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.