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ኣብዚ ሳልስቲ ፕረዚደንት ኢሳያስ ኣፍወርቂ ‘ንመሪሕነት መድረኽ ዝእድብ’ ዝበሎ ስጉምቲ ክውሰድ መምርሒ ከም ዘመሓላለፈ  ሬድዮ መድረኽ ምንጭታታ ብምጥቃስ ሓቢራ። እታ ሬድዮ እቲ ‘ዝእድብ ስጉምቲ’ እንታይ ሙዃኑ ዝሕብር ዝርዝር ከምዘየብሉ ጠቒሳ፡ ፕረሰደንት ኢሳያስ መምርሒ ክህብ እንከሎ ኣስማት ኣባላት መሪሕነት መድረኽ ከም ዝረቖሐ ገሊጻ።

እቲ መምርሒ “ነዞም ሰባት ኣፎም ዘትሕዝ ስጉምቲ” ዝብል ሕመረት ከም ዘለዎ ዝሓበረ ዜና ሬድዮ መድረኽ፡ እቲ መምርሒ ኣብ ቅድሚ ኣባላት ሃገራዊ ድሕነት፡ ኣዘዝቲ ሰራዊትን ኣባላት ሓለዋ ቤት ጽሕፈት ፕረሲደንትን ብኽፉት ኣገባብ ከም ዝተዋህበ’ውን ጠቒሱ። ምስዚ ብዝተተሓሓዘ ኣንበሳደር ኤርትራ ኣብ ኬንያ ብወገኑ ኣብ ልዕሊ ሓለፍቲ መድረኽ ግቡእ ስጉምቲ ክንወስድ ኢና ክብል ከም ዝፈከረ እቲ ሓበሬታ ብተወሳኺ ኣቃሊዑ።

እዚ ከምዚሉ እንከሎ ዋንነቱ ናይ ነፍስሄር ሜጀር ጀነራል ገ/እዚኣብሄር ዓንደማርያም (ውጩ) ዝኾነ ኣባይቲ ኣብ ክተማ ኣስመራ ብ2 ሰነ 2017 ብትእዛዝ ጀነራል ፍሊጶስ ወልደየውሃንስ ከም ዝተዓሸገ እዛ ሬድዮ ኣብ ናይ 13 ሰነ 2017 ፈነወ  ኣቃሊሓ። እቲ ዝተዓሸገ ክልተ ኣባይቲ፡ እቲ ሓደ ኣብ ቪላጆ ከባቢ ፋብሪካ ዓለባን ኣብ ሓዝሓዝን ከም ዝርከብ ከኣ እቲ ዜና ሓቢሩ። እዚ “ብምምሕዳራ ዞባ ማኣከል ተዓስጉ” ዝብል ማሕተም ዝዓረፎ ኣባይቲ ብስም መብራህቱ ናይዝዚ ዝተመዝገበ እዩ ነይሩ።

እቲ ዜና ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ጀነራል ፍሊጶስ ኣብ ጽልእን ምፍዳይ ሕነን ተጸሚዱ ከም ዝርከብ ጠቒሱ፡ ካብዚ መንፈስዚ ነቒሉ ብቐጻሊ ሰባት ምእሳርን ውልቃዊ ረብሓ ንምርካብ እሱራት ኣብ ምፍታሕን ተዋፊሩ ከም ዘሎ ገሊጹ።

 ኣብ ከምዚ ሕጂ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝረአ ዘሎ ጥቕምን ምጥፍፋእን ዝዓብለሎ ምምሕዳር ካብ ተሓታትነት ንምህዳም ብዝተፈላለየ መደናገሪ ኣስማት ንብረት ምሕባእን ውልቃዊ ቅርሕንቲ ዝዓብለሎ ስጉምቲ ምውሳድን ዝተለምደ እዩ።

ጉዳይ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኤርትራ ዝከታተል ኣካል ሕቡራት ሃገራት ብ14 ሰነ 2017 4ይ ዓመታዊ ጸብጻብ ወ/ሮ ኪታሩት ምስ ተኸታተለ ኣዝዩ ሰንቢዱ። መብዛሕተኦም ኣብ መበል 35 ኣኼባ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ሕቡራት ሃገራት ጀነቫ ዝተሳተፉ ልኡኻት ሃገራትን ብሰብኣዊ መሰል ዝሕለቑ ሲቪላዊ ማሕበራትን ኣብ ዝሃብዎ መግለጽታት: ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ኩነታት ሰብኣዊ መሰል ብዘይምቕያሩ ኣዝዮም ሓዚኖም። ካብዚ ሓሊፎም “ኣብ መጻኢኸ እንታይ እዩ ክግበር?” ዝብል ሕቶ ኣቕሪቦም። ናይተን ማውሪታንያዊት ጠበቓ ኪታሩት በሊሕን ቀጥታውን መልሲ ከኣ እቲ ፍታሕ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቦም ኮነ ኢሎም ገበን ምስ ዝፍጽሙ ሓለፍቲ  “ ኣብ ዕባራ ዋጋ ዕዳጋ ምውራድ ዘይኮነስ ልዕልና ሰብኣዊ መሰል ምርግጋጽ ጥራይ እዩ” ዝብል ነይሩ።

