3 ጥቅምቲ 2013 ኣብ ልዕሊ ኤርትራውያን ሰብ ጽቡቕ ድሌት ህዝብ መራሕትን ዓለምን ከቢድ ሓዘንን ስንባደን ዘውረደት ዕለት እያ። ኣብ ቀዳማይ ዓመታዊ ዝኽሪ ናይዛ ዕለት ኣብ 2014 እውን ሓዘንን ስንባደን ናይዛ ኣብ ባሕሪ መዲተራንያን ናይ ብዙሓት ህይወት ዝበለዐት ዕለት ኣይነከየን።

LampadusaWA 1

እዚ ሓደጋ ምስ ኣጋጠመ ንኽብሪ እቶም ግዳይ ዝኾኑ ኤርትራውያንን ዘይኤርትራውያንን መዘከርታ ዝኸውን ወግዓዊ ስነ ስርዓት ቀብሪ ከም ዝካየድ ትጽቢት ነይሩ። እንተኾነ ናይዞም 368 ግዳይ ባሕሪ ዝኾኑ ኤርትራውያን ኣስከሬን እነሆ ክሳብ ሎሚ ኣብ ትሕቲ መሬት ተኸዚኑ ኣሎ። እቲ ብኽብሪ ዝቕበርሉ ዕለት ደኣ መዓስ እዩ ክኸውን???
LampadusaWA 3
ካብ ሓድጋ ላምፓዱሳ ዝተረፉን ኣዕርኽቶም ምስ ጳጳስ ፍራንሲስ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት

ንዝክሪ እቶም ግዳያት ላምፓዱሳን ካለኦት ኣብ ምረበዳን ባሕርን ዝሃለቑን ኤርትራውያን ዝምልከት ኣብቲ ኣብ ላምፓዱሳ ብዝለዓለ ድምቀት ዝተኻየደ ቀዳምይ ዓመታዊ ዝኽሪ 3 ጥቅምቲ 2014 እዚ ኣብ ታሕቲ ዘሎ ጸብጻብ ኣዳሊና ኔርና።


ላዕለዎት ሓለፍቲ ሕብረት ኤውረጳን ኢጣልያን ኣብ 1ይ ዝኽሪ

ህልቂትላምፓዱሳ ተሳቲፎም፡ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ግና በዂሩ

ብልኡኽ ሰደህኤ ኣብ ላምፓዱሳ

ቀዳማይ ዓመት ዝኽሪ ህልቂት ላምፓዱሳ ላዕለዎት ሓለፍቲ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳን ኢጣልያን ከምኡ እውን ወከልቲ ዞባውያንን ዓለም ለኻውያንን ትካላትን  ብሰባኣዊ መሰል ዝግደሱ ማሕበራትን ኣብ ዝተረኽብሉ ኣብ ደሴት ላምፓዱሳ ተዘኪሩ። ብዘይካ’ዚ ካብቲ ቅድሚ ሓደ ዓመት ዘጋጠመ እሞ 368 ህይወት ኤርትራውያን ዝቐዘፈ ሕደጋ ዝተረፉ እውን ተሳቲፎም ነይሮም። ከምኡ እውን ቤተሰብ ግዳያት፡ ሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝርከቦም ኤርትራውያን ፖለቲክዊ ውድባትን በርገሳዊ ማሕበራት እውን ኣካል ናይቲ ዝኽሪ ነይሮም። ናይቲ ንኤርትራ ዝገዝእ ዘሎ ጉጅለ ብኩራት ግና ብዓንተብኡ ፍሉጥ ነይሩ። በዂሩ ከዓ።

ካብቶም ኣብ ናይ 3 ጥቅምቲ 2014 ስነስርዓት ዝኽሪ ላምፓዱሳ ኣብቲ መዓርፎ  ነፈርትን ሓደጋ ዘጋጠመሉ ኩርናዕን ዝተሳተፉ፡ ኣብ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ ከም ወኪል ዝተመዘዛን ሓላፊት ወጻኢ ጉዳይ ኢጣልያን ወ/ሮ ፈደሪካ ሞገሪኒ፡ ናይ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ ፓርላማ ኣቦመንበር ጀርመናዊ ኣቶ ማርቲን ስቹልትዝ፡ ፕረሲደንት ባይቶ ኢጣልያ ወ/ሮ ሉራ ቦድሪኒ፡ ናይ ፖርትጋል ፓርላማን ናይ ሕብረት ዞባ መዲተራንያን ናይ ሓባር ፕረሲደንትን ወ/ሮ ማርያ ዳ ኤ ኢስተቨስን ተወካሊ ጳጳስ ፍራንሲስ ካርዲናል ኣንቶኒዮ ማሪኣ ቨጅሊዮን፡ ከምኡ እውን ብዙሓት ሓለፍቲ ኢጣልያ፡ ተወከልቲ ሕቡራት መንግስታት ላዕለዋይ ኮሙሽን ጉዳይ ስደተኛታትን ካለኦት ሰብኣዊ ማሕበራትን ይርከብዎም።


LampadusaWA 4ላዕለዎት ሓለፍቲ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳን ኢጣልያን ኣብ ሕልናዊ ዝኽሪ ግዳያት ሓደጋ ላምፓዱሳ.

