
The ENAT Party or the Mother Party has in the recent days exposed the kidnappings, arrests and the displacement of members of the party on social media. The state has targeted the party and it’s leadership. Several of them has been arrested and been taken into custody. The charges are flimsy at best and done to undermine the role of the opposition itself. Therefore, this is a political prosecution to harm and incite fear.
That’s why today’s press release called: “War, kidnapping and mass incarceration must stop immediately!” is important to read. It is a sign of the times in Ethiopia. A story that the Prime Minister and the Prosperity Party don’t want to hear. They won’t listen or be concerned about the stories the ENAT Party is telling. However, it is compelling and vital to show the disgraceful acts of the government in the Federal Republic, which are now undermining the efforts of civilians on the throne of power.
ENAT Party begins by saying: “Our country Ethiopia is plagued by complicated political problems. War, kidnapping and mass incarceration have continued strongly. The government has stopped peaceful ways of struggle and on the contrary started using force as a political principle” (ENAT, 11.12.2023).
We have seen this for years, but now the opposition see the true character of the Prosperity Party. They are telling it as it is and not even concealing it. You know it is bad in the Republic when the government is “using force as a political principle”. That shows how they are using the authorities and the army to bend the will of the people. This is how it operates and silence the dissidents. Therefore, instead of using dialogue or sincere talks, the state will use the army and police to reign terror on the ones who stands in its path. That’s what the state does and it’s tragic…
ENAT continues: “Our country is closing its factories because of lack of foreign exchange, struggling to pay off the huge amount of foreign debt it borrowed, Debt Crisis is on the doorstep and more than twenty million citizens are waiting for food aid, the government is inhuman that is not forgiving in the history of the history to declare war on our people by spending fifty thousand dollars for a drone shooter. It’s a fact that it is. Especially the government is not from far away but because the war that happened yesterday in northern Ethiopia was not able to finish the war with victory and victory in the battlefield, why can’t we remember that the war ended peacefully? Also why can’t we learn from history? These questions are issues that need urgent response” (ENAT, 11.12.2023).
Here we see the mismanagement and the lack of priorities from the state. The state is more into buying ammo and guns, than actually delivering government services. This is a sorry state of affairs and shows the wars or conflicts are the priority of the state. The PM and his party rather bury his enemies, than actual talk or settle the grievances. Therefore, the civil wars and conflicts continues until the PM has consolidated the power. The state continues pursuit conflicts and wars to get ahead. That’s why there are several ones continuing at the same time and the PM is thriving it. However, wars costs and it kills the economy, which is happening too. Because, you cannot ensure stability or credible markets in the middle of warfare. Then there is enough struggle to survive and get basic goods to the war-torn regions of the country.
ENAT Party ends with: “As the mother party has repeatedly emphasized, the war that is being waged, mass killing of youth and imprisonment are issues that worsen the political problems of our country. So, as we have tried to think continuously in the past, we call for a comprehensive (inclusive), transparent and well guided political negotiation to provide a political solution to the problems faced by the country” (ENAT, 11.12.2023).
The Party is repeating itself, but it has to conclude this way. The truth is this and the Prosperity Party has to reflect on it, but we know they are bound by blind loyalty to the Prime Minister. That’s why they won’t stop him or his will. This reign is bloody and he will continue the warfare indefinitely. Unless, he can compromise and get people to settle to be under his wings. While he will find the next moment to strike and silence them completely. Because, that is what he does… and it’s showing.
The ENAT Party is sending out a warning. The people should listen and they dare to speak where others don’t and that’s why their leaders or members are now behind bars. Peace.















