣሎ። ስለዝኾነ ሰልፍና ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ናይ ዶብ ጉዳይ ዘሎዎ ኣራኣእያ ብንጹር ተገንዚቡ፡ ንናይ ርሑቕን ቐረባን ረብሓታት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ግምት ዘእተወ ነቲ ናይ ዶብ ውሳኔ ኣብ ግብሪ ዘውዕለሉ ናይ ፖሊሲ ኣቕጫጫ (policy stance and direction) ብንጹር ከቐምጥ ኣሎዎ።

መ) ኩነታት መንእሰያት፡  ሰልፍና መንእሰይ እቲ ቀንዲ ኣዋዳድን ኣንቓሳቐስን መራሕን ናይ ለውጢ ሓይሊ  ምኻኑ ክግንዘብ  ኣሎዎ። ይኹን’ምበር ኣብዚ ዘሎናዮ ጊዜ መንእሰይ ኤርትራ ኣብ ተቓውሞ ተጠርኒፉ ፍትሒ ኣብ ኤርትራ ክነግስ ዝገብሮ ተሳትፎ ዉሑድ ምኻኑ ኢና ንግንዘብ። ዋላ እቶም ካብ ማእሰርትን መግረፍትን ህግደፍ ኣምሊጦም ንስደት ዘምርሑ መንእሰያት ሓንሳብ ካብ ዓዲ ምስወጹ ምስ ህግደፍ ክታዓረቑ ኢኻ ትርኢ። ንምንታይ ግን፧ ነዚ ኩነታት እዙይ ንምርዳእ፡

ባህርያት ህግደፍ ምርዳእ፡ ህግደፍ ናይ ፖሊቲካ ውድብ ኢዩ ምባል ንኽውንነት ህግደፍ ዝገልጽ ኣይኮነን። ህግደፍ ሓደ ሰፊሕ ዝርገሐን ምትእስሳርን ዘሎዎ ናይ ሸቐጥ ጉጅለ ኢዩ ክባሃል ይክኣል።ሓለፍቲ እዚ ጉጅለ እዙይ ናይ መንግስቲ ሓለፍቲ ስለዝኾኑ፡ ዝዀነ ዝሕንጸጽ ፖሊሲ ብመንጽር ቑጠባዊ ረብሓ ህግደፍ ኢዩ ዝጥመት።መንእሰይ ኤርትራ ኣብ ዓዲ እንተሎ ብዘይዶሞዝ ኣብ ናይ ህግደፍ ትካላት (መብዛሕትኡ ናይ ቑጠባ ኣውታር ኣብ ኤርትራ ህግደፍ ኢዩ ዝቖጻጸሮ) ብሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት ሽፋን ክሰርሕ ይግደድ። ካብ ዓዲ እንተወጸ ካኣ ንህግደፍ ብቐጻሊ ዘወፍየሉ ኩነታት ይፍጠር። ህግደፍ ነዚ ንምትግባር መንእሰያት ኣብ ዓዲ ከለዉ ክረኽብዎ ዘይክእሉ ኣገልግሎት ከም ፓስፖርት ምውጻእ ከይተረፈ ካብ ዓዲ ምስወጹ ይገብረሎም። ካብኡ ሓሊፉ’ውን ናይ ባህላዊ ጉጅለታት በብዓዱ ኣብ ወጻኢ እንዳላኣኹ ነቲ ናይ ዓዲ ናፍቖትን ጽምኣትን ዘሎዎ መንእሰይ ኤርትራ እንዳዘናግዑ ናይ ገንዘብ ምንጪ ይገብርዎ። ተቓውሞ ውድባት ነዚ ጠለብ መንእሰይ ክሳብ ዘየማላኣ፡ መንእሰይ ብብዝሒ ናብ ናይ ህግደፍ ባህላዊ ጸወታን ምትእክካብን ክኸይድ እንተተራእየ ዘገርም ኣይኮነን።

ጽልዋታት ኣብ ደገ ዘለዉ ናይ ህግደፍ ሰዓብቲ፡ ካብ ሕማቕ ዝገብሩኻስ ሕማቕ ዝምህሩኻ እንድዩ፡ ኣብ ደገ ዘለዉ ደገፍቲ ህግደፍ ካብቲ ብረብሓ ዓይኖም ዓዊሮም ንጨቛኒ ስርዓት ብጭፍን ምድጋፍ ዝኸፍአ ነቲ ሕጂ ዝስደድ ዘሎ መንእሰይ ጌጋ ኣብነት ምዃኖም ኢዩ። ገና ንገና መታን ንዓዲ ክኸይድን መታን ንብረት ኣብ ዓዲ ከጥርን እንዳተባህለ መንእሰያት ካብ ነቲ ስርዓት ምቑዋም ምስኡ ምትዕራቕ ይሕሸና ዝብልሉ ኩነታት ተፈጢሩ። ብመሰረቱ ንዓዲ ምኻድ ይኹን ኣብ ዓዲ ንብረት ምጥራይ እቲ ዘይግፈፍ መሰረታዊ መሰል ኤርትራዊ ክኾውን ዝግቦኦ፡ እዚ መሰል እዙይ ጥራሕ ብጃንዳ ህግደፍ ዝምጽወት ህያብ ተገይሩ ንኽውሰድ ዝገበሩ እዞም ኣብ ደገ ዘልዉ ደገፍቲ ህግደፍ ኢዮም።

ረ) ኩነታት ተቓውሞ፡  ተቓውሞ ውድባት ኤርትራ ነቲ ጭቖና ህግደፍ መሪርዎ ናብ ስደት ዘምርሕ ዘሎ መንእሰይ ጠለባቱ ኣማሊአን ኣብ ጎድኒ ተቓውሞ ከሰልፎኦ ኣይካኣላን። እዚ ናይ ሎሚ መንእሰይ ዝያዳ ዝተማህረን ዝያድ ንለውጢ ድሉው ዝዀነ ይኹን’ምበር ውሽጣዊ ኩነታት መብዛሕታን ተቓውሞ ውድባት ኤርትራ ነዙይ ሙቹኣት ኣይኮናን። እዚ ናይ ሎሚ መንእሰይ’ውን እንተኮነ ኩነታት ተቓውሞ ውድባት ኤርትራ ቡዙሕ ኣፍልጦ ዘይነበሮን ኣፍልጦ ነይርዎ እንተኾይኑ’ውን ዝርካቡ ጉጉይን ንፕሮፓጋንዳ  ህግደፍ መሳርሒ ተባሂሉ ዝተቐመመ መርዚ ጥራሕ ኢዩ። ብተወሳኺ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝኣተዉ መራሕቲ ህግደፍ ዝኣተውዎ መብጽዓ ጠሊሞም ንመንእሰያት ኤርትራ ከም ልሙሳትን ተበልጽትን ቆጺሮም ብትምህርቲ ኣደንቑርካ ንምግዘኦም ዝገበርዎን ዝገብርዎ ዘልዉን ቀጻሊ ጻዕርታት ብምዝካር፡ ሕጂ ከ ነዚኦም መን ይኣምኖም ጽባሕ እንተጠለሙና ብምባል ኣብ ተቓውሞ ውድባት ተጠርኒፎም ኣንጻር ጨቛኒ ስርዓት ናይ ምቅላስ ተኽእሎ ትሑት ገይርዎ። ስለዝኮነካኣ እቲ ዝርካቡ ናይ ተቓውሞ ምንቕስቓስ መንእሰያት ኣብ ሲቪካዊ ማሕበራት (civic societies) ተሓጺሩ ይርከብ።