ካብቶም ዝተሳተፉ ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ኣባ ሙሴ፡ ዶ/ር ኣልጋነሽ (ጋንዲ)፡ ኣንባሳድር ዓንደብርሃን ወልደጊዮርጊስ ካብ መድረኽ፡ ኣቶ ወልደየሱስ ዓማር ካብ ሰደህኤን፡ ከምኡ እውን ተወከልቲ ኤርትራዊ ውድባት፡ ኤርትራዊ ደሞክራሲያዊ ሰልፊ፡ ግንባር ሃገራዊ ድሕነት ኤርትራ፡ ካብ ኤርትራዊ በርገሳዊ ማሕበራት ኣብ ኢጣልያን ካሎት ከባብታት ኤውሮጳን ይርከብዎም። ስርዓት ኤርትራ ኣይተዓደመን ብድሌቱ እውን ኣብዚ ናይ ዙሓት ብሰንኩ ዝሃለቑ እሞ “ኣፍሪቃውያን ስደተኛታት” ኢሉ ዘነኣኣሶም ኤርትራውያን ግዳያት  ዝኽሪ ኣጋጣሚ ኣይተረኽበን።

LampadusaWA 5

ኣብቲ ኣብ መዕርፎ ነፈርቲ ላምፓዱሳ ኣብ ሰዓታት ናይ ንግሆ ብ3 ጥቅምቲ ዝተኻየደ ኮፈረንስ፡ ብዛዕባ ታሪኻዊ ኣገዳስነት ናይቲ ኣብ ሕጺር ግዜ ቅድሚ ሓደ ዓመት ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ዝሃለቕሉ ኣጋጣሚ ብዙሓት ተሳተፍቲ መደረታት ኣስሚዖም። ኣብዚ ኣጋጣሚ ወ/ሮ  ሞገሪኒ ናይ መንግስቲ ኢጣልያን ሕብረት ኤውሮጳን ኣብ ባሕሪ መዲትራንያን ህይወት ናይ ምድሓን ቅሩብነት ዳግማይ ገሊጸን። ኣቶ ስቸልትዝ ድማ ብዛዕባ ሓደጋ ላምፓዱሳ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኤርትራውያን ቤተሰብ ግዳያት ዘሕደሮ በሰላን ብዛዕባ “ክብርን መትከላትን ኤውሮጳ” ገሊጾም። እዞም ክልተን ካለኦት ኣብቲ ኮንፈረንስ ዝተዛረቡን ኩሎም ኣብ መጻኢ እቲ ዋሕዚ ስደተኛታት ካብ ኣፍሪቃን ማእከላይ ምብራቕ ከም ዝፍታሕ ተመባጺዖም። ኣብቲ ኣጋጣሚ ነቲ ናይ ዝኽሪ ሰነ ስርዓት ንዝወደቡ ኣካልት ወኪሉ ኣዝተዛርበ ኤርትራዊ መንእሰይ ነቲ ዘጋጠመ ሓደጋ ከጋጥም ዘይግበኦ ዝነበረ” ክብል ገሊጽዎ።

LampadusaWA 6.  
ድሕሪ እቲ ናይ መዓርፎ ነፈርቲ ኮንፈርስን ምፍጻሙ ላዕለዎት ሓለፍቲ፡ ምስ ካብቲ ሓደጋ ዝተረፉን ቤተሰብ ግዳያትን ኮይኖም፡ ኣብ ጃላቡ ተሳፊሮም ናብቲ ካብ ገማግም ላምፓዱሳ 1.5 ኪሎሜትር ጥራይ ዝርሕቕ እቲ ኣሰቃቂ ሓደጋ ዘጋጠመሉ ቦታ ተጓዒዞም። ኣብኡ ምስ በጽሑ እቶም ናይ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳን ናይ ኢጣልያን ሓለፍቲ ናብቲ እታ ስደተኛታት ኣሳፊራ ዝነበረት ጀርልባ ዝጠሓለትሉ ፍሉይ ቦታ ዕታር ዕንባባታት ነጺጎም።

ደሓር ኣብዚ ዕለት መራሕቲ ሃይማኖት ኣብ ላምፓዱሳ ብፍላይ ብ3 ጥቅምቲ 2013፡ 368 ኤርትራውያን ዝሃለቕሉ ናይ መዘከርታ ናይ ጸሎት ስርዓት ኣካይዶም። ኣብዚ ድማ ንኽብሪ እቶም ግዳያት ላምፓዱሳ ሽምዓታት በሪሁ።


LampadusaWA 7

ድሕሪ እቲ ሃይማኖታዊ ናይ ዝኽሪ ስነ ስርዓት፡ ኣቶም ካብቲ ሓደጋ ዝተረፉ እሞ ኣብቲ ዝኽሪ ዝተሳተፉ ዝመርሕዎ ዓብይ ሰልፊ ናብቲ 155 ሰባት ካብቲ ሓደጋ ድሒኖም  ዝወጽሉ ቦታ ኣምሪሖም። ዋላ’ኳ ብርቱዕ ዝናብ ዝዘነበሉ ምሽት እንተነበረ፡ ሰልፈኛታት ግና ጉዕዘኦም ኣይተዓግተን። ቀጺሉ ከዓ ኣብቲ ኣጋጣሚ ብዝነበሩ ካቶሊካዊ ቀሺ መዛዘሚ ጸሎት ተኻይዱ።

ኣቐዲሙ ብ1 ጥቅምቲ 2014፡ ቤተሰብ ግዳያት ላምፓዱሳን ካብቲ ሓደጋ ዝተረፉን ኣብ ቫቲካን ቤተ ክርስትያን ካተድራል ቅዱስ ጴጥሮስ ኣቀባብላ ተገርሎም ነይሩ። ኣብዚ ናይ ኣቀባብላ ኣጋጣሚ እቶም ጳጳስ ቫቲካን ነቶም ግዳያት ላምፓዱሳ እንተኾነ ኣብ ኤርትራ ግቡእ ቀብሪ ግበረሎም ወይ ድማ ኣብ ኢጣልያ ናይ ሓባር መቓብር ክግበረሎም  ሓገዝ ከም ዝገብሩ ቃል ኣትዮም ነይሮም።

