
Today there is a Congress of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in Mekelle, Tigray. That is happening as the NEBE has blocked the re-issue and re-establishment of the party. Which is done in stark contrast to the Pretoria Agreement. Alas, there is trouble ahead and the Prosperity Party (PP) can just follow the moves.
The ones in charge have to take responsibility. The different fractions of the party are becoming dire too. As people are saying not to hold the Congress and they will not participate. It is like the Pretoria Agreement has split the party and the ones powerful powerhouse in Tigray region.
Now we are seeing to fractions lead by one Getachew Reda and Debretsion Gebremichael. They have become friendemies. These are people who has worked together for years, but now seemingly struggle to cope with the new surroundings.
Some are saying Reda is playing parley with the government and is their puppet. He is saying Gebremichael and the ones participating in the Congress is going into the trap of the government. They are being played and will be “null and void”. As they held Congress without prior notification and agreement with NEBE. Which makes the whole act redundant. And makes the kingmakers of the Congress totally powerless.
The ones running it will dismiss Reda and say his Abiy’s lapdog. He is playing to the ideals of the state and isn’t there for his party. That Reda has sold his soul and isn’t willing to budge, because he has a title and official role in the Tigray Interim Regional Administration (TIRA). That’s why he won’t lose that or the lose the access to these temporary power structures, which has been put in place after the Pretoria Agreement.
It seems like the Prosperity Party and Prime Minister Abiy got a bargain with the Pretoria Agreement. It is destroying and making the TPLF weakened by the day. The agreement and the way the power plays are tarnishing the party. The TPLF doesn’t have the power or the ability to move as it pleases. That is disturbing, but also the reality it is living in.
The TPLF when it signed the Pretoria Agreement it entrusted itself in the Federal Government and the will to implement the articles of it. Alas, we are seeing that isn’t happening. The TPLF is outplayed and outsmarted by the cunning Abiy. They accepted the folly and now have to humiliate itself. Even if it means losing valuable assets or old properties for that matter. The TPLF has to either become a new entity or become history.
That’s the choice of the Pretoria Agreeement. The Agreement that gives Abiy and the PP leverage. The one that gives him allies and people who are willing to trade off the old relics of the region. TPLF isn’t all powerful and has the leverage it needs. That’s why NEBE is blocking it’s re-registration and return as a legal entity. This is done deliberately and it’s not Reda’s fault. It is the whole party and everyone who accepted the Pretoria Agreement.
That agreement made it possible and gave way to Abiy. Abiy can toy around the TPLF and that what he does. Debretsion Gebremichael and Getachew Reda is all in the mercy of the Prime Minister. We are just seeing Abiy tricking them and they accepted this fate.
It is just astonishing and such, that the leaders of the TPLF trusted a man who wanted them annihilated and silence them completely. Abiy wanted to get rid of them and stop them in their tracks. He wanted them to bend the knee and kiss the ring. Now one of them has too. Especially, if they ever want to see the TPLF – to live another day. As long as this continues. The NEBE and the PP will just dismiss it, and the ones in power of the party will look like a fool. They woere played and they didn’t think a few steps ahead. They trusted a liar and a warlord. They trusted that he would give them life and allow them to exist. That’s a stupid idea, but that what they did. Peace.
















