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Thank you our heroes, you are not slaves

Thank you our defense forces, you are not slaves; thank you our National Service heroes, you are not chattels; you are the proud Eritrean Defense Forces. I am deeply proud of you and appreciative of

Thank you our defense forces, you are not slaves; thank you our National Service heroes, you are not chattels; you are the proud Eritrean Defense Forces. I am deeply proud of you and appreciative of the services you are providing to our people and the sacrifices you are enduring under difficult situation.

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  • Yassin Omer February 22, 2014

    ግዱድ ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት መንግስታዊ ባርነት ድዩ ኣይኰነን?

    ብዘይሕጋዊ መንግስቲ ንተቓዎሞ መንእሰያት ንምልማስን ዕድመ ምልካዊ ስርዓትካ ንምንዋሕን ዝተበየነ ዘይሕጋዊ “ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት” ብዘየማትእ መንግስታዊ ባርነት ኢዩ። ነዚ ከም ብርሃን ጸሓይ ዋሕ ዝበለ ክውንነት’ዚ፡ ሓላዪ ሃገር መሲልካ ብምምጽዳቕ ክትክውሎ ዘይትኽእል ጋህድን ክትሃድመሉ ዘይትኽእል ሓቅን ኢዩ። ንኣባላት ግዱድ ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት ምስ ኣባላት ሓይልታት ምክልኻል ሃገር ብምንጽጻር፡ ንኣበሳ ናይቶም ተገገዲዶም ብሓይሊ ካብ ሕቕፊ ወልዶም ተገፊፎም ከይተኸፍሉ ብናጻ ንመዋእሎም፡ ንሃገር ዘይኰነ ብስም ሃገር ንሰበ-ስልጣን ህ.ግ.ደ.ፍ. ከገልግሉ ዝተፈርዱ ግዳያት መንእሰያት ከተፋዅሶ ምህቃን ርኡይ ሸፈጥ ኢዩ። ምልካዊ መንግስቲ ህ.ግ.ደ.ፍ. ብዘበየኖ መወዳእታ ዘብሉ “ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት”፡ መንሰያት ግዳያት ኣሕዋትና ዘይምለስ ዕድመ ጕብዝንኦም ይስረቕን ግልበቶም ብዘይንሓስያ ይምዝመዝን ከምኡ’ውን ካብ ኣዳርዑ ሃጽ ኢዮም ክጥፍኡ ክብሉ ኣብ መጻውድያ ናቶም ብኣካልት ሰብ ዝነግዱ ዘሉዉ ማፍያ (ረሻይዳን በድዊንን ጀነራላት ምልካዊ ስርዓት ህ.ግ.ደ.ፍ መኰንናት ሱዳንን ተበልጽቲ ነጋዶ ሰብ ኤርትራውያንን)ይውድቁ እናሃለዉ፡ ነዚ ዘሰቅቕን ዘስካሕክሕን ተግባራት ቀጥታዊ ኣሉታዊ ሳዕቤን ናይቲ ዘይሕጋዊ ብይን “ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት” ክነሱ፡ ከም ዘይተፈጸመ ሰጊርካ ክትሓልፎ ኰነ ካብቲ ኣዳራዑ ነጺልካ ክትሪኦ ምህቃን ንባዕሉ ይቕረ ዘይበሃሎ ገበን ኢዩ። ምኽንያቱ፡ ተቐባል ሌባ ካብ ሌባ ፈሊኻ ኣይረአን ኢዩ። ክሊቲኦም ኣብ ገበን ምፍጻም ዝውዓሉ ገበነኛታት ስለ ዝዀኑ፡ ብምዕረ’ዮም ዝዅነኑን ዝውቀሱን። ዘይሕጋዊ ምልካዊ ስርዓት ህ.ግ.ደ.ፍ. ንመንእሰያት “ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት” ይኹን ንኣባላት ሓይልታት ምክልኻል፡ ይትረፍ ክምዝምዞምን ክገፍዖምን ከበሳብሶምን ኣብ ልዕሊኦም ዝዀነ ዓይነት ስጕምቲ ክውስድ ሕጋዊ መሰል የብሉን። ብህዝቢ ኣብ ናጻን ፍትሓንውን ምርጫ ዝተመርጸን ዝተወከለን ሕጋዊ መንግስቲ ኣይኰነን። ብዓመጽ መንግስታዊ ስልጣን ገቢቱን ብሒቱን ዝገዝእ ዘሎ ኣረመናዎ ማፍያዊ ስርዓት ኢዩ። ሰራዊት ሃገር ንህዝቢ ናይታ ሃገር እምበር ንረብሓ ሰበ-ስልጣን መንግስቲ መሳርሒ ኰይኑ ከገልግል ኣይግባእን ኢዩ። ከምኡ’ውን ብይን ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎን ብሕጊ ብዝትመዘዘ ሓቀኛ ሃገራዊ ባይቶ እምበር፡ ብዊንታ ዝዓበደ ውልቀ-መላኺ ኣይብየንን ኢዩ። ስለዚ፡ ነቲ ዘይሕጋዊ ብይን “ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት” ሕጋውነት ከተልብስ፡ ተቓወምቲ “ንሓይልታት ምክልኻል ሃገርና ከነውሩ ን”ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት” መንግስታዊ ባርነት ኢሎሞ” ብምባል፡ ነቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ግዳያት ግዱድ ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት ንዝውርድ ዘሎ በደላት ንምዂናን ዝወርድ ዘሎ ኲነነ፡ ንኣባላት ሓይልታት ምክልኻል ከም ዝወርድ ዘሎ ኲነነ ብምምሳል፡ ከተቃልሎን ክትድውኖም ህርድግ ብምባል ግመል ሰሪቕካ ብዓይኒ መርፍእ ክትሓልፍ ምፍታን ኢዩ። መንእስይ ሓፍትና ልዋም ዘጸሓፈቶ ዓንቀጽ፡ ዝነኣድ ሓቀኛ ዓንቀጽ ኢዩ። ዓንቀጻ ብትሕዝቶኡ፡ ቋንቋኡ፡ ሰዋስዉ ዝወጾ የብሉን። ግዳድያት መንእሳያትና ቀስብቐስ ነቲ ምስ “ሃገራዊ ኣግሎሎት” ምብትእስሳር ንሓቀኛ መልክዑ ንምሽፋን፡ ብዛዕባ “ምህናጽ ሃገርን ባዕዳዊ ተጻብኦታትን” ዝንፋሕ መታለሊ ነፍሕታት ምልካዊ ስርዓት ህ.ግ.ደ.ፍ ይነቕሕሉ ከም ዘሎዉ’ዩ ዘረድእ። ከም ልዋም ትመስል ብስልትን ብልህን ተባዕን ክኢላን ሓፍቲ ምህላውና ዘሐብን ኢዩ’ሞ ከም ልዋም ብዙሓት ልዋማት ይፈጠራልና!

