The Double sided dictator of Ethiopia Melese Zenawie lost his credilbity if left any in the eyes the world democrats.<\/p>\n

He thought he\u00a0mastered\u00a0the arts of duping the whole world, but it was he who was dumped and lost face all around the world.<\/p>\n

-He prepared \u00a0 farse \u00a040’000 ballots, only very fews samples were oberved by African and Europen observores.<\/p>\n

-He blocked the US and the rest of the embasies not to live the capital so he could be free to manuplate.<\/p>\n

-He killed and beated \u00a0the oppostion members.<\/p>\n

-He recruted each and every one in the counry side to be the member of his party if \u00a0not just to vote only for EPRDF.<\/p>\n

– He\u00a0organized\u00a0 armed \u00a0gangbusters\u00a0to \u00a0force \u00a0over 31 million voters to be grouped by a cell of 5 in \u00a0each and every community, village, family \u00a0 in all his ethnic regions … he otherwise \u00a0menaced \u00a0to starve them \u00a0to death \u00a0not giving them work for bread program for\u00a0survival\u00a0…<\/p>\n

–He controlled each and every \u00a0televised debates taking the majority time for him self…<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

-He jemmed the international Media VOA, DW, Internet acess…<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

-He closed private press and throw the journalist to jail..<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

-He imprisoned the opposition leaders like Brtukan Mediksa and others before election to assure his victory…<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

– He juged many international oppositions in their\u00a0absentee\u00a0to death to\u00a0intimidate\u00a0the Diaspora…<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

-He silenced the univeristy students by intimidating and\u00a0occupying\u00a0the\u00a0university\u00a0illegally\u00a0by his\u00a0security\u00a0forces… etc, etc..<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

– He bombed the opposition on the Northern \u00a0and esatern part of the country to intimidate \u00a0before election…<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

It is the\u00a0organization\u00a0of the African Banana Union<\/strong><\/em> which is \u00a0his making , who\u00a0recognized\u00a0his\u00a0election\u00a0as being \u00a0fair and free, since \u00a0his \u00a0ballot rugging \u00a0was better than theirs, and his style of mastering the arts of silencing the\u00a0opposition , \u00a0his mechanism\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0of completely\u00a0killing the voice of the people, \u00a0his way of brutalizing \u00a0and \u00a0starving \u00a0the population of Ethiopia to death, is a new style of \u00a0african democray in order to \u00a0become a \u00a0leader for live.<\/p>\n

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Ethiopia elections<\/em>: Can the EU effectively monitor? | Analysis …<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

The Council of Community of Democrats \u00a0confirm the accusation \u00a0Melese’s regime of Fraud<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/strong><\/strong> Ethiopian Opposition Leaders Sentenced to Life in Prison<\/a> 18 July 2007<\/em><\/p>\n

httpvhd:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-tiIuJhFsYo<\/p>\n

Fraud Accusations Tarnish Ruling Party Victory in Ethiopia<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nJune 9, 2010
\nBy: Benjamin Russell | Printer Friendly<\/p>\n

Results show Prime Minister Meles Zenawi\u2019s ruling Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) was the clear winner in Ethiopia\u2019s parliamentary elections last month, despite accusations of fraud and the misuse of state funds, according to BBC News. Ethiopia\u2019s Communications Minister Bereket Simon called the elections \u201cfree and fair,\u201d but international observers from the EU and the United States said the contest fell well short of international standards.<\/p>\n

Opposition parties, who gained only two of the possible 546 seats, accused the government of manipulating the electoral process in their favor. \u201cThe whole thing is a farce,\u201d said Hailu Shawel, chairman of the All Ethiopia Unity Party. \u201cIn the countryside our observers are chased away by the militia. Our people are not allowed into the polling stations.\u201d<\/p>\n

EPDRF party members dismissed the allegations as an attempt to undermine the party\u2019s rule. \u201cWe know the opposition had designed a strategy whereby they tried to tarnish the whole democratic electoral process. The facts on the ground tell everybody that this has been a competitive election\u2026the system accommodated even extra requests by the opposition. So, one can say we have issued [a] free and fair playing ground,\u201d said Communications Minister Bereket Simon.<\/p>\n

Though this year\u2019s elections were free from the political violence of previous contests, observers point out that the relative peace was more the result of careful planning by the EPDRF than of democratic progress. In 2005, a dispute over election results led to the death of 193 opposition protestors at the hands of Zenawi\u2019s forces. This time around, the Prime Minister \u201cclosed down a number of critical newspapers, jammed Voice of America, blocked critical websites, banned all forms opposition rallies, crippled civil society organizations, and deliberately fomented divisions in the opposition camp,\u201d according to the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n

Over the last 18 months, the “government has taken clear and decisive steps that would ensure that it would garner an electoral victory,” said US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson.<\/p>\n

