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TPLF MANIFESTO

September 25, 2016 10:10 pm by Editor 11 Comments

The Tigray People Liberation Front, TPLF had published their organization’s manifesto in February 1976, the booklet was printed in Sudan. The TPLF manifesto, clearly defined who a Tigryan is, the land that the TPLF considers as Tigray, and the final destination of the TPLF. The following comprises some important contents of the manifesto.

a) A Tigryan is defined as anybody that speaks the language of Tigrigna including those who live outside Tigray, the Kunamas, the Sahos, the Afar and the Taltal, the Agew, and the Welkait.

b) The geographic boundaries of Tigray extend to the borders of the Sudan including the lands of Humera and Welkait from the region of Begemidir in Ethiopia, the land defined by Alewuha which extends down to the regions of Wollo and including Alamata, Ashengie, and Kobo, and Eritrean Kunama, the Saho and Afar lands including Assab.

C) The final goal of the TPLF is to secede from Ethiopia as an independent “Republic of Greater Tigray” by liberating the lands and peoples of Tigray.

This being the manifesto of TPLF in 1976, the question is how much of this program is implemented so far?tplf-manifesto

The implementation of the manifesto had two important stages classified as a first stage of re-demarcating Ethiopian internal boundaries and a second stage of acquiring Tigryan lands from Eritrea and secede as an independent nation. Accordingly, the following important events took place;

• After TPLF succeeded in holding power in Ethiopia, they have been working hard to change the internal regional administrations of Ethiopia at large and of Tigray in particular. As a result, they have imposed dictation on the Ethiopian parliament and succeeded in redefining the borders of different nationalities within Ethiopia. The boundaries of Tigray were defined exactly according to what was registered in their manifesto. They did this by annexing the lands of Welkait Humera up to the borders of Sudan from Begemidir province and Wollo’s Raya including Ashengie Alamata and Kobo. In order to justify the demarcation, they had to give up something in return and the lands closer to the Taltal and Afar regions of Ethiopia in eastern Tigray were temporarily sacrificed until the second stage of the project takes place. This important re-demarcation of Ethiopian internal boundaries resulted in the successful completion of the first stage of forming “Greater Tigray” later to be converged into the “Republic of Tigray” after the second stage is completed.

• After completing the annexation of “Tigryan” lands from the provinces of Begemidir and Wollo, they moved ahead to complete the annexation of portions of Eritrea to finalize the objectives of the manifesto in practice as the second stage of their project. Zalambessa is the closest one can get to the Eritrean Saho region and Adimurug in Bada. Obviously the temporarily sacrificed eastern Tigray region would now be simultaneously acquired in this second stage of the project since there would be no organized force that could stop the Weyanes inside Ethiopia. By claiming these lands and forcibly annexing them, the manifested “Democratic Republic of Tigray” would be practically realized and then of course cessation from Ethiopia would follow.

• Accomplishing the dream inside Ethiopia was easily performed by simply dictating terms in the parliament since TPLF administrates Ethiopia, while means to finish returning the port of Assab would be accomplished by the Ethiopian army, financed and supported by the Ethiopian economic and human resources. Patriotic Ethiopians are expected to side with TPLF in hope of probable return of Assab to Ethiopia, while the truth is that the port city, if recaptured, would not be Ethiopian but of the would be new nation of “Greater Tigray”. This is so because the second stage of the project would have been completed at this point, making it the right time for the TPLF to secede. If there is anything that might delay the declaration of the republic after this, it would have been the time required to consolidate their control of Eritrean portions by sheer force, further using and exploiting innocent and patriotic Ethiopian peoples expectations and support. This support would again be betrayed in the final stages of the creation of the republic.

• While the imaginary manifested program is completed this way, the economic ploy had another direction. This direction was focused at transporting capital and material as much as possible from the rest of Ethiopia to Tigray for future use when the “Republic” is established. This would require for TPLF staying in power in Ethiopia until the plan is well implemented. The implementation of this economic program is crystal clear for any body who has recently traveled to Tigray. The TPLF/Weyane regime has been heavily investing Ethiopian capital in Tigray such that the region and the city of Mekele are the fastest growing in the country. Mekele is infested with so many new buildings which have no immediate contribution to the Tigryan economy. These are empty high rises ready to be used in the future when the republic which would include Assab is fully established. Besides the fact that numerous buildings have been built in Tigray at the expense of the Ethiopian economy, the following are few indicatives to that effect as to how much has so far been done in last 15 years of their power.

Economically

A• An international airport in Mekele with no immediate importance in terms of accommodating international guests and travelers since the city has yet to grow both financially and infrastructurally. Being this the fact, however, the erection of this new and expensive airport was based on two objectives. The short term objective is to help the TPLF’s war efforts against Eritrea by bombarding the same into submission without having to worry about air distance using the Ethiopian air force from Tigray. The long term objective was to move the entire Ethiopian air force to Mekele and convert it to the air force of the republic, and at the same time to use the international airport for civil aviation of the Republic of Greater Tigray after declaring independence from Ethiopia. Two more international airports have been completed in Tigray, again with no immediate importance in terms of accommodating international travelers.

