Letter to Berhane Mewa, Kinijit PR Officer

Letter to Berhane Mewa, Kinijit PR Officer

By: Girmachew


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Dear Ato Berhane Mewa

First and foremost I wish you a Happy New Year for you and your entire family.


I am writing this letter because I would like to believe that you are the only voice of reason with in Kinijit Diaspora. I am also writing this letter because I have heard you speak with a sense of responsibility and realism.

I once heard you talk about a man who holds a little bird in his hand and asked another fellow to guess whether the bird is alive or dead. I heard you tell the story and the fellow's reply - "If I tell you she is alive you may squeeze to death, if I tell you it is dead you may set it free. Thus what I know is that its life is in your hands." Since then I never forgot that story and never stopped thinking about the predicament of the Kinijit leaders in prison.

May be I am naïve but even under severe brutality I still believe Kinijit stands for a peaceful struggle with in the existing legal and constitutional framework of Ethiopia. If my belief is wrong then forgive me and do not read any further.

Beyond various Kinijit - like statements and blogs that take no where towards peaceful accord or a meaningful conflict resolution with dialogue and negotiation, I have had a hard time believing what I am reading on Kinijit's officiall website. Among many the latest one http://www.kinijit.org/static/kil_pr_sep111.pdf is flabbergasting. Even if you believe that Meles and Osama Bin Laden are one and the same, the statement sure pushes the so called "terrorist" to pass a harsh verdict against Kinijit leaders in jail. At least it will push Meles to make their jail time very miserable.

Most of all once Kinijit believes and publicly states that Meles and his regime are terrorists, there is no point to negotiate with him because the only option is to only hunt and kill it. There is also no point to plead to the international community to pressure such terrorists to heed democratic path.

If the story of the man with a bird in his hand is a terrorist, why would Kinijit in all conscious tell him to go ahead squeeze his fist? Is Kinijit having a death wish here against leaders in Kaliti to prove that Meles is indeed a terrorist?

If you, Berhane sincerely believe in what your heart really tells you, you will fight the foolishness within Kinijit Diaspora. If you believe that you guys are doing great with your dangerous rhetoric then I presume you think I am a woyane agent. What ever your heart tells you, like many all I want is the release of these prisoners as soon as possible and a way to put back the derailed democratic process in place for the sake of the generation to come.

With the highest regard I have for you, I hope you will do something to forge a plausible strategy and a sensible tactic to get the Kinijit leaders released as soon as possible.

Happy New Year and God Bless
Sincerely

Girmachew