Despite the criticism, Ethiopia is likely to remain an important US ally in the fight against Islamic extremism. According to Nathaniel Myers of Foreign Policy, Ethiopia receives more foreign US aid than any country in sub-Saharan Africa and is an important source of stability in the region. \u201cWary of alienating Meles, the Obama administration has publicly criticized only the Ethiopian leader’s most blatant assaults on democracy. And indeed, with the failure to permanently reduce aid budgets following the 2005 violence, the West lost its trump card. At the end of the day, Meles knows that the United States and his other foreign friends can’t afford to back out,\u201d said Myers.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/p>\n

VOA News \u2013 Ethiopia Election Seen as \u2018Free and Fair\u2019 by Government Official<\/p>\n

NY Times \u2013 Ethiopian Party Accused of Intimidation before Election<\/p>\n

Foreign Policy \u2013 Ethiopia\u2019s Democratic Sham<\/p>\n

BBC News \u2013 EU Observers Say Ethiopia Election \u2018Falls Short\u2019<\/p>\n

Wall Street Journal \u2013 Ethiopia\u2019s Embarrassing Elections<\/p>\n

Community of Democracies
\n<\/strong>
\nInvigorated by the belief that the time had come in the year 2000 to establish a global network of democratic countries with the principal aim of fortifying democratic governance everywhere, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Bronis\u0142aw Geremek convened the\u00a0first Ministerial<\/a> of the\u00a0Community of Democracies <\/span>(CD) in Warsaw. With delegates representing 106 democratic and democratizing countries in attendance, the Community of Democracies was established with the adoption of the\u00a0Warsaw Declaration<\/a>, committing CD governments to a multilateral framework of cooperation to advance democratic norms and to work in concert to support and deepen democracy worldwide.<\/p>\n

United States House of Representatives Passes Resolution Commending the Community of Democracies<\/a><\/p>\n

On May 12, 2010, United States Representative Mike Quigley, of Illinois, introduced a resolution to the United States House of Representatives entitled “Commending the Community of Democracies for its achievements since it was founded in 2000.” With 31 cosponsors, the resolution was passed without objection. The gathered representatives commended the CD for its ten years of work in “promoting democratic rules and
\nstrengthening democratic institutions around the world,” as Representative Engel from New York stated in his remarks to the floor. With the High Level Democracy meeting in Krakow to commemorate the CD’s 10th Anniversary approaching in July, the resolution “endorses the Krakow conference” and “extends its best wishes … for the Community’s ongoing efforts to promote democracy worldwide.”<\/p>\n

Read the Full Text of the Resolution Here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

<\/strong> <\/strong> <\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n	Guinea-Bissau\u2019s Armed Forces Threaten Stability of Legitimate Government<\/a><\/strong> 9 June 2010<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n	Government and Maoists Renew Constituent Assembly in Nepal<\/a> 9 June 2010<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n	<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong>Thai PM Says Elections Must Wait<\/a> 9 June 2010<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n	Fraud Accusations Tarnish Ruling Party Victory in Ethiopia<\/a><\/strong> 9 June 2010<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n	Interim Kyrgyzstan Government Struggles to Regain Stability<\/a><\/strong> 7 June 2010<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/strong><\/td>\n	Great Lakes Policy Forum Discusses the Context and Implications of the Upcoming Rwandan Elections<\/a><\/strong> 7 June 2010<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n	C\u00f4te d’Ivoire President Says Election Preparations are Underway <\/a><\/strong>3 June 2010<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n	Cuba – A Way Forward<\/em> Highlights Repression and Abuse, and Proposes an End to the Embargo<\/a> 3 June 2010<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n	CAR President\u2019s Mandate Extended \u2018Indefinitely\u2019<\/a>27 May 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n	Hong Kong Legislators Hold \u2018Referendum on Democracy\u2019 <\/a>26 May 2010<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n	Georgian Lawyers Suspend Protest against Electoral System<\/a><\/strong> 26 May 2010<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n	George Packer on Democracy Promotion under the Obama Presidency<\/a><\/strong> 24 May 2010<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Double sided dictator of Ethiopia Melese Zenawie lost his credilbity if left any in the eyes the world democrats. He thought he\u00a0mastered\u00a0the arts of duping the whole world, but it was he who was dumped and lost face all around the world. -He prepared \u00a0 farse \u00a040’000 ballots, only very fews samples were oberved […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":17036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,241,262,273,282,190,271,5,212,4,191,252,213,198],"tags":[4191],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/ethiopianism.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/064.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ethiopianism.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3502"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ethiopianism.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ethiopianism.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ethiopianism.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ethiopianism.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ethiopianism.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ethiopianism.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ethiopianism.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ethiopianism.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ethiopianism.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}