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In  a chain of memorandums sent to European foreign ministries in the past few days, the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP) drew the attention of European Governments to the commendable position during 2016-2017 of the Dutch Parliament, the Cabinet, the judicial system, and, equally importantly, the 14 April 2017 decision by the Mayor of Veldhoven in the Netherlands, banning a conference of Eritrean regime supporters, including the Eri-Blood thugs,  that was due to be addressed by Yemane Ghebreab, the senior advisor of the Eritrean dictator, and highly probable to be one of those in a tentative UN inquiry commission list of perpetrators of 'crimes against humanity' in Eritrea.

Besides copies all memorandums to the Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders, the EPDP also once more hailed concerned Dutch authorities for persistengly condemning and discouraging the continuation of abusive measures of the Eritrean embassy and regime agents like the Y-PFDJ in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Under the subject entitled "Kindly Deny Venue to Organs of the Eritrean Regime" country"  in your respective countries, the EPDP memorandums were addressed separately to the following European foreign ministers: Ms Margot wallstroem, Sweden; Messrs. Sigmar Gabriel, Germany; Boris Johnson, UK; Laurent Fabius, France; Angelino Alfano, Italy; Didier Reynders,  Belgium, Borge Brende, Norway;  Anders Samuelsen, Denmark,  and Didier Burkhalter, Switzerland.

Regretting the past undeserved permissions for conferences granted to the  so-called Young-PFDJ,named after the Eritrean regime's ruling party (the PFDJ/Popular Front for 'Democracy and Justice'), the EPDP memorandums informed the addressee Governments that such Asmara regime events were aimed to brainwash and poison young Europeans of Eritrean origin and Eritrean refugees with the wrong messages of the cruel regime in Eritrea. 

Like most of the Y-PFDJ festivals of the past, this event in the Netherlands was opposed by pro-democracy Eritreans; it eventually become detrimental to safely and security of peaceful residents and the demonstrators themselves because the Y-PFDJ and their Eri-Blood brigade of thugs are always prone to violence.

Eri-Blood units in the Y-PFDJ are always ready for intimidation and violence.

The memorandums further stated that Eritrean pro-democracy activists in Europe now have all the reasons to be encouraged by the measures started to be taken by concerned authorities in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, like:

Ø  The promising stand of major Dutch parties in Parliament in June 2016 vowing to take necessary action against illicit activities of the Eritrean embassy staff and its agents like the  Y-PFDJ in their country;

Ø  the Dutch court decision in January condemning Y-PFDJ funs as "eyes and ears" of the repressive regime in Eritrea and penalizing them for their egregious threats against ad Dutch civil rights advocates and Eritrean refugees in the Netherlands;

Ø  The serious reservations expressed by the Dutch Cabinet about the holding of the Y-PFDJ conference in 2017 and the general resolve of the Dutch authorities warning to go to the extent of shutting down the Eritrean diplomatic presence in the country if the embassy staff continue to misbehave and refuse to stop the illegitimate collection of funds from persons of Eritrean origin; and, most of all,

Ø  The decision of 14 April 2017 by the Mayor of Veldhoven to ban the conference, and the support given to that decision a Dutch court of law!

In conclusion, the EPDP messages strongly appealed to European Governments to follow up the sinister activities of the Eritrean embassies in their respective countries and kindly support pro-democracy Eritreans by denying any venue for meetings of PFDJ and its agents of hate, control and intimidation in Europe.

ንዝኽሪ ብጻይናን ሓውናን ኣልኣዛር ቀለተ፡ 16.04.16 ጀርመን ዝዓረፈላ ዕለት ኢያ። ነዛ ዕለት መሰረት ብምግባር ልክዕ ኣብ ዓመቱ ኣባላት ሰ.ዲ.ህ.ኤ ጀርመን ጨንፈር ደቡብን ቤተሰቡን፡ ብሓደ ንነውሕ ዓመታት ዝተጓዓዝና ብጾት መቃብሩ ክንበጽሕ ሕውነትና ክንምስክር ብጸሎትናን ክንዝክሮ ኣብ መዓልቱ መዲብና ኣብ መቃብሩ ብምብጻሕና ከነዘኻኽረኩም ንፈቱ።