ተጋዳላይ ኣሕመድ መሓመድ ኢብራሂም (ፍሩም) ብዓርቢ 2 ጥቅምቲ 2015 ካብ'ዛ ዓለም ብሞት ተፈልዩና። ስውእ ኣሕመድ ፍሩም፡ ብ1947 ኣብ ከባቢ ዓዲ ቀይሕ ኢዩ ተወሊዱ። ኣብ ስሳታት ድማ ናብ ተሓኤ ተሰሊፉ።

 

ስውእ ኣሕመድ ፍሩም፡ ብዙሓት ተጋደልቲ ኢዩ ኣብ መደበር ታዕሊም ኣፍርዩ። ብንጽህናኡን ሻራ ዘይብሉ ኣተሓሕዛኡን ድማ ኵሉ ተዓላማይ ዝፈትዎን ዘድንቆን ተጋዳላይ ኢዩ ነይሩ።

 

በዚ ኣጋጣሚ'ዚ፡ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ ንስውእ መንግስቲ ሰማይ የዋርሶ፣ ንቤተሰቡን ኣዝማዱን ድማ ጽንዓት ይሃቦም ብምባል ናይ ሓዘኖም ተኻፋሊ ምዃኑ ክገልጽ ይፈቱ።

October 3, 2013 was a day of shock and mourning to inconsolable Eritreans and many other good hearted peoples and leaders around the globe. Even the first anniversary in October 2014 carried a similar feeling towards the victims of the chain of Lampedusas that claimed so many lives in the Mediterranean Sea.

 

In the immediate aftermath of Lampedusa, there were big promises to give proper burial to the victims at least as a symbolic gesture of respect and dignity to all Eritrean and other victims of the boat tragedies.

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Yet, the coffins of over 360 Eritreans who died in that single incident to this day remain in underground vaults awaiting the pledged proper burial by their families and the concerned Italian authorities. But when will that day be???

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Lampedusa survivors and friends with Pope Francis last year

 

In memory of the victims of Lampedusa and all other Eritreans who perished in the deserts and the high seas, we publish again (see below) a reportage on the first anniversary that was colourfully help inside Lampedusa itself.

 

Top EU and Italian Dignitaries Join 1st Memorial of

Lampedusa Tragedy; PFDJ Regime was Absent

 

By EPDP Delegate in Lampedusa

The first anniversary of the Lampedusa tragedy was marked in Lampedusa in the presence of high European Union and Italian dignitaries and representatives of regional and international organizations closely concerned with human rights ande migration issues. Also attending were survivors of the tragedy that claimed 368 lives a year ago, family members of the victims as well as Eritrean political and civil society organizations, among them the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP). The absence of the Eritrean regime was very noticeable.

 

Attending the 3 October ceremonies at Lampedusa Airport and at the spot where the tragedy occurred a year ago included the newly designated EU High Representative and Italian Foreign Minister Ms Federica Mogherini; the President of the EU Parliament, Mr. Martin Schultz of Germany; the President of the Italian Chamber of Representatives, Ms. Laura Boldrini; Ms. Maria da A. Esteves, the President of both the Portuguese Parliament and union of Mediterranean zone parliaments; representative of Pope Francis, Cardinal Antonio Maria Veglio, and many Italian officials, and representatives of UNHCR and other human rights organizations.

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EU and Italian dignitaries in a minute of silence in commemoration of Lampedusa victims

Among a good number of Eritreans were Father Mussie Zerai; Dr. Alganesh Fisseha (Ghandi); Ambassador Andebrahan Weldegiorgis of National Dialogue Forum (Medrek); Mr. Woldeyesus Ammar of EPDP; and representatives of Eritrean Democratic Party; Eritrean National Salvation Front, and Eritrean civil society organizations in Italy and other parts of Europe. The Eritrean regime was not invited nor did it volunteer to join the memorial day of so many Eritrean victims of its own doing, and whom it infamously wished to call the “African migrants”.

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At the Lampedusa Memorial Conference held in the morning hours of 3 October at the airport, nearly a dozen dignitaries spoke on the historic importance of the tragedy that befell so many Eritreans in the immediate shorts of Lampedusa a year ago to the day. Ms Mogherini expressed Italy’s ande EU’s renewed commitment to save lives in the Mediterranean Sea, and Mr. Schultz spoke of the wounds that the Lampedsua tragedy inflicted both upon Eritrean families and the “dignity and conscience of Europe”. They and other speakers pledged to do all what they can to create policies that can solve the problems related to the influx of refugees and migrants from Africa and the Middle East. Young Eritrean who spoke representing the Otobre civil society and other organizers of the event, called the tragedy an incident that “should and could have been avoided”.

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Soon after the conference at the airport, the dignitaries with survivors of the tragedy and family members of the victims boarded the fleet of boats that took them to the spoke where the tragedy took place only about 1.5k away from the shores of Lampedusa. The EU and Italian dignitaries threw a wreath of flowers to the sea on the very spoke where the fateful boat sank with all its victims.

 

Later on the day, religious leaders organized an inter-faith memorial in the Island of Lampedusa at which candles were light at ever mention of the 368 victims of 3 October 2013.

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Following the church memorial ceremony, survivors of the tragedy led a large demonstration that headed to the spoke on which the 155 survivors of the incident were pulled to safety. It was a heavily rainy evening but the demonstrators were not stopped from their march and final prayers and sermons by Eritrean Catholic and Orthodox priests who were part of the memorial ceremonies of the day.

 

Earlier on 1 October, families of the Lampedusa victims and the survivors were received in audience with Pope Francis in the St. Peter’s Cathedral in the Vatican in which the Pope pledged to help in giving a proper burial for the remains of the victims of Lampedusa in Eritrea or to at least give them a common cemetery in Italy. (Harnnet.org will have a special reportage on these intensive events of the first Lampedusa Memorial Day in Italy).

