Comments on: Bereket Simon’s assistant defected in the U.S.

By: Tolay

Tolay — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:34:03 +0000

Good job Ermi, I know Ermias very well as I worked with him for 2 years before he joined EPRDF. He is a very nice and smart guy. As far as I know, he wasnot a real politician even if after he assumed a position in Kilil 14. Anyways, welcome to the USA and the land of the free.

Hope to meet you one day

By: Mengesha

Mengesha — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:35:34 +0000

very timely move by the person named above who I have no knowledge about until now. I suggest he watches his back because USA is not clean of the mercinaries, incase you were not aware things happened to many defectors right here in the USA

By: mote lewayane

mote lewayane — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:44:13 +0000

Non-woyane Ethiopians who support the killer machine Meles are as guilty as the rest of woyanes for supporting a man that have killed their own people. Shame on these idiots! They have sold their soul for the mighty dollar. The non-woyane Ethiopians must have proved to Woyanes to be trustworthy in order to be a member of this brutal regime. May be they have to go through some kind of initiation to join the gangster woyanes.

There is a part of me that hopes and believes may be this man joined woyanes as a young naïve man, and now as a mature adult man recognized the brutality of woyanes and his conscience bothered him to continue working for a dictator. Anyhow, I hope and pray that all the non-woyane Ethiopians who work for Meles get out of there one by one and stand with soldierty with the rest of Ethiopians.

By: Tagel Lenetsanet

Tagel Lenetsanet — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:10:26 +0000

Hi Ethiopians, this is not surprising.If he did like the Generals, we believe him. Otherwise, we have to suspect him, perhaps, woyane send him to penetrate Ginbot7 like Lidetu ‘bandaw’. Becareful,guys!!!! We are not bitten twice by snake. That was enough because we did not know where was hidden snake.Now, golden Ethiopians made their nest (G7) to protect themselves from such kind of hidden snakes. But if he did truly, I appreciate and thank him. Let me say one Ethiopian proverb for g7 leaders,”Lebilih ainegrum, Lanbesam aimetrum.” I love you, really, I am telling yo yhe truth. Be I believed Kinjit, as a role model to lead and organize people for the strugle of liberty. According to Dr. Birhanu, it did not have organizational strength to lead the people.Thank syou.

By: xxxxxxx

xxxxxxx — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:02:37 +0000

Don’t forget about these tyranny strategy. They have already sent lot of cadres abroad so that they can integrate and work with the Diaspora. If needed to kill people, who worked for them and knew their deep secret.

By: kuukkisa

kuukkisa — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:18:49 +0000

better late than never. Ermiyas’s decision is smart. but I need more from him to do. he need to come forward and tell Ethiopians the tplf’s crime against the country and its people.
thanks.

By: Kokeb

Kokeb — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:47:19 +0000

If Ermias has defected, we must be wary of his intention. It may be spy on us pretending to be an opponent of the regime. Watch out Elias Kifle.

By: WediAfrash

WediAfrash — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:05:21 +0000

MAFiA rule will end soon in Ethiopia. The days of Woyanes is numbered. The END is coming !!!!!!!

By: Hailu

Hailu — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:52:44 +0000

Ato Ermias Legesse,

congratulation for deciding to leave the sinking TPLF ship rather than to go down with it. A very wise decision.

By: tsafew

tsafew — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:04:03 +0000

I hope mastawesha no 2 come soon

By: Abe

Abe — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:52:34 +0000

He did nice. I think he suffered a lot by the weyane (bada group) for the past years he served. Weyane is against his mother lnad. He thought that weyane is a son but he found out that weyane is a banda against mother Ethiopia.
What we get from weyane?
Noting. Only backward movement. Ethiopia is with out port. Ethiopia is giving her land to Sudan, Jibuti, ….because of the banda group, WEYANE.
DOWN WITH WEYANE.

By: Are you sure?

