Swedish legal expert on Danish Eritrea-report: Misleading

The Danish Eritrea-report do not give a true picture of the situation in the country, says Swedish legal expert.

Danish Immigration Eritrea-report is misleading because you have not been critical and wide enough in his use of sources.

How is the criticism from Carl Bexelius who is deputy head of legal affairs at the Swedish Migration Board, which corresponds to the Danish Immigration Board. Sweden has also seen a large influx of refugees from Eritrea over the past year.

Monday struck the Danish report a large bump on the road since the report only named source, the English professor Gaim Kibreab, decided to withdraw his name from the report.

Eritrea is located in the northern part of East Africa with coast along the Red Sea and bordering Ethiopia, Sudan and Djibouti.

The country has, according to the World Bank about six million people – however, figures are highly uncertain, as no action is taken censuses.

Previously an Italian colony and was in 1952 annexed by Ethiopia. Fought against them a war of independence from 1961 to 1991. Sidener mode between the two countries described as ’no war and no peace’.

Eritrea is one of the world’s poorest countries and is located at the bottom – in North Korea – in the list of world countries degree of freedom of the press.

He believes that he has been misquoted in the report and that his opinions have been put together with the report’s anonymous sources to reinforce their views.

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Not proper sources

Now the report again criticized – this time from the Swedish side.

– The report provides a picture of the situation in Eritrea, which is better than it in fact is the case. It is simply misleading, says Carl Bexelius.

He does not believe that the Danish Immigration Board has been good enough in their choice of sources, which results in the report being untrustworthy.

– There are problems with the sources that the report makes use of. A report like this needs a wide variety of sources that can give a picture of the whole situation in the country.

– This report has placed much emphasis on the opinions of the embassy and diplomats who do not have access to first hand information.

Also read the British report: objectors and deserters from Eritrea face persecution

– When you do a study like this, you need addressing, for example, the government and NGOs. They have important information and experiences that you need, says Carl Bexelius.

Do not recommend return ticket

In Sweden they are of the opinion that it is not safe to send deserters and conscientious returned to Eritrea as refugees at risk of imprisonment and torture.

– We are of the opinion that you can not return to Eritrea without risking consequences. Therefore, we give asylum to between 98 and 100 percent of all refugees from Eritrea, and we do not recommend people to take back, says Carl Bexelius.

See also Amnesty: Eritrea report to be withdrawn

Tuesday, the Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt (S) in the Parliamentary question time once the defense Immigration Service report.

Here the prime minister said that she did not want to go into each country’s conclusions on the situation in Eritrea and that she is satisfied that the Immigration Service has examined the situation in the country.
 

 

FACTS: why people flee Eritrea

Politics: Eritrea is one of the world’s youngest nations with its just 21 years, despite having a very bloody past.

Professor at the Center for African Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Holger Bernt Hansen, explains the situation in Eritrea.

* What kind of a country?

– Former Italian and British colony, which later came under Ethiopia. Got after secession struggle independence in 1993. Freedom of movement of that time still believe that it has the exclusive right to power because it fought for independence. This has led to an authoritarian regime. The opposition is knocked down. Courts are incapacitated, if they do not just follow the government.

* What they flee from?

– Military service, poor living conditions and uncertainty about the government’s intentions. Eritrea will maintain a large army, because it is still in conflict with Ethiopia on border demarcation. There are up to 10 years of military service. Conscripts live in very poor conditions and receive a modest salary. Controlled spending all the money on the military. The country is not developed, so the overall living conditions are poor.

* How is the stability of the country?

– The iron fist that rules the country, creating a stability. But it brings uncertainty with it. Anyone who utters a negative view of the regime, is silenced or rotting in prison. The opposition has poor conditions. Many NGOs – especially Christians – have been kicked out. The press has also been silenced.

* How is Eritrea’s relationship with international institutions?

– Poorly. Eritrea is under sanctions from the UN and the African Union due to support for the Islamist terror group al-Shabaab in Somalia.

* Is a regret letter and payment of additional taxes enough to return safely to Eritrea?

