

Guinee: Front National pour la Defense de la Constitution (FNDC) –Communique No. 230 (07.10.2022)





“What we had was a coup d’etat. You even saw the chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission run to announce the results as some of his commissioners denounced the outcome, yet he was celebrated as a hero. They cannot allow that to happen anywhere else in Africa” (…) “The international community could not condemn Mr Chebukati’s actions because they knew what had happened. The African right-wing has always been in conspiracy with the international monopoly capital since independence and Kenyans must be prepared to further sacrifice to win this struggle” – Raila Odinga (07.10.2022).
This time around the Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya Alliance Presidential Candidate Raila Odinga is going overboard in defending his loss in the 2022 elections. We know the Azimio didn’t prepare or even collect workable evidence to sustain in the Supreme Court. The Odinga Secretariat and Azimio was running on vibes and not directly considering the professional work of the Kenya Kwanza Alliance.
It is really interesting that a month has passed since the Supreme Court confirmed William Ruto’s win. Now after the fact his coming with pseudo-intellectualism and conspiracies to why he lost. Odinga should be better than this, but he needs to grasps straws, instead of reflecting on the reasons for his loss. There was internal issues within the Azimio, which has been revealed after the August election and it has never been addressed. The Azimio team could have investigated and looked into how it operated. However, it wants to vilify someone else and continue to target Chebukati.
Chebukati is the epic boogeyman now. His the villain and the grand culprit of a scheme to overturn the August election. That’s what Odinga is saying… while his not reflecting on the reasoning, the evidence or the work of Azimio in general. It is like saying Ruto and KKA has no agency of their own. Only Odinga has agency and ability to work on his own. The rest is either part of a grand conspiracy or working for colonial powers. Alas, how can you put these things together now?
Couldn’t the same arguments and reasoning be used against him, if he would have won and become the next President? If he had become Baba the 5th couldn’t the cartels and the dynasties be seen as a part of the “deep state”. So, in this regard his making a lot of smoke, but there is no initial fire.
In this manner, Odinga is actually undermining the authorities and the entities involved in the election. His disregarding the KKA and their allegiance to the Republic. They have now overlords, which they are following and directing them. If it is so, wouldn’t the same most likely have happened to him too?
Since Odinga would inherit the same structures, institutions and international obligations, which the Kenya government have to uphold. It isn’t like he would operate in a vacuum or on a lonely island without any pre-conditions what-so-ever. If that sound preposterous or outrageous, well, it is and this is why Odinga needs a pushback.
I have defended and wished Odinga victory in the past. Seeing the plights and the pleas from him in the 2013 and in 2017. However, the 2022 election was different for me. Both the way the IEBC operated and how it could defend it’s role. It’s like Odinga never moved on from the technical and mechanisms the IEBC has made over the years. That’s why Chebukati is getting such wording his way.
What I would prefer, if any of these things was true. Would be a deep dive from the Raila Odinga Presidential Secretariat or the Azimio team. Where Odinga and his associate could prove the involvement and the conspiracy itself. Until then, it’s just hearsay and alleged allegations that cannot be proven. Therefore, it’s just conspiracy theories.
Yes, there will be multi-national organization connected to the Kenyan government. That being the United Nations, International Monetary Fund, World Bank and diplomatic relations with several of other nations. It is not like that would change under Odinga, who himself has been a part of the African Union as an Envoy. He should know the gist of this… and that’s why his conspiracies are of no good. Especially, when his own petition and evidence didn’t hold up in Court.
Odinga either have to deliver a comprehensive report with valid evidence or just accept the loss. Because, his team couldn’t even get a victory like they did in the Supreme Court in 2017. So, he should know the gist of it. However, this is politicking, but not the good kind. Peace.