  • Maekele February 22, 2014

    Dear Writer.

    People who were in the national service are telling that it was a slavery and you are telling them that they were heroes.
    I was one of them and I am telling you that it was an outright slavery.
    You do not need to make research go yourself to the national service and then tell us were you stand.

    I was not hero…

  • Tezareb February 22, 2014

    Thank you to ambassador Adhanom Gebremariam. The good ambassador had exposed the so called “Eritrean National Service” as Eritrean National Slavery, many years ago.

    In fact he called “wefri hagerawi barnet”

    ወፍሪ ዋርሳይ ይከኣሎ፣ ማለት፣ ወፍሪ ሃገራዊ ባርነት እዩ።

  • ahmed omer February 22, 2014

    I have a question to the writer what is the definition of slavery .another question how much you get for this article .Please you do know there is sex-slavery from the army bosses to the young girls and the young boys are working in their farms and in building their houses is this national service Mr.Writer .other question why Eritrean defence forces are not defending for Eritrean people who is getting kidnapped by Rashaida to be sold as human organic parts and the lucky of them for ransom .the Eritrean people lost their dignity in Shabia’s time .

  • Tezareb February 22, 2014

    Ahmed Omer wrote, “another question how much you get for this article”.

    Please stop such none sense remarks. Mahmud Saleh has expressed his views though it is a bit one sided. One sided because he tried to emphasize on the “bravery and heroism” of the Eritrean national army or tegadelti. By doing so, he ignored the long and indefinite military service which many see it as slavery. Most likely, he did this to avoid the long term damage on the Eritrean armed forces. But this is too late. The damage is done. Young Eritreans are voting with their feet.

    Ahmed Omer wrote, “other question why Eritrean defence forces are not defending for Eritrean people who is getting kidnapped by Rashaida to be sold as human organic parts and the lucky of them for ransom .the Eritrean people lost their dignity in Shabia’s time.”