– The state uses the situation to get money. Whether it is enough for the individual, I can not say.

The Eritrean regime is very happy with Denmark

 
“This is the answer we want – we just need someone to do the ‘research’ to say it”, seems the terms of reference of the anonymous researchers of the Danish Immigration Service (DIS), who last week published a very controversial report under the title: “Eritrea – Drivers and Root Causes of Emigration, National Service and the Possibility of Return”.
 
The anonymous researchers spent two weeks in Eritrea and spoke with 12 anonymous sources. Nine of these are international organisations, of which five are Western embassies.
 
The remaining three sources are one “regional NGO based in Asmara”, a representative of the Eritrean Foreign Ministry and a “well-known Eritrean-intellectual”; all of them anonymous, which makes it extremely difficult to check the sources.
 
 
Seemingly it was not important for the researchers to talk to the Eritrean people and their religious leaders, who recently published critical letters about the dire situation in the country and the mass exodus of the youth.  All serious Danish and European institutions should reject this unworthy report and demand a parliamentary hearing on the Eritrean issue and how this research was conducted. The Danish people and the Eritrean refugees deserve it.
 
The researchers, whom haven’t returned the numerous messages I have left at DIS, also visited Ethiopia, where they spoke with eight sources, of which all but one are anonymous. Outside Africa they spoke only with one person, Professor Gaim Kibreab, an expert on refugees and Eritrea from London South Bank University, who after reading the final report disassociated himself immediately and denounced the report as inaccurate. Unlike the DIS-researchers, Kibreab responded immediately: “the report is cherry-picking with Danish interest” to bar Eritrean refugees from entering Europe.
 
 
Serious research builds, albeit critically, on other previous articles, reports, books and audio-visual sources. The DIS report disqualifies all reports of international institutions like those of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch – not to mention the reports of journalists, academicians and various governments – as not trustworthy.
 
The report discredits all aforementioned reports including the stories of refugees who arrived in Europe/Denmark with scars of oppression and persecution on their body and psyche as “not relevant for the Danish caseload”. The report fails to explain what is relevant for the “Danish caseload”, but it is obvious from the tone and substance of the document that the Danish government wants to wriggle out of the 1951 Geneva Convention, which defines a refugee as someone who ”owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country or return there because there is a fear of persecution.”
 
The DIS researchers seem to be overwhelmed by the hospitality availed to them by the totalitarian Eritrean regime, which has no functioning parliament, no constitution, no independent judiciary and no elections for the last 23 years. The interest of DIS to bar Eritrean refugees from its territory and the Eritrean regime’s interest for propaganda conflated. No wonder the Eritrean regime and its media outlets received the report with jubilation. The Danish report is now being used to vindicate the Eritrean regime and to discredit the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights violations in Eritrea and the UN Commission of Enquiry on human rights violations in Eritrea.
 
Serious researchers and journalists who spend two weeks in a country like Eritrea don’t only talk to anonymous sources from the Eritrean government and Western embassies – they also approach taxi drivers, speak to people in confidential places and hold talks with more than one “well-known Eritrean intellectual”. They can’t talk with independent journalists, however, because there are none left in Eritrea after they were either arrested or exiled.
 
The researchers have the audacity to talk about regional NGOs in the country without mentioning the name of either the organisation or the spokesperson. The Eritrean regime has its own NGOs like the National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW), the National Union of Eritrean Youth (NUEY) and The Peacebuilding Centre for the Horn of Africa (PCHA) – all are set up by the regime to deceive the international community. The researchers write without any criticism what one of these “governmental NGOs” told them : “A regional NGO based in Asmara emphasised that ‘Sawa is not a military camp but is basically the final two years of high school. There are academic classes, some physical training, marching but no weapons training as such’.” Serious researchers would confront this statement with government films of Sawa inaugurations, easily found online.
 
The Danish parliament should summon the responsible minister who is responsible for this flimsy and harmful report and should organise a hearing where all stakeholders, including Professor Kibreab and representatives of the Eritrean government are present. Facts should be unearthed in a transparent exchange of information from various sources, so that Denmark can remain a heaven for genuine refugees. The Danish and other European government should not target the refugees who went through a hell to reach a save heaven. They should develop a common policy that helps to change the situation in Eritrea. Eritreans are in search of liberty. They don’t want to leave their country. They want to study, work and help their family.
 
