OLF condemns eviction of Amharas from the South

April 15 (ESAT News) The faction of OLF that is led by Brigadier General Kemal Gelchu has condemned the wholesale eviction of Amharas from Southern Regional State province of Guraferada.

The statement was given on behalf of the faction by the Chairman General Kemal Gelchu. In his statement, he accused the government of Meles Zenawi of using boilerplate divide and rule political tactics. The General also said the recent incidences of tensions and conflicts in Afar, Gambella, Southern Ethiopia and Oromia regional state are the workings of the ever unease government of Meles Zenawi and should be condemned unequivocally by all Ethiopians.
The General also said the government uses religion as yet another fault line to divide and weaken the people’s unity and resolve to extend its tyrannical rule.  He called upon all Ethiopians not only to shun this diabolical ploy but also to expose and fight back those who serve as agents to the regime involved in these nefarious and highly consequential political plots.
The statement concluded that this wholesale eviction of Amharas from their households and properties constitute a crime of ethnic cleansing. General reiterated Ethiopians’ right to abode anywhere within the country irrespective of their ethnicities.