The Kaliti Apology Letter
I am wondering why none of the media that has aligned itself with the Ethiopian opposition is not commenting on the apology letter. It seems people are not reading the letter carefully and are rather following the EPRDF spin on it. The letter publicized by Walta expresses regret for the CUD leadership's proposal to set up a transitional government to replace the current regime in a manner not stipulated in the constitution [the transitional government was supposed to include EPRDF]. In the same letter they agree that any change from here on would have to be made through the mechanisms provided for in the Constitution. The letter clearly stays away from words that are associated with force, or violence and simply says 'change'(lemelewet) rather than 'overturn' (megelbet).
The spinners at Aiga and Bereket Simon have of course seized upon the purposely vague wording [probably a result of days of negotiations] to make it look like the prisoners of conscious have agreed with the government's prosecutors. But that is clearly not the case.
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I saw that the other day. As a first reaction, it made me sick to the stomach. Then there were a few things that I noticed that were strange but nothing seemed coherent.
Another word that i thought seemed vague was 'betefeTerew alemegbabat' as opposed to simply stating that they broke the law. So is that meant to imply that the constitution had lead to multiple interpretations?
If you read the whole thing as a sarcastic bit of document, keeping it mind these are people who were running for office so that they could bring change in the constitution itself, it kind of reads as, 'We proposed change that does not confirm with what is currently established in the constitution by the government in office ... and we've since come to believe that trying to bring change is incorrect (well, if it results in imprisonment ...) Then they go on to say they'll follow and uphold the constitution.
I don't know what 'benezih aynet tegbar indemanisatef' means. They are signing off politics?
The signatures happened on 2 days. Berhanu Nega was among the last to sign on the first day. Hmmm ...
Yeah, not much that's coherent ...
oh, come to think of it, i don't know if nitpicking on the language will help the prisoners. perhaps it's better to let the spinners at Aiga think they're on the money, and hope that the gov't lets those guys out prison.
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