خلال الأيام القليلة المنصرمة عقد رئيس حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الارتري اجتماعاً دعا اليه جميع عضوية الحزب، الاجتماع وإن كان قد تركز علي مناقشة الشأن الحزبي الداخلي إلا أنه لم يتجاهل ما تعيشه بلادنا ويمر به شعبنا من مآسٍ ومعضلاتٍ عويصة. والي جانب تبادل المعلومات والإجابة علي أسئلة المشاركين قدم الاجتماع نموذجاً فريداً للأسلوب الديمقراطي في إدارة الجلسات والمناقشات.

 

تم التركيز علي تنوير الأعضاء بنتائج المؤتمر الأخير للحزب – المؤتمر العام الثاني – بالإضافة الي ضرورة التزام الجميع قيادةً وقواعد بتنفيذ مضامين وثائق المؤتمر من قرارات وأهداف وخطط ولوائح وقوانين. وكما هو المعهود أن كل حزب ذي مسئوليات جسيمة لابد أن يقوِّي بنيته الداخلية ليكون علي قدر التحديات والمسئوليات الملقاة علي عاتقه، مهمتنا ليست يسيرة، إنها مهمة إسقاط نظام الهقدف الدكتاتوري، فكل من كان هشاً في عناصر قوته الذاتية لن يلعب دوراً متميزاً في مشاركة الآخرين إنجازاتهم، والإنجاز بدوره لا يتحقق عبر مجهود القلة ولا النخبة القائدة مثلاً، إنما هو جهدٌ متواصلٌ بمشاركة الجميع. هذا ومن أهم أدوات العمل التي تستخدمها عضوية الحزب في بناء حزبها التسلح بالعلم والمعرفة مع التفاني والإخلاص. وبالطبع فإن أحد الطرق الرئيسية للحصول علي المعلومة أو التسلح بها هو طريق سير المعلومات من أعلى مستويات القيادة الي أدنى مستويات القاعدة والعكس وذلك بالطبع بعقد القيادة الاجتماعات العامة للعضوية والجمهور عامة من حين لآخر.

 

إن اجتماعات العضوية ليست فقط للتذكير بالواجبات وشحذ الهمم، بل تعني الكثير في إيفاء العضو حقه من التزود بالمعلومات عن كل ما حوله من بيئة سياسية واجتماعية من منظور أو رؤية الحزب. بالإضافة الي ذلك تخلق هذه الاجتماعات التناسق الفكري والمعلوماتي بين عضوية وقيادة الحزب حول كل شيء. وعندما تتسلح العضوية بالعلم والمعلومات والوعي تكون خير سفراء لحزبها أينما كانت وَحـَــلـَّــتْ وفي جميع الأروقة والميادين.

 

وحدة معسكر المعارضة والأسس والمبادئ التي يجب أن تقوم عليها كانت واحدة من الموضوعات التي تناولها الاجتماع، لا شك أن هذه القضية تهم كل دعاة التغيير لذا عليهم جميعاً تقع مسئولية تفعيل دور المعارضة، لكن مع الإقرار النظري بأهمية هذه الإشكالية لا تجد من الناحية الفعلية الاهتمام اللازم بما يتحتم فعله. إن ما يحدث الآن تجاه هذا الأمر أشبه بالرغبة مع وقف تنفيذ تحقيقها. لقد قلب الاجتماع الموضوع علي جميع الوجوه وناقشه بعمق ومسئولية. حزبنا من ناحيته قدم مشروعاً عملياً مفيداً يخرج المعارضة من هذا المأزق الذي ظلت تتقلب في جحيمه، هذا وقد أكد الاجتماع علي ضرورة إثراء القواعد هذا المشروع بأفكارها ومساهماتها ومبادراتها العملية.

     

لقد ظلت ارتريا طيلة حقبة ليست بالقصيرة واحدةً من أكثر الدول ذكراً في الاعلام العالمي، كما حصلت علي عدد كبير من الألقاب ضمن شهرتها العالمية هذه، فأحياناً توصف بأنها تحت الاحتلال أو الاستعمار وأحياناً أنها تعيش عصر الاضطهاد الذاتي أو الداخلي. وبدلاً من أن كانت في يومٍ من الأيام توصف بأرض الأبطال والمتفانين في تحرير بلادهم باتت توصف اليوم ببلاد القمع والظلم والتشرُّد والمعاناة، والارتريون يفخرون ببعض تلك الصفات ويخجلون من بعضها.

 

بلادنا لا شك حازت علي كل تلك الأسماء والنعوت بفعل بنيها وليس بفعل فاعل، هذا لا يعني أن أن الأمر كان خلواً من عوامل ومؤثرات اقليمية وخارجية، واليوم أيضاً لأبنائها دور ولقوى الخارج دور فيما يجري فيها، لكن مصيرها النهائي لن يتقرر إلا بأيدي بنيها. واليوم تتعاظم المسئولية الوطنية لأبنائها وتتعقد أكثر من أي وقتٍ مضى. ففي الماضي لم يألوا الارتريون جهداً في جعل بلادهم ذات سيادة ومكانة بين الأمم. لقد تحدوا وقهروا جميع الصعاب حتى وصلوا الي ما وصلوا اليه من مجدٍ وسؤدد. واليوم أيضاً تقف أمامهم نفس الصعاب والتحديات وهي أكثر تحدياً وصعوبة وخشونة. وفي المرحلة النضالية الراهنة نحن حددنا قضيتنا وتحدِّينا بأن نتحد جميعاً من أجل محاربة النظام القمعي الظالم، لذا يجب أن نحذر ونتجنب فخ الخلاف والتشرذم الذي يحاول أفورقي حياكته ليل نهار ومن ثم نكون في غاية الحذر من أن لا تنزلق أمورنا من أيدينا وتصير بيد الآخرين.