The Eritrean regime has been profiting from the exodus because Eritrean refugees have been sending remittances to their families. Eritrean regime agents have also been visiting refugee camps to convince Eritrean refugees to sign “apology letters” at the Eritrean Embassies and pay a monthly two percent fee from their income. Those who comply with this can travel to Eritrea even if they don’t have, in this case, the Danish passport. With the DIS report, the Danish government is allowing the Eritrean regime to not only control the lives of Eritreans inside Eritrea, but also here in Denmark and other parts of Europe.

Eritrea: The country that is more closed than North Korea

20 years ago was Eritrea a shining hope of an independent African country that could and would himself. Today fleeing population.

It was the world’s most optimistic country.

In the early 1990s, Eritrea imbued with the idea of a better life in freedom and independence. A better kind of country. Three decades of struggle for freedom against the big neighbor Ethiopia had just ended and independence in sight.

On 24 May 1991 drove the rebel army into the Eritrean capital Asmara. They were greeted with cheers.

– Everyone was really upbeat about to discover the many good things that happened to the country. Everyone around me was filled with an optimistic feeling that we would not repeat the same mistakes that other African countries had done, Aaron Behane that in the years after independence was chief editor of Eritrea’s largest newspaper, told BBC News in an previous interview.

Absolutely special atmosphere

Like other newly independent countries were Eritrea filled with hope for the future. The American journalist Michela Wrong has written the book ”I Did not Do it for You” on the Eritrean liberation struggle.

She has previously told BBC News:

– There was this absolutely wonderful atmosphere in Asmara. People came back after many years in exile. People had money, and everyone was talking about this amazing place without corruption, that would not be dependent on outside help. It was really something new to visit Eritrea in the early 1990s.

But the bright outlook remains on the horizon for the Eritrean people, who for 30 years had fought a uphill battle against Ethiopia’s overwhelming superiority. And won.

For Eritrea’s new president, Isaias Afwerki, the war against Ethiopia never connected.

Therefore, all the country’s inhabitants serve military service. It lasts longer and longer. Eventually, war breaks against the neighbor again beyond a small piece of land does not matter.

Al focus on New York

Criticism rains down upon the president from war-weary residents in Eritrea. It culminates with an open letter in the country’s newspapers from 15 prominent politicians. And then bother the president no longer be the leader in a country with free press and open debate.

Just 12 days after the attack on the World Trade Center, while the world’s eyes are on New York beats the authorities in Eritrea. The former chief editor of Eritrea’s largest newspaper remembers the day.

– They came to arrest me, so I had to flee. But all my colleagues were arrested. I am one of the only Eritrean journalists who were lucky to get away, have Aaron Behane told from his exile in Canada.

One of the arrested journalists was the Swedish-Eritrean Dawit Isaak, who was taken back to his country to help with reconstruction.

Since then there has been no official message from the Eritrean authorities about what has become of Dawit Isaak.

Today, Eritrea number 179 on Reporters without Borders list of countries the press. It is at the bottom, just below North Korea and Turkmenistan.

Military service without limit

Today this conscription in Eritrea for all under 50 years – almost without exception – and has no fixed length. Military service can last forever.

The first survey of conscription impact on the population is made by Professor Gaim Kibreab from South Bank University in London.

The same professor as Friday, according to Berlingske withdrew its opinions to the Immigration Service’s controversial report back.

Also read the Experts: Rigging in Danish asylum report

In the study, he interviewed 215 former conscripts. They had an average serving six and a half years of ”slavery”. Many more than twice as long before they had managed to escape.

The country emptied of young

The prospect of unlimited military service has received large parts of Eritrea’s youth to flee.

Spokesman for the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, Adrian Edwards said on November 14 that it manages some 2,000 Eritreans a month to leave the country via Sudan and Ethiopia.