እዚ ወድዓዊ ኩነታት እዙይ ኣብ ግምት ብምእታው ሰልፍና ንኩነታት መንእሰያት ፍሉይ ቖላሕታ ክገብረሉ ይግባእ። ንመንእሰያት ፍሉይ ቦታ ዝህብ ናይ ፖሊሲ ሕንጻጻት ኣብ ናይ ፖሊቲካ ፕሮግራማቱ ይኹን  ኣብ ናይ ሰልፊ ቅርጻ ብንጹር ከቐምጦ አለዎ።

ሰ) ኩነታት ዓለምናን ጎረባብትናን፡ ገድሊ ኤርትራ ብብረት ተዓዊቱ (ናጽነት ኣምጺኡ)። ከዕውትዎ ዝኸኣሉ ውሽጣውን ግዳማውን ኩነታት ብጉቡእ ምምዛኖም የድሊ። ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝነበረ ውሽጣዊ ኩነታት ይኹን ኣብ ዓለምና ናይ ሾሻሊስት ስርዓት ምፍራስ ንምዕዋት ገድሊ ኤርትራ እንታይ ጽልዋ ነይርዎ ኢልካ ምግምጋሙ ኣድላዪ ካብ ሙዃን ሓሊፉ እዚ ኩነታት እዙይ ከ ሕጂ ኣሎ ዲዩ ኢልካ ምሕታት’ውን ኣገዳሲ ኢዩ። ብተወሳኺ ውጺኢቱ ብዓይኒ ምሕራር ኤርትራያዊ ዜጋ ክረአ እንከሎ፡ ጨቛኒ ስርዓት ፈጢሩ ሕጂ ከ ከምኡ ኩነታት ከይፈጥር እንታይ ውሕስነት ኣሎ ዝብል ስክፍታት ምህላዉ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ ነቲ ጎነጻዊ ዶ ወይስ ሰላማዊ ኣገባብ ኣቐላልሳ ብጉቡእ ምምዛኑ ከምዘድሊ ኢዩ ዘመልክት።

ቀ) ኣብ ኤርትራ ተዋዲዱ ዝጸድቐ ግን ዘይተተግበረ ሕገ-መንግስቲ (Constitution) ኣሎ። መብዛሕትኡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እዚ ዘይተተግበረ ሕገ-መንግስቲ ከም ናቱ ከምዝርእዮን ንትግባሬኡ ካኣ ዝጽበ ዘሎ ምዃኑ ክዝንጋዕ ዘይብሉ ሓቂ ኢዩ። ናይ ዶብ ጉዳይ ሓደ ካብቶም ዝወሃቡ ምስምሳት ናይ ዘይተተግበረሉ ምክንያታት ኢዩ።  ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እንድሕርዳኣ ከምዙይ ዓይነት ርድኢት ሃልይዎ፡ ሕገ-መንግስቲ ኣብ ግብሪ ይውዓል ኢልካ ምቕላስ ዶ ይሓይሽ ዋላስ ነዚ ዘዋድዶ ሕገ-መንግስቲ ዘየተተግበረ መንግስቲ ብብረት ምልዋጥ ዝብሉ ሕቶታት ምምላሾም ኣገዳሲ ኢዩ።

በ) ሕቶ ባንዴራ፡  እታ ኣብ ጊዜ ፈደረሽን ዝነበረት(ሰማያዊት ዝሕብራ) ባንዴራ ወይስ እታ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ዝመጸት ባንዴራ፡ ኣየኒአን ኢየን ናይ ኤርትራ ባንዴራ፧ እንድሕርዳኣ ኤርትራ ልዑላዊት (sovereign) ሃገር ኢያ እልና ንኣምን ኴይና እቲ ዝነበረ ናይ ቀደም ባንዴራኣ በዚ ሕጂ ዘሎ ባንዴራ ተለዊጡ ኢያ ኣብ ዓለም ልዑላዊት ሃገር ኮይና። ብተወሳኺ ከምቲ ኣብ ላዕሊ ዝተጠቕሰ እንድሕርዳኣ መብዛሕትኡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ዝተወልደ ወይ ካኣ ትሕቲ 40 ዓመት ዕድመ ኮይኑ ምስታ ናይ ቀደም ባንዴራ ዘሎዎ ምትእስሳር ውሑድ ኢዩ ክኾውን። ስለዝኮነ ካኣ መብዛሕትኡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ነዛ ሕጂ ዘላ ባንዴራ ኢዩ ከም ባንዴራ ኤርትራ ገይሩ ዝወስዳ። ናይ ህዝቢ ቃልሲ ከተካይድ እንድሕርዳኣ ኮይንካ ኣየነይቲ ባንዴራ ምልዓል ዝያዳ ኣድማዒ ይኾውን ኢልካ ምምላሹ ኣገዳሲ ኢዩ።

ነዚ ኩሉ ሓቅታት እዙይ ኣብ ግምት ብምእታው፡ ፍትሕን ሰላምን ኣብ ኤርትራ ንምምጻእ እንታይ ዓይነት ኣገባብ ኣቐላልሳ (ሰላማዊ ወይስ ጎንጻዊ) ክንገብር ኣለና ዝብል ሕቶ ሰልፍና ብቕዳምነት ክምልሶ ዘሎዎ ጉዳይ ኢዩ። ነዚ ጉድይ እዙይ ሰልፍና ኣብ መስራቲ ጉባአኡ ክካታዓሉን ውሳኔ ክህበሉን ትጽቢት ይግበረሉ።

ክሳብ ሕጂ ዝታዓሙ ስርሓት፦

ሓባራዊ ኮሚስዮን ምምስራት ሰልፊ ካብ ዝምስረተሉ ጊዜ ጀሚሩ ክሳብ ሕጂ ቡዙሓት ስርሓት ዓሚሙ ኣሎ። ንምጥቃስ ዝኣክል፡ 1) ንድፊ ፖሊቲካዊ ፕሮግራም ኣዳልዪ ንክትዕ ናብ ህዝቢ ዘርጊሑ፡  2)ንድፊ ሰልፋዊ-ቅርጻ ኣዳልዪ፡  3)ናይ ከባቢ ኣሃዱታት ኣብ ብዙሓት ከባቢታት ዓለም ተመስሪተን ዕማማተን ከምዝጅምራ ተገይሩ፡  4)ቡዙሓት ናይ ራድዮን ፓልቶክን ቃል-መጠይቃትን ብቡዙሓት ኣባላት ኮሚስዮን ተኻይዶም፡  5) ቡዙሓት ሕጹያት ሰልፊ ከምዝምዝገቡ ተገይሩ፡  6)ዋዕላ ቅድመ-ምምስራት ሰልፊ ኣብ ኣውሮጳ ተኻይዱ፡  7) ናይ ጉባእ ኣሰናዳኢት ኮሚቴ ቖይማ ስራሓታ ከምትጅምር ተገይሩ።

