FROM ONE TO MANY, FROM MANY TO ONE Print E-mail
By EAIM - Sep 21, 2002   
The opposition of the Eritrean Alliance National Forces (EANF) has come so far from afar to prove that we can be many while we are one and one while we are many. Such kind of capability, flexibility can be achieved only by understanding the implication of democratic rights accompanied by will power. 

A fact that can be retrieved from our archive in history reveals that our leaders used to pass orders to the people and receive no call from them. Now, they have started to listen and pass orders accordingly. The train of our revolution that was derailed for generations is now in the right track. Clear enough, the old culture belongs to the outdated regime and will remain glued into it until the inevitable termination of its power by all means. It would be monotonous to say more than a sentence about the dictatorship in Eritrea; a dead subject will keep us late from saying something about ourselves. As some say it, “it is better to be an hour early than to be a minute late”. 

Good news, in addition to that what we accumulated concerning rapprochement between member organizations of the Alliance, the ELF and ELF-RC are at the stage of becoming one while many and many while one. We have so many scars of me-ism, thank you Alliance! You are transforming yourself into we-ism, a revolution, and a real revolution. 

 The Alliance is not tiered to answer different questions. Many said, they should unite; The Alliance said OK and prepared an open charter for any number of memberships. Again, another question followed and shouted; you are too many! No problem, we are flexible and you can see us like what we are now in process. Not enough, they murmured saying your leaders are too old and must be replaced by young ones. Tough question! We could say; we are as old as your master. But, since we know you don’t have a mirror, we will provide you another answer. We are not against aged people and we cannot transform history from old to new by eliminating old people for we understand every one is old to his/her next and young to his/her past. Our goal is to substitute old ideas by new ideas and not eradicate old people by young ones and that is what we are doing. Otherwise, we will remain one and the same character as the regime (PFDJ) that always fights to keep one old (itself) with old context and finish the rest possessing new ideas. 

There is no more masking tape to hide. Many tried and are still trying to cover their weaknesses by pinpointing some shortcomings of the Alliance, which could be resolved by struggle as they are now and will be for the future. It is a matter of time; everything will be unveiled to the point the unworthy opponents will remain naked. By now they should know the gear of change is in mesh, the weather is clear and we can drive until we reach our destination. We in the determined opposition camp should also be ready to identify ourselves clearly from the amorphous work habits of the opportunists so as the people should know who is who. 

Today, as every sane understandable individual can witness, the Eritrean people are victims of all kinds of hardships. This misappropriated ration of a bitter taste of life will be reversed to those who caused it. The truth of our revolution’s knock of motion towards the principled goal of basic change has popped to the extent that not a single eye can escape to see. The sun is setting and rising at its time to disprove wrong anticipation of evil actors and prove their system as moribund as its predecessors. 

Although what is acquired so far is appreciated, the Alliance should always be time sensitive to change itself to match objective reality and to screen out opportunists who every now and then try to misrepresent our principle by proposing misleading ideas of handling contradiction. As we always state it in all our recent and past articles, these camouflaged distractive folks of capitulation are no less dangerous than the regime itself.   

Alas! To those opportunists ambivalently lost mammals. They do not even confide in themselves. They swing like a seesaw.  Never trust a suspension bridge, if it doesn’t fall, you might fall unless you make sure to grip the side cable. In our case, make sure to identify who is who in accordance to the basic change we seek, to the goal of our revolution, to the installation of our democratic institutions on top of the rotten dictatorial ideals, to the satisfaction of every Eritrean individual deprived of the rights to live as human being, to the mutual benefit of all neighboring countries, to the relief of all international supporters, to the right meaning of Eritrea and its undeservedly oppressed long struggling people. 

The Alliance is doing everything possible to the blood to fulfill the peoples’ aspiration seeking no exchange of payment except democracy. It is worth blessing to support such motive and contribute a single sand in the revolutionary road paving process to justify the genuinely and invaluably truthfulness of upcoming critical support. 

As we repeatedly put it, the giant tantalizer in Eritrea has planted as many as no one can guess how many deceivers, fault finding mechanisms and catalysts who make nose diving to smell any shortcomings of the Alliance. Though fragile by nature, be aware of these magnifying objects. 

Some of them try to engineer solution to our cause by selecting and neglecting individuals. Some attempt to solve the problem by trial and error putting disposable formulas every fortnight. Some try to plant a new seed in a new garden out of the Eritrean field free of ELF and EPLF influence and historical ties. Yet, without moving a step, stick to either one. Some try to be architects and consider the Eritrean political mess up as a building reconstruction project and insist to apply their expertise presenting a sample of a day care kids puzzle.  

Not only the above zigzag, some lack admittance of their weaknesses, strive to challenge their conscience and remain loyalists to a dying political orthodoxy. Very sad, a sum total of uncountable wrong doings pushes them to be victims of a hopeless tragic end result. Over and above, to the worst, some intellectuals and scholars inexperienced of Eritrean reality in relation of past and present integrity try to apply western demonstrative examples and surrender to irrelevant methodology and bookish chronology of solving problems. Poor midfielders running all over without a ball to kick hit against each other and fall apart for nothing. It is tire-some to list more chameleon faces. To sum up, it is easier to gather them in one Campus of Opportunist Institute (COI).  

On this occasion, we would like to congratulate any grouping transforming itself to a movement, party, front etc…to struggle by collective capacity and prepare for the next to become a component of unity in the forth coming conference hopefully anticipated some time in the future. We feel closer, stronger and we will do more together. That what looked infinite will be finite. That what looked unreachable horizon will be reachable zone. 

 We also would like to underscore and offer critical support to the reappearance of the EPRF (B.[.´.„í.). Well come to the open stadium. We admire your distinctive understanding to the nature of contradiction in our revolution and the way to handle it. At the same time, we undermine your level of comprehensiveness and oppose your offence in approaching some members of the Alliance as stooges of Woyane etc…etc… We say, you better hire an attorney and be prepared to prosecute them at the court of law when you meet your goals, our goals. If we breath deeply and think thoroughly, may be those of us who are eager to blame did suffer less than those who are victims of blame by virtue of their being in a neighboring country displaced by force from their own motherland. 

It should be clear that a front means a unity of opposites and must behave and act consistently to understand this basic principle as part and parcel of a united front in a case of our cause. We would like to call to every ones attention that a tit for tat past experience does not help other than becoming a worth nothing formula. Every one is hatched in a similar incubator (ELF/EPLF) and to feel more charming than others is nothing, but a sign of chauvinism. With all respect to all our compatriots sharing unwavering principled strategy, we in the Alliance will have no more patience over limit to those who try to grow at the expense of our revolutionary hard earned existence. 

 There is no entitled authority or subordinate member comprising the Alliance. Equal rights and shared obligations to each ones capacity are exercised. Member organizations shoulder to shoulder scramble together to meet the point. We are fully aware of those who shiver to see the Alliance as Alliance and try to approach in a Machiavellian manner.   

 We have come all the way through and learned to become many from one and one from many. But, we also learned we will never be through until we are through. The revolutionary boat of the opposition forces is sailing. Although we cannot avoid storms ahead, there is no second chance to this boarding hour. It is up to all of us to study the season and dedicate ourselves to the inevitable travel. 

WE WILL REMMEMBER THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER
AND ALL OUR GLORIOUS MARTYRS FOR EVER
EAIM

 
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