In October, the figure, however, is as high as 5000. At the same time, he says that there has been a tripling of the number of Eritrean asylum seekers in European countries in the first ten months of 2014. The majority of them have sought asylum in Sweden and Germany.

90 percent of those who leave Eritrea, is between 18 and 24. Its future is about to leave it.

ኣብ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ተዋሕዶ ሕጂኸ እንታይ ክግበር’ዩ ዝድለ ዘሎ-?!

ኣብ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ተዋሕዶ ሕጂኸ እንታይ ክግበር’ዩ ዝድለ ዘሎ-?!

ንኹሉ ገጊዚኡ ኣለዎ ከም-ዝበሃል፥ ኣብዚ እዋን’ዚ ብዛዕባ ኦርቶዶክሳዊት ቤተ-ክርስቲያንና፥ ብዙሕ ክዝረብን ክጸሓፍን ይስማዕ ኣሎ። እቲ ምዝራብን ምጽሓፍን ግን ሕጂ ዝተጀመረ ኣይኮነን። በብእዋኑ ብዙሕ ክበሃል ጸኒሑ’ዩ። ዓገብ-!! ዝተባህለሉ ግዜ’ውን ውሑድ ኣይኮነን። ክሰምዕ ዝኽእል

እዝኒ ግን ክርከብ ኣይተኻእለን። ስለዚ ድማ’ዩ ጉዳይ’ዛ ጥንታዊት ዝኾነት ቤተ-ክርስቲያን’ዚኣ፥ ብቐጻሊ ዓቢይ መዛረቢ ኣርእስቲ ኮይኑ ዝርከብ ኣሎ። እቲ ዘሎ እኩብ ድምር ጸገማት መልሲ ክረክብ ክሳብ ዘይተኻእለ ከኣ፥ እቲ ብደቂ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ዝግበር ኣውያት፥ ከቋርጽ ይኽእል’ዩ ዝበሃል ኣይኮነን። ከቋርጽ’ውን ኣይግብኦን።

ከም-ዝፍለጥ ኣብዚ ዝሓለፈ ቀረባ እዋናት፥ እቶም ገዳማውያን-ኣቦታት ብዘልዓሉዎ ተሪር ተቓውሞ፥ እቶም ከም መንድዓት ኣብ ዝባን ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ተቐሚጦም ዝጸንሑ፥ ዮፍታሔ-ዲሜጥሮስን ሃብቶም-ርእሶምን ዝተባህሉ ክልተ  ውልቀ-ሰባት። ካብቲ ብቐጻሊ ከፍርሱዎን ከዕንዉዎን ዝጸንሑ ደምበ፥ ተደፊኦም ክወጹ ከም-ዝተገደዱ ብመራኸቢ-ብዙኃን ክንሰምዖ ጸኒሕና ኢና። እዚ ድማ ንቤተ-ክርስቲያንና ዓቢይ-ዓወት ስለ ዝኾነ፥ ብኹሉ ወገን “ኣሜን ወኣሜን” ዝብል ድምፂ ክቃላሕ ቀንዩዎ እዩ። እወ እዞም ከም ክልተ-ቁርዲድ ዝምሰሉ እኩያን፥ ነቲ ኩሉ ኣብዚ ዝሓለፈ ልዕሊ ዓሰርተ-ዓመት ክፍጸም ዝጸንሐ ዕንወት፥ ብሓላፍነት ዝሕተቱሉ ስለ ዝኾኑ፥ እቲ ናታቶም  ምውጋድ ከም ሓደ ዓቢይ-ጾር ካብ ዝባን ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ዝወረደ ጌርካ፥ ክውሰድ ዘይግብኦ ኣይኮነን።

