THE END OF ABIY MIGHT BE SOONER THAN YOU THOUGHT

Ethiopia's new disguising tyrant PM—Abiy Ahmed—facing a number of backlashes in the capital. 

Immediately after getting the nomination of the regime as the PM of Ethiopia—Abiy Ahmed—Ethiopia's incumbent head of the tyrant regime, altered leadership positions in the bodies of the Ethiopian government. These changes in leadership positions —though heavily branded as reforms —are riffled with outright racism, over-representation of ethnic Oromos and under-representation of ethnic Amhars in clear demographical constitutiencies( for instance , in the capital); and backlashes, conflict of interests and tyranny, among others.

Evident instances of such cases, to mention, but a few, are :

A) The nomination by tyrant Abiy of a mayor for Washa-Mikael ( Addis Ababa) city straight out of the capital—Takele Umma, who by birth, culture and residence is from another part of the country, and didn't have an Addis city resident ID until he, illegally, was handpicked to become the mayor —bypassing the official, elected, city council ; and thousands of Addis Abebians capable of taking the position.
B)The subsequent filling up of the Washa-Mikael city cabinet by hand picked Oromos who represent only 19% of the population of the capital while under-representing ethnic Amharas who represent over 65% of the population of the city.
C) The over extension of the election for a new mayor.
D) The swift implementation of decisions that will affect the city for a long term, without a popular consent, such as making 30 hectares of land available to investors from Middle East; altering as to what sort of information must be specified in the Addis Abebian's ID(removing origin of birth); and interfering in the business, culture and finances of the Washa-Mikael city, among others.
E)The mass issuing of Washa-Mikael City ID to Oromos living outside of the Washa-Mikael City Administrative region.
F) The mass gunning down of the youth of Washa-Mikael who went out to demonstrate against what they —according to sucessive protests carried out under the leadership of Abiy Ahmed, PM , and Takele Umma, enforced intruding Mayor —say is transition to yet another authoritarian regime in Addis, among others.
G)The dissmesal of competent Addis Abebian Amhara and Gurage media professionals from Addis Ababa City Mass Media Agency; and the filling up of the corrosponing positions by ethnic Oromos who are less qualified, and are niether from Addis nor advocating for the residents of the Washa-Mikael city.
H) Spending city money on Takele affilated hotels outside of Addis Ababa, in the Oromia reigion
I) The superession of the voices of the residents of the city of Addis by the same city media that over hypes the enforced Mayor, and dissemenating confilicting political issues that doesn't represnt the people of Addis, but those who want to intrude the city, instead.
J) A number of Addis Abebians who went to express their anger towards the nomination of a Mayor who has been advocating againest the poeple of Addis —and who shamelessely has filled the city cabinate with thos who don't advocate for, and doesn't refelect a just reprentation of the resident of Addis—have gone to addis city media to express thier opionon, only to be denied acess to media.

K) Takele Umma is over-representing Addis city Police, and many institutions in the town with Oromos at the moment.
L) Takel Umma is exerciseing the agenda of Oromo nationalist, who are againest the people of Addis.
M)Takele Umma, who after illegally being assigned as a Mayor by tyrant PM Abiy Ahmed has been displacing a number of Addis Abebas on the background while falsely hyping himself as an elected Mayor of Addis on regime’s controlled city media notorious for repressing the voice of Addis Abebians
N)Furthermore, under the watch of Takele Umma, Addis Abeba youth who went out to demonstrate against the nomination of a Mayor— Takele Umma— who is notorious for advocating against the people of Addis, bypassing the city council , were shot dead and put in prison few weeks after Takele was intruded from another part of the country in to Addis Abeba as a Mayor tyrantely.

Background of the city of Addis

Demographical and/or religious backslash

As a chartered city, or indipendent region, Addis Ababa has the status of both a city and a state. Although all Ethiopian ethnic groups are represented in Addis Ababa , there is a clear religious and ethnic divide in the city with the Amhara (67.04%), Oromo (19.00%), Gurage (16.34%), Tigrayan (5.18%), Silt'e (2.94%), and Gamo (1.68%). And, languages spoken in the city include Amharic (90.0%), Oromiffa (10.7%), Gurage (8.37%), Tigrinya (3.60%), Silt'e (1.82%) and Gamo (1.03%). With attendance to the church at 90%, about 85% of the population of Addis declare themselves as Christians. The denomination with the most believers in Addis Ababa, with 74.7% of the population, is the Ethiopian Orthodox church, while 16.2% are Muslim, 7.77% Protestant, and 0.48% Catholic, according to census 2007.

"The disposed TPLF regime installed administrative regimes which weren't only un-elected democratically, but also handpicked the most hostile, disrespectful and ruthless intruders as mayors of Addis. And, now, Abiy Ahmed is persisting on the same culture tyrantley," said Ahmed Bedrue, a businessman in Merkato.

Ethnic Backlash :

Ethnic Oromos make up only less than 19% of the population and taxpayers of Addis Ababa. As a result, the Amharas —who represent 67% of the population and tax payers of the capital—are lamenting of an outright tyranny architected by PM Abiy Ahmed which by all means necessary must not be tolerated any more.

"There is a lot of premium hype internationally that Ethiopia has transitioned to democracy. Can anybody explain as to what isn't tyranny to the people of Addis, " said Mekonen Amare, a financial manager born in Addis.