    Here is your excellent point. Thank you.

  • ahmed saleh February 22, 2014

    I do not understand why the writer choose to
    bring national service question in such article to offend he youth who endured hardship life from its consequences. Hgdf supporters defend
    the regime practice to exploit the young’s using
    national obligation but the truth is they are forced servants for indefinite period without guarantee to their future . The numbers who fled and those in prisons shows the prove of their suffering unless we choose to ignore their plight

  • ተወልደመድህን February 23, 2014

    ኣንታ ሃውና ምሁር ትመስል።ነዚ ክተመልክት ከኣ ሃንሳብ ብቋንቋ ትግርኛ ውጹእ ጽሑፍ ተቅርብ፡ብትግረ’ውን ዋና ዝኾነ ግጥሚ፡እንግሊዝ ከም ቋንቋ ኣዴካ ትገማጥሎ።ግን ሓደ ነገር ኣሎ፡ንትምህርቲ ኅልና እንተዘይተወሲኹዎ ብላሽ ምኳኑ ትፈልጥ’ዶ።ሰማይ ሃገርካ ንሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት ምቅዋም ማለት ኣንጻር ሃገርን ማለት ወይ ብርእሱ ነቶም ግዳይ ኮይኖም ዘለው ምጽራፍ ማለትዩ።……ኣይግድን።……ነዞም ዓሰርተው ሸውዓት ኦኣመት ኣብ ዕስክርና ዘለው።ደሃይ ስድራቤትን ደቆምን ዘይብሎም።ኣብ ኦስክርና ከለው ደቆም ኣርኪቦሞም ዘለው’ኮ ኣሕዋትና ኢዮም።ንስታኦም ግዳይ ናይቲ ወተሃደራዊ ስሮኣት ዝኾኑ ብሕጊ ወተሃደር ኣብ ሸናጭሮን መዓስከራትን ተኣሲሮም ዘለው ኢዮም።ነዚኦም ባራዩ ኢሉ ዝጸረፈ የለን።እቲ ኖኣታቶም ጀሆ ሒዙ ዘሎ ስሮኣት ግን ካብቶም መዝመዝቲ ዝተባህሉ ስሮኣታት መስፍንቲ ዝኽፈአ ስለዝኾነ፡ነቲ ነዚ ኣዋጅ’ዚ ተግባራዊ ዝገብር ስርዓትዩ ዝጽረፍ ዘሎ።ስለዚ ጉዳይ ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎትን ወፍሪ ዋርሳይ ይከኣሎ ውፍሪ ባርነትዩ ዝተባህለ።ነቶም ዝወፈሩ ኣብ ባርነት ዘለው ውጹዓት’ዮም።።ኣብ መወዳእታ……ምሁር ማለት ንሕማቕ ሕማቕ ዝብል፡ካብ ነፍሱ ጥራህ ዘይኮነ ካብ ከባቢኡ ከርሕቕ ሞራላውን ሕጋውን ኣገባባት ዚጥቀም ማለትዩ።ንርእስካ ኣበይ ከምትሰርዓ ን ኣኻ ይገድፎ እቲ ፍርዲ።

    • mahmud saleh February 23, 2014

      Teweldemedhn ( soryy I don’t have access to Geez phonts at this time)= I agree; I agree that the endless nature of the program should end, I agree that there should be change; I agree that our young men and women are enduring an extended harsh life; i would love if tomorrow they could go home. Here is what I am trying to make: I do not believe nor accept characterizing them as slaves. They are not slaves. I tried to explain why I don’t believe they are slaves and what I think is keeping them in that situation; I hope you reaad it with open mind and see that we are not that far apart from each other. On the “muhur” thing; I am not “muhur” in its traditional sense. I appreciate all the inputs from the other readers too.Just because someone may see a thing a bit different does not mean that that person is strange to your overall direction. I believe civilized and warm discussion is also one area where justice seekers can show the benefit of the change they want to bring; we will be judged by how we conduct ourselves; whether we tolerate dissention or not; whether we encourage deliberation and challenging each other in a respectful manner. If we discourage these, then what is the difference between us and PFDJ? I appreciate your respectful comment brother Teweldemedhn.

