Name | Musical Chair Predictor |
Isaias Afewrki : | You got to be kidding. Hes got a job for life. |
Abraha Kassa: | Security man. His job is to make Isaias feel secure. An impossible job. Very good at keeping up with the top people. Even imitates the bosss voice in his speeches. |
Mesfin Hagos: | Exiled. No more wedi maakel, come back appeals, from PFDJ. Mr. Mesfin Hagos still playing by the rules of PFDJ and still cares about the opinion of his former colleagues, denying himself political maneuverability. |
Fozia Hashim: | Justice Minister. Responsible for perverting justice to fit Isaiass definition of justice: put dissidents in jail and throw away the key. Ethnic balancing. Will not let the skilled people in the Ministry do their jobs. Very serious about the ideal Eritrea being portrayed to foreigners. |
Abdella Jaber: | Organizing the organized and ensuring society is polarized. Key guy in equating patriotism with membership in PFDJ and a by-product of skunis-wedini culture. |
Alamin Sheik Saleh: | Was going to join the G-15. Then decided he was too busy building a villa in Keren. Semi-retired. Tigre (wedi Sheik) upper class. Blackmailed from past mistakes. |
Ali Said Abdella: | Isaiass go to man when working on ethnic politics. Filled Foreign Ministry vacancy when DeruE was arrested. Now tapped to be the next Defense Minister to ensure that ethnic politics keeps the agitators quiet. |
Hagos Gebrehiwet: | Responsible for ensuring that PFDJ coffers are full to the rim. Not interested in the debate on making Tigrigna and/or Arabic official languages. Believes the official language is hard currency and wants to have as much of it as possible. Very safe as long as he keeps the money flowing. Presently in Middle East to buy $ 15 million worth of fertilizers. Private Minister of Finance for Isaias. |
Alamin M. Said: | PFDJ Secretary. Despised by Isaias Afwerki but retained for ethnic balance until replaced by younger Eritreans from the right ethnic background. Blackmailed by Isaias for a role in "menka'a". Afraid from being kicked out if the dictatorship is removed. Doesn't even have a consituency of this own ethnic group. |
Germano Nati: | In Jail after signing the "G-15" letter to Isaias. |
Askalu Menkerios: | The next Foreign Minister, tapped by Isaias to reward the most loyal constituency: adetat. Adetat do not know Askalu the most anti-women person. Perpetuator of the govt is pro-women lie. Accused of being the "destroyer of BANA," The first organization set to help train Ex-combatant women. |
Amna Nur-Hussein: | Up-and-coming PFDJ loyalist. Tapped for high-profile embassy. Former nurse in the struggle. (Check for ethnic balancing...?) |
Zemhret Yohannes: | FORMER ELF came to EPLF at the behest of EPLF. Kept as a person to threaten and terrorize not only journalists which he did (ask Milkias and Semere) but also as a traitor to ELF will not have any clout in either EPLF or ELF members. PFDJ Cultural Czar, responsible for endless arrays of mandatory feel-good festivals designed to keep Eritreans off-focus. Safe job. |
Yusuf Sayiqh: | Red Sea prison warden, responsible for ensuring the G-11 stay behind bars. Job safe as long as there is no repeat of a Semere Kesete type of escape. Former member of the student union of the Middle East hafash wedbat. |
Yemane Ghebreab: | The brain behind PFDJ. Job is very safe as long as well-meaning people dont make him as famous (or infamous) as Isaias, which will then trigger a freeze. |
Hamid Himid: | Arrested with the G-11. |
Osman S Mohammed: | Education Minister. Job safe as long as he doesnt question wisdom of mother language education or, God forbid, raise the issue of Arabic as a mode of education. |
Tesfai Gebreselassie: | Minister of Energy And Mines. His attack on G15 guaranteed promotion. |
Muhyadin Shengeb: | NUEYS chair. Job very safe as long as the many conglomerates owned by NUEYS dont compete directly with Red Sea Corporation and as long as nobody asks why a 40 year old is considered Youth. |
Almaz Ljam: | Unknown, until recently. |
Ahmed Tahir Baduri: | UN Ambassador. Job safe for as long as he is needed for the ethnic balancing requirement. Job security enhanced when younger versions of himself are denied opportunities for advancement. |
Worku Tesfamikael: | With Askalus promotion, she will get whatever is left over as Isaias consolidates his base with the female constituency. |
Haile Menkorious: | Exiled. |
Mohammed A. Omaro: | Job very, very safe. With Sherifo in jail, his presence is very much guaranteed in the ethnic-balancing scheme of Isaias. |
Petros Solomon: | Arrested with G-11. |
Sebhat Ephrem: | Tapped as the next Administrator of Local Government, the de-facto vice-president of Eritrea. Reward by Isaias not for anything impressive he did in defending Eritrea but in the zealotry he showed in attacking his former comrades, G-15. |
Mahmud Sharifo : | Arrested with G-11. |
Beraki Gebreslassie: | Arrested with G-11 |
Haile Woldense: | Arrested with G-11. |
Hamed M.Karikare: | Position secure for ethnic balancing. |