ይኹን እምበር ብናይ’ዞም ዝተባህሉ ክልተ ውልቀ-ሰባት ካብቲ መንበረ-ፓትርያርክ ምውጻእ ጥራይ፥ እቲ ጸገም ተፈቲሑ ወይ እቲ ሕቶ መልሲ ተረኺቡዎ’ዩ ማለት ኣይኮነን። ከመይሲ ንሳቶም ክልቲኦም ሓደ ክፋል ናይቲ ጸገም ደኣምበር፥ ክሉ እቲ ጸገም ንሳቶም’ ዮም ነይሮም ክበሃል ዝከኣል ኣይኮነን። ስለዚ ሕቶ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ተዋሕዶ ናይ “ ነፃነት” ሕቶ ደኣምበር፥ ውልቀ-ሰባት ሰጉጕካ ካልኦት ብምትካእ ዝግበር ጸወታ፥ ሕዝቢ-ተዋሕዶ ክቕበሎ ዝኽእል ከም-ዘይኮነ፥ እቲ ንቤተ- ክርስቲያን ኣብ ትሕቲ ምቁጽጻሩ ሒዙዋ ዝርከብ ዘሎ ፖለቲካዊ-ኃይሊ፥ ክርድኦ ዘለዎ ሓቂ’ዩ በሃልቲ ኢና። ነዚ ሓቂ’ዚ ዘሊልካ ክኽየድ ዝኽእል ካልእ መንገዲ ምህላዉ ድማ ኣይረኣየናን።

ብዝተረፈ “ዓርኪ ሰባር ነቓዕ” ከም-ዝበሃል፥ ንዮፍታሔን ንሃብቶምን ሰጕጎም ካልኦት ንዓታቶም ዝመስሉ ካብ ጽርግያ ኣኻኺቦም  እንተ’ምጽኡ፥ ቤተ-ክርስቲያንና ንከምዚ ዝኣመሰለ ዓይነትን ጽሬትን ዘይብሉ ኣቕሓ መራገፊት ክትከውን፥ ሕራይ በሃሊት ከም-ዘይኮነት ክንገሮም ግቡእ’ዩ። ከመይሲ ኦርቶዶክሳዊት ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ናይ ሕዝቢ-ተዋሕዶ እምበር፥ ካልእ ዋንኣ’የ ክብል ዝኽእል ኣካል ዘለዋ ኣይኮነትን። ስለ-ዝኾነ ድማ መጻኢ ዕድላ ክውስን ዘለዎ፥ እቲ ብጸጋ-ጥምቀት ካብ ማሕፀና ዝተወልደ ሕዝቢ-ተዋሕዶ እምበር፥ ማንም ተላዒሉ ክሸይምን ክስዕርን ዝኽእል ኣካል ክህሉ፥ ማኅበረ-ምእመናን ተዋሕዶ ዘፍቅድ ኣይኮነን። እዚ መሰል’ዚ ከኣ ብኃይሊ ተመንዚዑ ክውሰድ ዘይከኣል ምዃኑ፥ ኣብ ብዙሕ ኣጋጣሚታት ክርአ ጸኒሑ’ዩ። ከምኡ እንተ-ዘይከውን ነይሩ ዮፍታሔ ዲሜጥሮስ፥ ካብ ብዙሓት መገባእያታት-ዓለም መንጸግትን ተነጽሎን ኣጋጢሙዎ ክስጎጕ ኣይምጸንሐን።

እዚ ድማ ዓቢይ ትምህርቲ ክኸውን’ዩ ዝግባእ ዝነበረ። እዚ ሕጂ ኣብ ኣሥመራ ክግበር ዝርአ ዘሎ፥ ኣብ ውሽጢ ጉዳይ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ኢድካ ጣልቃ-ብምእታው ክግበር ዝድለ ጸወታ ግን፥ “-ሌባ! ሌባ! እንተበልዎስ፥ ልዋ ልዋ ዝበሉዎ ይመስሎ-” ከም ዝበሃል ክኸውን እንተ-ዘይኮይኑ፥ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን-ተዋሕዶ ትማሊ ብበዓል ዮፍታሔን ሃብቶምን ዝተመዝበረቶ ከይኣክል፥ ሕጂ ድማ ካብኣቶም  ዘይሕሹ ካልኦት ውልቀ-ሰባት ብምትካእ፥ ነቲ ክግበር ዝጸንሐ ፖሎቲካዊ-ጸቕጢ ክቕጽልዎ ምድላዮም፥ እቲ ሕጂ ኣብ ደምበ-ተዋሕዶ ተበጺሑ ዝርከብ ዘሎ ደረጃ ንቕሓተ-ሕሊና፥ እምበርዶ ክዕቅኑዎ ዘኽእል ሚዛን ኣለዎም’ዩ ዘየብል ኣይኮነን። ብዝተረፈ ሕዝቢ-ተዋሕዶ ማንም ኢዱ ዘይመልሰላ ነፃ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ክትህልዎ ደኣምበር፥ ንዝኾነ ዝግበር ፖሎቲካዊ ጸቕጢ ተጻዊሩ ክኸይድ ዝደሊ ከም-ዘይኮነ፥ እቲ ብውሽጥን ብደገን ዝግበር ዘሎ ተቓውሞ እኹል መረድኢ’ዩ።