B• Three colleges in Mekele namely Engineering, Medical, and Business. These colleges are complete in terms of infrastructure for future use when the republic is established.

C• The Cement, Textile, Electricity Dam, Marble, and Pharmaceutical factories in Tigray which costed hundreds of millions/billions of clean Ethiopian money. The port of Massawa was used to sneak materials inside Tigray in the name of “Ethiopian imported goods”, and used exclusively for Tigray without the knowledge of government offices in Addis Ababa.

D• The multiple high rising office buildings empty for now but to be soon filled by the Weyane bureaucrats in independent Tigray.

E• The luxury residential homes and spacious buildings such as those known by “Debri Hills” in the out skirts of Mekele for possible embassy offices and residence of diplomats.

D• Refer to the extensive list of companies owned by TPLF with the majority having their head office in Tigray.

Politically and Strategically

The above being few of the massive investment of Ethiopian economy in Tigray, their political and strategic plans were made to be effective when the group of top TPLF leaders moved their offices from Addis Abeba to Mekele. The movement coincided with the completion of the first stage of implementing the manifesto so they can closely monitor and design the implementation of the second stage of the project. In the process, they have been effectively preparing a “strong army” from within Tigray. The same TPLF group (the TPLF Coalition Committee) dictates terms on the entire Ethiopian issues. The central government of Ethiopia listens to the central committee of the TPLF residing in Tigray which has been working under the confusing philosophical banner of the “Marxist Leninist League of Tigray”. This group is instrumental in the process of completing the second stage and the frame work for the future government of the “Republic of Greater Tigray”.tplf-manifesto

After controlling Assab and other planned lands at the expense of Ethiopian human and material resources, the TPLF group would only then complete the goals of their impractical manifesto fully. As easy as it seemed to them, they will finally move towards seceding from Ethiopia as an independent nation, leaving Ethiopia in confusion, uncertainty, and extreme danger of ethnic conflict, and Eritrea under a government that can be easily controlled by their authority. Some experts say they had planned to leave Ethiopia without a central government for Ethiopian major ethnic groups such as the Amharas and the Oromos to figure it out, and for them, gaining time to consolidate their “Republic”. At this point, the dream “the Republic of Greater Tigray” would have been put in practice and Tigray would secede from Ethiopia with Assab. In their plan Assab would be Tigryan and never Ethiopian.

Finally

We encourage all Ethiopians to prove the validity of the contents in this article by requesting the manifesto from other political organizations. This dangerous manifesto has been revealed by the TPLF leaders in February 1976 during the initial stages of the organization. It is important for every Ethiopian to be informed about this issue and also raise the level of awareness and know what exactly is going on in our beloved country. Insecure and completely disorganized Ethiopia would be the result of this crazy manifesto if implemented. Materially, the north eastern Ethiopia including the entire Afar and Taltal regions and the already taken portions of Wollo and Begemidir, and politically, a chaotic and uncertain future that can lead to any thing one can possibly imagine are the results of the TPLF/Weyane’s manifesto for Ethiopia. It is important to point the fact that the Tigryan people are as victims of this plot as any other Ethiopian. The responsibility of this mess is directed towards few fascist TPLF leaders who recklessly and selfishly betrayed their own people’s struggle of 17 years. They forgot the bitter struggle in the past and became the same type of chauvinists and oppressors they fought against in the past.

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  1. Tadesse says

    September 26, 2016 02:54 am at 2:54 am

    You better talk about the Tigray that lives not about the pretenders

    Reply
  2. Rasdejen says

    October 2, 2016 10:06 pm at 10:06 pm

    I could not bear these?

    I blame Addis Abeba for endlessly hosting these evils. Why Addis Abeba is not sworming the offices and residences of these killers and root them out?

    why?why?why?

    Addis Abeba residents are criminals for their silence and for hosting these ruthless criminals.

    Stand up and kill any TPLF any where? After all both the killers and the observers are criminals with human standards.

    Stand up and kill woyane now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  3. hintsa says

    January 15, 2017 11:04 pm at 11:04 pm

    ayyyyyyy………… u people r crazy as fuck…….. u think that u r smart to write a biased meaningless article about TPLF .. u dont know TPLF and the people it represents..

    come and try us .. we know u and ur ancestors.. ur ancestors tried to eliminate us but they coudnt.. u stole our history, u humiliated us, and u wanna do that again, never, never, that will never happen again. this is the land of our fathers, AGAAZIAN, and u will never push us away. we will die fighting…

    LONG LIVE TPLF

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    • Yated says

      September 5, 2018 07:17 pm at 7:17 pm

      LOSERS’ HAVE ONLY THEIR TONGUES YO RATTLE WHILE IN HEIR HEART IS BLEEDING. GOD THREW YOU OUT. YOU WILL NEVER, EVER HAVE ANY POWER AGAIN. NO ONE EVER WILL EVER GIVE YOU ANY KEY POST. UNDERSTAND THAT AND GET BACK IN YOUR SHELL WHERE YOU BELONG. YOU HAVE NO LEADERSHIP ABILITIES. YOU WERE THE GREATEST SHAME EVER.

