(Oduu Qeerroo, Haromayaa, Ebla 12, 2011) Barattooti Oromoo Yunivarsitii Haromayaa keessa baratan guyyaa kaleessaa mooraa isaanii keessatti hiriira bahuun barattooti ukkaamsamani akka gad-lakkifamn gaafatan.
Barattooti Oromoo kunneen hiriira nagaa godhan kana irratti barattooti humna tikaatiin ukkaamfamanii hidhaman akka gadhifaman kan gaafatan yoo ta’u, barattooti kunneen hin gadhiifaman taanaan garuu barnoota dhabnee gara warra keenyatti galla; qabsoo Oromummaas itti fufna” jedhanii jiru.
Wayituma kana barsisonni illee gaaffii barattootaa kana kan deeggaran yoo ta’u, haalli akkanaa kun yoo fala hin argatiin sirni baruu fi barsiisuu gufachuu akka malu hubachiisanii jiru.
Warri gaaffiin itti dhiyaate, presedantiin Yuniversitichaas, “nutis mootummaa gaafannee jirra; hamma Jimaatatti isiniif himna,” ittiin jechuun deebii kenni iyyuu barattooti garuu “amma jimaataatti hin obsinu; har’uma bakki isaan jiran nuuf haahimamu; yoo ta’uu baate mormii keenya hin dhaabnu,” jedhanii jiru.
Yeroo ammaa kanas humnooti tikaa fi basaasaa barattoota hordofaa kan jiran yoo ta’u mooraan Yunivarsitichaan hidhattoota wayyaanee hedduudhaan eegamaa jira.
Kana malees, network kan telfona fi internate illee balleessanii waan jiraniif akka salphaatti qunamtii gochuun hin jiru. Barattooti garuu gama hundaan qunnamtii isaanii jabeeffachaa fi diddaa karaa nagaatiin godhamuuf of-qopheessaa jiru.
Oduu Qeerroo
QEERROO 
This is what I have been advocating for..Movement as a Nation is the only solution that can bring change in Oromia..
We like it or not, the Oromo people in particular and all the affected nations of the empire in general, do have no other alternative to fighting in unison against this nama-nyaataa regime. All Oromo nationalists in the political spectrum of the Oromo organizations, as described below, must now build a formal or informal tokkummaa and tumsa to push together for their common ground, i.e for bilisummaa from Woyane fascism. After achieving this bilisummaa from fascism, they will have in the future a chance to compete against each other and to advocate for their respective versions of the desired Oromo national sovereignity, on which the Oromo public will decide per referendum:
– the far-left, like the UDJ struggling for a unitary Ethiopia with Oromo leadership,
– the middle-left, like the OPDO, who tries to keep the status quo of a limited Oromian cultural autonomy,
– the central-middle, like the OFC striving for a complete Oromian autonomy within Ethiopian union, i.e for a pre-walabummaa union,
– the middle-right, like the ULFO fighting for an Oromian independence/for a walabummaa, and
– the far-right, like the OLF pushing further for Oromian union, i.e for a union of the Horn region, where all Oromo clans do live, that means pushing further for a post-walabummaa union.
So, let’s all Oromo nationalists in all walk of life wake up and be united for the common noble cause of bilisummaa from the fascists and racists as a common denominator. If we can realize this freedom from fascists and then foster democratic rights in that empire/country, the Oromo nation will not have any disadvantage, what ever type of national sovereignity we will have based on the Oromo public verdict, be it ‘independent Oromia’ or ‘true Federation’ or ‘unitary Ethiopia’. That is why the OLF in particular and all the Oromo liberation froces in general should take a lead in the upcoming imminent revolution, without being distracted by the attention diversion maneuver of the Woyane.
But the question is: can we give the above mentioned five Oromo parties the original Gadaa names, for instance: UDJ = Birimaji; OPDO = Horata; OFC = Bichile; ULFO = Duulo; OLF = Robale? Otherwise looking at their respective explicit vision and just taking in to consideration the liberation journey according to the famous metaphor (the journey from Djibouti/from Garbummaa to Finfinne/to an optimal Bilisummaa):
– UDJ wants to bring back the status of an ‘Erased Oromia’ from the world map = a backward move to Djibouti,
– OPDO wants to maintain the present ‘Occupied Oromia’ by Woyane occupation force = a life in Ayesha, the desert town at the border of Djibouti,
– OFC strives a forward move to ‘Autonomous Oromia’ = a move to Diredhawa,
– ULFO fights for a further move to ‘Independent Oromia’ = further move to Adaama, and
– OLF struggles for an optimal form of bilisummaa beyond an independence, i.e for a ‘United Oromia’ in the Horn = a final journey to Finfinne.
Accordingly, we can see that UDJ’s struggle for an individual liberty of citzens is good, but its attempt to erase Oromia must be checked; OPDO is good only to hinder this attempt of erasing Oromia, but its tendency to maintain the occupied status of Oromia can not be accepted; the moves of OFC, ULFO and OLF are just complementary, if they are wise enough to synchronize their move and work in tandem to promote our liberation journey first to Diredhawa, then to Adaama and finally to Finfinne without creating an artificial conflict as they sometimes seem to do. But now as already said, we have to give a priority to getting rid of the fascist and racist Woyane regime by any means possible, including the revolution.