ብዝተረፈ እቲ ንልዕሊ ዕሥራ-ዓመት ኣብ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ተዋሕዶ ክግበር ዝጸንሐ ፖሎቲካዊ-ጸቕጢ፥ እወንታዊ ውጽ ኢት ከምጽእ ከም-ዘይከኣለ እናተፈልጠ ከሎ፥ ነቲ ዝሓለፈ ጌጋታት ብምድጋም ነቲ ዋናን በዓል-ቤትን ዝኾነ ሕዝቢ-ተዋሕዶ ኣግሊሉ፥ እቲ ናይ ፖለቲካ-ኃይሊ ዝሽይምን ዝሥዕርን ኮይኑ ክርከብ፥ ብዝኾነ መዐቀኒ ቅቡል’ዩ ክበሃል ዝከኣል ኣይኮነን። እቲ ቅዱስ-ጽሑፍ’ውን “ናይ ቄሣር ንቄሣር፥ ናይ ኣምላኽ ድማ ንኣምላኽ” ብምባል ኣቐሚጡዎ ኣሎ። ኣብቲ ሕግን ሥርዓትን ዘለዎ ኩሉ ድማ፥ እዚ ደረት’ዚ ክጠሓስ ዝግብኦ ኣይኮነን። ኣባና ግን እቲ ኣብ ሃገርና ዘሎ ፖለቲካዊ-ኃይሊ፥ ነዚ ናይ ሕጊ ደረት’ዚ ኣኽብሮት ዘለዎ ኮይኑ ስለ-ዘይተረኽበ፥ እታ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ብሳንቡእ-ፖለቲካ ከተተንፍስ ተፈሪዱዋ ትርከብ ኣላ። ብኸምኡ ክትቅጽል ትኽእል’ያ ዝብል እምነት ግን የብልናን።

ብዝኾነ እቶም ኣብዚ እዋን’ዚ ኣብ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ተዋሕዶ ተመሪጾም ዝበሃሉ ዘለዉ፥ እንታዎት ምዃኖም ብዘየገድስ ሕዝቢ-ተዋሕዶ ክቕበሎም ይኽእል’ዩ ዝበሃል ኣይኮነን። ነቲ ምርጫ’ውን ኣፍልጦ ክህቦ ይኽእል’ዩ ኣይበሃልን። ከመይሲ ናቱ ውክልና ረኺቦም ዝተመርጹ ኣይኮኑን። በዚ ምኽንያት’ዚ ሕጊ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ብምትሕልላፍ ዝተገብረ “ሹመት” እቲ ደምበ-ተዋሕዶና ናትና’ዩ ኢሉ ኣፍልጦ ዝህቦን ዝቕበሎን ኣይኮነን። ስለዚ’ውን እዚ ከምዚ ዝበለ ኣሠራርሓ ንልዕሊ ዕሥራ-ዓመት ዝተመኮርናሉን ዝላደናሉን ስለ ዝኾነ፥ በዚ ክዕሾን ክታለልን ዝኽእል ወዲ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ዝርከብ ኣይመስለናን። የግዳስ እቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ተዋሕዶ ዝጸንሖም ጌጋ ርድኢት፥ ክእርሙዎ እንተ-ዝኽእሉ ክንደይ ደስ ምበለና። ከመይሲ እዛ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን እዚኣ፥ ካብቲ ቅድሚ ዕሥራ-ዓመት ዝነበረቶ ብብዙሕ መዐቀኒ ፍልይ ዝበለት፥ ማለት ብኽብሪ ከጠምታ ዝኽእል ሞያዊ-ዓቕሚ ዘለዎ ውሉደ-ክህነት፥ ከተዋህልል ዝኸኣለት ምዃና ክፍለጥ ዘለዎ ኣገዳሲ ነጥቢ እዩ።