ናይ ኣልኣዛር ሓውናን ብጻይናን፡ ጽንዓቱን ቃልሱን ሕውንነቱን ዘይርሳዕ ኣብነታዊ ተመክሮ ስለ ዘርኣየና ምስጋና ይብጸሓዮ፡ ኣምላኽ ክኣ ዘለኣለማዊ ዕረፍቲ ይሃቦ፤ ንቤተሰቡን መቕርቦምን እውን ጽንዓት ይሃቦም። በዚ ኣጋጣሚ ንኵሉ ኤርትራዊ፡ ሞት ዝያዳ ንኣብ ስደት ዘሎና ዝትንክፍ ስለ ዝኾነ ንዅላትና ክእለትን ሓይልን ጽንዓትን ይሃበና።

መበል 13 ዓመታዊ ኣኼባ ናይቲ ኣብ ኤውሮጳ ንወጻዒ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ዘገልግል ኣካል ብናይ ሓባር ድምጽን ተግባርን ኣብ ኔዘርላንድስ ዝርከቡ ኤርትራውያን ብምትሕብባር ኣብ መላእ ኤውሮጳ ዘለዉ መቓልስቶም ኣበርዒኑ። ንተግባራት ህግደፍ ዝኹን መዘክራት ሰደህኤ እዚ ኣኼባ ንምክያድ ክንቀሳቀሱ እንከለዉ ኣብ ኢድ ሓለፍቲ ኔዘርላንድስ ነይሩ እዩ። እዚ ሓደ ኣካል ናይቲ ናይ ተቓውሞ መልእኽታት እዩ። እዚ ዓመታዊ ተረኽቦ ናይ መህግደፍ (ክንፊ መንእሰይ ናይቲ ኣብ ኣስመራ ዝዓረደ ህዝባዊ ግንባር ንደሞክራስን ፍትሕን)  ኣብ 13ን 17 ማዝያ 2017 ኣብ ሆላንድ ከተማ ቨልድሆቨን ክካየድ እዩ ተመዲቡ ነይሩ። እንተኾነ ቅድሚ ላዕለዋይ ኣማኻሪ ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ የማነ ገብረኣብ ከምቲ ዝለመዶ ምምዳሩ እዩ ምሉእ ብምሉእ ተኣጊዱ።

ከንቲባ ከተማ ቨልድሆቨንን ንሱ ዝመርሖ ሽማግለን ኣብ ከባቢ እቲ ኣኼባ ክግበረሉ ተሓሲቡ ዝነበረ ቦታ ይቃወሙ ካብ ዝነበሩ ኤርትራውያን 100 ዝኾኑ ምስተኣስሩ ናይ ጸጥታ ሓደጋ ከየስዕብ ብምስጋእ ብ14 ማዝያ እዮም ነቲ ኣኼባ ኣጊደምዎ። ናይቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝፍጸም ዘሎ ገበናት ሃንዳሲ ዝኾነን ብሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣብ ዝርዝር ገበነኛታት ዝሰፈረን የማነ ገብረኣብ ኣብቲ ኣኼባ ክህሉ እዩ ምስተባህለ፡ ክሳብ 2,500 ዝኾኑ ኤርትራውያን ካብ ኔዘርላንድስ ወጻኢ ከባቢ ኤውሮጳ ኣብ 15 ማዝያ ናብቲ ቦታ ኣኼባ ክመጹ መደብ ከም ዝነበረ ዝሕብር ጸብጻባት ማርቲን ፕላውት  እውን ነይሩ እዩ።

ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) ብዛዕባዚ ጉዳይ ንመንግስታት ጀርመን፡ ሽወደን፡ ኖርወይ፡ ኢጣልያ፡ ዋላውን ንኔዘርላንድስ ነዚ መንግስቲ ህግደፍ ኣተሓሳስባ መንእሰያት ንምብልሻው ዝጥቀመሉ ኣኼባ ከየፍዱ ከተሓሳስብ ጸኒሑ እዩ። ሰደህኤ ብኣድራሻ ወጻኢ ጉዳይ ሚኒስተር ንግስነት ኔዘርለንድስ ኣቶ በርት ኮአንደርስ ኣብ ዝለኣኾ፡ እዚ መሳርሒ ወጽዓ ህግደፍ ዝኾነ ፈስቲቫል ኣብ ኔዘርላንድስ ክጋባእ ፈቓድ ምርካቡ፡ ዓሚቕ ሻቕሎቱ ዘንጸባርቕ ናይ ተቓውሞ መዘክር፡ ልኢኹ’ዩ።  