 

هناك سؤال يطرح نفسه، ألا وهو: (ما سر نجاح الارتريين في السابق في قهر كل التحديات التي جابهتهم؟)، بالطبع لن يتوانى الكثيرون من الرد بأن ذلك يكمن في طباع الشجاعة والبطولة والتضحية التي يتميز بها الارتريون، ونحن لا نغمط شعبنا الارتري تلك الصفات ولا ننكر تمتعه بها، إن سر نجاح وانتصار الارتريين هو إيثار كل منهم الآخر علي نفسه ورفع شعار (نحن) بدلاً من شعار (نحن وأنتم). إنه ترك خلافاته الثانوية وقدم مصلحة الشعب والوطن العامة علي المصالح الخاصة والضيقة. ولا نبالغ إذا قلنا إن شعبنا قد طبق في حياته مبدأ (الوحدة قوة).

 

 

الحياة كما نعلم تتكون من ثنائيات متضادة، هناك مناصر وهناك مخذِّل، غالب ومغلوب، وقد مضى النضال والانتصار الارتري التاريخي وفق هذا المبدأ. ونفس المبدأ ينطبق علي نضالنا الحالي، فعندما تصطدم قوتان يبحث كلٌّ منهما عن عوامل النصر وأي الجوانب من الخصم أقوى لكي ينهال عليها بالضرب فيضعفها. وكما أسلفنا فإن الأعداء الذين كانوا متأكدين من أن عنصر قوة الشعب الارتري يكمن في وحدته الصلبة لم يتركوا وسيلة من وسائل إضعافها إلا واتخذوها ليتمكنوا من ثم من إخضاع شعبنا. وبذلك نجح شعبنا في اجتياز كل الاختبارات التي تعرضت لها وحدته.

        

إن التكتيك الذي يختاره بدقة أعداء وحدة شعبٍ ما لإضعاف تلك الوحدة يدخل في حساباته تكوين الشعب المستهدف، فعلي سبيل المثال حاول الكثيرون اتخاذ التعدد والتنوع الديني والمناطقي عامل تمزيق أو إضعاف للوحدة الوطنية، لكن صمود وحدة شعبنا أمام تلك الاختبارات مكنه من التمتع بما يعيشه اليوم من السيادة الوطنية. لذلك ما تزال الوحدة هي الصخرة التي تتكسر عليها محاولات تمزيق شعبنا الهزيلة الي يومنا هذا.

 

الناشطون في مسرح إضعاف وحدة الشعب بالطبع متعددون ومتغيرو الأوجه أو السياسات، ففي حقبة النضال الوطني التحرري كان من الطبيعي أن يتولى المستعمرون استخدام تلك الحياة والسياسات المستهدفة للوحدة الارترية، أما في حقبة ما بعد التحرير فإن طغمة الهقدف الدكتاتورية الحاكمة هي التي ورثت هذا الدور عن المستعمرين. وبما أننا وضعنا هذا النظام في قائمة مضطهدي شعبنا فلا يمكن أن نتوقع منه خيراً لشعبنا أو لوحدته، وهل يسعى من اتخذ اضطهاد وإذلال شعبه منهجاً، هل يسعى الي تمتين وحدته وتغذية وعيه الوحدوي؟! لذلك فمن غير المقبول ولا المهضوم أن لا تنتهج قوى التغيير النقيضة للنظام الدكتاتوري نهج الحرص علي وحدة الشعب.

 

(كيف إذاً يتم تكييف وحل قضية الواقع الارتري الماثل أمامنا؟) هذا السؤال القلِــق والمُـقـْــلِــق تجده اليوم علي لسان كل ارتري مهموم بقضايا وطنه، البعض قد يرد عليه بلا أدريـَّـة ولا مبالاة، وهناك اليائس المحبط الذي يرد بأنه لا حل لقضيتنا هذه، لكن بالطبع لكل مشكلة حل، هناك أيضاً من يجيب بأن مشكلتنا بإدراكٍ منا أو بغير إدراك نابعة من إخفاقنا في إيجاد الحل، بخلاف ذلك فإن القضية الارترية ليست عديمة الحل، نعم الحل لا يأتيك وأنت جالس في قعر غرفتك، بل تبحث وتكدّ وتشقى في البحث عنه، هناك كم كبير من ذوي الضمائر الحية والقلوب غير المحبطة يجيبون علي هذا السؤال بأن ( مشكلتنا تكمن في عدم استعدادنا لتلقف وتطبيق الحل الذي ينادي علي نفسه في كل الطرقات المؤدية الي الحل، هؤلاء المتفائلون يرون أن الحل يكمن في الاتفاق علي كل ما من شأنه إنقاذ الشعب والوطن ورفع وتطبيق شعار (نحن) بدلاً من (نحن وأنتم). وهذا إذا قلبته علي كل الوجوه سوف يسفر عن أن مشكلتنا لم تعدم الحل بل من يأخذ بيد الحل الي التطبيق والنفاذ. بخصوص هذا الحل فإن البرنامج السياسي لحزب الشعب الديمقراطي الارتري ينص في الفقرة1.1.2 علي الآتي ( إن حزبنا يعمل علي أن تصبح ارتريا دولة يسودها السلام والوحدة، ومستفيداً من تراث البطولة والوحدة الغني لدى شعبه يحافظ علي الوحدة والتنوع الوطني الارتري).     

