Ethiopia:"US state department and right groups liars and ill-advised" EPRDF (Woyane)regime

EthioGuardian, Ethiopia(06-05-2009): The tension and confusion in EPRDF camp is increasing everyday. The recent accessions are forwarded towards the American state department and right groups. EPRDF is aggressively attacking the American state department, Human Right Watch and Amnesty International. The state TV called all the human right reports baseless, far from truth, and intended to destroy the good image of the EPRDF regime and its good human right record. In some instances, the government tried to bring some vague evidences to prove its innocence. The state TV called these organizations liars, unwise and ill-advised.

According to Zenawi’s mouthpiece, the stateTV (ETV), all documentations and investigation reports of US state department, Amnesty international, HRW, including satellite images- confirmed by a U.S.-based science group, which proofed the destruction of villages in Ogaden region- are all fabricated lies to destroy EPRDF’s good image

EPRDF used to be a good allay of the former bush administration and received millions dollars in development aid. Despite all its poor human right records, the bush administration helped the dictatorial regime for long. The EPRDF regime went to Somalia to keep the Bush financial support flowing. This trend seems to come to an end. The recent accessions show the frustrations and nervousness of the shacking EPRDF government. With a new administration in America that is concerned about human right records, Zenawi knows that he can’t use the old technique of killing his own citizen and get more support. The very new technique is attacking the accuser, the American state department Human Right Watch and Amnesty International.
The economical crisis, the change in the American administration, the distrust in its military, the ever increasing public dissatisfaction, pushed the EPRDF regime to a level of madness. A week ago the government claimed to have arrested some coup plotters, denied any visits, and refused to give name and locations of the detainees. The next day it called them they were just desperados, who did not have a power to remove a government. When the EPRDF lost any attention from any of the western country or any other state, Zenawi used a non-existing Somali government to label the detainees and the alleged organization, Ginbot7, as terrorists, which showed its blind view and desperation.
The Zenawi regime is accused of genocide by genocide watch, violator of press freedom by independent free media organizations, and repressor of human right by almost all human right organizations. These increasing accusations are causing a lot of fracture in the EPRDF camp.