by Samson Gebremariam, March 30, 2013
The former First Lady and widow of the late Ethiopian Prime Minister, Mrs. Azeb Mesfin, comment on the TPLF/EPRDF 9th Congress Meeting about her late husband income was out of the meeting’s agenda context. On an article I wrote prior to the meeting I quoted CelebrityNetWorth.com
to substantiate my claim about a high capital out flight from the
country.
However, Mrs. Azeb dived-in to denounce the information at the
wrong place and time. She said that “Meles came to this world with his
mind, and he came up with an idea that would benefit the world and this
country. He has never been selfish and never thought of himself and his
family.”
She added “he was paid from EPRDF’s contribution, which was
four thousand something. We are proud that he could be able to support
his family with such a small income, and we don’t care about any
rumors.” Why she cared; if it is not true or has no glimpse of truth?
Why wouldn’t she let his [the deceased dictator] “legacy” speak for
itself than she tried to downplay rumors that she claimed are not true?
Above all, she wouldn’t be a legitimate witness, due to conflict of interest, as she could be the first person to inherit his “$3 billion”,
which could have been robbed from the country over the years. Given how
recent the information release date is on the website, January 6, 2013,
I feel her concern though. She knows that the regime is struggling to
hold on power and the “$3 billion” could be frozen anytime soon; before
she spent as much as she could. That is my take away from her comment.
As
a matter of fact, that was not the first time where she claimed how she
and her late husband were “poor” that they could not afford to pay for
their children schools fees. In January 2007, in an exclusive interview
with US based Ethiopian Community TV (ECTV)
she said that she had to save her three months income to pay the school
fees. Was she telling the truth? May be, because their children were
going to the most expensive and prestigious private schools in the
country, Sanford International School and Lycée Gebremariam School,
according to her. Sending their children to those schools was/is a big
deal? Not at all and that would even suited/suits the status quo. ግና…የቀድሞዋ
ቀዳማዊት እመቤት ከአንደበታቸው የወጣውን በአለም አቀፍ ቋንቋ አቅርቤ ገመናዬን አሳለፌ ከምሰጥ በወቅቱ
የተናገሩትን ቃል በቃል እንዲህ ላስቀምጥ “ብንፈልግ እኛ ገንዘብ፣ የኢትዮጵያን ህዝብ ገንዘብ አይደለም
እምንሰርቀው”፡፡ ጉድ እኮ ነው፤ “ስርቆትን” ምን አመጣው እስኪ? ጋዜጠኛውም ቢሆን በዚህ ጉዳይ ትታማላችሁ ብሎ ጥያቄ ያቀረበ አይመስለኝም፤ አያቀርብምም፡፡ “ ‘ምን’ ያለበት ዝላይ አይችልም” ሆኖ ካልሆነ በቀር!?
The
way she described their personal economy situation and the cover up
story she created did not fit to the position he (the late PM) had held
and cascaded to her. She embarrassed him big time and herself.
To
conclude, with the corruptive1 practices of TPLF/EPRDF led government
institutions and how corruption addict majority (if not all) of the
party leaders are, it is unlikely that anyone would share her alleged
pain unless one has a stake with her or threatened to believe what she
has said and will say.
Someone Tell Azeb Mesfin that we are sick and tired of her lies!
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