By Abebe Gellaw
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Ethiopia has so many “ambassadors” and
“diplomats” across the globe. Unfortunately, they neither represent our
country nor can proudly stand in front of the oppressed people of
Ethiopia. If at all they dare to do so, they know that they will be
booed, condemned and pelted with rotten eggs, if not worse. The reason
why they are held in great contempt is that they are emissaries of
tyranny that constantly lie and degrade themselves to please their TPLF
paymasters. The opportunists and sycophants that shamelessly call
themselves Ethiopian diplomats and ambassadors are actually willing
accomplices of TPLF’s untold crimes, oppression and plunder against the
poor people of Ethiopia.
One of TPLF’s admirable skills is
admittedly grooming and recruiting servile puppets and opportunists in
different colors and stripes, such as Hailemariam Desalegn, Girma
Woldegiorgis, Shimelis Kemal and Tesfaye Habiso, who will do and say
anything as long their bellies are taken care of. TPLF’s Trojan horses,
disguised as ambassadors, like Girma Biru, Genet Zewidie, Dawit
Yohannes, Kassahun Ayele, Fisseha Yimer, Berhanu Kebede, Suleiman
Dedefo, Teshome Toga, Konjit Sinegiorgis, Tekeda Alemu, Degife Bula et
al, not to mention TPLF’s first-class emissaries and missionaries all
over the world, are unscrupulous messengers of the criminals in power.
They are driven by greed, self-interest and TPLF’s privileged reps at
every embassy. They loyally and slavishly serve their masters at Arat
Kilo that have been committing all sorts of brutal repressions and
atrocities against the people of Ethiopia. Quite obviously, their
bellies are always full but, alas, their conscience is starkly empty.
The greater majority of “ambassadors” and “diplomats” shamelessly tell the world that Ethiopia is democratizing,human
rights is constitutionally guaranteed, free press is flourishing, the
economy is booming without saying whose economy it is….They are
willingly enslaved to constantly condemn the past and praise the
prevailing apartheid system under the guise of ethnic federalism. After
all, it they dare to tell just a gain of truth, they know they will be
booted out by the TPLF. That is why they are just wagging their tails
like hungry dogs to please their masters that throw them some bones to
gnaw.
While the so-called ambassadors and
diplomats work against the basic interests of Ethiopia and Ethiopians,
there are unpaid missionaries of freedom that have been traveling far
and wide to defend liberty, condemn tyranny and expose the daylight
robberies in Ethiopia. One man stands tall above others. Our brother
artiste and activist Tamagn Beyene, who has been the unwavering voice of
truth and freedom for over two decades, is undoubtedly one of
Ethiopia’s real ambassadors serving the nation tirelessly and
selflessly. Unlike TPLF’s bogus ambassadors and diplomats, who represent
no one but tyranny and brutality, Tamagn speaks the unvarnished truth
loudly and clearly.
Had Tamagn just wanted to fill his belly
at the expense of his conscience, he would have stayed closer to his
former friend, billionaire tycoon Sheik Mohammed Al Amoudi. In a video
clip I had once the privy to watch, Al Amoudi praises Tamagn gushingly
as his most beloved brother. He said Tamagn never asked him to do
anything for himself but to be generous to others. But the most serious
difference between them appears to be the Sheik’s blind support to the
TPLF regime, the ethno-fascist oppressive front that has been dividing
and misruling Ethiopia for over two decades. When Al Amoudi became one
of the sponsors of TPLF’s tyranny, the once respected billionaire fell
from grace and his immense fortune proved to be not worthy enough to buy
back the genuine respect and love of the Ethiopian people. No matter
how poor Ethiopians are, they know their true friends and allies
irrespective of their wealth.
The tireless Tamagn never says no when
it comes to promoting the interests of Ethiopia and Ethiopians across
the world. I had the privilege to travel to a few cities with Tamagn for
ESAT’s fundraising events. His unmatchable love for his country, his
passion for freedom, unwavering voice for the truth, humor and eloquence
has won him genuine admiration and respect among his fellow Ethiopians.