ኢዚ ናይ ሎሚ ዋዕላ ኣካል ናይቶም ኣብ ቡዙሓት ዞባታት ዓለም ንክግበሩ ዝተመደቡ ቅድመ-ምምስራት ሰልፊ ዋዕላታት ኢዩ። እዞም ዝስዕቡ ኣገደስቲ ዛዕባታት ብኪኢላታት ምስቀረቡ ናይ ሕቶን መልስን፡ ክትዕን ሓሳብን ለበዋን ምሃብ ዕድላ ንተሳተፍቲ ዋዕላ ክወሃብ ኢዩ።

v     ሕጊ ኣኼባን ምምሕዳሩን፣     ብባይሩ ስዩም (ኣባል ኮሚስዮን)

v     ግደ መንእሰያት ኣብ ሓዱሽ ቃልሲ፣   ብመንእሰን ዮውሃንስ

v     ዕርቅን ኣፈታትሓ ግርጭታትን፣   ብኣማኑኤል ሃብተ (ኣባል ኮሚስዮን)

v     ናብ ሰልፊ ኣብ ምስግጋር ዘጋጥሙ ብድሆታትን ኣግጣጥምኡን፣   ብቴድሮስ ብርሃነ (ኣባል ኮሚስዮን)

v     እንታይ ዓይነት ሰልፊ ኢና እነቕውም፧   ብላይነ ካሕሳይ (ኣባል ኮሚስዮን)

ጽን ኢልኩም ስለዝሰማዕኹሙኒ የቐንየለይ፡፡

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ገብረመስቀል ሃብተዮናስ (ዶ/ር)