 እቲ መዘክር፡ “ንሕና ሰዲህኤ እዚ ተግባር ነቲ ቅድሚ ሕጂ በቲ ንኔዘርላንድስ ዝመርሕ ዘሎ ፓርላማ ዝመርሖ ቤት ፍርዲ ብዛዕባዚ ሕጂ ክእከብ ዝደሊ ዘሎ ኣካል ንእተዋህበ ብይንን ተሪር መርገጽ መንግስቲ ኔዘርላንድስ ኣንጻር ግህሰታት ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ኤርትራን ዝጻባእ እዩ ዝብል እምነት ኣለና” ዝብል ትሕዝቶ ነይርዎ።

The 13th annual gathering of an organ in Europe serving the repressive regime in Eritrea was foiled by a joint voice and action of Eritreans in the Netherlands and the support of their compatriots across Europe. Among others, EPDP's condemnatory memo was already in the hands of Dutch authorities by the time the festival activities were about to be launched.  This annual event of the so-called YPFDJ for (Youth wing of the ruling Popular Front for 'Democracy and Justice' in Asmara), scheduled for 13 and 17 April in Veldhoven, Holland, was ordered to shut down  before it could be addressed by Yemane Ghebreab, the senior advisor of the Eritrean dictator, Isaias Afeworki.

The Mayor of Veldhoven and his council took the action on Friday, 14 April, fearing continued violence after the arrest of  some 100 Eritrean protesters near the venue of the event. There were reports (Martin Plaut) that over 2,500 Eritreans from the rest of Europe were to join the protesters in Veldhonven by Saturday 15th April after learning that  at hand was Yemane Ghebreab, suspected to be one of the potential culprits identified in the UN list of perpetrator of "crimes against humanity"  in Eritrea during the past quarter of a century. 

The Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP), which never failed in the past to urge Germany, Sweden, Norway, Italy and even the Netherlands, was once against among other voices to ask Dutch authorities not to allow this propaganda outfit of the Eritrean regime to hold a gathering in order to brainwash young Eritreans. Addressed to Mr. Bert Koenders, the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of the  Netherlands, EPDP's protest memorandum  expressed "dismay and profound disappointment" that the YPDJ festival is allowed a venue in the Netherlands that it did not deserve.

The memo said: "We in the EPDP see the event as an affront to the past  declarations of the Dutch Parliament, the ruling of a Dutch Court against the same group and the firm positions of the Dutch Government against the abuses of the dictatorial regime in Eritrea."

Printed below is the full text of the message:

Subject: Protest Memo Against  YPFDJ's Jamboree in the Netherlands

To: H.E. Mr. Bert Koenders, Foreign Minister, 

CC: Dutch Government and Concerned Authorities,

The Kindom of the Netherlands,

The Hague

Dear Foreign Minister Koenders,

It is with dismay and profound disappointment that we, in the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP), a mainstream organization struggling for democratic change in Eritrea, address to your esteemed Ministry this message concerning the holding in the Netherlands the 13th festival of the so-called Young PFDJ, an arm of the repressive regime in Eritrea. We see the event as an affront to the past  declarations of the Dutch Parliament, the ruling of a Dutch Court against the same group and the firm positions of the Dutch Government against the abuses of the dictatorial regime in Eritrea.

This group is nothing but a propaganda and security outfit of the Asmara regime whose gatherings in Europe are addressed by the regime officials like Mr. Yemane Ghebreab, who brainwash and poison innocent European children of Eritrean origin with the regime's propaganda of hate and division. Sadly, it is learned that that same person is on his way to Holland to speak at the festival being held between 13 and 17 April, 2017. Mr. Ghebreab is highly likely to be one of those Eritrean officials tipped for legal prosecution for crimes against humanity as established by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea. The  agents of YPFDJ did not deserve a venue in the Kingdom of the Netherlands for a propaganda event of the Asmara regime.

Your Excellency Mr. Koenders, 

There is no doubt that the so-called Young-PFDJ is a carbon copy of the hated Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) of the last century. It is well known to you in the Netherlands that the Asmara regime uses the youth and their parents to intimidate those who openly talk against the repressive regime. It was one of the top leaders of this group that  accused a Dutch professor, Mirjam van Reisen, not long ago on false claims of 'libel' with the intent of intimidating and stopping  her from exposing the abuses of the Eritrean regime against its own people.