ወ/ሮ ኪታሩት፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ ቀጻሊ ማእሰርቲ፡ ምስዋር፡ ምስቓይ፡ ሞትን እቲ ኣብ ናይ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ጸብጻብ መርማሪ ኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኤርትራ ዝተዘርዘረ ግህሰታትን ኩሉ  ቀጻሊ ከምዘሎ ነቲ ባይቶ ገሊጸናሉ። ሓለፍቲ ኤርትራ ዋላ ውሱን ነጥቢ ካብቲ ዝቐረበሎም ለበዋታትን ከመሓይሹ ዝኣተዉዎ መብጸዓን ንምትግባር ዘርኣይዎ ዝኾነይኹን ተገዳስነት ከም ዘየለ ጠቒሰን።

እቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ንክመሓየሽ ዝሓትት ሓሳብ ንነዊሕ ግዜ ክቐርብ እንከሎ መልሲ ዘይምርካቡ፡ ብጉዳይ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ንዝግደሱ ክኢላታት ከም ንቡር ተግባር ዝውሰድ ኣይኮነን። እተን ወይዘሮ ሓድሽ ኮነ ናይ ቀደም መፍትሒ ኢለን ዘቕረበኦ ሓሳበን ከምዘይትግበር’ኳ ዝፈልጣ እንተኾና ናብቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝገዝእ ዘሎ ጉጅለ ሕጂ እውን መፍትሒ ሓሳብ ካብ ምቕራብ ዓዲ ኣይወዓላን።

እቲ ወ/ሮ ኪታሩት ናብ ምዕራባውያን ደሞክራስያውያን ዘቕረበኦ ሓሳብ ክብደት ዝወሃቦ ካብ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ ንዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ሲቪላዊ ማሕበራት ዓቕሞም ዘዕቢ ደገፍ ምሃብ እዋናውን ግድነታውን ምዃኑ ዝጽውዕ ብምዃኑ እዩ።

ካብቶም ኣብቲ ኣኼባ ዝተዛረቡ 30 ወገናት 80% ዝኾኑ ዘቕረብዎ ሓሳብ ነቲ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ዝፍጽሞ ዘሎ በደላት ዝኹንን ነቲ ንጉዳይ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝምርምር ዘሎ ኣካል ግዜ ክናወሓሉ ዘለዎ ኣድላይነት ዘመላኽትን ነይሩ። ብ6 ሰነ 2017 ዝተኸፍተ መበል 35 ኣኼባ ባይቶ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ሕቡራት ሃገራት 23 ሰነ 2017 ክፍጸምዩ።

A few hours before the UN Human Rights Council started its agenda on Eritrea on 14 June, the Eritrean Law Society and other sister human rights organizations held a side-event on Eritrea to discuss alternative avenues other than the ICC and regional mechanisms in the attempt of bringing to accountability those persons who allegedly committed crimes against humanity in Eritrea in the period 1991 to 2016.

Panelists at the well attended Eritrea side-event, that was moderated by Dr. Daniel R. Mekonnen of the Eritrean Law Society, included Mr. Suzko Lungu, a law expert from the South African Litigation Center; Mr. Adam Kunfu, Eritrean family member of a victim, and Ms Rita Mazzochi, from the Nairobi-based Horn of Africa Civil Society Forum.

Dr. Daniel Mekonnen stated in his opening remarks that last year's conclusions and recommendations of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea will take time to be implemented through international and regional mechanisms.  Meanwhile, it is incumbent upon Eritrean and fraternal civil society activists to search for other mechanisms for serving justice.

He stated that alternative avenues include trying to bring to accountability those persons suspected of having committed "crimes against humanity" at regional or national courts of law outside Eritrea.  Mr. Suzko Lungu spoke on the relevance of physical presence of suspected criminals for prosecution although investigations can be initiated in the absence of those suspects.  Eritrean civil society need to compile sufficient evidence on such cases although the country where the case is initiated outside Eritrea can also make its own assessments.

Young Adam Kunfu narrated the story of the disappearance of his father and a dozen other Sanafe residents in 2002 and how much families of victims suffer by the actions of the Eritrean regime. Ms Rita Mazzochi explained in greater details the aims and activities of the Horn of Africa Civil Society Forum and its significance in handling human rights issues in the countries it covers.

In the discussion that followed, discussants considered the expected role of civil society and what the African Union can do in implementing the UN COI decisions.

Earlier day, 13 June, the Eritrean regime also organized a self-propagation event at which Eritrean justice seekers challenged the falsehoods stated by the same regime envoy, Wedi Gerhatu.

After listening to the 4th annual report of  Ms Sheila Keetharuth, the UN Human Rights Rapporteur for Eritrea on Wednesday, 14 June,  majority of country delegations and civil  society advocacies to the  35th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva expressed  in their statements deep frustration over the unchanged human rights situation in Eritrea, many a speaker asked what is to be done about it. The quick  and sharp response of the Mauritian lawyer, Keetharuth, was: respecting "the supremacy of human rights" and not  treating human rights as "bargaining chips" in a way of appeasing with perpetrators of heinous crimes against their own people.