ም. ኣቦ ወንበር ሓባራዊ ኮሚስዮን ምምስራት ሰልፊ

ኣብ ኤርትራ ምስቲ እናማዕበለ ዝመጽእ ዘሎ ብሱል ናይ ለውጢ ኩነታት እቲ ናይ ለውጢ ሓይልታት ከምቲ ዝድለ ዘይምስጓሙ ንኩላትና ብሩህ’ዩ። ነዚ ስኽፍታዚ ንምውጋድ ድማ ዘይተሓለለ ቃልሲ ይካየድ ኣሎ። ብሱል ናይ ለውጢ ኩነታት ክበሃል እንከሎ ሰፊሕ ዝርዝር ዘለዎ ኣበሃህላ’ዩ። ምስዚ ኩነታትና ከነዛምዶ እንከለና፡  በቲ ሓደ ወገን እቲ ንህዝብና ከም ቁርዲድ ጨምዲዱ ኣሲርዎ ዘሎ ስርዓት ህግደፍ እንደጋና ጸረ-ህዝቢ ቀይድታቱ እናትረረ፡ በቲ ካልእ ወገን ድማ ” እዚ ስርዓት’ዚ ኣንጻርና እምበር ወካሊና ኣይኮነን ስለዚ ይወገደልና ” ዝብል ናይ ውጹዓት ድምጽን መጸዋዕታን እናዛየደ ይኸይድ ኣሎ ማለትና እዩ። ወረ ኣብ ገለገል ኣጋጣምስ ከምቲ ” ብተመን ዝሰንበደስ ብልሕጺ ተዳህለ ” ዝበሃል ምስላ ወለድና ብሰንኪ ሕሰም ስርዓት ህግደፍ ህዝብና ካብቲ ንናቱ ናይ ለውጢ ረብሓ ዝተሰለፈ ናይ ተቓውሞ ሓይሊ’ውን ዝፈርሓሉ ኣጋጣሚ ይርአ እዩ። ” ንስኻትኩምስ ነታ ልጓም ምስ ሓዝኩም ነቲ ፈረስ ናበይ ገጽኩም ከም ትገርሕዎዶ እንታይ ውሕስነት ኣለና እዩ ” ዝብል ህዝባዊ ብሂል ምስማዕ እውን ዝተለመደ እዩ።  ዝኾነ ኮይኑ እዚ ሕሱም ተግባራት ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ዝፈጠሮ ስንብራት ኮይኑ፡ እቲ መወዳእታ እንታይ ከም ዝመስል ካብቲ መጀመርታ’ውን ምርዳእ ይካኣል ስለዝኾነ፡ እዚ ሕጂ በቲ ናይ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ወጽዓ ተደሪኹ ዝሰርሕ ዘሎ ሓይልታት ተቓውሞ ኤርትራ ከም ናይ ሎሚ ህግደፍ ከም ዘይከውንስ ብቕንዕና ንዝፈርድ ብዙሕ ምልክታት ኣለዎ ዝብል እምነት ኣለና። ዝኾነ ኮይኑ ግና መጻኢ ብናይ ሎሚ ናይ ህዝቢ ተሳትፎን ቃልስን ከም ዝውሰን ድማ ምዝንጋዕ ኣየድልን። ስለምንታይ ሎሚ ናይ ዝዘራእካዮ ፍረ  ኢኻ ጽባሕ ተሓፍስ። ህዝቢ ድማ ነቲ ይውክለኒ ዝብሎ ናይ ምትብባዕን ነቲ ዘይውክሎ ድማ ናይ ምግናሕ ዘይዕጸፍ ሓላፍነት ከም ዘለዎ ክርስዕ ኣይግበኦን። ስርዓት ህግደፍ ውጽኢት ናይ ከምዚ ዓይነት ህዝባዊ ጉድለትን ሸለልትነትን ምዃኑ’ውን ኣይዘንጋዕ ንብል። እቶም ኣብ ደንበ ተቓውሞ ተሰሊፍና ዘለና፡ ክሳብ ሎሚ ከም ትጽቢት ህዝብና ካብ ዘይኮናሉ መሰረታዊ ምኽንያት ናይ ለውጢ ድሌትን ናይ ለውጢ ሓይልን ስለ ዘየብልና ኣይኮነን። መጻኢ ብሩህ ናይ ኤርትራ ከመይ ይምሰል ኣብ ምትንባይ ማለት ናይ ዓወት እስትራተጂ ኣብ ምስኣል ፍልልይ ስለ ዘለና እውን ኣይኮነን። እዚስ ካብ ሓደ ውድብ ንላዕሊ ካብ ኮና ከም ውሁብ ክንቅበሎ ዝግበኣና’ዩ። ግደ ሓቂ ንምዝራብ ጸገምናስ ነቲ መልክዕናን ብዙሕነታዊ መለለዪናን ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ከነመሓድሮ ዝግበኣና ፍልልያት ከም ዘይፈርስ መፈላለዪ መንደቕ ኣምሲልና ስለ ዝወሰድናዮ እዩ ዝብል እምነት ኣለና። እቲ ክመሓደር ዝግበኦ ግና መርሓሓቒ ኮይኑ ዘሎ ዓለባ ሳሬት ብዙሕ መልከዓት ኣለዎ። ብኹሉ ምዝርዛሩ’ውን የጸግም። ዝተወሰነ ካብኡ ጠቒስካ መፍትሒ ምእማት ግና ይከኣል እዩ። እቲ ኣብዚ ክዝለል ዘየብሉ ኣውንታዊ ነገር እዚ ጸገምና ምዃኑ ኩላትና እንኣምነሉ ምዃኑ እዩ። ኣብዚ ምስ ተረዳዳእና ግና እንተ ዓቕሚ ብምስኣን ወይ ግዳይ ነዊሕ ዘየኽይድ ጉርሒ ብምዃን ፍታሕ ናይ ምምጻእ ቅልጣፈና ክንድቲ ፍታሕ ከም ዘድሊ ምዕጋብና ዘይምዃኑ’ዩ። ርግጽ እዩ ዝጐደለ ነገር ከም ዘሎ ኣሚትካ ”እሞ እንታይ ይገበር? ” ዝብል ሕቶ ምሕታት ኣገዳሲ እዩ። ነቲ ጉዳይ ክብደት ካብ ምሃብ ዝብገስ’ውን እዩ። ነቲ ሕቶ ንምምላስ ብተበግሶ ክሳብ ዘይተሰነየ ግና እቲ ጽቡቕ ትምኒት በይኑ ፋይዳ ኣይህልዎን። ነዚ ተበግሶን ውፉይነትን ክትውንን እምበኣር ቡዙሓት ክትቅበሎም ዝግበኣካ ታሪኻውን እዋናውን ሓቅታት ኣለዉ። ነዞም ሓቅታት ክትቅበል ብዙሕ ናይ ቃልሲ ዋጋ ከም ዘኽፍልን ካብ ብዙሓት ጸበብቲ ዓንኬላት ክትወጽእ ዝሓትትን ምዃኑ እውን ዘይምዝንጋዕ። እዚ ተበግሶ’ዚ ብውልቂ፡ ብጉጅለን ብውድብን ክውሰድ ይእከኣል። ዝያዳ ዘድምዕ ግና ብውድብ ደረጃ ክውሰድ እንከሎ እዩ ዝብል እምነት ኣለና። ተጋድሎ ሓርነት ኤርትራ ሰውራዊ ባይቶ፡ ነዚ ኣቐዲሙ ዝተጠቕሰ ሓቅን ኤርትራዊ ክውንነትን ኣብ ግምት ኣእትዩ ምስኡ ዘሳኒ መጽናዕትታት ድሕሪ ምክያድ ሰፊሕ ዝመሰረቱ ሰልፊ ክምስርት ብደረጃ ጉባኤ ምውሳኑ ኣብነታዊ ተበግሶ እዩ። ንነብሱ ናብ ሰልፊ ምስግጋር ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ነቲ ብሓደ ከይንስጉም ጋሪዱና ዝነበረ መጋረጃ ቀንጢጡ ምስ ካልኦት ተመሰሳሊ መጻኢ ራእን ረብሓን ዘለዎም ኤርትራዊ ወገናት ብሓባር ሰፊሕ ዝመሰረቱ ሰልፊ’የ ዝምስርት ምባሉ ድማ ነቲ ተበግሶ ታሪኽዊ ይገብሮ። ነዚ ንቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ናብ ሓድሽን ደሞክራሲያውን ምዕራፍ ኣብ ምስግጋር ኣስተዋጸኦ ከበርክት ትጽቢት ዝግበረሉ ምምስራት ሰልፊ ኣብ ሰፊሕን ጥጡሕን ባይታ ምድኳን ምእንቲ ክከኣል እትሰርሕ ነጻ ኮሚሽን ምምስራት ሰልፊ ምስያሙ ድማ እቲ ተበግሶ ታሪኻዊ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ ተባዕ’ውን ምዃኑ መስካሪ እዩ። ናይዚ ኮሚሽን ኣባላት እንተላይ ኣባላት ሰውራዊ ባይቶ ዘይነበሩ ከም ዝሳተፍዎ ምግባሩ ናይቲ ዝምስረት ሰልፊ ሰፊሕ ባህርያት ዝምስክር መርትዖ እዩ። እቲ ኮሚሽን ቀዳማይ ምዕራፍ ዕማሙ ብዓወት ኣሰላሲሉ ናብ ቀጻሊ ምዕራፍ ምስግጋሩ ድማ ናይቲ ተበግሶ እዋናውነት ዘራጉድ እዩ።  ካብቲ ብሓደ ሰጒምና ዘተኣማምን ናይ ለውጢ ከይንኸውን ዓጊቱና ዝጸንሓ ዘይመሰረታዊ መጋረጃታት ሓደ እቲ ጀብሃ ሻዕቢያ ዝብል ናይ ቃልሲ ታሪኽና መርኣያ እዩ። እዚ ሓደ እዋን ብመልክዕ ክልተ ተሃላለኽቲ ውድባት ተሓኤን ህግሓኤን ዝተጐዓዝናዮ መዋእል፡ ኣካል ታሪኽና ስለ ዝኾነ ኣይንሓኮን። እንተኾነ ናቱ ናይ ምትህልላኽ እሱራት ኮይና ክንነብር ድማ የብልናን። እዚ ማለት ነዚ ሕሉፍ ታሪኻዊ መዋእል ኣብ ምትርጓሙ ዘለና ፍልልይ ከም ዘለዎ ኮይኑ ነቲ ኣብ ቅድሜና ዘሎ ዕማም ግና ብሓባር ካብ ምዕማም ካልእ መዋጸኦ ከም ዘየብልና ክንቅበል ግድነት’ዩ።  እዚ ድማ በዚ ኮሚሽን ምምስራት ሰልፊ ሒዝዎ ዘሎ መንገዲ ጥራይ እዩ ክረጋገጽ ዝኽእል። እቲ ዘይተደላዪ መጋረጃ ኣብ ጀብሃን ሻዕብያን ጥራይ ተወሲኑ ዝተርፍ ኣይኮነን። ካብኡ ንታሕቲ,ው ኣብቲ ሰፊሕ ደንበ ተቓውሞ ብሓባር እናሓንበስካ፡ ዝንጸባረቕ ጸቢብ ውድባዊ ስምዒታት’ውን ኣሎ። ብሰንኪ እዚ ጸቢብ ስምዒታት ብዛዕባ ኤርትራን ህዝባን ምሕሳብ ዘንጊዕካ ኣብ ጸቢብ ውድባዊ ጉዳያት ጥራይ ምጽማድ እውን ሓደ ካብቲ ንግስጋሰ ደምበ ተቓውሞ ኣደስኪልዎ ዘሎ ጸገም እዩ። እዚ ኮሚሽን ምምስራት ሰፊሕ ዝመሰረቱ ሰልፊ ሒዝዎ ዘሎ ዕማም ኣብዚ ጉዳይ’ዚ’ውን ኣገዳሲ መሳርሒ እዩ ዝብል እምነት ኣለና። ዕላማ ናይዚ ኮሚሽን ከምቲ ትጽቢት ዝግበረሉ ዕዉት ክኸውን ድማ ናይቶም በዚ ዓንቃጺ መጋረጃታት ዝሳቐዩ ዘለዉ ውድባትን ካልኦት ናይ ለውጢ ሓይልታትን ተባዕ ንቕሎ ይሓትት። እዚ ማለት እቲ ተበታቲኑ ዘየድምዕ ዘሎ ባህግታትን ዓቕምታትን ኣብ ንጹርን ዘመናውን ኣተሓሳስባን ኣብ ሰልፋዊ ውዳበን ክራኸብ ይግበኦ። ከምቲ ኣብ ኩሉ ኣጋጣምታ ዝግለጽ ካብቲ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ክውገድ ዝግበኦ ግዚያዊ ዓንቃፊ መጋረጃ እቲ ኣብ መንጎ መንእሰይ ወለዶን እቲ ቅድሚኡ ኣብ ዝሓለፉ ምዕራፋት ቃልሲ ኤርትራ ዝተፈተነ ሓይልን ዘሎ ዘይውሁድ ዝምድና እዩ። እዞም ክልተ ኣካላት ሓደ ብዘይካቲ ሓደ ኣድማዕነት ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ ህልውና’ውን ከም ዘየብሎም ክቕበሉ ይግበኦም። መንእሰይ ለውጢ ናይ ምምጻእ ዓቕምን ዕድልን ኣለዎ። እዚ ናይ ለውጢ ዓቕምን ዕድልን ግና ብቓልስን ተወፋይነትን ተሰንዩ ዝዕወት እምበር ከም ውሁብ ዝርከብ ጸጋ ኣይኮነን። መንእሰይ ኣብቲ ናይ ለውጢ ጉዕዘኡ ዕዉት ንክኸውን ክስሕቶ ካብ ዘየብሉ ኣገዳሲ ተግባር ድማ ኣብቲ ናይ ኣያታቱ ተመኩሮ ተረጊጹ መጻኢ ናይ ምምዕዳው  ቅሩብነት ክውንን ግድነት ምዃኑ’ዩ።  እቲ ንመንእሰይ ሕድሪ ናይ ምርካብ ሓላፍነት ዘለዎ ወለዶ ድማ ነቲ መንእሰይ በቲ ናቱ ናይ ንእስነት ግዜ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ ብመንጽር እቲ መንእሰይ ሕጂ ዝርከበሉ ዘሎ መዋእል’ውን ክመዝኖ ይግበኦ። ስለዚ እቲ ናይ ሕድሪ ምቕባልን ምርካብን ብሕጊ ተገዚኡ ብቓልሲ ሰዊዱ ዝፍጸም እምበር ከከም ድሌትካ እትጥፍጥፎ ዘይምዃኑ ምርዳእ ናይ ግደን እዩ። እዚ ማለት ድማ ኣብዚ ኣቐዲሙ ዝተጠቐሰ ስኒት ንምብጻሕ ኣብ መድረኽ ቃልሲ ክራኸቡ ይግበኦም። ነዚ ውን መድረኽ ኮሚሽን ምምስራት ሰልፊ ኣገዳሲ ታሪኻዊ ኣጋጣሚ ኮይኑ ክሰርሕ እዩ። ምእንቲ እዚ ኢና ድማ ምምስራት ሰፊሕ ዝመሰረቱ ሰልፊ ኩሉ ብሓባር ከይንስጉም ጋሪዱና ዝጸንሐ ዘይመሰረታዊ መጋረጃታት ተርቢዕና ብሓባር ክንጐዓዝ ዘኽእል ኣገዳሲ መራኸቢ ድንድል’ዩ ዝበልና። 3 ለካቲት 2008   