We feel that the YPFDJ festival being held in the Netherlands is not only a provocation to Dutch support to Eritrean refugees but also an insult to all Eritreans struggling for change and democracy in their country.

Those participants gathered for the festival come from several countries in Europe: parents and relatives of the young persons are hostages of the dictatorship in Eritrea. Therefore, to have a continued contact with the embassies in Europe and to safeguard their interests in Eritrea, the parents must send their sons and daughters to such festival. Even parents inside Eritrea are subjected to intimidation, psychological pressure and threats of vengeance if their sons and daughters in Europe dare fail to appear at the annual event. 

Dear Foreign Minister,  

We, members of EPDP and other Eritreans opposed to the regime in Asmara, trust you will agree that the envoys of the dictator should not be allowed to poison Eritrean youth and try to make them submit to the malicious propaganda of the regime that is known to be the worst abuser and violator of basic human rights in Africa if not in the entire world.

Hoping that your esteemed Ministry and the Dutch Government will never in the future allow the group to be active in the Netherlands,  we  remain, Sir,

Sincerely yours,

For the Eritrean People's Democratic Party/EPDP/ in exile

(Wolde-Yesus Ammar, Head of Foreign Relations).

እቲ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ኣብ መብዛሕትኡ ከባቢ እታ ሃገር „ሕቶ ዝስተ ማይ ፈቲሐ ኣለኹ“ ዝብሎ ዝነበረ ጃህራ ሓሶት ምዃኑን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ኣዝዩ ከቢድ ናይ ማይ ሕጽረት ወዲቑ ከም ዘሎን ኣብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ ዘለዉ ምንጭታትን ንመገሻ ኣብ ኤርትራ ጸኒሖም ናብ ዝነብርሉ ሃገር ዝተመልሱ ወገናትን ሓቢሮም።

ህዝቢ ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ከተማታት ምናልባት ማይ ዘዝውራ መካይን እንተረኸበ ክጽበ መስርዕ ሒዙ ከም ዝሓድር፡ መብዛሕትኡ ግዜ ከኣ ብሰንኪ ስእነት ነዳዲ እተን ማይ ዘዙራ መካይን፡ ከም ዘይረክባ ምናልባት እንተረኸባ ከኣ ዋጋ ሓደ በርሚል ማይ ክሳብ 60 ናቕፋ ከም ዝበጸሐን ነዚ ናይ ምኽፋል ዓቕሚ ዘየብሎም ወገናት ብጽምእን ርስሓትን ይሳቐዩ ከም ዘለዉ እዞም ምንጭታት ኣተሓሒዞም ሓቢሮም።

ምስዚ ብዝተተሓሓዘ ብዙሕ ወጻኢ በሊዑ ዝተሃንጸ ዲጋ ገርሰት ጠቕሚ ክህብ ከም ዘይከኣለን፡ ኣብዚ ከባቢ ሞስነኣዊ ዕዮ ከካይዱ ዝተመደቡ መንእሰያት ናይ ሕርሻ ምሁራት መኺኖም ከም ዝተረፉ እዞም ምንጭታት ኣቃሊዖም።

እዚ ከምዚ ኢሉ እንከሎ፡ ኣብ 2015 ዋጋ ሓደ ድልዱል ብዕራይ ክሳብ 17 ሺሕ ናቕፋ በጺሑ ዝነብረ ኮይኑ፡ ኣብ 2017 ግና እዚ ዋጋ ናብ 7 ሺሕ ናቕፋ ከም ዝወረደን፡ ናይዚ ምኽንያት ቁጠባዊ ዕቤት ዘይኮነስ፡ ኣብታ ሃገር ዝርጋሐ ናቕፋ ብምጥፍኡ ዝጋጠመ ቅልውላው ዝፈጠሮ ምዃኑ ክፍለጥ ተኻኢሉ ኣሎ።

ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ወርሒ መጋቢት 2017 ኣብ ሰለስተ ሰሙናት ጥራይ ናብ ኢትዮጵያ ካብ ዝተሰዱ ኤርትራውያን እቶም 756 ወተሃደራት ምንባሮም ካብ ከባቢ‘ቲ መደበር ስደተኛታት ዝተረኽበ ሓበሬታ ኣረዲኡ። በቲ ሓበሬታ መሰረት እቶም ኣብዚ ዝተጠቕሰ ግዜ ዝተሰዱ ሲቪል ኤርትራውያን ቁጽሮም ካብቶም ወተሃደራት ዝተዓጻጸፈ ብዝሒ ከም ዝነበሮም ኣብቲ ዝረኸብናዮ ሓበሬራ ተጠቒሱ።

እዚ ከምዚሉ እንከሎ ኣብዚ ተመሳሳሊ ግዜ ብወገን ዓድታት ዓይላ ጉንደት ዞባ ደቡብ ኣቢሎም ናብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝሰግሩ ዝነበሩ ነፍሰ-ጾራትን ኣደ ቆልዑትን ዝርከብዎም ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ኢድ ወተሃደራት ኤርትራ ስለ ዝወደቑ፡ ናብ ከተማ ዓዲ ዃላ ምስ ተወስዱ ከም ናይ ውግእ ምሩኻትን ገበነኛታትን ተወሲዶም ህዝቢ ንክስክሕ ኣብ ጐደናታት ኣብ ጸሓይ ጨንቀራዕ ክብሉ ከም ዝተገደዱ ተፈሊጡ። ኩነታቶም ኣደንጊጽዎም ነበርቲ እታ ከተማ ዝብላዕ መግብን ዝስተ ማይን ከቕርብሎምን ኣብ ጽላል ከዕቁብዎምን ሓቲቶም በቶም ዝሕልዉዎም ዝነበሩ ወተሃደራት ከም ዝተኸልከሉ  ናይ ዓይኒ መሰኻኽር ካብቲ ቦታ ሓቢሮም።

ኣብ መወዳእታ እቶም ወተሃደራት ካብ‘ቶም ተታሒዞም ዝነበሩ ነቶም ትሕቲ ዕድመ ናብ ዘይተፍልጠ ቦታ ወሲዶም፡ ነቶም ዓበይቲ ግና ነፍሰ-ጾራት እውን ከይተረፋ ኣብ ዝረሓት ጽርግያ ኣዋፊሮም ብጉልበት ክቐጽዕዎም ከም ዝወሰድዎም ተፈሊጡ ኣሎ። ነዚ ዝተዓዘቡ ወገናት ኣብዚ እዋን‘ዚ ዓው ኢሉ‘ኳ ክዛረብ ተዘይከኣለ፡ ብውሽጡ ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ  ዝኹንን ዝነጽግን ኤርትራዊ እንዳዛየደ ይኸይድ ከም ዘሎ ይሕብሩ።

መበል 39 ጉብኤ ማሕበረ-ዲምክራስያዊ ሰልፊ ሽወደን፡ብዂለን ዓበይቲ ናይቲ ሃገርመራኸቢ ብዙሓን "ሓድነቱ ዝዓቀበ ሰልፊ"  ተባሂሉ  እናተገልጸ ኣብ ውሽጢ 8-12 ሚያዝያ 2017 ኣብ ከተማ ዮተቦርግ ብዓወት ተዛዚሙ። ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝዝቢ ኤርትራ ብተዓዛብነት ብምክፋል፡ ኣገዳሲ ርክባት ከካይድ ዕድል ረኺቡ። መዘክር ኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ እውን ብስፍሓት ዘርጊሑ።

ንሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ወኪሉ ኣብ ጉባኤ ገዛኢ ሰልፊ ሽወደን እተኻፈለ፡ ምክትል ሓላፊ ሽማገለ ቤ/ጽ ወጻኢ ጉዳይ ሰዲህኤኣብ ሽወደን ዝኾነ ሓው ጸሃየ ቀለታ ነይሩ። እቲ ናብ ብዙሓት ተሳተፍቲ ጉብኤ ክበጽሕ ዝኸኣለ መዘክር ሰዲህኤ፡ ንዘሎ ሃለዋት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ልዕሊ ምግላጽ፡ ማሕበረ-ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሰልፊ ሽወደን ኣብ መበል 37 ጉባኤኡ ብጒዳይ ተቓውሞ ኤርትራ ንዘሕለፎ ውሳኔታት ኣብ ግብሪ ከውዕሎ ደጊሙን ኣትሪሩን ጸዊዑ። እቲ ውሳኔታት ንናይ ለውጢ ሓይልታት ተቓውሞ ኤርትራ ንምሕጋዝን ነቲ ዘይሕጋዊ ቀረጽ ህግደፍ (2%) ንምውጋድን ዝዓለመ ነይሩ። 

