(Blog) Oromo people support new OFC in Ethiopia
Opinion | By Blogger Fedaraalistii
The recent unity of all Oromo opposition forces under one umbrella is a dream come true for the Oromo people and a nightmare for the Habashaa politicians. Especially and most importantly, Dr. Gudina's divorce of his marriage with the Ethiopianist UEDF party has showed his party's positive growth and realization that Oromo identity comes before Ethiopian identity for ordinary Oromos.
The newly established Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) which inside sources in Oromia have creditted for the union of the powerful Oromo People's Congress (OPC) and Bulcha Damaksa's Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) groups is the only true representative party of the Oromo people. During the last national election, OPC and OFDM together won nearly 85% of the votes in Oromia before the OPDO/TPLF stole the election. The current OFC should be in better position to make decisions in unity and boycott the next election and expose TPLF's dictatorship for its Western allies. They will also be able to work together against the next TPLF spy inside the opposition and avoid the ONC crisis from repeating again.
While the OFC should dominate Oromia politics, it can also function outside Oromia without adopting the "Ethiopia label" because many millions of Ethiopians are realizing that the Oromo question is the only concern left unanswered before peace reins in the horn of Africa. In addition, over 1 million Oromos live outside Oromia because of historical Oromo migrations. In the Tigray region almost 10,000 Oromos live while half a million Oromos live in the Amhara Region. Another half a million Oromos live in the three states of SNNPR, Somali and Benshangul. Dire Dawa and Harari regions also have almost a quarter of a million Oromos. These are political resources that OFC should take advantage of to liberate Oromo people and establish a federalist system that removes Habashaa involvement in Oromo affairs once and for all.
Dr. Gudina's abandonment of UEDF reminds us that there will not be peace, justice and democracy in Ethiopia before Oromia is liberated. The country is not ready to have a mutli-ethnic political party like UEDF. All current "Ethiopian" parties employ deceitful ways to add an "Oromo image" or Oromo toys. The TPLF Tigrayans employed the OPDO stooges to make themselves appear "Ethiopian" while the CUD Amharas employed the half-Oromo Birtukan Midekssa to appear "Ethiopian." None of these will work in the long-term and the current fake "federalism" system of TPLF can not sustain itself because of Tigrayan domination and involvement in Oromo Affairs.
Eventually, the country will have 2 political parties, just like the Democratic Party and Republic Party in America. In Oromia, there will be 2 parties too and these will be the Federalists Democrats like OFC and the Centralist Democrats like UDJ. The TPLF should join the UDJ because it shares the same anti-federalism policy of illegally involving Tigrayans in Oromo affairs. Both TPLF and UDJ should stop hiding under "Ethiopian" names and their deceitful use of Oromo puppets. The TPLF-UDJ marriage will serve minority settlers living inside Oromia but the OFC will help the majority and be the guardian of Oromia as well as the future of a much needed federalism system both in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa.
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