Sunday, 04 October 2015 12:50

Borderlines: The tale of a state in limbo

Written by

Michela Wrong Image Credit: TEDx Euston

Borderlines (2015) is Michela Wrong’s debut novel. Taking the perspective of a British narrator named Paula, it tells the tale of a newly-independent fictitious African nation named North Darrar, which relapses into border conflict with its neighbour. Although the country is never mentioned, Wrong’s North Darrar looks very much like the real African nation of Eritrea. The story very much seems like a fictionalized account of events and anecdotes that took place in Eritrea in the last decade, events which Wrong has written extensively on in other publications.

In this well-written novel, Wrong weaves the picture of a curious and naive British lawyer who lands in Africa for the first time, carrying with her all the stereotypical images of the continent. And, at least initially, the bond between North Darrar and Paula, seems driven by her career more than anything else. As the story unfolds, Wrong depicts a country encapsulated in an early decolonizing process, trying to present itself to the world amid acute shortages of skilled human power, resources, and paranoid political leadership. Paula encounters a society that is generous, simple, hopeful, and yet ruled by a culture of pervasive paranoia. The paranoid culture, as the narrator Paula eventually understands, results from the long years of colonial rule, isolation, and political corruption. The commingling of seclusion, detachment, and inwardly looking culture further reinforce, according to one of the characters in the novel, the trauma and mutual distrust in the society:

Half the residents are related to each other and the other half fought alongside one another during the liberation struggle. They loathe or love each other, often simultaneously (102).

The story is roughly divided into three parts. The first section is where the narrator lands in a country that is yet going through the early steps of decolonization. Described in vivid detail are: impressive and ruined buildings; hope and anxiety; sense of loss and victory; as well as the seemingly monotonous life of the diplomatic and expatriate communities. In the second part, Paula and her team collect facts and evidence about the border conflict, as part of her preparation to represent the country in the international court of justice in The Hague. The third part chronicles hopeful stories of citizens who are gradually zombified. Paula also gets involved in the internal affairs of the country, campaigning against the political system’s corruption, which effectively ends the job that sent her there in the first place.

What is interesting is that Wrong’s writing avoids a simplistic over-generalization about the population of North Darrar, that reduces a people’s complexity into one-dimensional stereotypes. Different characters such as Dawit, who doubles as operations and opposition; the truly devoted yet ambitious revolutionary character of Dr. Berhane; and the pleasant personality of a government agent named Abraham all help paint the book’s multi-faceted landscape. The descriptions of a monotonous and slow daily life, the wearisome entrances into the world of international law where time is jagged into an eternity, punctuated by a sudden course of actions that result in unexpected outcomes, are symbolic representations of the country and its fate. Although at times the narrative seems extended, the story also benefits from the author’s wonderful curiosity for detail. This allows the author to create an interesting picture of the country by intertwining small stories into a bigger image of a state in limbo.

Source=http://africasacountry.com/2015/09/borderlines-the-tale-of-limbo-state/

“It is good to be a Catholic at this time."

  Iman Khalid Latiff, NYU

 

The visitation of Pope Francis in the USA last week touched people of all faiths and diversities. His mass services, public speeches, visitation to the jail and the homeless luncheon attracted not just faithful Catholics, but interfaith masses. Spiritually, he truly walks the life of Jesus Christ.  Politically and socially, he centered his policy under dialogue and inclusiveness.

Glued on TV watching the Interfaith Prayer Service hosted by his Holiness in Ground Zero, New York, was beyond emotion. It was a communion of different faith leaders remembering the 9/11 casualties in spiritual and brotherly tone. It was a moving moment to watch Imam Khalid Latiff passing well wishing card to Pope Francis, and his Holiness accepting it with a booming smile, his signature. What does his Holiness teach us from his pastoral journey? Dialogue and inclusiveness.

 

Naturally, when the political situation of a country hits abyss, nationals wake up from the slump in urgency to resurrect their countrymen. At this juncture, instead of building bridges, we continue building walls of separation, the root cause of mistrust. This act is emboldening the dictator from his death bed. An open dialogue done with inclusiveness is our only revival to a victory lane.

Reaching out to every human being is at the center of the Pontiff’s mission. Of course, his Holiness does it from a spiritual aspect. Politically, it will also work equally. Human beings love to be touched, cared, respected, and loved. Truly, Pope Francis has made an impact on many people by caring about them, reaching them out, and telling them they are also loved by God. 

In conclusion, as many faithful Catholics have felt, I also felt it is good time to be a Catholic. It is good feeling to see many people from all walks of life to express their admiration of his humility, love and compassion. It was a memory that took me back to my childhood roots in the Combonian compounds in Decamere. He had a message for everyone that we are all sons and daughters of God and can overcome all our issues in this life through dialogue.

In a memorandum addressed to the Italian foreign ministry on the second anniversary of the Lampedusa tragedy of 3 October 2013, the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP) blamed Italy for failing to fully identify and give proper burial to the over 360 Eritrean victims of the Lampedusa tragedy whose bodies still remain "just numbers in unnamed graves"

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Italian Foreign Minister P. Gentiloni at Palazzo della Farnesina

 

Dated 1st October and addressed to Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, the EPDP memorandum intended not to accuse but to remind the Italian Government of the pledges it made soon after the Lampedusa disaster as well as the historical and moral responsibility Italy should have towards Eritrea and its problems.

The memorandum reiterated the deep appreciation Eritreans expressed to Italy after the tragic incident and the marking of its first anniversary last year that was organized in Lampedusa in the presence of dignitaries from Italy and the European Union. The EPDP regretted that " both Italy and EU have this year failed to hold a second memorial day this October at least as a sign of respect and recognition to the tens of thousands of Eritrean and other lives that perished in the Mediterranean Sea while crying for help from Italy and the rest of Europe".