Ms Keetharuth told the Council that arbitrary arrests, disappearances, torture, death and the long list of abuses stated in the UN Commission of Inquiry's report on Eritrea a year ago are still continuing and that the Eritrean authorities did not show the slightest interest  or intention to change the situation by implementing at least some of the UN  recommendations to it or the pledges it made at the Universal Periodic Reviews to the UN body.

For UN expert, it is "no business as usual" on human rights in Eritrea where all calls for improvement of the situation have been ignored for too long. Yet, she did not stop making additional recommendations to the Eritrean regime while knowing well that her recommendations, old and new, will remain unimplemented.

Ms Keetharuth's call to western democracies to kindly respect "the supremacy of human rights" in Eritrea was further qualified by her recommendation that it is time to forcefully build the capacity of Eritrean civil society movements in the diaspora.

Over 80% of the 30 speakers who made interventions at the meeting on Eritrea spoke against the excesses of the repressive regime in Asmara and appeared to be willing to extend the mandate the UN rapporteur for Eritrea. The 35th Session of the UN HR Council, which opened on 6 June, is due to end by 23rd June.

ብዕለት 11.06.2017 ጨንፈር ፍራንክፎርትን ከባቢኣን ስሩዕ ኣኼባኡ ኣካይዱ። ኣኼባ ብሰናይ ምንዮት ብኣቦ መንበር ድሕሪ ምኽፋቱ፡ ሰዓት 14፡00 ኣኼባ ተጀሚሩ ኣብቲ ኣጀንዳታት ተኣትዩ። ዝነበሩ ኣጀንዳታት ድማ፡-

1 - እማመ ሰደህኤ፤

2 - ሰልፍኻ ምፍላጥ፤

3 - ዲሞክራሲ ኣብ ሰልፍኻ ይጅምር፤

4 - ግፍዕታት ህግደፍን ፖሊሲኡን፤ ዝብሉ ኔሮም።

ኣኼበኛ ነቲ ብ4 ሰነ 2017 ብሰደህኤ ዝወጸ “ እማመ ንሓባራዊ ዕዮ ተቓወምቲ ውድባት ኤርትራ ” ድሕሪ ምንባብን ኣብ ትሕዝቶኡ ምርድዳእን፡ ሓባራዊ ዕዮ ተቓወምቲ ሓይልታት ንስርዓት ህግደፍ ዕድሜኡ ዘሕጽርን፡ ራህዋ ህዝብና ዘረጋግጽን ምኻኑ ብምእማን፡ ደገፌታኡ ገሊጹን ብወገን ተቓወምቲ ሓይልታት ድማ ኣወንታዊ መልሲ ክረክብን፡ ኣገዳስን ቅድመ-ተደላይነትን ዘለዎ ጉዳይ ምዃኑን ኣስሚሩሉ።

ብድሕሪ‘ዚ ሰልፍኻ ምፍላጥን ዲሞክራሲ ኣብ ሰልፍኻ ክጅምር ከም ዘለዎን ዝብሉ ኣርእስትታት ኣልዒሉ፡ ስርዒታዊ ቅርጻ ሰልፍና ከመይ ከም ዝመስል ብፍላይ ሓደስቲ መንእሰያት ክፈልጡዎም ዘለዎም ጉዳይ ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ብስክሪን ዝተሰነየ ሰፊሕ መግለጺ ብሓው ንጉሰ ጸጋይ ተዋሂቡ። እዚ ቅዋምን ስርዒታዊ ቅርጻን ከምኡ‘ውን ሰልፋዊ መደብ-ዕዮን ድማ መሰረት ናይቲ ዲሞክራስያዊ ኣሰራርሓን ልዕልነት ሕግን ኣብቲ ድሕሪ ውድቀት ስርዓት ህግደፍ ክንሃንጾ እንደሊ ዘሎና ዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ብቐዳምነት ሰልፍና ኣብ ውሽጡ ዝሰርሓሉ ዘሎ ምዃኑ ተዘርዚሩ። ስለዚ ዲሞክራስያውን ሕጋውን ኣሰራርሓ ኣብ ሰልፍኻ ክጅምር ስለ ዝግብኦ፡ ነዚ ኣሰራርሓዚ ድማ ክንከላኸለሉ ምዃንና ኣኼበኛ ተመባጺዑ።