Of course, the current diaspora Oromo uprising may help the revolution at home erupt. But, as far as I am concerned, I am a private Oromo nationalist, who is now “living in Ayesha” (a desert town at the border to Djibouti = a metaphor depicting the political status quo of the Oromo). I actually want to move to Finfinne (a metaphor for an independent and a united Oromia). Let’s not forget the fact that UDJ, G-7 and the likes do want to realize the ‘erased Oromia’ by opposing the possible true Killil-federation (the same political status to that of the past Ethiopian regimes); they simply want to forge a Derg-type of Ethiopa, which is equivalent to a move back to Djibouti/to a complete slavery. Sure is that I will never take a drive with them from Ayesha back to Djibouti. Also let’s just think about the OPDO, who wants to give me a car lift to make a tour only in Ayesha (keeping the status quo), but never wants to help me move a single killometer towards Finfinne. Then, what is the use of driving with OPDO? Nothing! But we can look at the OFC, who wants to help me move forward to Diredhawa (an autonomous Oromia within an Ethiopian union) and we can see ULFO, who wants to bring me further to Adaama (an independent Oromia within an African union). Should I reject their help? Never! I surely will take a ride with them to both Diredhawa and Adaama. After being in Adaama, it is up to me to ask for further car lift to Finfinne (an example for not only an independent Oromia, but also for a united Oromia in the Horn region).
That is the reason for the fact that it is the time for ALL freedom fighters from all walk of life to rise up in unison against the fascists, racists and tyrants (against the Woyane regime). After getting this freedom from tyranny, the Oromo popular verdict to decide on the type of sovereignity we want to have will be excercised, which can lead us to one of the following: to UDJ’s ‘Erased Oromia’, to OPDO’s ‘Occupied Oromia’, to OFC’s ‘Autonomous Oromia’, to ULFO’s ‘Independent Oromia’ or to OLF’s ‘United Oromia’. But now, the common denominator for all these movements is the ‘freedom from Woyane’s Tyranny’, on which all of them need to cooperate. That is why the present tendency to demonstrate against the tyrants together is a very good start. Let’s ALL march together against this Evil regime.
I think this is a very nice step of a revolution to be taken, which is in the right direction as far as Oromo cause is concerned. No question that the upcoming third revolution will erupt as expected. During the first revolution in 1974, the revolutionaries had three main agenda: ‘land to the tiller’, ‘self-rule of nations’ and ‘democratic human rights’. The first demand (land to the tiller) was/is at least formally accepted since the first revolution, but not yet implemented; the second one (self-rule of nations) is also formally respected since the second revolution of 1991, but also it is not yet implemented. Now we do hope that these two agenda will be surely implemented and the third one (democratic human rights) will also be added after the success of the expected and the upcoming third revolution. Of course OLF can take the lead in this third revolution as it did during the last two revolutions.
The political spectrum I used here is not based on a class ideology (communism vs capitalism), but the spectrum of the Oromo parties based on their view regarding the national liberation movement of the Oromo people. Here, the far-left doesn’t mean an extremist communist fascist, but it does mean the WORSE approach to the liberation struggle than that of the others; whereas the far-right means the BEST approach and the best solution to the national problem, it doesn’t imply the meaning of an extremist capitalist aparthied type of nationalism. Accordingly, UDJ is worse than the others, OPDO is the bad party, OFC the good, ULFO the better and OLF the best. Enjoy a related article from Fayyis Oromia here: http://gadaa.com/oduu/3580/2010/05/12/oromo-tokkummaa-via-the-olf-mindset-in-the-bad-opdo-the-good-ofc-the-better-ulfo-and-the-best-afd/
Amma OPDOn garaa isheetiif bitamuu jalaa baatutti tigireen sichi kana caalaa ijoollee oromoo fixxi. Kanaaf amma tigiree loluu irra miseensotaa fi deggertoota OPDO kan ta’aan irratti tarkaanfii fudhachuu jalqabuun dirqama oromootaa ta’uu qaba. Kan nuun ajjeesaa jiru tigiree utuu hin ta’in OPDO dha.
Akka mukti karaa hidda/roots/ isaatii nyaataa fi bishaan argatu Tigireen OPDO keessaan Oromoo fii Oromiyaa xuuxaa jirti, ajeesaa jirti, taa’itaas qabattee jirti; kanaafan yaada koo armaan olii kaa’ee.
Obboleesso/Obboleetti,
yoo dhuguma Oromoo taate, hin gowomiin; gowomtee, nu hin gowomsiin! TPLF is our ONLY enmemy now! From the five Oromo parties, UDJ is worse than the others, OPDO is the bad party, OFC is the good, ULFO is the better and OLF is the best. So, we know that OPDO is bad, but don’t try to tell us that Oromo in OPDO is worse than Tigree in TPLF!