The opposition and PFDJ Leaders are the two sides of the same coin
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Regarding the formation of the Alliance, Amare Gebremariam Gebre (2011) writes that the Eritrean opposition organizations in the years 1993-1997 were so disoriented and their focus of their struggle was very hard to understand because they were attacking each other on their publications rather direct it to the dictatorial regime. In 1999 the Alliance of Eritrean National Force was formed and Adalla Idris chaired for two years followed by the leader of SagemTewolde Gebresselase, after that Herui Tedla Bairu come out of the blue to chair ENA. Furthermore Hamde Debas [ 03/28/07] also has written that Hirui had been everywhere his foot can land; he designed the movement of 1977 that resulted in split of ELF, he abandoned his EDM movement and joined EPLF at the eve of freedom and became a member of the parliament, and he was with ENA from 2002-2005. This happened when Heruy was disillusioned with the Eritrean government
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During the 30 years of the armed struggle ethnicity was exploited by the former revolutionary leaders in order to gain power. And today ethnicity is still abused by the opposition leaders who have had senior post for decades. Leaders of these opposition groups such as the leaders of the Democratic Front of Eritrean Nationalities (DFEN) had held on Eritrean nationalities conference in Ethiopia’s northern town of Mekelle. This was just a few days before starting the July Conference in Addis Ababa [Read more]. Regarding this, Mussie Zena (10 July 2010) points out that the question is why there is a need to organize a nationalities based conference brfore to our long awaited national conference [Read more] What is the motivation of the DFEN leaders for holding the Eritrean nationalities conference in Mekela? Regarding this issue Hamde Debas asserts that the Saghem and other groups are pushing for the nationalities question of secession to be put to a referendum
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In 2002 Tewelde Gebresellasie chairman of the Saghem in his interview with awate.com said "What we see in Eritrea today is a ruling class that emerged out of the Tigrigna ethnic group" Read more.. According Hamde Debas, the Saghem has been nurtured by the TPLF politics since their embryonic stage, and they adapted many of TPLF’s political programs and the nationality question was a corner stone. Their main teaching is that behere tigryna is an oppressor. However Omar Jabir states that since the dictatorial regime is targeting all Eritreans - Christians, Moslems, young and old, male and female - the response should be equally "national"- all sectors and groups should join efforts and say NO to the dictatorship.
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