BY TEWODROS KASSA
ADDIS ABABA – The so-called development apparatus operating in Ethiopia seem to want the people in desperate need of humanitarian assist mostly for their vested interest, former Member of the European Parliament and European Union (EU) chief observer for Ethiopia’s national election in 2005 Ana Gomes said adding: “That’s why these agencies are always trying to prolong a given disaster as much as possible.”
Recently, she told a media that western aid agencies are not really interested in seeing self–reliant Ethiopia via the ongoing sweeping reform in the country. [They are in vain to bringing back the old regime that ruled Ethiopia for the past 27 years undemocratically.]
There were a lot of industries of the development aid during the TPLF’s 27 years of leadership in different member states particularly UK, France, and Germany which want things to go on as it was, she added.
“They want to keep the conflict going. They want to cover up the baseless narratives of the regime (EPRDF). Once we had big trouble with them because they were led by a commissioner who was a great friend of former Prime Minister Meles Zenawi,” she stated.
“During Ethiopian national election 2005, the commissioner and his friends tried to rewrite our final reports of EU observer. However, the observer team said no.”
According to her, Ethiopia should get rid of the hidden agendas of relief agencies. Ethiopia has the full capacity to overcome the current challenges.
The Ethiopian Herald August 17/2021