Political Backlash :

Tyrant Abiy Ahmed would like to incorporate —and has already officially begun processing his vision for the annexation of the independent region of Addis Ababa into Oromia—and take control of the city that produces 50% of the GDP of the country against the will of the city population.

The implementation of the awkward process began when handpicking a non-Addis Abebian renown for advocating for the suppression of the basic rights of the people of Addis on record as a Mayor of the city he campaigned against, bypassing the city council and potential in-city candidates.

"It isn't uncommon to watch the diatribe of dishonest and dellusioned Oromo activists and politicians —who don't know, or has never lived in the capital —make a blatant case that the community of the people of Addis Ababa must keep quiet, accept being repressed like before, or else could be intruded by horsemen," said Fire Weldehana, a college lecturer born and raised in Addis.

"It's insane and rediculious that they come from Ambo, or Arsi, or Gelemso, and make a case that they have to rule over the peope of Addis"

"We aren't afraid of being invaded. Because, we're too, too, many to count in Addis. We'll go, and get them where they are instead. We are thinking about liberating our brothers and sisters in Nazreth and Debreziet, instead, not about the stupid propoganda of those who cound't develop thier own cities. Gelemso and Welega, among others, are wating to be developed by Jewar and etll. " Fire continued with smile.

The immanence of a stupid, insane, horizontal political virus carried by ODP is nothing new. And, it could ultimatley get in trouble. Addis voted against the incumbent TPLF regime and its cronies in May 2005 unanimously. Unable to deny the clear message, regime resorted to nullifying the vote of Addis Abebians by the fist of iron. Addis Abeba(Washa-Mikael) Police, which refused to gun down protestors in May 2005, was ordered to get disarmed, and was put under the late tyrant PM Meles Zenawi's command authocratically. And, lingering in the memory of many Addis Abebians, is that Police from the neighboring Oromia region who don't speak Amharic were brought in to the scene of the protest under the leadership of the current foreign minister, among others, and, as a result, hundreds of Addis Abebians were shot dead and imprisoned.

Addis Ababa and its people's sense of community, religious rituals, culture, language, and accent existed before the creation of any of the states of the federal government of Ethiopia. And, still, there is a clear administrative, legal, political, cultural and linguistics boundary/difference between 'Addis Ababa administrative region' and 'Oromia administrative region'. If we have to make analogy in terms of culture, language and religion , Addis has a lot more in common with the Amhara regional state than any other. And, many, wonder as to why Addis wasn't part of the Amhara regional state as opposed to being an indipendent region, region 14, in the first palce.

Historical backlash:

"Washa Mikael, a rock-hewn semi-monolithic church in the heart of Addis Ababa was destroyed when Islamic ethnic Oromos expanded with the help of Ottoman Turks couple of hundered years a go," according to tangible archeological facts.

"It’s surprising that many Oromo activists and intellectuals deny Oromo expansion, let alone Ethiopia's verified and validated history of judial christianity from the 4th century"


Budget Backlash :

With millions of its residents living way below the national poverty level, Addis Abeba pays for the budget of the Ethiopian government for the most part. And, adding fuel to the already existing sentiment in the town —being administered by non-Addis Abebians for over decades, and totalitarian suppression of its residents, among others — the current regime, put in place by Abiy Ahmed, is misusing the remaining fund of the city, even after Addis' generous support to the Federal government, jeopardizing the very living standards of its residents.

Environmental Backlash :

Addis Ababa isn't just only a community, city, and home to its residents, but also a hub for HQs such as African Union, EU, the Federal Government of Ethiopia, and a number of private and international organizations. This, undoubtedly, has affected the environmental safety and wellbeing of the residents of Addis , with 70% of 'city waste' accounted by institutions keeping the country running.

"Addis Abeba, as it's providing so much benefit to the rest of the country politically and economicall while getting Addis Abebians to melt like candle, is affected by environmental pollution, but the nearest , neighboring , Oromia regional state was reluctant to provide a small plot of land for processing waste from the city which can't process its wastes otherwise, as a result of its service orientation to the need of the country: carrying all these orgniazations " continued Mekonen.

This is happening at a time when many families were displaced from Dembel-Olompiya Area to make a plot of land for Oromia Media Complex.

Tenkir Teka, a public servant in Addis Abeba public administration, said: " There was a time when water project aimed at responding to the needs of the city of Addis was delayed for a long as a result of a deliberate badwill for co-cooperation with the neighboring Oromia regional state. ODP officials infiltrated, or illegally imposed, in the administration of the chartered city of Addis in conjuction with thier clicks in the neighboring Oromia regional state have been circumventing a number of projects out of Addis Abeba” added Mekonen.

The atrocities happening on the people of Addis, at this very momoent, is enormious. Protests across the streets of Addis are inevitable.

Will tyrant Abiy Ahmed show his balls, ask apology to the people of Addis, and walk back the wrong steps taken; and put in place an Addis Abebian Amhara , such as Dagmawit Moges, as a full mayor, so as to stop the mischief going on by Takele on the background and conform to the virture of representation, instead ?

One thing is clear : Addis Abebians are fed up with Abiy Ahmed acting, faking, talking, only taking, acting, faking, or only showing up to talk, but never, ever, listening to the majority of the residets , or the tax payers, of Addis Ababa( Washa-Mikael) city.

By Mikael Arage
Washa-Mikael(ancient name of Addis Ababa), Ethiopia