Ethiopia's ruling Front transports army to the North
ESAT News July 26, 2014
Following the recent meeting between Ethiopian securities in the Prime
Minister's Office, the ruling Front, EPRDF, has started deploying a large
number of soldiers and heavy weaponry to Shire, Tekeze, Wolqayiet, Metema,
Armachiho areas of Northern Ethiopia.
Frightened by the reactions of the people in Northern Ethiopia since the
abduction and arrest of Andargachew Tsige, Secretary General of the Ginbot 7
Movement, the Front has deployed an increased number of the Force to crush
any form of "protest".
The regime's intelligence in the Northern part of the Country had tipped the
securities that Ginbot 7 may advance to the Capital by distributing weapons
to the farmers in cooperation with the Eritrean government. The Front has
now distributed modern telephones to its members and investors found in the
region to do intelligence work.
Currently, when the number of the members of the Ethiopian National Defense
Force that defect is increasing, the regime's new call for new recruits is
not receiving enough responses.
The defecting soldiers state that the Defense Force is at a low moral due to
nepotistic organisation and structure, poor quality of the meal provided and
the high cost of living.
Meanwhile, sources say EPRDF is at a risk of break up. The ruthless actions
of the EPRDF leadership especially following the death of the late Prime
Minister Meles Zenawi, has annoyed and raised eyebrows even among the
members of the Front.
The continuation of the accusations and arrest of opposition parties and
leaders under the pretext of the anti-terror law has ignited strong
opposition and whinging within the lower and middle starta of the Front.
The Front does not have its own ways of solving internal differences other
than evaluation and the fact that it took violent measures against the
larger population of the Muslim community during the Ramadan fasting season
fuelled the opposition within the Front.
The sources say EPRDF has collided with opposition parties, journalists, the
civil society, members of the association of the Orthodox Christian faith
group of Mehabre Kidusan and also with the majority of the public that is
living under the poverty threshold, which makes it clear that it cannot be
elected in a democratic manner and therefore, it has decided to forcefully
crush any form of protest.
The rise of such members that oppose these actions is one of the signs that
the regime is at a high risk of break up, the sources note.