A Nation Held Hostage by a Psychopath on the Throne
Girma Berhanu (Professor)
Introduction
As recently reported, several prominent Oromo politicians have come forward to denounce the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, accusing him of harboring intentions to annihilate the Amhara people. These three individuals were previously in close contact with the Prime Minister and claim to possess firsthand knowledge of his tendencies and his use of violence against those who oppose him. One of these Oromo politicians, Taye Dendea, is currently imprisoned, while the other two have fled the country: Milkesa Midhaga and Jawar Mohammed
That a politician like Jawar Mohammed, known for an extremist career in demonizing Amharas, should now worry that the Prime Minister may take things too far against them is a telling sign of just how serious the situation is.
Inevitably, the bombshell revelation from these three Oromo politicians has caused considerable national unease and raised not a few unsettling questions—chief among them: why do they speak out now?
At the very least, their warning of the Prime Minister’s intentions towards the Amhara population of Ethiopia warrants international scrutiny and awareness. However, we cannot help but listen to these warnings with a sense of confusion. It is all the more troubling because of the coordinated nature of their revelations, which focus exclusively on the anti-Amhara tendencies of the Prime Minister while effectively exonerating everyone else, including themselves. Perhaps we are witnessing an attempt to reinvent themselves as moderates, or even nation-saviors, and of course, potential new leaders emerging from the ruins of Abiy’s carnival regime. Indeed, fringe politicians rarely make it to the top, so a level of window-dressing is required if they are to enjoy the heights of power.
In all truth, their past positions and activities raise necessary questions. What could possibly explain this change of heart, from defending a virulent anti-Amhara ideology and encouraging the government –at both central and regional levels– to putting this ideology? Are we expected to believe that they have thought better of persecuting Amharas and now wish to redeem themselves for the sake of Ethiopia? Is this transformation driven by genuine moral awakening, a strategic political recalibration, or an effort to rehabilitate their own legacies after years of complicity?
Such contradictions demand scrutiny, not in order to discredit the value of the current disclosures, but to understand the full context—and to guard ourselves against selective memory and opportunistic reinvention.
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