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Fifteen Years on grievous Absence of Martyr: Osman Saleh Sabbe

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   The fourth of April comes with noble meanings that were carried by martyr Osman Saleh Sabbe, may God (Allah) bless his soul, the national leader of the Eritrean Revolution. Although this remembrance is surrounded by grievous memories, it comes with great meanings of loyalty, faith, might willing, patriotism, and scarifying on the road of strife for the welfare and integrity of our beloved country, Eritrea.

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Furthermore, his absence has never meant cease of the great mission he devoted his life for; the mission aimed at restoring the freedom of Eritrean people, its dignity, its national character and its fundamental rights. However, unfortunately, that mission has never attained its inevitable destination; though, the Eritrean territories was liberated more than ten years ago and the enemy, which the martyr led the national strife against, was driven out.

We find this occasion as sound time to call on the Eritrean people to assemble on the principles of the martyr, which are part and parcel of the principles of the Eritrean revolution. Martyr Osman Saleh Sabbe, a well-known Eritrean patriot, whose national passion was enraged with offensive regime of Haile Sillasy (The Perished Ethiopian Emperor). The martyr founded an underground society, which was consisting of the students from all Ethiopian nationalities, when he was school student in Addis Ababa. That society aimed at promoting self-determination for those nationalities. Since then he pursued a long lasting struggle for independence of Eritrea. He started sending Eritrean Scholars to Sudan and Egypt. Later he left Eritrea to participate in the leadership of Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF), where he served as secretary of foreign affair; and subsequently a leader who represented the Eritrean revolution of on the international stage. The martyr was good-natured, noble hearted, gracious, gentle, tactful orator and, beyond all, he was coherent to the Eritrean question; he devoted his life the revolution and became a corner stone and a symbol for it at that era. The missing leader established "Eritrean Office of Foreign affairs", securing sympathy and recognition of outside world to the Eritrean case and its legitimacy and subsequently to the Eritrean revolution. That office played a vital role in the success that was achieved by the revolution. The martyr's participation in the informational field was parallel to his diplomatic role. He founded an informational bureau in Beirut and another in Rome, as well as a publishing office in Damascus, where the "Revolution" magazine born. He also helped in publishing a variety of periodicals, folders, books and booklets in different languages; in addition to Arabization of a lot of books and documents on Eritrea and its case. He gave education due special attention, so as to establish a callous core for the revolution. He founded chances of education for Eritreans of all walks; and ultimately, his efforts brought their fruits by founding the "Eritrean Educational Organization" which was a pioneer educational institution. He had never ignored the working class, founding its organizations on one hand, and promoting establishment of Eritrean communities in the countries where native workers settled in. he was, as well, a genuine and permanent supporter of refugee development in the economical, social and cultural domains; he established and ran institutions, dispensaries, clinics, and rehabilitation and training center in refugee camps and nearby towns in Sudan, and besides he exhibits educational scholarships to their young people. This is some of various national and humanitarian roles of martyr Osman Saleh Sabbe, may peace be upon his soul. We hope to receive the next remembrance in settled Eritrea under ruling of law, multiparty democracy, and respect of human rights. The Eritrean National Democratic Front (ENDF) proposes All-Eritrean roundtable conference to convene and discuss how can the Eritrean people and its organizations restore their due and legitimate rights, find an exit out the political dilemma that the tyrannical regime brought the country in, and to amend the hurt took place in the social and economical fabric of Eritrea. These circumstances are rather similar to the situation used to be dominated in the Haile Sillasy's era; when the martyr denied to let the wind pass, and he had never let his people down until his soul was risen up to its eternal rest, may Allah (God) bless his soul.

Eritrean National Democratic Front Political Bureau

4 / 4/ 2002

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