ቀጺሉ‘ውን ኣባል ጨንፈር ሽማግለ መንእሰይ ክብሮም ዓንዶም፡ ብስክሪን ዝተሰነየ ኩሉ ግፍዕታትን ናይ ሓሶት ወፈራን ህግደፍን፡ ጸረ ህዝቢ ዝኾነ ውሽጣውን ወጻእን ፖሊሲታቱን ብሰፊሕ ገሊጹ። ኣብ መግለጺኡ፡ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ንህዝቡ ኣርዒዱን ኣሳቕዩን ብምሓዝ ዝጥቀመሎም መሳርሒታት ድማ ንህዝቢ ምግፋዕን ምእሳርን፡ ምስዋርን፡ ምቕንጻልን፡ ኩሉ ዝከኣሎ እገዳታት ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቡ ተጠቒሙ ንህዝቡ ምምዝማዝን፡ ኣብ ውሽጥን ወጻእን ካብ ዝነብሩ ህዝብና ብ2% ይኹን ካልእ ዘይሕጋዊ ምዝመዛን ወዘተ . . . ምኻኖም ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ኣኼባታትን ቃለ መሓትታትን ባዕሎም ኢሳያስ ይኹን የማነ ገ/ኣብ ዝሃብዎ መግለጺታትን ናይ ሓሶትን ምድንጋራትን ብስክሪን ኣሰንዩ ኣብሪሁ። በዚ ግፍዕታት‘ዚ መሰረት፡ ኣብ ወርሒ ካብ 3-4 ሽሕ ህዝብና እስደድ ከም ዘሎ‘ውን ንሕሱም ስደት ዘርኢ ስእልታት ኣቕሪቡ። ኣብ ደርጊ ይኹን ኣብ ካልኦት ወጻእተኛታት ገዛእቲ ተራእዩ ዘይፈልጥ መልክዕ ጭቆና ከም ዘዘውትር ድማ ኣብሪሁ። ዝተፈላለዩ ምንጭታት ከም ናይ ሜሮን እስቲፋኖስን፡ ክብሮም ዳፍላን፡ ከምኡ‘ውን ካልኦት ነቲ ስርዓት ራሕሪሖም ዝመጹ ዝሃብዎ ሓበሬታታትን እውን ብስክሪን እናኣርኣየ ብዝርዝር ገሊጹ።

ኣብ መደምደምታ መግለጺኡ ድማ፡ ንሕና ህዝቢ ኤርትራኸ ነዚ ንምምካት እንታይ ክንገብር ኣሎና? ትም ኢልና ዲና ከምኡ ኢልና እናጠፋእና ክንነብር ወይስ ክንቃለሶ? ዝብል ሕቶ ኣልዒሉ ድማ፡ ብከመይ ጌርና ክንቃለሶን ከም ህዝቢ‘ውን እገዳታት ክንገብረሉን ንኩሉ ረብሓታቱን ናይ ምዝመዛ መሳርሒታቱን እምቢ ብምባል፡ ፍርሒ ኣወጊድና ብትሪ ክንቃለሶን ተላብዩ።

በዚ ድማ ልክዕ ሰዓት 16፡30 ኣኼባ ብዝክረ-ሰማእታት ተደምዲሙ።

ክልተ ብጉዳይ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ዝግደሱ ኣካላት፡ ናብ ዋና ጸሓፊ ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣንቶኒዮ ጉተረስ ኣብ ዝለኣኽዎ ተሪር መልእኽቲ፡ ንወ/ሮ ክሪስቲን ኡሙተኒ ኣብ ኤርትራ ናይ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣወሃሃዲት ሰብኣውነትን ወኪል ልምዓትዊ ፕሮግራምን ሕጋውን ርትዓውን ኣሰራርሓ ናይቲ ትካል ብምጥሓስ ናይ ጨቋኒ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ተሓላቒትን መሳሳይትን  ብምዃነን  ተኸሲሰን። ምስአን ኣብ ክንዲ ወጻዒ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ኮይኖም ብምስራሕ ዝተኸሱ ከኣ ኣብ ኤርትራ ክኢላ ልምዓታዊ ፕሮግራም ኮይኖም ዝተመደቡ ኣቶ መንሱር ኤ ሚርዛ እዮም።

ኣብ ለንደን ዝመደበሩ ብጉዳይ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኤርትራ ዝግደስ ማእከልን ዓለም ለኻዊ ክርስትያናዊ ምሕዝነትን ብ7 ሰነ 2017 ናብ ዋና ጸሓፊ ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣብ ዝለኣኽዎ መልእኽቲ፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ እዞም ክልተ ኣንጻር ተልእኮ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ዝሰርሑ ዘለዉ ብህጹጽ ተመጣጣኒ ስጉምቲ ንክወስድ ተማሕጺኖም። እቲ መልእኽቲ እዞም ኣካላት ብንጹር ኣብ ከክንዲ ጨቋኒ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ብምስርሖምን ኣንጻር ተልእኮ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ምዃኖምን ጠቒሱ። ወ/ሮ ኡምኑቶን መዳመቒት ኤርትራውያን ላዕለዎት ሓለፍቲ፡ ፕረሲደንታዊ ኣማኻሪ የማነ ገብረኣብን ወጻኢ ጉዳይ ምኒስተር  ዑስማን ሳልሕን ዝበበሃላ ብዘይምኽንያት ከምዘይኮነ ከኣ እቲ መልእኽቲ ጥቒሱ። .