ሎሚ ዓመት እውን ሰፊሕ በዓል ኤርትራ አብ ፍራንክፎርት ዩንቨሪስቲ (ቦክሃይመር ቫርተ) ንመበል 23 ግዜኡ ከቢሩን ደሚቑን ክውዕል’ዩ፡፡ ኣዳላዊ በዓል ከአ ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ (ዕላዊ) ማሕበር አብ ሃገር ጀርመን ኢዩ፡፡
ኤርትራዊ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባትን በርጌሳዊ ምንቅስቓሳትን ክሳተፍዎ ኢዮም፡፡ ድሮ’ኳ ተጋድሎ ሓርነት – ሰ/ባይቶ (ተሓኤ-ሰ/ባ)ን ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ሰልፊ (ዲፒ)ን ተሳተፍነቶም ክፍለጥ ተኻኢሉ አሎ፡፡ ልኡኽ እዚ ክልተ ውድባት’ዚ ንክቡራንን ክቡራትን ተሳተፍቲ ብጕዳይ ሓድነታዊ ጉዕዞ ክልቲኡ ውድባት ክገልጽን መጻኢ መትከላትን ዕላማን ናይቲ ዝሰመረ ሰልፊ ከመይ ከም ዝመስል መብርሂ ክህብን ከአ ጭቡጥ ትጽቢት አሎ፡፡ ብዘይካ እዚ’ውን ሻቡ ሓደ ሓድሽ ሰልፊ ነብሱ ከላሊ ኢዩ፡፡ እዚ ሓድሽ ሰልፊ ዝዐበየ ክፍሉ መተካእታ ተሓኤ ሰ/ባ ኢዩ፡፡ ተሓኤ ሰ/ባ ካብ 2006 ዓ.ም አትሒዙ ምስ ብዕላማን መርገጽን ምስ ዝመሳሰልዎ ውድባነትን ውልቀ-ሰባትን ብምትሕብባር ሰፊሕ ማሕበረ-ፖለቲካዊ ሰረት ዘለዎ ሰልፊ ክምስርት ክቃለስ ጸኒሑ’ዩ፡፡ እቲ ጕዕዞ ጌና’ኳ ቀጻሊ እንተሎ ድሮ መበል 23 ሰፊሕ በዓልና መስራቲ ጕባኤኡ ደምዲሙ ክሳተፍ አብ መደቡ አሎ፡፡
ካብዚ ሐሊፉ ከምኡ ወኪል ኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ኪዳን (ኤዲኪ) ተሳታፊ ክኸውን ዓቢ ትጽቢት አሎና፡፡ ኤዲኪ ንልዕሊ 13 ውድባት ካብ ውድባት ተቓውሞ ዘማእክለ ኣሀዱ-ጽላል ኢዩ፡፡ ከምኡ ናይ ጀርመን ሰልፍታትን ሓለፍቲ ሰበ-ስልጣንን ከም ቀደሞም ተሳተፍቲ ሰፊሕ በዓልና ክኾኑ ኢዮም፡፡
ወናማት ባህላውን ሙዚቃውን ክኢላታትና ድማ አብ ውሽጥና ተረኺቦም መቐረት ኤርትራዊ ህይወትን ባህላዊ ሃብትን ከንጸባርቑ ኢዮም፡፡ መአዲ መግቢታት ኤርትራና’ውን ከምኡ ምሉእ ዘይጕዱል ሽሻዩ ክዝርግሐልና’ዩ፡፡
ንቐደም በሉ አብ መበል 23 ሰፊሕ በዓልና፣ ሰሲንኩም ከአ ምጹልና!