መበል 39 ጉባኤማሕበረ-ዲምክራስያዊ ሰልፊ ሽወደንኣብ ከተማ ዮተቦርግ

ኣብ ውሽጢ'ቲ ን5 መዓልታት ዝቐጸለ ጉባኤ፡ ልኡኽ ሰዲህኤ ምስ (1) ወጻኢ ጒዳይ ምኒስትር ሽወደን፡ ወይዘሮ ማርጎት ዋልስትሮም፣ (2) ክሳዕ መወዳእታ 2016 ምክትል ዋና ጽሓፊ ሕቡራት መንግስታ ዝነበረ ያን ኤልያሶን፣ (3) ኣቐዲማ ዝጸንሐት ኣደ መንበር ሰልፊ ሽወደን፣ (4) ምስ ሓዳስ ሰክረተር ሰልፊ፣ (5) ምስ ምኒስትራት ውሽጣዊ ጒዳትን፡ (6) ስደተኛታትን፡(7) ምክልኻል ሃገርን፡ (8) ኣቦ መንበር ማሕበር ሰራሕተኛታትን፡ (9) ከንቲባ ከተማ ዮተቦርግን ብምርኻብ ኣገዳሲ ሓበሬታታት ብምሃብ  ኣብ ልዕሊ ጒዳይ ኤርትራ ዘሎዎም ጠመተ ከዕዝዙ ጸዊዑ። ንመዘክር ኣቦ መንበር ሰዲህኤ ብምሃቦም እውን ትጽቢት ተቓውሞ ኤርትራ ካብ ሽወደናዊ ሰልፊ ክብ ዝበለ ምዃኑ ከስምረሉ ክኢሉ።

ልኡኽ ሰዲህኤ ምስ ናይ ሕ.መ. ያን ኤልያሶንን ወጻኢ ጒዳይ ምኒስትር ዋልስትሮምን ኣብ እተራኸበሉ ደቓይቕ።

 ጉባኤታት ማሕበራዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሰልፊ ሽወደን ኣብ ነፍሲ ወከፍ 4 ዓመት ዝካየድ ኮይኑ፡ ሎሚ ዘበን ኣብ ድሮ ምጅማር ጉባኤ ኣሰንባዲ ግብረ ሸበራዊ  መጥቃዕቲ ኣብ ስቶኮልም ርእሲ ከተማ ሃገር ሽወደን ብምፍጻሙ ኣብ ጉብኤ  ፍሉይ ስምዒታትን ስጥመትን ኣኸቲሉ።  ብኡ መሰረት ከኣ መሪሕ ጭርሖ ጉባኤ “ዉሕስነት ኣብ ሓድሽ መዋእል” ዝብል ኮይኑ ንድሕነት ሃገርን ህዝብን ሽወደን ምውሓስ ልዕሊ 10,000 ፖሊስ ክሳብ 2024 ዓ.ም. ክምልመሉ ጉባኤ ብሙሉእ ድምጺ ዉሳኔ ኣሕሊፉ። ብምቅጻል “ናይ ሃገር ሽወደን ኣገባብ (ቅዲ)” ዝብል ኣምር ተኽቲሎም 350 ኣባላት ጉባኤ  ሓዳስ ዋና ጸሓፊት ክትከውን ንለና ሮድስትሩም ባኣስታድ (Lena Rådström Baastad) መሪጾም።ንጀኦግራፊካዊ  ኣቀማምጣ  ዝርጋሔ ኣባላቱ ተመርኲሱ ከኣ ሓደስቲ ኣባላት ናብ ኣካያዲት ሽማገለ ሰልፊ ወሲኹ ብምሉእ ድምጺ መሪጹ። ምስኡ እውን እዞም ዝኽተሉ ገለ ካብ ኣገደስቲ ኣካታዕቲ ዝነበሩ እዋናውያን ሕቶታት ተላዒሎም ውሳኔ ተወሲዱሎም፡- 