Are you sure? — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:36:45 +0000

I am a little bit skeptical about his defection.Woyanes usually make tricks.He might have been sent to do something that is politically important for woyanes.
Let us wait and see.

By: timo

timo — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:35:46 +0000

he did not return in the date he was suppoed to return, so we are not sure yet if he has defected. If he really defected, he will speak out to the media.
Let us just wait to hear from himself.
Elias, you can hunt him in washington where he is hiding and get him for interview. kkk

By: timo

timo — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:33:27 +0000

Good for him. It is never too late to abandon the sinking ship.

By: Assta B. Gettu

Assta B. Gettu — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:22:55 +0000

We don’t need any Woyanne servants to come to the United States with the stolen money from the Ethiopian tax payers. We want them to stay there in Ethiopia till the judgment day. We will then decide who will be qualified to come to the United States or who will go to the Qaliti Jail.

I was thinking when Meles was in Rome for few days, the army at home will over throw him as the bodyguard tried to overthrow Emperor Haile Selassie while he was visiting South America. But in those days the bodyguards understood each other because they all speak Amharic, a unifying language to overthrow or to support a regime; however, today’s Ethiopian army, I think, is composed of different ethnic groups with different languages: the Amhara soldiers do not understand what the Tigrean soldiers say, and the Tigrean soldiers do not understand what the Oromo soldiers are saying. If these soldiers do not understand or trust each other, then Meles Seitanawi can stay more than one week in any country without fear that his army of the Babel would overthrow him. What a lucky guy!

By: Hagos

Hagos — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:12:46 +0000

Hagos: Only under Woyane regime can somebody (who can’t express himself ) be minister of communication & propoganda. The important matter is he should have a quality of brutality to press the poor Ethiopians. Mefred kelibe new; How ca a ” GEMED AF ” be a propaganda Minister?

By: EthioBoy

EthioBoy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:48:10 +0000

We expect to listen from him a lot of stories about woyanne

By: EthioBoy

EthioBoy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:46:03 +0000

I was the first person to angry at his interview with VOA few months ago regarding Ato Bulcha. But,I now realized that,he did everything just for servival.
So,we have to support him. We have to understand that,what would be happened on him,If he weren’t responed for VOA like that at that time.You can imagine that Bereket or Meles will sent him to jail for fabricated reason,If he was ok with the idea of Mr.Bulcha at that time.
Any ways,I would like to encourage and give him a moral support.God job brother!!!
Please guys,show him your support.He is not Meles or Bereket who ate the flash of Ethiopian kid in 2005.

By: redear

redear — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:29:38 +0000

I wish him luck in his life.

By: Tamerat Meseker

Tamerat Meseker — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:18:37 +0000

Defecting is one thing and keeping quiet is another thing. If indeed this gentleman defects he has to expose the regime as insider. We have not seen like Tesfaye Gebrab who expose TPLF armed with many facts on his hand.

Ato Ermias speak up and I hope you will not be a converted preacher like Tamerat Layne. By speaking up you will save another human being and please contact VOA and tell the truth.

Yechalal !!

By: Sodo

Sodo — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:39:26 +0000

Oh well,…nothing earth shattering, countless others before Ermias Legesse (including your’s truely) have done the same for this or that reason. Othes will step in and life goes on ….Ces est la vie!!

By: Abebe

Abebe — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:12:52 +0000

The guy was vocal and laud…this tells u all the hodams will be used and thrown like cheap “made in India” condom! Hodamoch where ever you are learn a lesson and abandon they tyrant!

By: Abdi

Abdi — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:46:54 +0000

Ermias Legasee took smart decision, instead of weapon of wayne it is better to stay here. He is very young. I personally forgive him, his recent comment about Bulchaa Demksaa. Let him with ethiopian people.

By: tezibt

tezibt — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:36:35 +0000

So what. He has got to do what he has got to do.

By: Take him back like

Take him back like — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:29:12 +0000

Take him back like that guy Kelebesa Negeo