ኣብዚ ሕጂ እዋን ንእግዚኣብሔር ክብርን ምስጋናን ይኹኖ-!! ኣብ ዓለም-ለኸ መድረኻት ወጺኦም ክዋስኡ ዝኽእሉ፥ውሉደ-ክህነት ኣለዉና ኣብ እንብለሉ ደረጃ በጺሕና ንርከብ ስለ-ዘሎና፥  ንማንም ከነሸግር ድሌትና ኣይኮነን። ጉዳይ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ተዋሕዶ ንሕዝቢ-ተዋሕዶ እምበር፥ ንማንም ካልእ ይምልከቶ’ዩ ክበሃል ኣይከኣልን። ስለ’ዚ ድማ ኢና እቲ ኣብዚ እዋናት’ዚ፥ ንቤተ-ክርስቲያን ተዋሕዶ ብዝምልከት ኣብ ኣሥመራ ዝግበር ዘሎ ጉባኤታት፥ ብተጽዕኖ-ፖለቲካ ይግበር ብምህላዉ ናትና’ዩ ኢልና ክንቅበሎ ዘይንደሊ። ከመይሲ ኣብቲ ዝሓለፈ ዓመታት ኩሉ፥ ኣብቲ መድረኽ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ክዋስኡ ዝጸንሑ ናይዝጊ ክፍሉን ደራጎን ኃይለ-መለኮትን እዮም። ሕጂ ድማ እቶም ነቲ መድረኽ ተቘጻጺሮሞ ዘለዉ፥ ኣብርሃ ካሣን ሠመረ በይንን ምዃኖም’ዩ ዝንገረና ዘሎ። ነዚ ኸኣ ብዝኾነ ተኣምር ሕዝቢ ተዋሕዶ ክቕበሎ ይኽእል’ዩ ዝበሃል ኣይኮነን።

ርግጽ’ዩ ንከም በዓል ኣቡን-ሉቃስ ዝኣመሰሉ ሒዝካ፥ ብዙሕ ክፍተን ይከኣል ይኸውን’ዩ። እዚ መንገዲ’ዚ ግን ከኽይድ ዝኽእል መንገዲ ኣይኮነን። ከመይሲ ሕዝቢ-ተዋሕዶ እዚ ጸወታ’ዚ ከብቅዕ ኣለዎ’ዩ ዝብል ዘሎ። ንበዓል ኣባታት  መጋበሪ ብምግባር ብዙሕ ክግበር ከም-ዝጸንሐ ዝፍለጥ’ዩ። እዚ ግን ትማሊ እምበር ሎሚ ክሠርሕ ዝኽእል ኣይኮነን። ከመይሲ ከምቲ ኣቐዲምና ዝበልናዮ ጉዳይ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ተዋሕዶ፥ ንሕዝቢ-ተዋሕዶ ጥራይ’ዩ ዝምልከት፥ ብሕዝቢ ተዋሕዶ ጥራይ’ውን ይውሰን። ዝሰምዕ እዝኒ ስለ-ዝተሳእነ እንተ-ዘይኮይኑ ኣብ 1989 ዓ/ም(1997) ኣቢሉ’ውን፥ እቶም ዓቢይ ናይ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ኣቦ፥ ብፁዕ ኣቡነ-መቃርዮስ ገና ካብ ኣሥመራ ከይወጹ ከለዉ፥ ዝተዛረቡዎ ዘረባ ምንባሩ ክዝከር ግብእ’ዩ። ንሱ ድማ “ ታተ እናበለ ዘሳልየና እምበር፥ ክሕንግረኩም ዝብለና ኣየድልየናን እዩ” ብምባል፥ ንናይ ፖለቲካ ኢድ ምእታው ከም-ዝተቓወሙዎ ዝፍለጥ እዩ።

