What is the meaning of silence? General Mesfin Hagos
Excript from Past and Present, Eritrea’s Leadership is to blame. Does Eritrea really learn?
Negarritt-Gazette 89E (NG89E) January 01 2005
How GMH feels today when he thinks or reflects back, just to mention a few
examples, about:
1. The Eritrean civil war, i.e. killing each other between EPLF and ELF in 1960s
– 1980s?
2. The documentary agreement between PIA and the CIA in Asmara, Decamere
or Alla – Seled - Berazio in the 1960s - 1970s, perhaps even later?
3. The death of Abraham Tewolde in Alla, Egela-Hames, Akele-Guzai in 1960s?
4. The killing of Eritrean students, known as ‘Deki Kebessa’ in the ELF in
1960s?
5. The killing and imprisoning of innocent fighters /Tegaldeti/ in 1970s – 1980s
being called Menka-E members? Those dead ones came to the war field
voluntarily to fight the Ethiopian Imperial Rule in order to fulfil their dreams
of Eritrea’s total independence and societal freedom, but unfortunately, they
were labelled by the EPLF leadership as Extreme Leftists (Huluf
Tsegemawian) and Extreme Rightists (Huluf Yemanawian). This was because
of their demand to see the implementation of democracy in practice within the
rule of the EPLF.
6. The death of Woldemichael Haile (Wedi Haile or Te-ame Haile) in 1977?
7. The death of Amanuel Flanssa (Wedi Keshi) in 1970s?
8. The death of Betsaiy Goitom Berhe in 1970s?
9. The death of Ibrahim Affa in 1980s?
10. The death of Solomon Woldemariam in 1980s?
11. The death of Issias Tewolde (Wodi Flanssa) in 1980s?
12. The death of Tesfa-Giorghis Georgo (Wedi Georgo), Addis Ababa, in 1990s?
13. The imprisonment of fighters after the event of demonstration that took place
in Asmara football stadium in 1993?
14. The death of the physically handicapped fighters (Akale Senkulan Tegadelti)
in Mai-Habar 1994?
15. The abuse of our females from Tegadelti and civilians since decades?
16. The execution of ca 150 Eritrean prisoners on June 18 and 19, 1997 in the
outskirts of Asmara, around Kushet?
17. The imprisonment of close comrades, i.e. the Government Ministers, called
the G-11, on September 18 2000?
18. The current death of the youth and adults in Addi Abbetto in November 2004.
They were composed of civilians and Tegadelti?
19. and many more?
B. How would GMH describe the above deaths to the public: murder (as a first hand
murder, or second hand murder) slaughter, friendly killing or shooting, natural death,
etc.? And how would GMH justify the death of each individual?
C. Can GMH tell the Eritrean people about the selection criteria of squads in
organising the process of hujjum wars in the past? Who made decisions on who
should go to die (similar to euthanasia: involuntarily sentence to death)? Who was
allowed to stay to serve the interest of the leaders within the EPLF? C1) Can GMH
tell us today, whether those Eritrean fighters were, in reality, suicide bombers or not?
C2) Did they give their consent when they were asked to do the job of ‘hujjum’? Were
they voluntarily giving their names to go for ‘hujjum’? Or C3) were they forced to do
so because a democratic right of questioning and answering was not an issue at all and
that there were no criteria at all? Or C4) as the EPLF exploiting and commanding
motto insists, ‘do the job first and then ask’, or face a military discipline’.
That means someone asks when he dies. Such a military exploiting measure was
barbaric, unrealistic, impossible, immoral, unethical, and inhumane despicable and
inexcusable act.