ስለ ኣዳላዊ ሽማግለ መበል 23 ፈስቲቫል

The annual Eritrean festival is going to take place this year for its 23rd time at the „FRANKFURT UNIVERSITY, BOCKENHEIMER WARTE” in the period between the 8th and 10th of August. The organizer of the event is the “Eritrean Democratic Association”, in Germany.
Among the participants are Eritrean political organizations and civic resistance movements in the diasporas. The Eritrean Liberation Front – Revolutionary Council (ELF-RC) and the Eritrean Democratic Party (EDP) have already announced their participations. It is expected that the participants of the festival will be briefed on a merger by the two above-mentioned organizations and the concerned delegation would explain their guidelines and objectives. In addition, we will be introduced to a new political party by then, one which by and large is quasi a successor of the ELF-RC. The ELF-RC in collaboration with other organizations and individuals of similar viewpoints and interests has sought since 2006 to form a party of wider socio-political scope. The process of party formation is still going on and is being expected to conclude its founding congress short before our 23rd Festival.
In addition, an umbrella organization of the Eritrean opposition organizations, namely the “Eritrean Democratic Alliance” EDA, shall also participate and address the Festival audience. Well-known politician from the German political parties and society will be as well present.

As always, known personalities from music and folklore will present to the festival visitors their artistic pieces showing Eritrea’s lively cultural wealth and joy. A variety of delicious dishes shall obviously be in their abundances.
Welcome to our 23rd Festival in Germany!

On behalf of the 23rd festival committee

Das jährliche Eritrea Festival in „UNIVERSITY FRANKFURT, BOCKENHEIMER WARTE“ wird auch in diesem Jahr in der Zeit zwischen 8. bis 10. August zum 23.Mal stattfinden. Organisator der Festivalveranstaltung ist die Eritreische Demokratische Vereinigung e.V., in Deutschland.
Unter den Teilnehmer/innen sind Politische Organisationen und bürgerliche Widerstandsbewegungen aus der Eritreischen Opposition in der Diaspora. Die “Eritrean Liberation Front – Revolutionary Council” (ELF-RC) und die “Eritrean Democratic Party” (EDP) haben ihre Teilnahme bereits angekündigt. Man wird erwartungsgemäß den Teilnehmern und Teilnehmerinnen des Festivals über einem Zusammenschluß beider Organisationen informieren, und die Richtlinien und Zielsetzungen der Einheit werden erläutert. Des weiteren wird eine neue politische Partei an diesem Festival sich den Festivalbesuchern vorstellen, die im großen und ganzen eine Nachfolgerpartei der ELF-RC sein wird. Die ELF-RC ist seit 2006 in Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Organisationen und Individuen ähnlicher Weltanschauungen bemüht, eine breitgefächerte Partei zu gründen. Der Verlauf der Parteiformation ist noch im Gange und wird erwartungsgemäß kurz vor unserem 23. Festival mit seinem Gründungskongreß abschließen.
Darüber hinaus wird sicherlich ein Dachverband der eritreischen Oppositionsorganisation, nämlich „the Eritrean Democratic Alliance“ EDA, auch teilnehmen. Auch Namhafte Politiker aus der deutschen Parteien und Gesellschaft werden anwesend sein.
Wie immer werden namhafte Persönlichkeit aus der Musik und Folklore anwesend sein, um somit den Festivalbesuchern durch kulturellen Reichtum und Lebensfreude Eritreas überzeugen zu können. An Verpflegung und Leckerbissen wird es natürlich auch nicht fehlen.
Willkommen zu unserem 23. Festival in Deutschland!

i.A Festivalkomitee

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.

However, this mushrooming democratic revolution will provide no assurance to the present and future struggle of the Eritrean people unless the people’s efforts are organized under one Democratic Party. Therefore, democratic individuals and groups sharing similar convictions and positions ought to disregard their small differences and should form a broad based political party. The purpose of this draft political platform is to invite and encourage debate and open the door for deeper examination and research and also to serve as working document to assist in the formation of a national democratic party program based on general consensus.

Since removal of the current system in Eritrea will not by itself solve all political and social problems in our country, the Eritrean people should see beyond their current struggle and be ready for the aftermath of the dictatorship. Above all, it is imperative to create a solid political foundation free from rivalry and hostile recriminations, and instead enter into peaceful and mutual understanding as the correct way towards national reconciliation. Thus, in order not to repeat past mistakes, the following points need to be underscored:

1. Due attention should be given to the question of  mistrust stemming from past internal frictions originating from the time of our liberation struggle and still happen to be overshadowing our present political struggle because our democratic forces and other entities have not yet managed to remove the problem entirely. On the other hand, we notice that there are many possibilities of overcoming our usual distrustful approaches to each other because the nature and scope of our current political platform is different.  For example, the fact that some of those organizations and individuals who appeared to have had intractable historical differences have found a common ground enabling them to fight together against dictatorship. In this new political atmosphere, it is possible to build a durable and reliable foundation.

Emanating from this reassuring state of affairs, our aim is to diligently and sacrificially go beyond those difficult political hurdles existing among democratic forces and other organizations and to learn from those past negative political differences which weakened our growth; therefore, guided by a mature political awareness and conviction, we begin the construction of our political party by working together, building our economy and intensifying our struggle to meet the demands of our people.

2.  The new party will serve as a bridge between the old and the new generations. In order to build this party on a solid foundation in a certain and reliable manner, our experienced democratic forces, who have been fighting long and hard to reach to the present level of our struggle, also have the responsibility to play their role in preparing the youth as inheritors and defenders of Eritrea’s future. The most important objective of the present democratic leaders is to find the most promising successors. In order to successfully achieve that goal, it is imperative to go through personal change first. It is necessary to be free from backward and reactionary ideas and beliefs in order to be effective in enlisting the young in a renewed spirit.

3. We are called upon to develop and manage a democratic platform and mobilization as we campaign to establish a new party which will not only consolidate the gains of our on-going struggle but will also secure our future with full recognition of the existing Eritrean social structures and upholding Eritrea’s unity and diversity. The dictatorial regime is trying all it can to remove confidence and trust among the people – a virtue achieved through long and bitter struggle – and is instead spreading terror, self-doubt and political conspiracy, thereby plunging our people into grave disaster. On the other hand, a party which starts by fighting for political and human rights of the Eritrean people should be ready to shoulder the biggest burden of rooting out the negative climate hovering over the country as well as lead our people into the highest democratic level.

