Priceless piece of advice to my Oromo brothers and sisters

#OromoProtests started in small town of Ginchi on November 12, 2015. The town is one of the 36 to be incorporated into Finfinne Master Plan. Within days the protest gripped the whole Oromia.

By Ali Yare (opinion from non-Oromo)

(Ayyaantuu) I am aware of the situation in your motherland and how Woyane’s barbaric army forces are killing the unarmed civilians because I am following what is happening there on daily basis. I know how cruel the Woyane regime is and what they are capable of doing. The Somali Ogaden people have been going through the same difficulties that you, as Oromo people, are going through now. I can feel the plights of your civilians now, the relentless horror that the women and children are facing as I am speaking to you, but whatever has happened to you or whatever lives you have lost, there is one thing you should never do and that is to heed to the military pressure. You should never stop the uprising because if you do so, it’s going to be a disaster not only to your people but also to your cause and all of what you have sacrificed so far will be useless. All the people that got killed and all the properties that got destroyed in this revolt will be futile. There are two reasons that you cannot afford to abandon your current protests and they are as the following:

1. By far, this is the largest civil disobedience led by Oromo people that the Woyane regime or any other regime has ever faced. It is factual that this uprising has created unity among the Oromo people. It united them in one goal which is not to allow the minority groups such as Ahmara or Tigre to rule the majority such as Oromo people. Therefore, if you yield to the pressure and cease the ongoing revolution out of, either fear or intention of saving lives, you will be doomed. If you don’t seize this opportunity, this powerful uprising and the current Oromo unity may not come back to you for the next 100 years.

2. Ahmara and Tigre believe that Oromo cannot sustain a fight for a long time and that is what they have at the back of their head. If you look at the social media, where they exchange their view points, they deeply believe that Oromo can be pacified easily through force. So, if the protest gets stopped, that will support their belief and they will definitely say “Didn’t we say so”? I know that the Oromo people are resilient when it comes to defending their lives and properties, but the Woyane regime misunderstands you because of their ignorance.

Our reliable sources are telling us that the regime is about to collapse. It is running out of finance and manpower, and we are all aware of the internal fighting among the EPRDF as well as TPLF. I don’t have to prove this to you because the situation in Addis Ababa proves itself. The weak prime minister has even been unable to form his government because of the Woyane military generals who were installed by former dictator Zenawi. All you need now is persistence and endurance against the brutal regime and your efforts will pay off. The power is the people, not the brutal regime in Addis Ababa. If the people reject the oppressed authority, the TPLF led administration, no one can shovel through their throat. Even if they kill millions of Oromo people, never allow them to impose this outdated regime upon you.

Ali Yare