እተን ወኪል ልምዓታዊ ፕሮግራም  ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ነቲ ብመርማሪ ኣካል ሰብኣዊ መሰል ሕቡራት ሃገራት ብሱሩዕ ኣገባብ ዝተበጽሐ መደምደምታ ክነጽጋ ዝጸንሓ እየን። ንሰን ብኣንጻሩ፡ ኣብ ኣስመራ ዘሎ ጨቋኒ ጉጅለ፡ ሓገዝትን መወልትን ክረክብን ድምጹ ዝስመዓሉን ኣገዳሲ መሓዛ ምዃኑ ዝሰብከሉን መድረኻት ከም ዝረክብ ምግባር ቀዳማይ ዕማመን ገይረን ዝንቀሳቐሳ እየን።

በተመሳሳሊ መሓዘኣን ኣቶ መንሱር ሚርዛ፡ ኣብቲ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ዝተኻየደ ናይ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ንሰብኣዊ መሰል ኤርትራ ዝምልከት ኣኼባ ተሳቲፎም ንረብሓ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ዝከላኸሉን ነቲ ብኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰልን ካለኦት ኣካልትን ዝተበጽሐ መደምደምታ ንኤርትራ ዝምልከት ሓቀኛ ምስሊ ዝቃወሙን ዝነበሩ እዮም። 

እቲ ናብ ዋና ጸሓፊ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣንቶኒዮ ጉተረስ ዝተላእከ መልእኽቲ ብዶ/ር ካታዛ ካብ ዓለምለኻዊ ክርስትያናዊ ምሕዝነትን ወ/ሮ ኤልሳ ጭሩምን እዩ ተኸቲሙ። እዚ መልእኽቲ እዞም ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘለዉ ክልተ ወከልቲ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ዝፍጽምዎ ዘለዉ ተግብራት “ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ክልተ ተገራጨውቲ ድምጽታት እዩ ዘስምዕ፡ ንሱ ድማ በቲ ሓደ ወገን ኣብ ኤርትራ ጨካን ገበን ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ይፍጸም ከምዘሎን ክጽናዕ ከም ዝግበኦን ዝኣምን፡ በቲ ካልእ ወገን ድማ ካብ ኩነታት ሰብኣዊ ኩነታት ፈሊኻ ዘይረአ ክነሱ፡ ናጻ ናይ ምቁጽጻር መስርሕ ኣብ ዘየብሉ ህሞት ኣብ ኤርትራ ቁጠባዊ ዕቤት ከም ዘሎ ከንጸባርቕ ይፍትን” ብዝብል ተገራጭውቲ ሓሳብ ከም ዝቃልሑ ጠቒሱ።

In a strongly-worded message to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, two human rights advocacy organizations charged Ms Christine Umutoni, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP-Eritrea country representative, of becoming "cheerleader" and top promoter of the repressive Eritrean regime by violating standard rules of conduct that govern international civil servants. Blamed as her collaborator in blindly working on behalf of the Eritrean regime is Mr. Mansoor A. Mirza, a UNDP policy specialist assigned to Asmara, Eritrea.

In their message dated 7 June 2017, the London-based Human Rights Concern-Eritrea and Christian Solidarity Worldwide, made an urgent request to the UN Secretary General to take appropriate measures against the errant two UNDP officials, who have literally become unrepresentative of the UN mission by devotedly speaking and acting on behalf of the dictatorship in Eritrea. It was not for nothing that Ms Umutoni was mockingly listed as one of the trio-foreign ministers of Eritrea together with presidential advisor Yemane Ghebreab and Mr. Osman Saleh.

The UNDP representative was undermining the conclusions of the UN Inquiry Commission and negating the glaring facts regularly presented by the UN Human Rights Rapporteur on Eritrea. She also reportedly took it as her priority job to meet donors in private and open forums to promote the Asmara regime and attended hearings and conferences to tell that Eritrea has a regime which is a credible partner in development efforts.

Similarly, her UNDP colleague, Mr. Mansoor Mirza, reportedly attended last year's UN Human Rights Council meetings and was spotted to be lobbying on behalf of the Eritrean regime and against the UN COI and the UN Human Rights Rapporteur.  

Signed by Dr. Khataza Gondwe  of the Christian Solidarity Worldwide and Ms Eliabeth Chyrum of the Human Rights Concern-Eritrea, the message to Mr. Antonio Guterres underlined that the actions of  the two UN officials have already created the impression that "the UN speaks with  two mutually negating voices: one which recognises that atrocity crimes are underway and seeks to address this urgently, and another which appears to overlook atrocity crimes and other grave violations, disregards the inalienability of human rights and, despite the human rights upfront initiative, accepts claims of economic advancement blindly in spite of the absence of independent verification mechanisms".

خلال الستة وعشرين سنة المنصرمة من عمر الاستقلال الوطني تعرض الشعب الارتري لمخاطر شاملة تتهدد وجوده، ولا يختلف اثنان في أن السبب في ذلك هو نظام الهقدف الدكتاتوري، بيد أن وضع جميع الأسباب والعيوب في سلة النظام يعيق تحرك المعارضة نحو إصلاح ذاتها وتحسس مواقع ضعفها، مما أدَّى ويؤدي دوماً الي إطالة عمر النظام.

