Did you get the message of the article?

- Lidetu suffered and prisoned long before UDJP leaders.
- Lidetu is paying the price for being loyal opposition.
- Lidetu was having clarity from the get go and consistently moving on the same direction.
- Lidetu is insulted and abused by UDJP leaders & their supporters like you for his political stand of peaceful struggle.
- Lidetu is still being scorned by UDJP leaders and their supporters for being what UDJP leaders are now.

Therefore, what is the difference between UDJP or Burtuke with other loyal oppositions, like Lidetu, Beyene, Merara?

At least Lidetu is consistent and pursues one political line from the beginning, that is peaceful struggle.
UDJP has no clarity and jumping from one extreme to another, that too without apologizing and totally relying on diaspora support which you & UDJP leaders badmouth whenever it fits.

Have clarity before criticizing.

Bertuke is much less than Lidetu in maturity and clarity. At least Lidetu is independent in his thinking and mode of struggle while Bertuke is played like a doll by her handlers.

Cheers

Elias:
This (66%) is a VETO PROOF majority if you have any inkling about democracy, so please STOP trashing Birtukan, her associates and the UDJP. One thing you need to understand is this; people visit your site to get some aggregated info about Ethiopia and no one cares about your lunatic ranting and ravings. Ever since you nominated Issayas Afeworki as ER’s ‘Man of the Year’, people have realized that you nothing but an opinionated wind bag.

Ever since you have aligned yourself with the ‘Mountaineers Club’, you have been calling Judge Birtukan all sorts of nasty names including but not limited to: ‘Lady Surrender’, ‘Traitor’, ‘Sell Out’, ‘TPLF Lapdog’ etc. etc. What amazes me is what gives you the right to label a person like Birtukan all these sordid names? Is it because, you were also accused, tortured and executed by the Woyanie regime in absentia?

Let’s put things in their proper perspective here. When you and people like you left Ethiopia, Birtukan was either an infant or not even born most probably. We all came to know Birtukan in the aftermath of the 2005 election fiasco. Like all the rest of her colleagues, she has paid the ultimate price by going to prison for two years, living an infant child behind. I know most of you out there, badmouthing these good people, won’t even show up for a demonstration on a rainy day, let alone paying such a huge price for your people and country.

Ever since Birtukan and her colleagues have returned to Ethiopia, they have been doing an amazing job under very difficult circumstances. They have organized a first rate party, the first of its kind in Africa, based on transparency and fundamental democratic principles. Each and every day they are crisscrossing the country to build the grassroots movement from the ground up, based on true democratic principles and shared beliefs and values. At least they are planting the seeds of democracy within the Ethiopian population, as opposed to confusing the Diaspora with pipe dreams of bloodless armed struggle and quick victory via remote control.

Elias, last but not least, if you want to dabble in journalism the first rule of thumb is, don’t bad mouth people, specially people that you are seeking an interview with. People hate bullies.

it is like another woyannes birth day. it is realy sad. the hope of 2005 replaced with betrayals and accusations. Ellias is a truth detector. because he told you the truth why are you so much threatened? our only enemy is woyanne. why is it so hard to understand.who doesn’t like peace,or peaceful transition. who wantes armed struggle? it is not a choice,it is the means.

yeah, elias is right if udj’s people comes here ,personally, i am gonna boycott and i have many friends who do the same. can some body explain to me what birtukan’s udj plan to accomplish rather than crowning woyanne for the next 5 years. woyanne did not hide it. it is obvious. probably as meles said it before he may pass his crown to one of his friends. that is all. so, what it the point of birtukan tour,,to give more positive image for woyanne? she gonna talk about how 2010 will be free and fair election? how she gonna compete and crown woyanne? or she may get some position in the woyannes regime?what is all about?just a waste of time and energy. woyanne is was woaynne yesterday,is woyanne today and will be woyanne tommorrow. the self annointed iron-fist ruler of ethiopia.

if you guys think you will get your freedom by begging woyanne,then forget it.just a wishful dream. the question is simple.either to be slaves to woyanne for the next 100 years or fight with everything possible to breath the wonderful air of freedom.

Right you are!! We all should stand along with UDJ and its determined leaders to revamp Kinijit’s spirit and correct all the mistakes we’ve made in the past which led to its premature demise to the satisfaction of the regime in Ethiopia. I am confident that Birtukan and her party is going to make a big difference in the political landscape of our country for the better. You believe it or not, the current regime is afraid of movements/people like Birtukan who are courageously making their cases using all the ever narrowing political space in the country than those who bent of making unending rhetoric outside Ethiopia.

degu

OBVIOUSLY THESE ayinawTa kehadis WANT TO LEAD A COMFORTABLE LIFE AND SEE SO-CALLED PARTYS AS A MEANS TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL ! THEIR WORRY IS NOT ABOUT REMOVING WEYANES FROM POWER BUT ABOUT LEADING A VERY COMFORTABLE LIFE.

SO BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE UP TO WE HAVE SIMPLY TO REJECT THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO NOT ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS.

TRAITORISM SHOULD NOT PAY !

How can a cheap provincial rabble – rouser like you accuse the UDJ leader of betrayal of the cause of the people? Can’t you see your “holy savors” with “messianic mission” at Giinnbbot 7 are nothing but self – exiled angry losers? They are inviting us into a titanic conflict and utter destruction. We will not join you.

Ethiopians from all walks of life have embraced peaceful struggle and are willing to follow Wt Beertuucan. By doing that, we have declined the offer to compromise the unity of our country, disrupt the daily lives of millions of poor, sick and hungry people and empower our enemies. We refuse to follow G7 because it does not know where it is taking us. The war option is not for us.

Much to your surprise, Ethiopians in Europe will line up to hear this civil and learned woman spurring a worldwide revival of the past Kiinnjiit in the present UDJ. Her presence will be a revelation. Among the marginalized Geennboot 7 supporters, the reaction will be uneasness at least and shame at best. G7′s leaders will surely be jealous because they will not get such a recepton any more. Let them try it and prove us wrong. The truth of TPLF/EPRDF atrocities and wholesale adoption of the same stance by the G7 will never shun us.

Beertuucan will meticulously dissect the country’s situation with keen analytical blade impliedly charting G7′s improbable “merits”, its mastery of imagery and cultivating herd mentality, and its consummate skill in exploiting weaknesses angry people. We said impliedly because she might not directly refer to G7. We wish she does. Maybe we will succeed to make her say a word or two about it.

In any case, examining the danger of war and violence by using G7′s leaders rhetorics is unavoidable. Why Beertuucan comes to Europe is to uncover the deeper causes of peaceful struggle.

We wish Beertuucan and UDJ all the best.

God bless our country.

Can’t you see you are also part of problem? Anybody who doesn’t espouse your vision of struggle is a loser and a traitor. With this kind of mentality how are we supposed to make a dent on the huge problem facing us? Can’t you just let alternative means of struggle live side by side your own brand of struggle?

who ever doesn’t agree to your idea is not a traitor or woyane! come to your senses