Now is the time to set up the goals and strategies of forgiveness and reconciliation . Even if Ethiopian’s problem is so complicated it will not make us loose hope to look for solutions . The nature of our problem is not caused by the people rather fabricated and spread by a few political party members and the current government of the country . The people of Ethiopia know the officials , party members and others who don’t want Ethiopia to be a united country as we got it from our ancestors . They dream to make this great country weak , destabilize, divided and dependent . Their ego will never be real , instead they will be exposed and humiliated once and forever. This country doesn’t belong to the selected few voracious and cursed individuals , ethnic groups or party member . It is a country of all Ethiopians who love and die for it . The Ethiopian people should and must weed out the poison of the current narrow ethnicity promoters , blood suckers , money minded , greeds and power mongers .
Among the leadership of the government there is a mishandling of a crisis , readiness to negotiation / reconciliation and lack of leadership decision in the present situation of Ethiopia . All sides aren’t ready to come to the round table and don’t have experience based on problem solving methods to such disastrous situation . Those officials become self aware of biases and faulty paradigms that can be obstacle for effective problem solving or negotiation which leads to forgiveness and reconciliation .
Let us think about our common motherland , do something good for the people bring forgiveness , pray to our God to forgive us , say bygones be bygones and make social reconciliation to happen immediately .
Ethiopia is in a catastrophic situation the people are reluctant of babysitting the government and opposition parties . Let us use our Abagedas , religious leaders , influential persons and learn how our great grand fathers resolve problems or crises when it happened in the society .
Fellow Ethiopians irregardless of ethnic back ground , culture , religion and language we all have responsibility to exercise the Geda system in collaboration with the modern conflict resolution techniques to come up with a solution .
Ethiopian people don’t want fake concern and crocodile tear which is not better than those who want the county to go to civil war . Here are some of the ways how the Geda system resolve differences and pave the way for forgiveness . Churches , mosques and others preach about forgiveness and tell to the followers to forget their differences before they come to the holy place to pray .
Let all the followers forgive for what they did in the past even if they didn’t do it . Preach your followers to have a clean heart and mind before they thank their God / Alah . Prepare some sort of occasion and have the community celebrate together . In between show performance about unity . Sing the poem written by the well distinguished Doctor Hailu Areaya ( yenat hager likfit ) . Preach about mutual benefit , development , common interest as a nation . Teach about togetherness and unity which help see bright future to come . I know there are times when it is tough to stay motivated and perform well , but we have to show strong commitment to our country . The most important thing to keep in mind is to be ourselves . We are confident on ourselves and are passionate about our country , we can attract a lot of people who will feel the same way . According to our longtime history Ethiopian Oromos are known for the remarkable and prestigious indigenous democratic sociopolitical system known as the Geda . Let us follow how our Oromo fathers technically resolve problems in a democratic way when crisis appear . Let us try to apply the methods they used .
The current Ethiopian situation is very dangerous and need a better approach to solve . The way we handle the situation can decide the fate of our country . The period of solving or mediating crisis is running out of time so , citizens have to give full attention to their country first . Here is how the Geda system resolve crises let us follow this meaningful procedure and make it applicable . Geda system is a democratic system and has the ability to ensure unity and togetherness among the people and practice of peaceful forgiveness and reconciliation strategies. Gada is a traditional system of governance used by the Ethiopian Oromo people forefather’s experience over generations. The system regulates political, economic, social and religious activities and dealing with issues such as conflict resolution , mediation , forgiveness and reconciliation . Geda system helps as a means of socialization, religious expression, peace maintenance and promotes the principles of equality and freedom . ( to be continue …)
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