      • Woldemicael February 23, 2014

        wohatiyo entebelkuwas tigosmelu eu negeru

  • tesfay tekle February 23, 2014

    we kebessa people whom interest are we serving staring from ghedli times , the interest of Arabs , gedli and national service should be condemned . we fought a proxy war for arabs . we were better off during Janhoy times ..if the author thinks National service is good why not join it or let his sons or daughters join it . we need to unite back with our mother country. you wanna be arabs u spilled the blood of our father and big brothers for yr cause and now the young want us to be slaves . you can not fool us for ever

    • MAHMUD SALEH February 23, 2014

      Tesfay Tekle
      1- “we kebessa people whom interest are we serving staring from ghedli times , the interest of Arabs , gedli and national service should be condemned …. we fought a proxy war for arabs…you wanna be arabs u spilled the blood of our father and big brothers for yr cause and now the young want us to be slaves . ..” ፎእ በሎ ከምኡ ኣይበሃልን፣ ኣዝዩ ከቢድ ሕማም እዩ።
      2- “we were better off during Janhoy times …” ሕልሚ እዩ፣ 2014 ኮይኑ እዩ ተበራበር።

      • ahmed saleh February 23, 2014

        Tesfay
        Is hard for you to swallow the reality to see the
        creation of state of Eritrea ? Shame on you if you are an Eritrean to dismiss the price we paid.

    • MightyEmbasoyra February 23, 2014

      Tesfay,
      If you believe that, what am I going to my 4 brothers and sister? They have died in vain? Come on, think twice. They have died for our independence but unfortunately they are not aware that criminal isayas have hijacked their martyrdom.

  • MightyEmbasoyra February 23, 2014

    Brother Mahmud,
    I am kind of curious to even call them a defence force. Defending from what? I think last year or so, the Ethiopian military drove to few parts of Eritrean land and attacked without much defence and get out with no real resistance. The Eritrean national service men and women are serving the military commanders and isayas rather than the country. How could they? No one care about them (from the govt side) and they have hard time to take care themselves. They are getting old by the day. No school, no private business, no life. How is this not different from being slaves.
    On this case, I politely disagree with you.

    • mahmud saleh February 24, 2014

      MightyEmbasoira:
      a, the war should not have started, and now Erirea’s restraint (for abvious reason) should be encouraged; I am against any bloodshed ( I have tried to reflect this in the few articles I posted after Lampedusa) and I am against harboring armed factions by both countries, no problem with political activities.
      b/ the whole country needs change and my point is let’s aim for the main prize,establishing a government accountable to the Eritrean people, National Service problem is a part of heap of problems sinking the country; this will happen if we can communicate with the people inside the country in a respectful manner ( you know the tight relationship between the people particularly mothers and their sons and daughters in the service or EDF). BECAUSE AT THE END THE PEOPLE INSIDE THE COUNTRY ARE THE ONES WHO WILL BRING ABOUT CHANGE, WE CAN ACCELERATE THAT IF WE REFLECT THE REALITY ACCURATELY AND DEFINE PROBLEMS CAREFULLY.
      C/ Now, calling this young men and women slaves( think its legal and historical implication) does not really help to win the people, because they may express it as slave-like life, or harsh, even if they describe it as “nabra barnet” that does not give you the same feel as saying it in English”stop national service slavery” and petitioning for “the end of slavery in Eritre.” I agree with you regarding their plight,I tried to list things that perhaps influence the decision of these young people to tolerate and things that the government is using as a shield, anyway, you know them. I am suggesting this is not a classic or even modern day slavey scenario and should not be stated as such; criticizing and petitioning against endless nature of the service, AND lack of an accountable government is practical and necessay. Even on practicality level, convincing western law makers these armed young men and women are slaves is daunting because they know what slavery is. So, unless for getting attention and notoriety, there is no additive value to the overall struggle of justice seekers.

      • MightyEmbasoyra February 24, 2014

        Mahmud,
        Since there are many ways of slavery, you and I have different views on its naming. Since we are all concerned about our people, our understanding on the naming shouldn’t matter that much. All it matter is that we should fight to make their life better.

  • Sam February 24, 2014

    WEFRI WARSAY YIKALO WEFRI BARNET . This was said and written by Ambasader Adhanom Gebremariam about 8 years ago. He has outlined it in detail before anybody did. This is a must read articles. Thanks Adhanom , it opened my eyes completely about HIGDEF.

    I advice every body to read it.

    Thanks Adhanom wish you good health.

    Sam

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