4. The political climate in our region and in the world is getting more and more complex. As we entered a new world order following the end of the Cold War era, extremist behaviors and actions have shaken international relations. Religious or political extremism does not contribute to meaningful political change; nor does it help in ensuring peace and security. However, the dictatorial system in Eritrea is engaged in subversive measures endangering the political future of our country and the region. In view of the deliberate destabilizing actions of the despotic regime, a forward looking party which brings national interest first is needed in order to survive successfully the dangerous political turmoil besetting our region and the rest of the world. In order to grow hand in hand with the peoples of our neighbors in an atmosphere of respectful and cordial friendship and cooperation and in order to become part of the community of nations fully enjoying the benefits of interdependence guided by correct and strategically flexible modes of conduct, it has clearly become a historic necessity to form a new democratic part.

The details underlined below are presented to help in the formulation of the party program and in shaping the format of the political debate. After this, we expect the full participation of each interested Eritrean in debates and inquisitive arguments aimed at enhancing and deepening the party platform.

CHAPTER ONE

Name:

CHAPTER TWO

Party Banner

CHAPTER THREE

Objective:

The objective of the party is to build a prosperous country which upholds the unity, integrity and sovereignty of the people and the nation where peace and justice prevail under a democratic constitution in a country which fully respects international treaties and agreements. 

CHAPTER FOUR

Political Program

Committed to the objective of protecting and fostering the principles of human and democratic rights, the party aims to establish a democratic government based on shared political power and national wealth – a constitutional government ruled by the constitution and is accountable to the people who elected it on their free will.

1.   Ensuring the Democratic Rights of the Eritrean People

1.1  Since the dictatorial regime in Eritrea is opposed to all human and democratic rights, without first removing it, our party’s goals and the wish of the people will not be realized, at this stage the focus of our struggle is to bring about the downfall of the dictatorship and replace it with a multi-party democratic system of government that respects the rights of all the people.

1.2  We will respect the right to organize, to free speech, free press and the right to peaceful demonstration.

1.3  Respect for religious freedom, and eliminate any discrimination or pressure imposed because of religion.

1.4  Respect the equality of all citizens and remove discrimination or pressure because of regional, ethnic, tribal of national background.

1.5  Respect women’s rights and equality and abolish all forms of discriminations and pressures based on gender.

1.6  Respect children’s rights and provide special legal, political and social care for children.

1.7  Encourage the formation and free operation of Civic organizations and professional entities in advocating and protecting human rights.

1.8  Ensure the right to form political organizations and parties.

1.9  Endeavor o ensure the right of independent individuals not affiliated to any political parties or organizations to be candidates for government positions.

1.10    A constitution created by the people may be abolished or replaced by the people.

    2. Struggle form a Diversity Government that Ensures Balance of Power

2.1 The party will work to ensure the ratification and implementation of a constitution prepared with the free participation and volition of the Eritrean people and their organizations and parties.

2.2 The central government is to be divided into the Executive and the Legislative branches and a free Judicial System.

1.3 The Central Government represents all the Eritrean society

2.4 The power of the government will be structured from top to bottom constitutionally guaranteeing the people’s right to self-administration, thus instituting a decentralized system of government. The distribution of administrative authority will reflect the historical formation of our provincial (Awraja) system of administration. 

2.5 Ascending to power or coming down from power will be conducted by legally sanctioned democratic popular vote in accordance with the relevant rules and principles stipulated in the constitution.

2.6 The government to be formed will be secular government.

2.7 While Tigrinia and Arabic will be the official languages, other

Eritrean languages will have the right guaranteeing their development and growth.

3.  The formation of a military that obeys and serves the constitution.

3.1 The Eritrean military shall serve under the Eritrean constitution without special party affiliations and will serve the interests of the Eritrean people and shall protect the popularly elected government and shall constitute the national military establishment.

3.2 The commander-in-chief will be the civilian administration democratically voted into office by the people.

3.3 The military will reflect the entire Eritrean society.

3.4 The party will strive for a healthy relationship between the Eritrean people and the military that will be bound together by mutual trust.

3.5 The Eritrean military will be participating in economic activities as a productive force.

3.6 Since military service is a profession, membership will be based on the choice and desire of citizens.

3.7 Military service will not be compulsory; Eritrean citizens will have the choice to provide civilian services. 

3.8 The Eritrean military will not intervene with other countries’ internal affairs unless it is obligated under international laws and resolutions.

3.9 The party will work for the legal guarantee that it is responsibility of the Eritrean parliament to declare war. 

CHAPTER FIVE

Economic Plan

Our country finds itself in an excruciating and fast declining economic situation because of past oppressive, occupation governments, and because of the long independence struggle. This has been aggravated by the current misguided tyrannical system of government. To change this state of affairs, as soon as the downfall of the dictatorship is realized, it will be our party’s priority to provide not only emergency assistance to those severely affected but will also launch recovery and rehabilitation programs.

Our objective is to lift up the devastated Eritrean economy, rearrange the economy to ensure economic justice and fairness and to struggle in the building of prosperous nation based on a solid and promising economic program. To achieve this goal, we have to prepare and create the condition first and foremost relieve the suffering of the impoverished and exploited by increasing their capacity to produce and by making them the benefactors of their own sweat and struggle, while at the same time formulating special plans to end the acute hardships faced by the hardest hit victims because of the prevailing unjust economic and social system. 

On the other hand, on the basis of a fair and just economic plan, national and foreign investors should be encouraged and given the necessary opportunities to play their role in the economic growth of the country. Moreover, there will be a trade policy that will make our country to be fully fit to participate in beneficial regional and international trade.

1. To ensure a continuous and swift national economic progress

1.1  In order to achieve a speedy and continuous national economic progress, we should fight for full mobilization of our country’s domestic capacity. There is also the necessity for the elimination of cultural and social impediments which frustrate administrative measures regarding enhancement of the country’s internal capacity.  

1.2  We should create a favorable situation leading to the removal of backward rules and regulations which have prevented us from developing our economy on the basis of free trade with our neighbors and the rest of the world.

1.3  Improve and expand our infrastructure as a means of speeding up our economic growth. To this end, special attention should be paid to water and electric power and modernized communication systems in order to reach the desired level of progress. 

1.4  Land is to be owned by the people; all productions activities carried out on any piece of land will benefit local residents. The government may obtain land to meet strategic national needs after an agreement reached with the concerned land administration agency and after paying the required compensation to ensure the interests of local residents are honored.

1.5  Introduce short and long term plans to expand vocational and technical education and through this to fight for the enhancement of the production capabilities of the workers.

1.6  In order to be free from traditional and backward means of production and move towards a modern economic system, we should establish an innovative research center supported by a budget and scientific and technological know-how.

1.7   Fight for the establishment of agro-industrial productions based on balanced and dynamic light, medium and heavy industries. This applies to those involved in animal husbandry, fishing and weaving and trade.

1.8  Support and encourage the formation of small collective and private enterprises in urban areas and cooperative enterprises in rural areas.

1.9  Strive for the establishment of favorable conditions where good management and labor relations flourish. To fix minimum wages for workers by law and ensure wages are adjusted to reflect cost of living.

