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EPPF restructuring continues; Mussie Tegegn is replaced

Posted on , Updated on by Elias Kifle

Chairman of the Ethiopian People’s Patriotic Front (EPPF), Arbegna Meazaw Getu, has announced that the executive committee has decided to relieve Dr Mussie Tegegn from his responsibility as head of external relations. The letter signed by Arbegna Meazaw states that effective Oct. 28, Dr Mussie cannot represent EPPF in any capacity, and that another person will be appointed soon to take over his place. (see the letter here)

The decision by the EPPF leadership to replace Dr Mussie Tegegn was made after the executive committee became dissatisfied with his performance, particularly his continued disagreements and quarrels with EPPF supporters around the world. The EPPF leadership came to believe that because of Dr Mussie’s behavior and actions, the organization was unable to get the support of Ethiopians around the world. The leadership thought that he became more of a liability than an asset to the organization.

The firing of Dr Mussue is part of the ongoing organizational restructuring of EPPF. In the next few weeks, the newly reorganized EPPF International Committee, as well as EPPF representatives in various cities around the world, will be made public. One of the main tasks of the EPPF International Committee will be to establish contacts with governments around the world, explain to them the resistance group’s mission and try to get their support. A diplomatic committee will be created to hold talks with members of the European Parliament and the U.S. Congress. EPPF hopes to help persuade the U.S. Congress to impose sanctions on the Woyanne brutal regime in Ethiopia that is destabilizing and creating wars in the Horn of Africa region.

Meanwhile, senior official of the EPPF International Committee, Ato Sileshi Tilahun, who had been visiting with the EPPF leaders and the troops in the field, is returning to London today after a three-week visit. After arriving in Eritrea’s capital Asmara, he drove over 800 km of rough road to reach EPPF camps.

EPPF chairman Arbegna Meazaw told Ethiopian Review on the phone that Ato Sileshi’s visit had been productive and thanked him (in a statement released yesterday) for coming to visit leaders and members of the organization in the field.

Ato Sileshi also held meetings with high-level Eritrean government officials in Asmara. He thanked the Government of Eritrea for providing shelter to Ethiopian freedom fighters and political refugees who have fled persecution by the brutal tribal junta in Ethiopia. Eritrean officials on their part told him that the people and government of Eritrea are on the side of Ethiopians who are fighting to liberate their country from the scourge called Woyanne that has turned the Horn of Africa region in to a perennial war zone.

In Somalia alone, over 2 million people have been made homeless by an illegal and brutal invasion of the country by the Woyanne regime. In Ethiopia, over 6 million people currently face starvation while Woyanne leaders continue to plunder the country’s resources and steal foreign aid. In the Ogaden region, Woyanne troops are engaged in indiscriminate killings of civilians and burning down entire villages, as reported by many in the international community, including some members of the United State Congress.

9 thoughts on “EPPF restructuring continues; Mussie Tegegn is replaced”

  2. We need to support EPPF; and EPPF needs to speack with one tongue. There is nothing detrimental to any organization, let alone guerilla field operation, than to have several “Spokesmen” whose performance sadly is governed by their hidden agenda. I never did like the idea of having two websites with diametrically opposing views (EPPF.net and EPPF.info) for example, both of which claiming to be the “true” representative of our fighting forces! We need genuine representatives and the EPPF needs to get rid of the clones that do not have any clear idea on how the struggle should march on!

  5. The EPPF is on the right track, this is how organizations grow, they learn from their experiences and become stronger in the long run. The key to the current EPPF success at this time is the presence of its leadership in the field, no liberation organization is successfull when its leadership is camped outside the country. Since EPPF doesn’t have the luxury of sending its representatives directly from Ethiopia to overseas to do organizational and diplomatic duties at times the organization relies on the good will of some in the diaspora who don’t necessarily understand the EPPF’s goals.

    Now thanks to EPPF’s excellent relationship with the Eritrean government the external relationship of EPPF will go smoothly unlike in the past. At this time EPPF is also coordinating its military and political operations inside Ethiopia with other armed opposition groups and hunting the mercenary Woyanne military all over Ethiopia, before too long there will be stories about territorial gain over the hapless Woyanne mercenary military. I urge Ethiopians in the diaspora to support the EPPF patriots in the field who are paying dearly with their lives instead of criticizing them. Learn from the Eritrean diaspora, over 98% of Eritreans in the diaspora supported the EPLF during the armed sturggle and it still continues to this day because the EPLF paid dearly with life and limb to bring and safeguard Eritrea’s freedom but it doesn’t mean there were no growing pains, in the early 1970s the Eritrean diaspora was not as organized as in later years, it takes time and hard work to lead a liberation struggle.

  8. We should not have to submit to the tyranny of wayanne. Bandas and cowards propagate decadent values not to face the enemy of their people. Some ( prof. Mesfin) condemn armed struggle in the name of Spiritual Morality…what a joke. The 1997 election prved, without doubt that Wayanne will never allow the transfer of power to the elected party. The decision taken by EPPF, to arm itself, and to protect its people from state violence is correct and should be supported. It is the only language waynne and its masters understand.

  9. Selamawit

    What a wonderfull news I am hearing. It is a very important action to remove Dr Muse. For the past 10 years member of EPPF have tryed to remove this Enmy of Ethiopia and Ethiopians, unfortunatley Dr Muse was untouchable and dengerous person, but this is an excellent job by EPPF leadership and its Chairman Ato Maza. I would olso apprciate Ato Sileshi Tilahun from diaspora for been at the front physiucaly and challenging Dr Muse. We all should follow his example to be practical by involving in such fasion. Ethiopian review keep up with the good work

    Thak you all
    Selamawit

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