Likewise, the EPDP also found it pertinent to point out that the pledges it received from the Africa Committee of the Italian Parliament in December 2013 have not yet seen the light of the day. It is to be recalled that following messages addressed to the two chambers of the Italian Parliament only two months after Lamppedusa, an EPDP delegation was able to meet with the Africa Committee of the Italian parliament which then promised to draft a special project on Eritrea expected to study ways of providing concrete support for Eritrean democratic forces opposed to the dictatorship in Asmara in addition to formulating an enhanced assistance to Eritrean refugees both in Italy and in the Horn of Africa region. Regretablly, the Italian Parliament has not yet discussed such an issue

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The EPDP memo is copied to Italian Parliament at Montecitorio via Senate President Pietro Grasso, and Lower House Speaker Laura Boldrini

 

The EPDP memo concluded by once again appealing to Italy to address the requests submitted to it through its foreign ministry with copies to the two chambers of the Italian parliament.

MA Tunisዝኸበርኩምን  ዝኸበርክንን   ደለይቲ  ፍትሒ    ወንበ    ሰደህ   (EPDP)  ሓው   መንግስተኣብ   ኣስመሮም ኣብ ኖርወይ፡ ከተማ ኦስሎ፡ ህዝባዊ ኣኼባ ንዕለት 10 ጥቅምቲ 2015 ከካይድ ስለዝዀነ፡ ብኽብሪ ዕድመ ነቕርበልኩም ኣሎና።  

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 EBLES GATA 1  ጥቓ   ጉነርዮ    ወይ   ኢትዮጵያ  ኣየ   ላይን   

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 ብደሓን   ምጹ  

 EPDP  ጨንፈር   ኖርወይ

 

 

ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ሰደህኤ

ቅድሚ ክልተ ዓመት ብ3 ጥቅምቲ 2013 “ኣብ ኢጣልያዊት ደሴት ላምፓዱሳ ልዕሊ 350 ኤርትራውያን ዝርከብዎም ኣፍሪቃውያን ናብ ስደት እንዳምርሑ፡ ኣብ ባሕሪ ጥሒሎም ሞይቶም” ዝብል ዜና ምስተሰምዐ፡ ኣይኮናንዶ ምቃል መሰንገለኦም ዝኾና ኤርትራውያን ዓለም ብዓለማ ሰንቢዳን ኣንቀጥቂጣን። ተረኽቦ ላምፓዱሳ ብሓንሳብ ዝለዓለ ብዝሒ ኤርትራውያን ዝሃለቑላ ኣጋጣሚ ብምንባራ ነቲ ስንባደን ሓዘንን ኣዕሪጋቶ እምበር፡ እዚ ሓደጋ ናይ መጀመርያ ወይ ናይ መወዳእታ ኣይነበረን። ቅድሚኡን ድሕሪኡን፡ ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን፡ ካብ ዓዶም ወጺኦም  ክስደዱ እንከለዉ ኣብ ዶባት ዝተረሸኑ፡ ኣብ ጉዕዞ ኣብ ምድረበዳታት ብጽምእን ጥሜትን ዝሓለፉ፡ ኣብ ባሕሪ ዝጠሓሉ፡ ብጥሩፋት ዝተቐንጸሉ፡ ውሽጣዊ ኣካላቶምኣብ ዕዳጋ ወሪዱ ዝተሸጠ፡ ኣብቲ ክበጽሕዎ ዝተጸበይዎ ቦታ ምስ በጽሑ እውን ብዝተፈላለየ ሓደጋታት ዝጠፍኡ ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን  ውሑዳት ኣይኮኑን።

ድሕሪ ተረኽቦ ላምፓዱሳ፡ መብዛሕትና እዚ ሓደጋዚ ዘመሓላልፎ ናይ “ንጠንቀቕን ንለብምን” መልእኽቲ ስለ ዝህሉ፡ እቲ ህልቂት ኣይክድገምን እዩ ዝብል ተስፋ ነይሩና። እንተኾነ ምናልባት ደአ እቲ ናይ ሓደ መዓልቲ ህልቂት ኣሃዝ ይንኪ ይኸውን እምበር እቲ ናይ ኤርትራውያን በተመሳሳሊ ኣገባብ ምጥፋእ ኣይዓረፈን ምናልባት እውን ወሲኹ ይኸውን። እዚ ድማ ተረኽቦ ላምፓዱሳ ኣሕዛኒ ዝኸውን በቲ ብ3 ጥቅምቲ 2013 ዘጋጠመ ማህሰይቲ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ፡ ክንመሃረሉ ብዘይምኽኣልና’ውን እዩ። ኤርትራውያን፡ ዘይውሑስን ዘይጽኑዕን ስደት ከም መፍትሒ ዝመርጽሉ ዘለዉ ምኽንያት ወይ እቲ ጠንቂ እቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ኣይግዳዱ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ምዃኑ ፍሉጥ እዩ። እንተኾነ እዚ ጉጅለ’ዚ ንኤርትራውያን ዝርህርህ ልቢ ከም ዘየብሉ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ ንጥፍኣቶም ዝተዓጥቀ ምዃኑ ባዕሉ ብተደጋጋሚ ነጊሩና ክነሱ፡ ሰለምንታይ ናብቲ መፍቶኡ ዝኾነ ኣህላቒ መጻወድያ ንኣቱ ኣለና? ንዝብል ክንሓስበሉ ዝግበኣና እዩ።

