This is Ethiopian Review Policy Research Center’s series on From Dictatorship to Democracy extracted/quoted from books and articles published by Albert Einstein Institution and similar sources.
From Dictatorship to Democracy –
“. . . tyranny can also change into tyranny. . .”
”…Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart…”
There is ample historical evidence from France (the Jacobins and Napoleon), Russia (the Bolsheviks), Iran (the Ayatollah), Burma (SLORC), and elsewhere that the collapse of an oppressive regime will be seen by some persons and groups as merely the opportunity for them to step in as the new masters. Their motives may vary, but the results are often approximately the same.
The new dictatorship may even be more cruel and total in its control than the old one. Even before the collapse of the dictatorship, members of the old regime may attempt to cut short the defiance struggle for democracy by staging a coup d’état designed to preempt victory by the popular resistance. It may claim to oust the dictatorship, but in fact seek only to impose a new refurbished model of the old one.
No one should believe that with the downfall of the dictatorship an ideal society will immediately appear. The disintegration of the dictatorship simply provides the beginning point, under conditions of enhanced freedom, for long-term efforts to improve the society and meet human needs more adequately. Serious political, economic, and social problems will continue for years, requiring the cooperation of many people and groups in seeking their resolution.
The new political system should provide the opportunities for people with varying outlooks and favored measures to continue constructive work and policy development to deal with problems in the future.
To VIEW some Critical Issues that need to be analyzed immediately that safeguard THE BIRTH OF DEMOCRACY i.e. against—- “TYRANNY CAN ALSO CHANGE INTO TYRANNY.” or ” TYRANNY AND ANARCHY ARE NEVER FAR APART.” CLICK:Some key critical issues During the birth of democracy
It is correct .there is also a possibility that it could be hijacked .I think Mesay kebede suggestion would be the best so far.Violence brings violence .
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Of course, the population must learn from past mistakes. Look what brought us, it was said, Haileselassie was the most opressive and yet Mengistu took advantage and killed more peple than HIM did, not to mentioning seemingly it is standing up for peasants, etc, destroyed the country and people with dictatorship. Today, the new comers came denouncing Mengistu and Haileselassie seemingly we have democracy, Ethiopians are in the worst situation they have ever been and silently killing many Ethiopians. What is worse ethnic division creating civil war for future. Unless we learn from our past mistakes and the antidote for sucess is acknowleding our mistakes, uniting and refusing any fake advice within or outside and move forward.
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አሁንም ከስህተታችን ካልተማርን በስተቀር ምን ጊዜም ቢሆን አንድነትን ፈጥረን ለመታገልና ወያኔ የጥፋት መልከተኛውን ለመጣል አንችልም የፖለቲካ አመለካከታችን በኪሳችን ይዘን በጋራ ስንታገል ፍላጎቱ ሲንረን ብቻ ነው እንደኔ ቦቅባቃው ለገሠ ዜናዊን ከነማፍያ ወዳጆቹ ለማስወገድ ከተፈለገ አገራችን እስክንገባ ድረስ ለሕዝብአችን አማራጭ ስንሰጠው ነው ሥልጣኑ የሕዝቡ ነው ብለን ሳናመናታ ለመቀበል ስንችል ነው
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ጎበዝ አገራችን የምንወድ ሁሉ በጋራ ለእምዬ ኢትዮጵያ ስንል እንታገልላት አይመስላቹሁም ሃያ አንድ ዓመት ሙሉ እኮ እርስ በርስ ተባላላን ወይኔን የመሰለ ጠላት ችላ በማለት እባካችሁ ሁላችንም ልብ እንግዛ
በሀቀኛ ልጆቻ ብቻ ኢትዮጵያ ዳግም ትነሣለች ብል አልጠራጠርም ሆኖም ግን ይኽን ያህል ጊዜ ግን መውሰድ አይገባነም ነበር
ጨርግደው
ከልጆቸ አንዱ
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ዲሞክራሲን ለመትከል ዝግጁ ስንሆን ወያኔ ይወድቃል:: ይህ ነገ ሊሆን ይችላል ወይም የዛሬ ሃምሳ ዓመት ሊሆን ይችላል:: ዛሬ ማታ አስበንበት የራሳችንን መብት ለማስከበርና የሌላውን መብት ለማክበር ከወሰንን ነገ ወያኔን ለማውረድ እንችላለን:: ይህንን ለመወሰን 40 ዓመት ከወሰደብን ወያኔ የዚያን ያህል ይቆያል::
ይህ ቀን እንዳይመጣ የሚታገሉ ወያኔዎች ብቻ አይደሉም:: ሁሉም ቀደም ሲል በመንግስት ወይም በጫካ የሰው ደም እጃቸው ላይ ያሉ አሁን ከአገር ውጪ ያለውን የፖሊትካ መድረክ የተቆጣጥሩ አይፈልጉም:: ለፍርድ ይቀርባሉና::
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