ብተወሳኺ እቲ ካብ 2 ክሳብ 8 ሓምለ 2014፥ ኣብ ጀነቫ ስዊስ-ዘርላንድ ተጋቢኡ ዝነበረ፥ ናይ ዓለም ኣብያተ-ክርስቲያናት ጉባኤ። ንናይ ኤርትራ ኦርቶዶክሳዊት ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ብዝምልከት፥ኣብ ኣጀንዳ ኣእትዩ ከም-ዝተዘራረበሉን፥ ብፁዕ ወቅዱስ ፓትርያርክ ኣቡነ-እንጦንዮስ ካብ ማሕዩር ክልቀቑን ከም-ዝጸውዐ ዝፍለጥ እዩ። እዚ ኩሉ’ዚ ከኣ ከም-ዘይሰማዕካ ኮንካ ክሕለፍ ዝከኣል ኣይኮነን። ሕዝቢ-ተዋሕዶ’ውን እዚ ሕቶ’ዚ ክምለሰሉ ደኣ’ዩ ዝጽበ ዘሎ እንበር፥ ሕጂ ከም-እንደገና እቶም ሰብ-ፖለቲካ ነቲ መድረኽ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን፥ ዝቈጻጸሩዎ ኮይኖም ክርከቡ ዝሰማማዓሉን ዝደልዮን ከም-ዘይኮነ ክፍለጥ ይግባእ።

ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ልዕሊ ዕሥራ-ዓመት፥ ኣብ ቤተ-ክርስቲያንና ዝተፈጸመ ግህሰተ-ሕጊ፥ ብውሑዳት ቃላት ገሊጽካ ይውዳእ’ዩ ዝበሃል ኣይኮነን። ሕጂ እቲ ጌጋ’ቲ መሊሱ ክድገም ዝደልዮ ዋላ ሓደ’ኳ የልቦን። ስለ-ዝኾነ ድማ ሕጂ እዚ መሰል’ዚ ክኽበረልና ከም-እንደሊ፥ ተቢዕና ብምቅላስ ከነረጋግጾ ክንክእል ኣሎና። ብዝተረፈ ንኹሉ እወ! ንኹሉ ከኣ ሕራይ! እናበልካ ክኽየድ ዝጸንሐ መንገዲ፥ ኣብ ልዕሊ’ቲ ቅዱስ-ሃይማኖትና እንታይ ሳዕቤን ከም-ዘኸተለ ብግልጺ ዝርአ ዘሎ  እዩ። እቲ ዝሓለፈ ከይኣክል ድማ፥ ሕጂ’ውን እቲ መድረኽ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ዝዋስኡሉ ዘሎዉ፥ ንሳቶም እቶም ናይ ትማሊ እዮም። ስለዚ እቶም ትማሊ ዘፍረሱን ዘዕነዉን ሕጂ ሓነፅቲ ኮይኖም ክርከቡ ስለ-ዘይክእሉ፥ ይኣክል-!! ምባል ክንክእል ኣሎና። ብዝተረፈ እቲ ዋናን በዓል ቤትን ዝኾነ  ሕዝቢ-ተዋሕዶ ከሎ፥ በዓል ኣቡን-ሉቃስ ዝዕንድሩሉ መድረኽ ክህሉ ኣይግባእን። ስለዚ’ውን እቶም ብውሽጢ ኮይኖም ዝቃለሱ ዘለዉ ገዳማውያን-ኣቦታት፥ እቲ ቃልሲ ክዕወት እንተ-ደኣ ኮይኑ፥ ሓገዝ ኩላትና ደቂ ቤተ-ክርስቲያን ከም-ዘድሊ ክንዝንግዕ የብልናን። እግዚኣብሔር ከኣ ዝተመስገነ ይኹን!!

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