ካብ’ቲ ንጥፍኣት ኤርትራን ህዝባን ዝተዓጥቀ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ንጽበዮ ጽቡቕ ነገር ከም ዘየለ ንፈልጥ ኢና። በቲ ድሕሪ ህልቂት ላምፓዱሳ ዘርኣዮ ኣሽካዕላልን፡ ዓለም በቲ ጉዳይ ከተእውን መፍትሒ ከተናዲ ክትለዓዓል እንከላን  ዝሕጭጮ ዝነበረን፡  ንሬሳታት ናይቶም ግዳያት ብዝነፈጎ ክብርን ድማ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኤርትራውያን ዘለዎ ንዕቀትን ዝከሓነ ጽልእን ክሳብ ክንደይ ደረቱ ዝሓለፈ ምዃኑ ኣራጒዱ ኣርእዩና እዩ። ካብዚ ነቒልና ኢና ድማ ናይ ከምዚ ዓይነት ጸገም ፍታሕ ብፍጹም ካብ ህግደፍ ንጽበዮ ኣይኮነን እንብል። እቲ መመሊሱ ዘሕዝን ናይዞም ግዳያት ኣስከሬናት ክሳብ ሎሚ መንነቱ ዘይተነጸረን ዘይተቐብረን ምዃኑ እዩ። እዚ ኩነታት ብኹሉ ማሕበራዊ መዕቀኒ ክምዘን እንከሎ፡ ክሳብ ክንደይ ከም ዘቐንዙን፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ቀረባቶም ዝገድፎ በሰላ መሪር ምዃኑን ምግማቱ ዘጸግም ኣይኮነን።

ኣብዚ ናይ ሓዘን ዝኽሪ ኮይና ብዛዕባዚ ዝሓለፈን ቀጻሊ ዘሎን ህልቂት ምስትንታን በይኑ መፍትሒ ከም ዘየምጸኣልና ንርደኦ ኢና። እቲ መፍትሒ ተሓጋጊዝካ ነቲ ጠንቂ ምውጋድ እዩ። እቲ  ካልእ እንተላይ ስደት መፍትሒ ከምዘይከውን ብግብሪ ተረጋጊጹ እዩ። ስለዚ ናይ ሕማምና መፈወሲ ፈሊጥናዮ ኣለና። ፈውስና እንዳፈለጥናዮ ክንፍወስ ዘይምኽእልናን በቲ ሕማም ንሳቐ ምህላውናን ከዓ ካልእ ዘገርም ተርእዮ እዩ። እቶም በቲ ኣብ ግዜ ላምፓዱሳ ኮነ  ቅድሚኡን ድሕሪኡን ብዘጋጣመ ሓደጋ እንሓዝን ብዙሓት ኢና። እቶም መፍትሒ ኣብ ምምጻእ ነናትና እጃም ዘለና እውን ብዙሓት ኢና። እቶም ዘይውሑስ መንገዲ ስደት ብምምራጾም ግዳያት ዝኾኑ ዘለዉ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብሓፈሻ ብፍላይ ድማ ወለድን ቤተሰብን ግዳያት፡ ተቓወምቲ ፖለቲካውን በርገሳውን ሓይልታት ኤርትራ፡ ኣብ ዶባት ኣሕዋቶምን ኣሓቶምን ክርሽኑ መምርሒ ዝተዋህቦም ኣባላት ሓይልታት ምክልኻል ኤርትራ፡ ከምኡ እውን ሕብረተሰብ ዓለም መፍትሒ ኣብ ምርካብ ነናቶም ብጽሒት ኣለዎም። እቲ ዝኸበደ ጾር ግና ናትና ናይ ኤርትራውያን እዩ።

ጻዕርናን ጻዋዒትናን’ኳ ሓድሽ ተዘይኮነን፡ ሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ሎሚ እውን ብሓፈሻ ሕብረተሰብ ዓለም ብፍላይ ድማ ነቲ ንቡር ዘይረኸበ ናይ ዜጋታትና ኣስከሬናት ከዚኑ ዘሎ መንግስቲ ኢጣልያ፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ እቲ ካብቲ ንቡር ባህልና ወጺኡ በቲ ሓመድ ኣዳም ዘይለበሰ፡ ሬሳታት ዝሕጭጭ ዘሎ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ተጽዕኖ ብምፍጣር፡ መንነቶም ብግቡእ ተነጺሩ ኣብ ዓዶም ዝቕበርሉ ኩነታት ክፈጥር ንጽወዖ ኣለና። እዚ ጻውዒት ናብ ኩሎም ምእቲ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ንዝተሰለፉ ዞባውያንን ዓለም ለኻውያንን ኣካላት እውን ዝምልከት እዩ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ምስዚ ኩሉ ውህሉል ገበናቱ ነቲ ጉጅለ ዘህጥርን ነቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብና ተኺልዎ ዘሎ ናይ ጭቆና ኣጽፋር መሊሱ ዘትርርን ናብቲ ውጹዕ ህዝብና ዘይበጽሕ፡ ካልእ ጉልባብ ብምልባስ ሓገዝ ከይወሃቦ ነዘኻኽሮም። ምስዚ ብዝተተሓሓዘ እቶም ድሕሪ ክንደይ ፈታኒ መጻወድያታት ሓሊፎም ኣብቲ መዕለቢና ዝበልዎ ሃገር ምስ በጽሑ  ዘይተጸበይዎ ጸገማት ዘጋጥሞም ዘሎ ግቡእ ቆላሕታ ክግበረሎምን፡ ጠንቂ ስደቶም ሕሱም ፖለቲካዊ ወጽዓ ምዃኑ ብሩህ ክንሱ፡ ምስ ቁጠባዊ ምኽንያት ኣተሓሒዝካ መሰል ስደተኛ ንምንፋጎም ዝረአ ዘሎ ምልክታት ጠጠው ክብል በዚ ኣጋጣሚ  ዝኽሪ 2ይ ዓመት ላምፓዱሳ ደጊምካ ምጽዋዕ ቦታኡን ግዜኡን እዩ ዝብል እምነት ኣለና።

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