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From: samuel Igbu (ypfdjbc@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Mar 14 2011 - 18:29:18 EST
fter the Adobha Congress, "*Qeyada Al-Ama*" continued to assassinate and
imprison all opposition elements in violation to the agreements of the
congress due to the polices policies it inherited from the ELF leadership.
Despite the efforts of "Qeyada Al-Ama" to destroy opposition forces many had
separated from the movement and started other new liberation movements. As a
result, the leadership in ELF killed anyone who opposed it or anyone who
tried to reform the leadership. This was proven in the case of “Haraka”, a
movement established in 1965, and was destroyed by ELF leaders. The
atrocities of the ELF leadership victimized not only those who opposed them
but also those people that were from different ethnic groups. Any fighter
opposing the policies of the leadership or comments on the rights of the
public and the fighters faced one punishment, assassination. After “Qeyada
Al-Ama” siezed power, the assassination and atrocities of the leadership
continued.
“Qeyada Al-Ama” had also tried numerous times to destroy the other
liberation movements. To mention some, when the People’s Liberation Forces
were moving from Southern Dankalia to the north, it sent troops to destroy
the movement and in October 1970, destroyed one group of the movement. Later
the movements begun to effectively defend themselves from the attacks of
“Qeyada Al-Ama”, which started the civil war.
With time, many fighters joined the newly established liberation forces ,
the movements also gained the support of the public, creating fear among the
leaders of “Qeyada Al-Ama” in addition to the separation of Obel from
"Qeyada Al-Ama". It even tried to gain the support of various Arab
countries but only Iraq supported them. In an attempt to regain the fighters
it lost and secure control again, “Qeyada Al-Ama” called for a military
congress among all forces. The People’s Liberation Forces and the Liberation
Party rejected their invitation but leaders of Obel accepted the invitation
and a congress, “Me’asker Awate”, was held from 26/2 to 13/3, 1972. In this
meeting, "Qeyada Al-Ama" passed a resolution for another national
congress: and invited all the liberation forces to participate, aiming to
regain control and power over the forces. It also elected a new
"Coordinating Committee". Unfortunately for "Qeyada Al-Ama", majority of the
member of the newly established liberation forces did not accept the
invitation but it held the congress anyway. "The first National Congress" as
it was called was held from 14/10 to 12/11, 1971 in a place called Arr. In
this meeting, Edris Mohammed Adem was elected as the chairperson, and Hiruy
Tedla Bairu as the vice- chairperson of the “National Congress” where a
committee with 13 members called "Sewrawi Committee", and a committee of 18
members called "Executive Committee" were also elected without any specific
task.
The main agenda of the congress was to destroy the separated liberation
forces that had become a threat to the leadership of ELF. The congress
ratified the following resolutions:-
1. The Eritrean struggle for liberation can't accommodate more than one
movement and one leadership
2. The congress also called members of the People's Liberation Forces and
their supporters to accept the resolutions of the "National Congress” and
join the ELF within a certain time limit: and members that didn't abide to
the resolution would face the consequences of their actions.
In addition to the above-mentioned ploys, the leadership and the congress
also tried to maneuver the force in Ala, by sympathizing with them while
condemning the leaders of Obel.
To be Continued
-- Sincerely *YPFDJ British Columbia Chapter* YPFDJ Goal and Purpose- Our goal is to build a strong, conscious and patriotic youth movement.
Our purpose is:
- To raise the awareness and level of organisation of Eritrean youth to serve our nation - To reassert the identity, patriotism and unity of Eritrean youth - To promote the participation of Eritrean Youth in the national reconstruction of Eritrea as well as guarding the sovereignty of Eritrea - To enhance the position and influence of Eritrean Youth in their respective countries of residence.