By Firehiwot Guluma Tezera*
There is no doubt that the biggest aspiration of Oromo nationals (both those living abroad and those at home under the colonial regime of Woyane/TPLF in their native land) is acquiring freedom. To be free of over hundred years of an outsider rule and seeing the light of freedom is the wish of the young, and adult men and women Oromos. The one question everybody talks about and asks oneself is ‘when is it that I get out of my enemy’s rule and get my freedom?’ ‘When is it that I get away from the killings, imprisonments, tortures and looting of the ruthless Woyane/TPLF and live in my native land peacefully and wealthy?’ This is the wish of Oromos who have fled the imprisonments and tortures of Woyane and those still living under the daily persecutions ofWoyane/TPLF.
The Oromo people: those living in all parts of Oromiyaa and those forced to flee their native land by the Habesha rulers of yesterday and the current Woyane regime — the enemy Woyane who came to their land and disturbing their peace; the enemy who is plundering their possessions; the enemy who has colonized them forcefully on their own land and carrying out executions; the enemy who has forced their children to drop out of school and leaving them incompetence; the enemy who has taken their rich land away and selling it away, it is obvious that the Oromo people despise and don’t want to see this enemy.
Today, when asked, any Oromo will tell you that, for the Oromo, living under the TPLF regime even for a single day is a humiliating thing. They will tell you that, for a population of this size, to live in their native land under the persecutions of Woyane is humiliating with no match. They are fed up and angry, and talk with resentments about the killings, imprisonments, tortures and plunders against the Oromo people. The one thing we must ask is: Is our anger towards Woyane and the previous Habesha regimes only by talking or by action?
We can’t evaluate ourselves by any indicator if we keep asking ourselves this question. The enemy is working day and night to rule over us through force. The enemy is plundering our nation, and killing and torturing our heroes. We only want to live in freedom, but are unwilling to contribute what is expected from us. The others only despise, scold, and swear at our enemy. We consider that converting our feeling for our enemy INTO ACTION is the obligation of the few fighters and heroes who are genuinely struggling — not just the few, but all must act in union. This is a wrong assumption that will help our enemies to rule over us longer. Even though we are people who have everything, this wrong assumption has helped Woyane to rule over us for 23 years by imprisoning, looting, killing and torturing us. Even for the future, if don’t change this wrong assumption and struggle with actions in unison for our rights, the rule of Woyane will, no doubt, will continue.
To solve the problems facing us today and get our freedom, every Oromo, who has escaped and still escaping the persecutions of Woyane and the previous regimes, should also remember the various problems they face in asylum-seekers camps. While living in a country who has given them refuge, they must be there to help those living under the rule of Woyane. They must not forget their people even for a second. Only talking about the suffering endured by them and their people will not suffice. The big Oromo people – who are still languishing under the brutal rule of Woyane in their own land – should speak up and show their dissatisfaction with actions.
So every Oromo – young and old – of all ages – men and women – those with knowledge by their knowledge, the rich by donations, the strong by their strength, should stand with the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) – which is struggling to liberate the great Oromo people, and should struggle though actions not only by talking.
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