Tamagn is currently touring Europe to
garner support for ESAT, which has emerged as a powerful voice for
Ethiopia. Wherever he goes, patriotic Ethiopians come out in full force
to receive and honor him. While TPLF emissaries are held in contempt and
spat at wherever they go, Tamagn Beyene gets accolades and flowers.
While Ethiopia’s so called ambassadors and diplomats hide from the
ordinary men and women that they were supposed to serve as servants,
Tamagn enjoys acclamations and standing ovations. In contrast to that,
when “Ethiopian” embassies hold meetings, the majority handpicked to
attend are surely TPLF agents, members and their cronies. The rest of
Ethiopians who are asking hard questions are excluded shamelessly.
There may indeed be a few junior
diplomats, but certainly none at ambassadorial and high-ranking levels,
that want to serve their country and people with integrity. But that is
obviously mission impossible as long as they humbly serve their blood
sucker paymasters at every embassy, which have been effectively
converted into TPLF’s foreign offices at the expense of poor taxpayers.
They all know full well that even the ministry of foreign affairs, the
supposed command center of diplomacy, is one of the useless government
agencies that have been crippled with discrimination, corruption and
nepotism. In order to serve as a diplomat, the most important criterion
is being slavish and servile to the TPLF. Never tell any inconvenient
truths that can offend the TPLF. That is the unwritten rule that no one
can break.
The famous journalist and scholar Isaac
Goldberg (1887-1938) once said that diplomacy is the art of doing and
saying the nastiest things in the nicest way. Unfortunately, our
ambassadors and most of our diplomats do and say the nastiest things in
the nastiest way. In the process, they have lost their conscience, honor
and dignity for the sake of serving the TPLF, one of the worst
terrorist organizations in the world. If there are any “diplomats” with a
conscience, they should join the struggle for freedom and dignity,
sooner rather than later. It is better to starve in dignity and earn a
living by working hard rather than being paid for standing against the
oppressed people of Ethiopia.
Let every “diplomat”, irrespective of
their rank, answer one simple question honestly. Who are you serving?
The people of Ethiopia, yourself or TPLF’s ethno-fascistic tyranny. We
already know the answer but you also need to sleep over it.
As far as so many Ethiopians are
concerned, Tamagn Beyene is the foremost but unpaid ambassador-at-large
of Ethiopia, who is inspirational to millions of Ethiopians. On the
contrary, the depressing agents and emissaries of tyranny, whose main
mission is lying on behalf of the despicable TPLF-led regime, are
condemned to live in hiding—not from criminals but from the ordinary men
and women that they were supposed to serve with clear conscience and
utmost humility.
Some people may wonder what an
ambassador-at-large does. According to the Macmillan Dictionary of
Diplomacy, an ambassador-at-large is a diplomat or a minister of the
highest rank who possesses great experience and as a result appointed to
handle major issues without being tied to a particular country. As per
diplomatic protocol, an ambassador-at -large is addressed as His/Her
Excellency.
I personally salute Tamagn for his
patriotism, integrity and struggles for freedom. I see him as my older
brother with admiration and veneration. As Tamagn said once, everyone
one of us have a calling to stand for the dignity and liberty of our
country no matter how high the cost is. If few individuals can make a
difference, all the oppressed people of Ethiopia can do miracles when
they rise up in unison against TPLF’s unjust war against Ethiopia and
its people. Yes, we can undoubtedly reclaim our God-given liberties and
the land we can proudly call Ethiopia.
His Excellency Tamagn Beyene, represents
me and millions of freedom-loving and voiceless Ethiopians wherever his
goes. He has the full authority to speak on behalf of ordinary
Ethiopians like me that aspire to make tyranny history in our beloved
country suffering under oppressors and occupiers. The unpaid
ambassador-at-large serves us with utmost integrity unlike those who
will be asked, sooner or later, to reimburse all the salaries and
benefits that they are paid for working against the people of Ethiopia.
Your Excellency Tamagn Beyene, I take my
hats off for your unflinching, unwavering, consistent and vocal stand
against the ethno-fascistic enemies of freedom that have turned our
country into one giant prison. We will march together until tyranny is
defeated in Ethiopia once and for all.
In the end, we shall overcome!
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