The terrorist TPLF group has been giving a hard time to the people of Tigray since its inception with its years of conspiracies and hawkish habits. The people have been suffering at the hands of the rogue group silencing dissidents and cracking down on opposition falsely claiming itself as the sole savior and protector of the people. The people, in general, have long been facing a grave humanitarian crisis and socioeconomic and political challenges mainly stemming from the group’s narrowing thinking and selfish interests.
The situation in which the Tigray people grappled went from the frying pan into the fire as the criminal group used the people as cannon fodders and scapegoats to perpetrate its evil acts resulting in the messing up of livelihoods.
Using food as a weapon of starvation the TPLF and its cronies have been using forced conscription to wage war against neighboring states. In its attempt to alienate the people of Tigray, the terrorist group has for years been sowing discords with its wrong narratives and smear propaganda.
In fact, though TPLF tried to stifle voices, Tigray mothers have been crying their eye out due to the former’s war-mongering agenda and criminal acts. Tigraian mothers have lost their children and continue to face backlash for refusing to side with the terrorist deeds of the group.
Currently, instead of compensating the people, the ragtag group is preparing for another devastating war that would further descend Tigray into a bottomless pit. The propaganda machines of the group and the so-called diaspora activists have been misleading the community in their effort to create a rift between the people of Tigray and other peoples.
However, the terrorist TPLF group’s continuous lying, mischiefs, and evil deeds have been laid bare as the people of Tigray are well aware of the solidarity of the Ethiopian people and the genuine acts of the federal government.
In consideration of the foregoing, the people of Tigray have openly embarked on giving the cold shoulder to the empty bravado of the criminal enterprise and responding responsibly to the group’s irresponsible acts that have been turning the whole lot in the region into chaos.
Rather than making an effort to change the course of events and getting to the bottom of the problem in an atmosphere of calm, the group has continued engaging itself in terrorizing people putting a number of evil deeds into effect.
While the poor people of Tigray continue to live in dire situations, dejectedly, the children of the terrorist TPLF leaders have been studying in Europe and the United States of America and living luxurious lifestyles.
Apart from compellingly recruiting immature children, the criminal enterprise has been damaging and looting the possessions of noncombatants living in Tigray.
To this very day, the terrorist TPLF group has continued escalating tensions and backing the Tigray state into a corner in the midst of the ongoing mounting challenges.
Worse even, the group has been distributing the much-needed humanitarian assistance to its henchmen while most of the people have been fighting with a shortage of food.
As things stand at present, merely for the love of materializing their objectives, the terrorist TPLF group has been coming up with several conspiracies that throw the lives of the people of Tigray and their children into chaos at the earliest possible juncture. Furthermore, the criminal enterprise has been as well pulling out all the stops to create animosity among the various Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples of Ethiopia.
It should be borne in mind that on its watch the criminal enterprise had moved the country into the uncharted waters in addition to ruling with an iron rule.
Corroborating Tigray political parties’ claims, lately Tigrayan IDPs have argued that there could be no peace in Tigray as long as the TPLF exists and they exposed that no matter how much aid flowed into the regional state, the priority would always be given to the TPLF leaders.
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) crossing from Tigray into Amhara, in addition to the surrendered Tigrayan fighters currently situated in a large center in the Afar regional state, offer an opportunity to hear the true voices of various communities in Tigray, according to a research report by Professor Ann Fitz-Gerald, who is Director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs.
These individuals [IDPs] who have lived under the TPLF leadership and been impacted most significantly by the conflict that was initiated in November 2020 by the party leadership as the commentary aims to expose their voices and let their stories be heard as to the report of Ethiopian News Agency.
The research stated that while a great number of written commentary pieces on the conflict in northern Ethiopia have been produced over the last 18 months, little to none has exposed the grassroots views of Tigrayan communities actually living in Tigray. Instead, three main groups have sought to represent the views of ethnic Tigrayans, Professor Ann Filz pointed out.
Another is made up of TPLF supporters in the Ethiopia Diaspora, many of whom have been organized as part of a wider auxiliary and “digital army” and who – as a result of access to opportunities made possible to them during the 27 years of TPLF rule in Ethiopia – have also supported the TPLF party leaders.
The final group according to the research is those members of the Tigrayan opposition who are primarily based in Addis Ababa, and whose voices are often dismissed in the face of the TPLF’s wide international networks.
While the voices of the first two groups dominate international coverage, those whose views depart from their narrative [TPLF’s supporters] are silenced, threatened, harassed, and vilified; in effect, insurgency tactics are being replicated in the virtual battlefield of the internet, the research exposed.
In a press statement issued recently, Tigray People’s Democratic Movement (TPDM) noted that the criminal faction continues to believe in a military solution, fully disregarding the plight of innocent civilians which it claims to represent and defend. “Indeed, the people of Tigray have been exposed to enormous problems and suffering due to the warmongering of leaders of the T-TPLF.”
TPDM further noted that the livelihoods of Tigray people were immensely affected by the criminal clique’s reckless character that created havoc with the rest of Ethiopia. T-TPLF should be eliminated by any means so as to free the people of Tigray from tyranny.
“The people of Tigray have never been separated from the rest of Ethiopia; rather it is strongly tied by blood. Thus, contending political parties, religious leaders, the youth, and the international community should work in tandem to liberate the people of Tigray from T-TPLF’s tyrannical rule.”
TPDM always struggles to combat the barbaric acts of the terrorist clique and save the life of innocent civilians across the nation and it has been putting some additional values to encourage Ethiopian unity and peaceful coexistence, the statement remarked.
The Terrorist TPLF’s allegation of releasing war prisoners is clearly intended to boost the fake confidence of its supporters as it is preparing to launch another horrific war by penetrating into Amhara and Afar, said an expert in the area.
T-TPLF claimed the release of war prisoners last week. But the government of Ethiopia has announced that the so-called prisoners are civilians who were kidnapped during the war of TPLF in the Amhara and Afar states.
The people of Tigray are the foremost victim of the Terrorist TPLF aggression and whilst the criminal faction has been damaged and looted civilian properties, it also forcefully conscripted underage soldiers to quench its greed for power, the party added.
As the suffering of the people of Tigray enters another grime stage, the international community needs to put pressure on the terrorist clique to stop its war-mongering acts and spare the lives of Tigray civilians.
BY ADDISALEM MULAT
The Ethiopian Herald 28 May 2022
