First of all we would like to state emphatically that we support any dialogue or setup without pre-conditions, amongst all Ethiopian political and civic factions, to discuss ways to solve peacefully the present crisis, and establish peace, freedom and democracy in Ethiopia. We object to the pre-conditions contained in the Memorandum of Understanding and the Statutes that establish the Alliance For Democracy within the framework of the present TPLF/OLF constitution.
Some people see in the ADF a new opening and a new hope for peace and freedom in Ethiopia. But unfortunately, hopes and good intentions are not marketable commodities in politics. Moreover, when terms and conditions are set in advance by a signed agreement, stage managed behind the scene, such as the Memorandum of Understanding and the Statutes of the ADF. In which instance Kinijit, with the overwhelming popular support in Ethiopia, has been reduced to a single minority voice, while the Liberation Fronts are the deciding majority.
We are talking here about the survival and political future of the seventy-seven million people of Ethiopia. To speculate and gamble on such serious matter, as dismantling and restructuring Ethiopia at the whim of Liberation Fronts is simply unthinkable. We believe that the people of Ethiopia will never accept the braking up of their country into ethnic morsels. We also believe that no political party or group has the right or the mandate to do so, without the free deliberation of the people of Ethiopia.