Tigray region interim government, on Monday, denied having issued arrest warrants of Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) leaders.
A news outlet (Asena TV), around 24 hours ago, claimed that Tigray region government led by the President Getachew Reda had issued arrest warrants of TPLF leaders including Debretsion Gebremichael, Fetlework Gebregziaber, Alem Gebrewahid and TDF Generals including General Yohannes, General Migbe etc.
Today, Tigray Region Communication Affairs Bureau denied having issued any arrest warrants. It accused Asena TV of spreading false propaganda to create divisions in Tigray and undermine stability in the Tigray region.
The Tigray government mentioned another false report published by Asena TV recently. It was claimed recently by the same news outlet that Tigray President Getachew Reda and General Tsadkan Gebretesnai had reached a deal with the Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed to wage war on Eritrea.
No correction or apology has been been released by the news outlet so far. TPLF, Tigray’s largest political party, is split in two. TPLF Debretsion wants to remove President Getachew Reda from power. Getachew Reda is refusing to step down, warning to take legal action on TPLF Debretsion group. In another related development, Tigray President Getachew Reda suspended Mekelle mayor.
Some experts say that Asena tv is backed by TPLF Debretsion group and the news outlet deliberately released the report about TPLF leaders’ arrest warrants. It is a preemptive move by TPLF Debretsion to stop Getachew Reda’s government from considering issuance of TPLF leaders’ arrest warrants. Others are of the view that TPLF Debretsion intends to make big move soon to remove Getachew Reda from government and it wants to justify its move by using Asena TV’s report.
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Who is the ultimate beneficiary of this dirty political game? Has the death and suffering of the people been in vain deliberately designed for the power game? Scare and Rule, Confuse and Rule are not new political tactics; but their application in Tigray by own sons and daughters is extremely brutal and devilish. They don’t care about what Eritrea did to Tigray as long as it serves them to threaten Abiy. They bribe Isaias by robbing the gold of Tigray. If all this is designed to join Eritrea and leave Ethiopia it is not only untimely but also disastrous in the end even if it were timely. If Tigray leaders are determined to make Tigray a fortress and the people as bricks and mortar someone from anywhere must save Tigray from its own son and daughters. As it seems to be, if Tigray cannot be a united political and social unit then the solution is to divide it into a few homogenous geographic units. It has been more than a century that differences in Tigray cannot be solved peacefully. It seems that this is going to continue as the people suffer indefinitely. Sacrificing self interest, life and wealth for the people is not a culture of political leadership. Self-centered leaders and kind people cannot coexist. In Tigray it seems to be a taboo to remove bad leaders however much they misbehave on their people. It is cruel to say this but it must be said in view of the people tolerating the intolerable. May be the people deserve the political leaders who all seem to have agreed to disagree and mess up the region.