مع كل ما اعترى المعارضة من ضعف وقصور إلا أن قدرتها علي تأكيد وجودها علي أرض الواقع أمر يحسب لها مهما كانت أدوارها ضئيلة ومتفاوتة في قوتها. كما لا ننسى جهود المعارضة في حل مشكلاتها ومساعيها الوحدوية ومحاولاتها تأطير نفسها في أطر وتحالفات جبهوية. ومما هو جدير بالتنويه والإشادة في نضالات المعارضة لمعالجة مشكلاتها اتفاقها علي تحديد الحد الأدنى من نقاط اتفاقها واختلافها. النقاط الواردة أدناه تكاد لا تخلو منها وثيقة من وثائق تنظيمات المعارضة الارترية لذا يجب أن نعتبرها حجر الأساس الذي نقيم عليه اللبنة الأولى لمشروع العمل المشترك بيننا، ألا وهي الآتي نصها:

1-    المحافظة علي السيادة الارترية

2-    إسقاط نظام الهقدف الدكتاتوري واستئصال دعائمه القمعية

3-    إبدال نظام الهقدف الدكتاتوري بنظام ديمقراطي شعبي تعددي

4-    الإقرار بحكم القانون والحقوق الديمقراطية وكافة الحريات الأساسية للشعب

عند تقييمنا لمسيرة العمل المشترك ماضياً وحاضراً وإن كانت مظلاته الجامعة لا بأس بها إلا أنه كثيراً ما كان ينقصها أن تكون أوعيتها المشتركة شاملةً للجميع. إن ما قامت به المعارضة من جهود لتقوية وتعزيز معسكر المعارضة من محاولات اندماجية أو جبهوية يجب أن يكون من مرغباتنا في بذل المزيد من تلك الجهود لا وضع المعيقات أمامها.

وضعنا الراهن يحتم علينا الخروج من حالة التقوقع والانطواء علي الذات الي رحاب أعلى مستويات العمل المشترك. يجب أن نشرع فوراً في تكوين مظلة وطنية جامعة تشمل المؤطرين في أطر جبهوية وغير المؤطرين. علينا الاستفادة من جميع أخطائنا السابقة لتحويل معسكر المعارضة الي قوة فعالة في مواجهة الهقدف عدوها المشترك.

من أبرز سلبيات عملنا المظلي المشترك في السابق قيامه في ظل أجواء تسودها روح التنافس الشديد، الأمر الذي أربك ترتيب أولوياتنا. إن من أولى أولوياتنا الآن إزالة الدكتاتورية الجاثمة علي صدر شعبنا. لكننا بدلاً من أن نقدم المقدم من الأولويات أخرناه وقدمنا المؤخر والثانوي من الأولويات. إن عدم مراعاة ترتيب الأولويات بعثر جهودنا ودفن عملنا المشترك في غياهب التنافس الأعمى. وإذا استمر الحال هكذا فسوف يطول عمر الدكتاتورية ويزداد شعبنا بؤساً وضياعاً.

لكي يتغير الحال البائس، ويقصر أمد الدكتاتورية، ويتحسن حال شعبنا ويزدهر، فإن حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الارتري يناشد جميع من يهمهم أمر العمل المشترك لاستئصال الدكتاتورية الخروج من هذه المتاهة ووضع حصان العمل المشترك أمام عربة ذلك العمل.

حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الارتري منطلقاً من هذا الفهم الذي لا يخلط بين الأولويات ولا تسيطر عليه روح التنافس والاحتواء يتقدم بهذا النداء الذي نرى أن يكون محل إجماع والتفاف الجميع، كما يبدي الحزب استعداده التام للجلوس علي مائدة الحوار مع من لهم الرغبة الملحة والمصلحة الأكيدة في تلبية مطلب بناء مظلة وطنية جامعة اليوم قبل الغد.

هذه المظلة الجامعة سوف تصب جميع جهودها في التصدي لمهمة إسقاط النظام الدكتاتوري، وبما أن جميع القوى والعناصر المكونة للمظلة هي الأخرى يجمعها معاً هدف إسقاط النظام لابد أن تعطي الهدف المشترك الأولوية القصوى. علي أن يقاس جهد وإسهام أيٍّ من مكونات المظلة بمدى الإخلاص في خدمة الهدف المشترك وحجم العطاء والمساهمة في إنجازه.

ما أقمناه من أحزاب أو تحالفات جبهوية هي الأخرى يجب أن تخدم الهدف المشترك لا أن تعيقه، لذلك واضعين في الاعتبار قدسية الهدف المشترك نتوجه بالنداء الحار لكل التنظيمات والتحالفات القائمة كي تتحاور ثنائياً وجماعياً من أجل إقامة كيان مظلي جامع قوي وفعال.