“Friends of Ethiopia or those that claim to respect the “Sovereignty, territorial integrity and constitution” of Ethiopia should refrain from using illegal terms in the upcoming peace talks to resolve conflict in Ethiopia’s restive north. Expressions such as “Government of” or “State of Tigray”, “Tigray External Service” are not just mere mistakes, but do threaten the sovereignty of Ethiopia and need to be fact-checked. In light of these peace talks, our friends and allies should remember that the two parties are fundamentally different: one a democratically elected, legitimate government and the other, the TPLF armed group. Likewise, expressions such as “Tigray Administration” or “Regional Government of Tigray” are unacceptable because there is no entity in the Tigray region that has been elected in accordance with the Ethiopian constitution. Any attempt to state that the peace talks is between the Federal government and the “Region of Tigray” is not only unacceptable but also violates national sovereignty as well as rules-based international order” (Ethiopia Current Issues Fact Check, 07.10.2022).
The months and months upon end with humanitarian blockade, the warfare and continues conflict is only hurting Northern Ethiopia. The “Law Enforcement Operation” was supposed to be a brief and quick conflict to annihilate the leadership and leaders who defied the Prosperity Party in Mekelle. However, we know that the PP and the PDFJ haven’t been able to get rid of the TPLF for good.
That’s why the Federal Government’s own Ethiopia Current Issues Fact Check, which seems to be a part of the FDRE Government Communication Services have now disregarded and downplayed the Regional State Government of Tigray. It just wants it to be silenced and not supposed to utter itself. Neither is it supposed to operate or work within it’s means.
Nevertheless, the Article 52 of the Constitution gives some stipulations, which is relevant in the matter. Especially, when the FDRE Ethiopia Current Issues Fact Check is publishing such text.
Just read it here:
“Article 52. Powers and Functions of States
1. All powers not given expressly to the Federal Government alone, or concurrently to the Federal Government and the States are reserved to the States.
2. Consistent with sub-Article 1 of this article, states shall have the following powers and functions:
(a) To establish a State administration that best advances self-government, a democratic order based on the rule of law; to protect and defend the Federal Constitution;
(b) To enact and execute the State constitution and other laws;
(c) To formulate and execute economic, social and development policies, strategies and plans of State;
(d) to administer land and other natural resources in accordance with Federal Laws;
(e) To levy and collect taxes and duties on revenue sources reserved to the States and to draw up and administer the State budget;
(f) To enact and enforce laws on the State civil service and their condition of work; in the implementation of this responsibility it shall ensure that educational training and experience requirements for any job, title or position approximate national standards;
(g) To establish and administer a state police force, and to maintain public order and peace within the State;” (Ethiopian Constitution).
We know that the House of Federation didn’t accept the recent local elections in the Tigray region. The September 2020 elections we know was contested, but the only elections that was held within the stipulated time in the Constitution and not like the Elections that later “elected” the majority of the Prosperity Party. This is why the House of Federation even had an unconstitutional year before the polls itself. So, when the FDRE own government communication comes with these sorts of texts. They should look into own grievances before touching the Regional State of Tigray. That’s because of how it has operated and blocked it, even with the non-funding and blocking aide before the November 2020. Therefore, the regime in Addis Ababa had for a long time sort of ceased to work with Mekelle. That has been reported too and the Regional State had to work on their own accordingly.
That’s why when the Fact Check dismisses “Regional Government of Tigray” and “Tigray Administration” wouldn’t that mean any other state cannot use those words either? Wouldn’t that mean by definition that any other state that is created in the federation isn’t eligible for this? It cannot only be Tigray, but this has to be for the Somali, Oromia, Amhara or Afar for that matter.
Because everyone who follows knows that for instance the Amhara itself on official publications uses the “Amhara National Regional State” and I have hard to spot the different to “Regional Government of Tigray”. The Tigray Government did only last year use the “Government of National State of Tigray” which is similar to the Amhara. Therefore, these semantics only shows what the dismissal is all about. It is the hatred for the TPLF and it’s so obvious. This is really child’s play to see…
In article 52 it says: “2. Consistent with sub-Article 1 of this article, states shall have the following powers and functions:
(a) To establish a State administration that best advances self-government, a democratic order based on the rule of law; to protect and defend the Federal Constitution” (Ethiopian Constitution).
This here is key, it says State administration, administration is another word for government. Also not only that, but an administration that “best advances self-government” and this gives the State Government of Tigray to rebrand itself to it see fit within the parameters of the Constitution. The Regional State Government can call itself the “Tigray Government” or “Tigray State Administration” as long as it serves within the articles of the Constitution. That is legit and legal entity, as each Regional State should have a “State administration that best advances self-government”. Unless, the Prosperity Party has revised this or amended this part of the Constitution. I have a hard time to understand the issues of the “Fact Check” had with the “Regional Government of Tigray”. It is just following the law and delivering the “best advances of self-government”. Is this to much to grasp for the rulers in Addis Ababa? Or have the scholars of Addis Ababa totally forgotten this vital part of the Constitution?
It think you get my point by now. The hatred and the patronizing affairs is just tiring. Especially, when I have to spell out basics like this. Peace.





