This article is a personal reaction to the so called efforts of “the mediation group” that has no ulterior motive than compelling the Kinijit Freedom leaders imprisoned in Kaliti Palace (aka ,Kaliti Prison) to surrender to the stubborn dictatorship of the Addis butcher Meles Zenawi. Mediation or dialogue, as long as it is genuine, will bring everlasting peace. Based on this clear understanding no one objects the current efforts of some personalities which aimed to break the Ethiopian political problem.

However, the mediators have a national duty as citizens of the nation to be guided by fundamental principles. As to my understanding any person of Ethiopian origin when it comes to national interests vis a vis other agendas should uphold first the nation. Hence, when the mediation kicks off, the mediators should first try to ignore political situations and power analysis. In this regard the mediators should try their best to let our beloved country Ethiopia goes to the path of freedom and democracy through their efforts. The process in anyways shouldn’t be a window for an emerging or developing dictatorship. If that is the case, history and the nation will put these personalities in the black list.

This world has seen a number of dialogues and mediations. In all these dialogues democracy might sit-down for discussion with dictatorship: however never surrendered to its cause. The jailed Kinijit leaders have put 8 pre conditions for joining the parliament. All of it deals with democratizing the nation: free election board, non partisan security force, freedom of expression, rule of law etc. Hence, if these people who raised such clear democratic issues apologize to the ruling party/dictatorship, it is not them that will surrender to killers and dictators it is democracy itself. Mandela and his colleagues never discussed surrendering for apartheid for the sake of getting out of prison. By doing this democracy finally let apartheid to surrender to its knee. In history: fascism, communism, etc surrendered to democracy never the vice versa. Our world in anyway did not ask apology from Hitler and Mussolini. Rather the freedom forces demolished the forces of hate. There is no way Ethiopia to let democracy give its hands to dictatorship. In this case we advise the mediators not to mediate the rebirth of dictatorship in the name of political dialogue.

Teshale W/Gebriel ,(Aarau, Switzerland )