هذا الكيان الجامع يجب أن يسخر جهده بالدرجة الأولى في خدمة المهام التالية:

1-    تكوين وفد خارجي مشترك ناطق باسم معسكر المعارضة في المحافل الخارجية: جهودنا الدبلوماسية المتفرقة لم تعد مجدية، وكل الجهات الصديقة التي نلتقيها تنصح بالعمل المشترك لمعسكر المعارضة، لذا فإن تفويض وفد خارجي مشترك سوف يجعل عملنا المعارض أكثر فاعلية، بالطبع لن توقف التنظيمات السياسية والمنظمات المدنية نشاطها الدبلوماسي القائم الآن، لكن المطلوب منها أن تسخر كل مكاسبها الدبلوماسية وغيرها في خدمة المهام المشتركة، علي أن يتكون الوفد من عناصر ذات تجربة وكفاءة في العمل الدبلوماسي دون اشتراط انتمائها جميعاً الي التنظيمات المكونة للكيان الجبهوي. يلتقي الوفد بالهيئات الحكومية وغير الحكومية لجلب الدعم المادي والأدبي للمعارضة. يصدر البيانات ويخاطب المحافل الإقليمية والدولية باسم معسكر المعارضة. يكون الوفد مسئولاً أمام الكيان المشترك وفي ذات الوقت يتمتع بحرية اتخاذ ما يراه مناسباً من الخطوات والسياسات الفعالة الداعمة لعمله. يتلقى الوفد الموجهات والخطوط العامة من قيادة الكيان ويقدم لها تقارير نشاطاته.

2-    إقامة جهاز اعلامي مشترك يتحدث باسم معسكر المعارضة:

     أداؤنا الاعلامي المتفرق أيضاً لم يعد مجدياً، لذا علينا إقامة أجهزة اعلامية ناجعة تتحدث باسم الكيان وتكون مسئولة أمام قيادته ويعمل بها خبراء اعلاميون من تنظيمات الكيان وخارجها. بالطبع المؤسسة الاعلامية المشتركة ليست بديلاً عن عملنا الاعلامي المنفرد المملوك للأفراد والتنظيمات والمنظمات. لكن بالضرورة الكل مطالب بإعطاء الأولوية للعمل المشترك.

3-    إقامة هيئة لإدارة ومتابعة العمل الجماهيري:

إقامة هيئة تعمل علي توسيع دائرة القواعد الجماهيرية لمعسكر المعارضة، ذلك علي الرغم من أن الشعب هو الخلفية الداعمة للعمل السياسي المعارض، إلا أن العمل في هذا المجال لم يأخذ نصيبه المستحق من الانتباه والمتابعة. الأمر الذي أجبر الشعب علي اتخاذ المبادرات الذاتية لتنظيم نفسه، إلا أن تلك الجهود لا شك تعتريها روح المنافسة التي تعاني منها الساحة السياسية الارترية ككل. لذا تكثر الصراعات والمشادَّات في العمل المتفق علي محتواه وهدفه بدلاً من التعاون علي إنجازه. ومع نقدنا لهذه الروح السالبة في العمل الجماهيري المشترك نشيد بالمبادرات الذاتية مثل لجان المدن التي تنسق بين كل الراغبين في العمل لإسقاط النظام علي مستوى المدينة الواحدة، كما يجب علي الآخرين غير المنظمين الاحتذاء بهذا النموذج لدعم وتمثيل المعارضة في جميع أنحاء العالم، وبذلك ننجز سوياً – الشعب وقواه السياسية – المهمة الملقاة علي عاتقنا -  مهمة إسقاط النظام الدكتاتوري الغاشم.مثل هذه الهيئة المكلفة بإدارة ومتابعة العمل وسط الجماهير يمكن تكوينها من التنظيمات الارترية، علي أن تنسق الهيئة عملها مع لجان المدن السابقة التكوين وترفع تقاريرها لقيادة المظلة الوطنية.

المظلة المراد إقامتها تتخذ من المهام الثلاث أعلاه منصة انطلاق للعمل المشترك وتتطور حسب الظروف والأجواء الي مرحلة ومستوى أكثر تطوراً وفعالية.

حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الارتري يبدي استعداده التام ورغبته التامة للتحاور فوراً مع كل من يبدي الرغبة والاستعداد لتقبـُّــل مشروعه هذا والتحاور حوله ومن ثم لعب دوره في إقامة الكيان الوطني المعارض.

تأبـَـى الرماحُ إذا اجتـَــمـْــعـْــــنَ تكســُّــــرا ***** وإذا افـتـَـــرَقـْــنَ تكســَّــــــرتْ آحادا

حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الارتري

4 يونيو 2017م

In the past 26 years of Eritrea's independent existence, our people have faced multiple harmful challenges threatening the very existence of the nation. It is indisputable that the primary culprit and source of Eritrea's tribulations has been the autocratic PFDJ regime, misnamed the 'People's Front for Democracy and Justice'. However, putting all the blame on the regime does not help in making a national soul-searching and addressing one's own shortcomings in a proper manner. It is time to admit that the failure of the Eritrean opposition camp to play an effective role contributed in the suffering and displacement of the Eritrean people; the opposition camp - the camp of change and justice seekers - so far did very little to shorten the days of absolute dictatorship in the country.