Woldenkiel Abraha: | Unknown. Elderly Veteran of the EPLF, used to be in the mass organization. Became an Ambassador to Germany during the immediate independence period. |
Adhanom G/mariam: | Exiled. |
Filipos W/yohannes: | Has gotten every perk possible as one of Isaiass Generals. |
Luel Ghebreab: | No constituency; no change. Spouse of General Teklai Habteselassie, Womens musical chair is only two people Askalu and Leul. (For her attitude towards Eritrean Women please see Semere Tazaz's interview with her on the situation of women). |
Gerezgiher A/mariam: | Wuchu Has gotten every perk possible as one of Isaias Generals. One of the most hated generals by Warsai. |
Giorgis Teklemikael: | No constituency; no change. Useless. Former ELF (Sagem passive as they are know within EPLF). |
Ogbe Abraha: | Arrested with G-11. |
Asemrom Gerezgiher: | No constituency. Highly disposable. |
Saleh Idris Keckya: | Arrested with G-11. |
Haile Mehtsun: | No constituency. Highly disposable. |
Ahmed Omer Kakai: | See also ethnic balancing. |
Teklai Habteselassie: | No constituency. Spouse of the head of NUEW, Luul Gebreab. |
Berhane Gerezgiher: | Arrested with G-11. |
Saleh Meki: | Rotated from fisheries to health ministry. Has no friends; no enemies; no constituency. Amiable and unrestrained in his affection of Isaias. Very safe job. Tselot village politics. |
Woldemikael G/mariam: | No constituency. Highly disposable. Former Mayor, now Minister of Land, Water. |
Ermias Debessai: | In jail for corruption, according to the closed special court. |
Mohamed Ali Jaber: | Needed for ethnic balancing. |
Fana Tesfamariam: | Safe seat. NUEW. |
Romedan Osman Awiay: | See also ethnic balancing. "All the generals were at his fifth wedding celebration when the "third invasion by the Weyane took place".. |
Musa Rab: | Very safe seat as enforcer of Isaiass rulings. Semere Kesete's escape jeopardized job podition. |
Mahmud Ali Herui: | Safe within the second-tier hierarchy. Formerly ambassador to Qatar, now to Saudi Arabia. Husband of Ruth Semoun, the AFP reporter who was jailed for "reporting secret information told by Isaias in a press briefing". He is the younger brother of high ranking army officer, Saleh Hurui the commander of the battle for the liberation of Dekemhare now rotting in jail. |
Omer Hassen Tewil: | One of Isaiass Generals and not hated by Warsai. |
Hiwet zemikael: | Safe job; has constituency. |
Nati Ibrahim: | See also ethnic balancing. |
Stefanos Seyoum: | In jail with the G-11. |
Simon Gebredengel: | In charge of creating a perpetual state of emergency in Eritrea. Job very safe. |
Mustafa Nur-Hussien: | As Governor of Gash-Barka when the provocations with Ethiopia started, should have borne some responsibility. But on March 9, while welcoming Isaias to Gash Barka, he said: dear guests, praise be that you got to meet the leader of our 30 year Revolution, the heroic combatant, the deliverer of freedom and the current president, the heroic Isaias Afwerki His job is very, very safe. |
Naizgi Kiflu: | Responsible for ensuring that the Ministry of Information provides all the dis and misinformation needed in an un-free nation. With his security background, he is a perfect fit for the job. |
Salma Hassen: | Nowhere in the power radar. Former NUEW officer now pursuing higher education in Pomona, California. |
Andemikael Kahsai: | See above. Former Ambassador to the US and Italy. |
Andebrhan W/giorgis: | One of the rising diplomats whose job is to argue whatever lines are fed to him by Yemane Gebreab. |
Zahra Jaber: | Has double constituency and has a safe job. |
Berhane Abreha: | Berhane who? Macro policy. |
Mohammed O. Redo: | Needed in the ethnic balancing formula of Isaias |
Haile Samuel: | General China. Distinguished himself in the 1998-2000 war with Ethiopia. Needs to corrupt himself completely so he can be completely owned by the PFDJ. |
Abrahaley Kifle: | Former ELF member. Commissioner, in charge of liaison with the UN regarding the Eritrean-Ethiopian border. Joined the EPLF with Zemhret from SAGEM. Formerly Consul general in Mekelle, Tigrai. Later Charge De Affairs in Holland. Up-and-coming and offered multiple portfolios. The man to watch. |
Zemzem Abdella: | Zemzem who? (Spouse of General 'Chain' |
Issa Ahmed Issa: | General Issa. Formerly an ambassador to the Sudan before Abella Adem. Ex-member of battalion #72 Petros Solomon. Doing the rotation in the Foreign Ministry. One of the young-up-and-coming replacements for the older generation who retain their position purely on sentimental grounds. |
Mohammed B. Blata: | Disowning the G-15 got him a tiny position. Isaias to M. Blata: you should be grateful for small favors and dont even think of promotions. |
Ahmed Haji Ali: | Mission: Impossible. Trying to get tourists to Eritrea while Isaias and his security apparatus arrests everyone in sight. Better luck with the fisheries. |
Berhane Zerai: | Berhane who? |
Alamin Siraj: | In charge of sport activities in Eritrea. See also: ethnic balancing |
Osman M. Omer: | Long overdue for a promotion. May get it because he has had no profile. |
Aster Fessehatzion: | In jail with the G-11. |