1.10   Work for the elimination of unemployment and establish ways of supporting the unemployed until they find jobs.

1.11   Ensure the existence of a dynamic, modern and efficient market; make the necessary effort to ensure that the free market becomes the source of wealth and growth for the people as the main base for the economy. 

1.12     Encourage free market competition and take legal measures to curb obstacles to free competition. Control and regulate market monopoly.   

1.13    Create favorable conditions to promote private enterprises.

 2. To change the distorted economic growth in Administrative Provinces (Awragjas) and find ways of making them self-sufficient economic zones.

  2.1 The party will provide special support to Provinces lagging behind in their economic performance.

  2.1 Ensure that each District develops its own economic development plans consistent with the country’s general economic programs.

  2.3 Enhance uniform economic development and cooperation between administrative regions.

  2.4 Use the funds collected through taxation or tariffs for public services as needed.

  3. Environmental Protection

  3.1 The party will make efforts to protect and preserve our environment by eliminating economic production that create excess waste and by reducing air pollution caused by use of petroleum products. 

  3.2 Keep our air, rivers, wells, dams, lakes and our coastal waters clean.

  3.3 Enforce by law the use of high tech methods to protect our environment. Moreover, we will strive to protect the environment not only at the national level but also at the global level to extent that our capacity allows us.

  3.4. Plan that our efforts to protect the environment is not only for the benefit of the present generation but also for posterity. We will ensure that no biological or nuclear waste plants are built in our country.

  3.4 Prevent any foreign nation from dumping industrial waste on our land or in our waters. 

CHAPTER SIX

Social Program

The party’s social program aims to: legislate and execute plans to establish a modern system of education which gives importance to professional skills for speedy economic growth; develop medical institutions which provide comprehensive health care to all citizens; establish social programs to secure and guarantee social benefits to the weak and the disabled; encourage the members of the different sectors of our society to protect their interests by forming and belonging to different social or professional mass organizations; and finally to strive for the success of social programs that promote justice, democracy and confidence in view of the country’s special social structures.

  1. Developing a Modern Educational System that focuses on Professionalism and Promotes Economic Growth

  1.1  Develop an educational system that serves national unity and progress and supports speedy economic growth.

  1.2   Establish programs which bond together professional knowledge and academic education.

  1.3  Make education free for all citizens.

  1.4  Ensure that students do not stay out of school because of shortage of money; as needed, make education available to students in their local areas where they can get material support.

  1.5  Make education up to 8th grade compulsory.

  1.6  Ensure that university and higher education levels meet recognizable international standard.

  1.7  Encourage establishment of privately owned schools. Introduce rules and regulations which guide private schools to follow national curriculums.

  1.8  And introduce practical programs that encourage and ensure increased educational participation in areas that are economically less advanced in view of the economic disparities among Eritrean provinces.

  2. Develop Health Care Institutions to Provide Nation-wide Services

   2.1 Install free health care providing institutions to protect the health of citizens in urban and rural centers.

  2.2 Disseminate essential information to prevent diseases.

  2.3 Establish a health information center supported by mobile clinics to prevent contagious diseases.

  2.4 Set up small clinics in all vicinities relative to the number of residents and type of common diseases.

  2.5 Allow private entities to provide medical services of acceptable standard. 

  2.6 Make efforts to establish nurseries for lonely aging citizens.

  2.7 Strive to ensure that traditional medicine is supported by modern medical research; and stop traditional medical practices that are dangerous to human life.

  2.8 Prepare training programs and set up centers to train professionals ranging from basic health care givers to medical doctors.

  2.9 Make our health policies geared toward prevention of diseases.

  3. Social Justice and Social Security

  3.1 Ensure that all are equal before the law.

  3.2 Every citizen has equal employment opportunity and right according to his ability and profession.

  3.3 guarantee that workers’ rights are enforced by law. Encourage formation of trade unions to defend workers’ rights

  3.4 Workers’ wages will be determined by contractual agreements and will take cost of living into account. Minimum wage will be decided by law.

  3.5 Make efforts to create jobs as a means of curbing unemployment. Support the unemployed until they are hired again.

  3.6 Protect unjust exploitation of women and children.

  3.7 Make sure women’s rights and equality are protected in all walks of life. Encourage women to organize themselves to protect their rights.

  3.8 Strive to ensure that women do not lose their employment because of parental leave before and after child birth and fight to make it a paid leave.

  3.9 Create favorable conditions which enable farmers to benefit by selling their produce at reasonable prices and encourage them to form associations to protect their interests. Develop programs for modern agricultural training for farmers to boost agricultural inputs.

  3.10 Encourage human rights activists, journalists, the youth and other members of society to form workers and professional associations.

  3.11 Set up programs which protect the interests of children and the elderly.

  3.12 Institute programs which provide special benefits and treatment for victims of war and natural causes. Introduce appropriate employment programs for their benefit. Encourage formation of associations for the disabled.

  3.13 Struggle to provide respect and support to families of our martyrs.

  3.14 Fight for the rights of Eritrean refugees abroad; work out plans for their return and successful rehabilitation. Encourage the formation of an organization to defend refugee rights.

3.15 Encourage the formation of free civic organizations of Eritrean nationals inside and outside the country based on common understanding and respect to face common social problems together without losing sight of the unity and diversity of the people.

3.16 Fight against backward traditions while upholding the useful ones. Respect our social oriented (communal) culture and eliminate discrimination on grounds of religion or ethnic background.

CHAPTER SEVEN

Foreign Policy Program

Our relationship with other countries is aimed at promoting common interest. Relations with our neighbors play an important role in promoting our common development interests. To this end, we should work jointly together for the promotion of peace and economic growth through respect for each other’s national sovereignty and non-interference in each other’s domestic affairs. Our party will use all its abilities in the fight to abolish the hostile and misguided policies of the current system in Eritrea and foster understanding with the people of our neighbors to enhance our common interests.

Our relationship with the rest of the world will also serve common interests. We will specially do our best to cooperate with global efforts to control and defeat ignorance, diseases and other programs to help the underprivileged as these programs are tied to our own basic objectives. The misguided policies of the dictatorial regime will be eliminated since these have only isolated the country to the detriment of national interests.         

1.    Our foreign relations are to foster common interests and will be based on mutual respect for each other’s national sovereignty.

2.    Promote and establish closer friendly relations with regional and international organizations whose programs are similar to ours.

3.    Make efforts to promote cooperation as a means of securing regional peace and security and developing common economic growth.

4.    Strive to see that all international treaties are honored.

5.    Our key method of resolving conflicts will be through peaceful and diplomatic means and procedures.

6.    To make efforts to ensure that trade agreements with other countries are fair and constructive.

7.    Fight against any form of ethnic discrimination and oppression.

8.    Provide our support and encouragement for the success of global programs against poverty, diseases and ignorance.                       

CONCLUSION

It should be emphasized that the foregoing draft party program is meant to initiate debate and discussion. It is clear that those who have accepted the basic objectives of the party have the right to improve or modify the draft. The fully debated draft will not become a working legal instrument for the party before endorsement by the first party congress.

Party Formation Commission