1. ንጹር ስርዓተ ሕጊ ንመኽሰብ  ምንዳይ  ኣብ ትምህርቲ፡ ኣብ ሕክምና፡ ኣብ ክንክን ኣረጋውያን ደው ክብል ።
2.  ኣብ ቤት ትምህርትታት ሃይማኖታዊ እምነት ምምሃር ደው ክብል።
3. ኣገባብ ንትምህርቲ ዝውሃብ ደገፍ ገንዘብ ብደቂቅን ጥንቃቀን ክርኤ።
4.  መንበሪ ገዛ ባዕልኻ (ብዉልቀ) ምርካብ ዝብል ብዘገምታዊ መገዲ ደው ክብል።
5. ሰልፊ ኣንጻር ምኽልካል ናይ ጎደና ለመንቲ  ምዃኑ።
6. እምቢ(ኣይፋል) ንኣባል ወተሃደራዊ ምሕዝነት ሓድነት ሃገራት ኤውሮጳ።
7. እምቢ (ኣይፋል) ቀረጽ ንሽኮር
8. ስሩዕ መደብ ንዉልቀ ዉሕስነት ሂወት እርጋን ምትእትታው ቀዳምነት ክወሃብን።
9. ናይ ሃገር ሽወደን ሕጊ ኣቃባብላ ስደተኛታትን ቀረብን፡ ካብ ኣባላት ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ ክፍለ ከም ዘይብሉ ።
10. ሰልፊ  ንምሃብ ቀዋሚ መንበሪ ምዕቃብ  መትከሉ ኮይኑ፡ ንምጥርናፍ ስድራቤት ተኽእሎ ክህሉ ነዚ ከኣ ምስ ኣባላት ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ ብምስምማዕ ክኸውን።
11. ንትሕቲ ዕድመ ሓተቲ ዕቅባን  ኣተሓሕዞኦምን ካብ ሃገር ሽወደን ናብ ትውልዲ ሃገሮም ምምላስን ክጽናዕን፡ ነጻ ምዉጻእ ዳዊት ኢሳቅን.....ዝብሉ ዉሳኔታት  እዮም።

The Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP) attended on observer status the 39th Congress of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) held between 8 and 12 April 2017 in Gothenburg, the country's second largest city after Stockholm.

Representing the EPDP at the Congress was Mr. Zehaie Keleta, the deputy chairman of the Sweden Committee for the EPDP foreign office. Himself a SAP member, the EPDP representative could hold wide-ranging contacts and side-talks with party members and government officials in addition to distributing in an effective manner the solidarity message addressed to the congress by EPDP Chairman, Mr. Menghesteab Asmerom.

 The Congress in Gothenburg elected Lena Radstrom Baastad as new Party leader

The EPDP message urged the congress to revisit and put into concrete action its two resolutions on Eritrea adopted at its 37th Congress. It is to be recalled that the two resolutions pledged to support Eritrean non-state actors struggling for democratic change in their country and to take measures towards stopping the Eritrean regime from collectings its illegal 2% tax from Swedes of Eritrean origion and refugees.  

 During the 39th Congress of the fraternal Swedish SAP party, which is also the leading party in the ruling coalition it formed, Mr. Zehaie Keleta made an impressive outreach with party leaders and government ministers. Besides holding sufficient explanatory talks with Ms. Margot Wallstroem, the Swedish Foreign Minister, and with Mr. Jan Eliasson, a veteran top Swedish politician and former UN deputy secretary general, the EPDP delegate also meet for brief chats with the outgoing and incoming chairwomen of the Swedish party; with ministers of interior, migration/refugees, finance, national defence, the chairman of the Swedish trade unions as well as with the Mayor of Gothenburg.

EPDP delegate in souvenir poses with UN's Jan Eliasson and Foreign Minister Wallstroem.

At its opening, the congress was under the shock of the tragic terrorist act in the Swedish capital of Stockholm that claimed many lives. At the same time, the incident energized the unity and resolve of the party for serious action to strengthen measures on national security and as such agreed for the training of up to 10,000 policemen between now and 2024.

 The 350 voting delegates elected by acclamation the 43-year-old Lena Radstrom Baastad to be the new party chairperson.

 Resolution adopted by the 39th SAP Congress were based on their long-held social democratic principles.

