Comments on: Blen Tamrat Layne’s Open Letter to Meles Zenawi

By: jonathan

jonathan — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:45:52 +0000

Hey, people out their let’s try and be human beings for a second. As Ethiopians we all must have some respect for this family who was with out their father. At the end of day try to separate the man from his crimes. If he is guilty he will have to deal with God at the end of the day. Don’t for one second think that you can go after the family of anyone that has harmed yours. That is wrong on so many levels. We as Ethiopians have to find another way to go about this other than attacking the family they didn’t do anything, and as far her dad. I’m sure after the time that he has served he doesn’t wasn’t to do anything except be their with his family and support them anyone he can. Now for those that think that asking him to join the movement when we as Ethiopians can’t be united for other than anything else except national matters.

By: Visitor

Visitor — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:48:38 +0000

One day GOD MAY HELP U!!

By: dawdo

dawdo — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 03:48:22 +0000

Hey Blen
Congratulation to your re-union with your father.
My advice to you is not to believe what is commented her in this site.Your father was to some extent innocent .He deserved quit enough years of his life to our country and he and your family should be proud of him.But why he be came victimized is really politics.Just it was the other minority ethnic groups agenda. His mistake was he was late to know them. But history will tell you the truth.
Just stay with no more cry.
One day may be he will be the most important for the country because he is the most man whom knows the both aspects of the Ethiopian political drama.

By: msgna

msgna — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:07:07 +0000

hey Blen,
I can’t tell u what ur father did bout 13 years ago coz I had no evidnce. But I can tell u one thing: YOUR FATHER FOUGHT FOR ALMOST ALL OF HIS LIFE TO THE FREEDOM AND LIBERATION OF ETHIOPIANS.
I wont be so surprised if I hear that ur father was arrested for a crime coz anything that can happen to a prime minister is POLITICA.
WISH U N UR LITTLE SISTER GOOD TIME WITH UR FATHER

By: Beza

Beza — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:13:54 +0000

Congratulations Blen.

Indeed, it is painfull to miss a father. Extend your thoughts to help other kids get back their Fathers. Convince your Father too, to apologize boldly to those he has directly or indirectly orchestrated to loose their loved ones.

I know his guilt is cleared off by the mighty mercy of our Lord. But it is also a fruit of the Spirit if he get up and boldly apologize to those he deeply afflicted their lives. It is true. I saw many. Tell him Harrar, Bedeno,Jigjiga, Dire Dawa. He ordered a murder campaign against Amharas.He said ” Now show them…”

So Blen, tell your daddy to do something great, uncommon, to regret the mistakes his friends and him did against that country of ours. And of course to work hard deligently to counter balance his deadly ‘mistakes’. Thousands of lives…

So Blen, tell your Daddy to stand up and tell his friends like Nathan. Nathen told King David, the extent of his sins and crimes. Tamrat can do that job now.

Remember, he must do something. You can manifest your love to your Daddy by helping him do something good to compensate the country he betrayed so long.

Keep thinking.

By: ethiopia

ethiopia — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:59:48 +0000

Tamrate killed so many amhars by his order. He has alot of blood in his hand.That is why he become protestant and live in abroad. He can not live in ethiopia

By: Tizibit

Tizibit — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:21:01 +0000

Dear Blen congradulation!!!

Please!!!!
It is not fair to comment,,,,, with out firm evidence about her father.

By: Amara

Amara — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:11:25 +0000

Dear Blen,
I would, foremost, like to congratulate you for the release of your father six years ahead. You are by now 16. Imagine how old you would be if it were after 6 years yet… you would be 22. That is the most important thing.
As an Ethiopian HERO, relevant credits should be forwarded to your father too. But, you should be reliefed for the florishing DEMOCRACY in our country.
Dear Blen,
My father was a soldier of the DERG regime. I have many friends whose fathers were coleagues of my father. Most of the times, they blindly pronounce hatred on the present government. But, your father and his coleagues have really done fantastic job for Ethiopians except for the mistakes by your father later on.
So, never get confused by the improper comments from thoose individuals who used to loot the Ethiopian peopls’ treasury by the name of ESEPA. They were the LORDS and the general public were PEASANTS.
Dear Blen,
This time, farmers are being AWARDED for the good job for themselves,… and this was the AIM of your father, though he made the mistake later.
I wish you happy moments for the reunited family,
Merry X-mas

By: Ethiopian

Ethiopian — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:02:29 +0000

I don’t want to be rude and I won’t since you have no hand in whatever your father was involved in but i want to congratulate you on your father’s freedom and wish you a very successful life as an Ethiopian not as the descendant of the party your father served before, you can always redeem poor Ethiopian citizens abused by the woyanne regime your father belonged to. Stay with your innocent spotless mind, and make it up for Ethiopians, that is when you will feel that you have personally freed your father’s wrong doing, it will be like freeing him from prison, standout and speak for your fellow Ethiopians. As far as I am concerned, your father maybe physically free but not morally yet.
Thank you and Merry Christmas

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:00:37 +0000

Blen,

I don’t mean to be mean to you but you should know the truth. As #3 comment tells it, the money that helped your mom, you and your sisters to escape to rich country and enjoy is the Money your father stole from the poor Ethiopian people. Remember, your father and Melese were living in a jungle walking barefoot, wearing worn out kahki shorts and use to drink suger disolved in water because they had no food to eat. They got rich after they seized power at a gun point and by stealing money from Ethiopian people.

I know truth hurt, it is the truth and you should ask your father why he stole money from Ethiopian poor people and why he used his power that he illegally obtained to abuse, kill and put Ethiopian people in jail?

Ask him does his friend Meles respect human rights in Ethiopia?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:09:11 +0000

If Tamerat stands against weyane when he realsed we dont mind. However, if Tamerat stays the same as he used to be 12 years ago. He was one of the most racist and criminal person along the other members of weyane, so we will put him back in jail for the crime he comitted when ethiopia liberated.

We would not forget tamerat’s anti amahra propaganda that had been a cause for the masscare of many tousands of amahars in arba gugu, bedeno and other oromia regions.

Anyway, i dont care about one racist and criminal person tamerat who had commited many crimes along the other weyane crimianal groups. Tamerat had also robbed so much ethiopian treasury that his wife and kids are now enjoying in North America, a money that beleongs to millions of poor ethiopians.

By: Ambabi

Ambabi — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:52:03 +0000

Tamirat join EPPF and do not waste time. That is the only way you can show the ppl of ethiopia your inocence if you are.

By: getachew

getachew — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:45:57 +0000

Congratulations Blen for the release of your father!!! I feel the pain of being raised w/o dad.
But please don’t forget to remind your father that it was all a punishment for what he did on Ethiopian People(specifically Amhara). He is still responsible for the 1990′s brutless slaughtering of the Amhara. Shame on him. I want to see how he would pay back for that.
Congratulations again!!