BY MENGESHA AMARE
Devising lasting solutions for inconsistencies, disagreements, and rivalries via digging out their root causes among the society helps Ethiopia reap lasting remedies for wounds, enmities, and slanting outlooks against one another, as well as entrenched resentments and social flaws.
Comprehending the solid fact that nothing would be out of the sight and physical reach of citizens everywhere across the nation, Ethiopia has devised a viable scheme to reach out to the owner of peace, stability, growth, and prosperity—the general public—through the national dialogue commission. Yes, the commission has commenced consulting with society on how to solve the long-heaped problems of the nation from all walks of life, and what could be the possible remedies to get all the roots of conspiracies with hidden missions, to the extent that can dismantle the nation, rivalries, and discrepancies that potentially snatch the peace and serenity of nations and nationalities, dried forever.
Unequivocally, it is possible to come up with an affluent, competent, and equally treating nation if political commitment and a sense of belongingness have been heartily applied, apart from consulting the general public about critical national issues that have been causing conflicts, be they sporadic or recurrent, suspicious of each other or one another, categorical enmity, or polluting harmonious ways of living among people of one nation.
If truth be told, let alone Ethiopians, who could hardly be degenerated at all, Africans, Americans, Asians, and all human races worldwide came from the ancestral trait of Lucy, or Ethiopia in short. If this is so, the entire world belongs to Ethiopia, just as Ethiopia belongs to the world. Taking such a mesmerizing historical and ancestral match into account, the African continent, which is the nearest to this ancient country—great Ethiopia—has to establish amicable societal and people-to-people relations and harmony, setting the roots of all odds aside for common growth.
Frankly speaking, it is shameful for Ethiopians from all corners to develop resentment, disparity, and rivalry based on fictions or fabricated means orchestrated by those bodies, which are fond of baking bread out of their being restless and aimed at destabilizing the former apart.
Anyway, by gone is by gone, if there were bad deeds perhaps. Ethiopia and Ethiopians are not decelerating, but rather accelerating. No matter how serious what was narrated or done may be—no concrete evidence, of course—that should be left as a historical flaw, but citizens are not expected to yell all the time over it to retard their change and growth.
Be that as it may, the very idea and practical move the Commission has started applying will be significantly useful in coming up with a viable solution to untie the tightly knotted ways that have been cancerous for Ethiopia’s progress and its people’s livelihood improvement.
Undeniably, the society or citizens here and there would be reliable sources of solutions to problems as they have housed all the virtue and evil circumstances. Ethiopians have to be well aware of the tricks organized by those who would not like to see Ethiopia’s change and progress, as no one can come and act accordingly to make a great nation. Thanks to the national dialog commission, it is endeavoring to alleviate all grudges and antipathies between or among sons and daughters of the same nation.
True, consulting the owners, bearers of rights, responsibilities, and duties, is the proper and rewarding approach to helping all citizens enjoy breathing peaceful air and trekking on a boulevard devoid of threats so as to fearlessly move from Bale to Mekele.
The very concern here should be creating a politico-economically well-to-do, physically and practically stable, and wholeheartedly prospering Ethiopia. This should not be left only to one body, to cite a few, the government, the national dialog commission, the ministry of peace, or other concerned ones; rather, it needs the collaborative effort of all. Believe it or not, Ethiopia lacks nothing but a patriotic citizenry working from the bottom of their hearts for the country, committed political leadership thinking outside the box and serving the general public at the expense of their personal gain, and diligent civil servants working from dawn to dusk condemning maladministration and bribery.
As far as I am concerned, all these irregularities are going to be well raised by the general public, and possible solutions would also be devised to encourage citizens to work for their country and fellow citizens with a view to bringing about real change in all aspects.
In sum, the commission has to embark on soliciting credible public opinion that singles out critical hurdles revolving around the social, economic, and political spheres of the country. Unless we all start critically thinning and thinking of our country more than anything else, the long-aspired change and prosperity will be a nightmare. So helping the Commission attain its farsighted plan is a timely call everyone has to respond to in good faith.
Editor’s Note: The views entertained in this article do not necessarily reflect the stance of The Ethiopian Herald
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD FRIDAY 9 JUNE 2023