Printed below is the full text of the EPDP Chairman's message to the Congress of the Swedish Social Democratic Party:

Eritrean Message to Congress of Fraternal

Swedish Social Democratic Party

8 April 2017

Distinguished Congress Delegates, 

This is a modest Eritrean memorandum to your Congress wishing you a successful convention that addresses all the issues listed in your Agenda as well as those issues adopted as future undertakings of parties in the Progressive Alliance of which we in the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) are founding members.

 It is with trust and hope for action that we recall the two important resolutions of your 37th Congress in support of Eritreans struggling for democratic change in our country.

It is known to you congress delegates that Eritrea became a sovereign state at the end of long struggle for self-determination and national independence. When Eritrea became independent over a quarter of a century ago, we and our  friends hoped to see a model African state. Sadly, what Eritreans experienced in the last 26 years has been different from their long-awaited dreams for peace, security and democracy. The country still remains without a constitution, without an elected government, without freedom of press, religion, association; without freedom for domestic mobility … and the people are being subjected to all kinds of abuses.

Today's Eritrea leads Africa in being the number one jailer of journalists and violator of basic human and political rights. The shocking picture of cruelty in today’s Eritrea can be illustrated by mentioning cases of thousands of prisoners, including the Swedish Dawit Isaac. 

Dear Congress Delegates,

It is time to recall that all freedom-loving progressive forces, including your party, were in the forefront of fighting colonialism several decades ago. However, those same progressive friends did little to help bring about democracy and the rule of law in Africa. We therefore wish to call on you to address that question, and give urgent attention to Eritrea.

The urgent message from us in the EPDP today is the call upon this Congress to support in a concrete manner, and based on its 37th Congress resolutions,  the promotion of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Eritrea through non-state political and civil society actors in exile that are opposed to the repressive regime in the country.

It is also appropriate for this message to refer to the shocking terrorist incident in Stockholm the other day that we condemn in the strongest terms possible. We hereby convey to the affected families and the Swedish nation as a whole our deepest sympathies and condolences.

We once again wish this Congress a resounding success!!

NB: We are proud to pass this modest message to your august Congress through our party member, Mr. Zehaie Keleta, who is also one of your Congress participants.

Respectfully  yours,

Menghesteab Asmerom,

Chairman, Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP) in exile.

እቲ ትማሊ ዕለት 13-04-2017 ብመንእሰያት ኤርትራውያን ደገፍቲ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ዝተመደበ ዋዕላ ስርሑ ብምኽንያት ናይ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ደምበ ተቓውሞ ከይጀመረ ተቋሪጹ። እቲ ውሳኔ ከኣ በቲ ከንትባ ናይታ ከተማ ዝሃቦ ውሳኔ እዩ። በዚ ውሳኔ እዚ ዘይዓገበ ስርዓት ህግዲፍ ክሲ ኣቕሪቡ ሎሚ ዕለት 14-04-2017 ስዓት 15:00 ድሕሪ ቀትሪ ከኣ ቤት ፍርዲ እቲ ከንቲባ ዝወሰኖ ውሳኔ ኣጽድቑ። እቲ ዋዕላ ብዕሊ ከምዝተከልከለ ተፈሊጡ ኣሎ። ከምኡ እውን እቶም ናብዚ ዋዕላ ዝመጹ ድማ ሎሚ ክሳብ ሰዓት 8:00 ድሕሪ ቀትሪ ካብቲ ሆተል ግዒዞም ክሓድሩ ከምዘለዎም ተነጊርዎም ኣሎ። ነዚ ንምክትታል ድማ ናይ ፖሊስ መኻይን ኣብ ቀጽሪ ናይ’ቲ ሆቴል ይርኣያ ኣለዋ።

ተሳተፍቲ ዋዕላ ነዛ ናይ ገለ ሰዓታት ዕድል ዝረኸብዎ ህዝቢ ንምድንጋር ግን ዓዲ ኣይወዓሉ። ነዚ ኣጋጣሚ እዚ ተጠቒሞም ከኣ ኣብ ውሽጢ እቲ ሆተል ኮይኖም ኣይተኸልከልናን ንመበሊ ዝከውን ብፈስ ቡክ ኣቢሎም እናሳዕስዑ ከርእዩ ፈቲኖም። እዚ ናይ ሎሚ ፍርዲ ግን፡ ንንጥፈታት ስርዓት ኢሳያስ ኣብ ኣውሮጳ ኣስጋኢ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ ዓቢ ክስራን እዩ።