Nevertheless, one of the positive aspects not to be sidelined is the fact that the opposition camp was able to continue making efforts, albeit limited, in confronting the multiple abuses of the repressive PFDJ regime. The efforts exerted to resolve existing problems and, in particular, the attempts made towards creating coalitions and mergers were equally positive. In our past attempts to create alliances and strengthen the opposition camp, we did reach common understanding on a number of fundamental principles that bind us all. As such, the four principles listed below appear in various documents of the Eritrean camp of change seekers. Those points of common understanding can be taken now as  the basic principles for the joint work proposal being initiated for further deliberations. They are:

1. Protecting Eritrea's territorial sovereignty;

2. Removing the autocratic  PFDJ regime with its organs of repression;

3. Installing a democratic multiparty system of participatory governance;

4. Submitting to rule of law and guaranteeing basic liberties and democratic rights.

As noted, although our past experiences had some positive aspects, yet we could not create an inclusive national body or umbrella. A new start will require our commitment to never let our existing organizations or alignments to hinder the creation of a working relationship for  more effective common action.

The urgency of the present situation obliges us to come out of our boxes. In simple terms, it is time to create a body/umbrella coalescing all forces currently in or outside existing alliances. Only to stress the evident truth, we are called upon to use learned lessons of the past and build a more effective body able to challenge the  abusive regime in Eritrea.

The alignments we created and tried to work with were, till the present time, adversely affected by a spirit of controversy and rivalry.  This is because we created an unsustainable situation  in which priorities were not put in order.

For now, our most immediate task should be the removal of the autocratic regime. In past, instead of concentrating all efforts on this task, we put ourselves in a vicious circle by mixing up short-term objective with long-term objectives that cannot be attained now. And no wonder that, in a situation of controversy and with un-prioritized objectives, the  structures we worked out and the programmes we adopted could not be implemented. If we continue on that path, we will only guarantee long life for the autocratic regime and fail to address the problems of our people.

Therefore, the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP) finds it timely to call upon all fraternal forces and fellow citizens opposed to the PFDJ regime to join us in trying to come out of the old vicious circle we are in and jointly start a new path that can lead to victory of the people's cause. Based on the understanding that unjustifiable controversies and  mixing up of priorities can lead us nowhere, the EPDP is now presenting this proposal for joint work that should include all concerned, and pledges to do its utmost to promote the agreed upon tasks.

Needless to say, the primary agenda for the proposed common body or umbrella is the removal of the autocratic regime. All forces coalescing for this agenda shall be expected to do what they can to carry on the new joint body. The measure and weight of each member in the common umbrella shall be its degree of contribution in implementing the joint tasks.

The existing alliances and parties shall be the building blocks of the common umbrella  and shall in no way hinder the proper functioning of joint tasks. Therefore, this is a call for starting a serious dialogue among all fraternal forces, a process that should lead to timely formation of an effective body embracing all stakeholders in the struggle.

The common umbrella or body to be formed shall primarily aspire to achieve the following three major tasks:

1. A Joint Foreign Delegation

Our individual efforts in the diplomatic sphere have not been effective. All parties (governments, organizations, parties) we individually approach have been advising us to meet them as one Eritrean delegation. There is no doubt that a joint/representative Eritrean delegation will make our diplomatic work more effective. Existing Eritrean organizations or parties shall not be obliged to end their ongoing relations in this sphere. But they are expected to strengthen the work of the joint Eritrean opposition delegation. Although details can be worked out in due course of time, the delegation can consist of members from the Eritrean organizations as well as expert diplomats from outside those member organizations. The joint delegation will be able to represent the Eritrean opposition camp at international conferences and speak/write on its behalf in addition to seeking all-round assistance (political, moral and material) for the umbrella. While working under the umbrella leadership, the foreign delegation can be empowered to take various initiatives as it sees them appropriate.

2. A Common Media Centre

Having a centralized information organ representing the opposition camp is an urgent necessity in light of the fact that our fragmented media outlets are not accomplishing the intended objective. The central information organ, which shall not hinder the member organization from continuing to run their own media outlets, can be staffed by members and media experts from outside the working common umbrella.

3. An Organ for Mass Mobilization

This organ shall endeavour to mobilize the people around the opposition camp by reviving the central task of political organizations in educating and organizing participants in the struggle for change. We must acknowledge the fact that mobilization efforts have been initiated at grassroots level in several places by Eritrean activists. However, these commendable initiatives could not be spared from the Eritrean malaise of controversy and negative rivalry. We in the opposition (camp of change and justice seekers) continually resort to unnecessary contention and squabbles instead of cooperating to promote the same national objective. It is appropriate to make self-criticism on this negative attitude, while at the same time bestowing high gratitude and admiration upon those compatriots who are taking initiatives at organizing justice seekers around local councils (baitos) at district and city levels. These efforts must be encouraged at all places around the globe. Eventually, people organized at grassroots level could join their efforts with political and civic organizations and help in drawing clear action plans in removing the repressive regime. The central organ for mass mobilization can be composed by representatives of political organizations and work under the common umbrella. However, it can also closely work in cooperation with the local popular councils/baitos all over the world.

The proposed national umbrella can start with the above listed three objectives but gradually expand its work activities, as needed. Only to reiterate, the EPDP hereby commits itself to start immediate dialogue and work with any Eritrean body accepting this proposal towards forming a joint body/umbrella for joint action.  No Alternative to Joint Action to Remove the Autocratic Regime!!

The Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP)

4 June, 2017