      Reply
    • Oops says

      December 15, 2020 01:44 pm at 1:44 pm

      🙊

      Reply
  4. Yonas says

    November 1, 2018 10:52 pm at 10:52 pm

    Ethiopians have always thought such Tigre’s as above were very stupid and have no idea how to rule. They only unite when they think they have unite, but hate each other when the settle in their own part of the country. That ud why they stay stupid fir the rest of their lives since the have no sense, conscious or heart, but EMOTION, which caused their great failures forever. They cannot, will ever again lead this great country of us again. They are forever losers and a great embarrassment for our history and will go down as evil initiated, corrupted thieves who killed, destroy and stole the wealth of country in billions of dollars to enrich themselves. They are worthless group of people who came to kill, steal and destroy like thieves for they have nothing better to do. They have no education and upbringing, so their evil behaviors was a cover up. Their children will be like them as they too are like their fathers – helping the fascist.

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  5. Yared Bezabeh says

    December 16, 2019 07:26 pm at 7:26 pm

    The biggest problem the TPLF have I am sorry to say is their hatred of the Amhara’s is pure jealousy. They can’t be like them and in no way can they behave like them. The Amhara’s are extremely loving, joyful, patient, kind, humble, meek, and have the Fear of God. Besides, they are peaceful and are self-controlled generally. Such character is unique and it angered the TPLF from the beginning of time. The Amhara are known to be people who live their country ver much and are gallant people who saved their country from being colonized, while many Tigre’s gave in gave in to the enemy and helped them. Many Amhara patriots fought for five years and saved d this great country of outs.
    So, its understanding why such hatred developed by the YPLF who only stole, killed and destroyed the country. They used their hatred to achieve their evil ways.

    Reply
  6. YARED says

    December 16, 2019 07:38 pm at 7:38 pm

    PLEASE PRINT MY LETTER I SEND A WHILE AHO

    Reply
  7. Yerrusalem Bezabeh says

    December 16, 2019 09:12 pm at 9:12 pm

    TPLF WHERE GREAT EMBARRASSMENT, GREAT FAILURES AND, SHAME TO TIGRAY AND ETHIOPIA IN GENERAL WHICH WAS ONE OF THE MOST UNFORTUNATE MISTAKE EVER MADE IN ETHIOPIA HISTORY. HAVING WELCOMED THEM, THINKING THEY WERE OUR OWN PEOPLE WHO CAME TO LIBERATE ETHIOPIA FROM THE EVIL DERG RULE, THEY LANDED TO BE WORST THAN THEN ANY LEADERS WE HAVE EVER HAD , UNFORTUNATELY!
    THE TPLF CAME WITH HATRED OF THE AMHARA PEOPLE. THEY HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY JEALOUS OF THEM ALL THEIR LIVES, BECAUSE OF THE AMHARA’S HIGH STANDARD OF EXCELLENT CHARACTERS THEY ALWAYS HAD – WHICH IS LOVE FOR OTHERS, JOYFUL PEOPLE, PATIENT, KIND, HUMBLE, POLITE AND WHO ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR GREAT HOSPITALITY. THEY ARE PEACEFUL, PEOPLE WHO WILL STAND UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS IF NEED BE. ABOVE ALL, THEY ARE SELF-CONTROLLED. THE TPLF WERE EXTREMELY JEALOUS OF THEM THESE CHARACTERISTICS THEY HAD WHICH BROUGHT ABOUT HATRED TOWARDS THEM. THEY THEMSELVES DON’T GET ON WITH EACHOTHER. THE ONLY THING THAT UNITES THEM IS THEIR HATRED THEY HAVE FOR THEM. SINCE THEY CAN’T BE LIKE THEM, THEY DECIDED TO KILL THEM, DESTROY THEIR HISTORY AND ALSO ROB THEIR PROPERTIES AND THE Country’s WEALTH. THE AMHARA SAVED THEIR COUNTRY FROM BEING COLONIZED, WHILE THE TPLF FAMILY GAVE IN TO THE ITALIANS AND BETRAYED THE AMHARA PATRIOTS AND THEIR COUNTRY.
    THEIR TRUE CHARACTER IS, TO STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY, WAS MANIFESTED DURING THEIR REIGN. THE WHOLE OF ETHIOPIA WILL NEVER GIVE THEM A CHANCE AGAIN TO RULE. THEY HAD A CHANCE ONCE, AND THEY FAILED THE WHOLE COUNTRY THEY. LAND UP TO BE THE WORST LEADERS EVER EXISTED – A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO LOVED THEMSELVES ONLY. THAT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS TYPE OF RULE. THEY ROBBED ETHIOPIA AROUND 80 BILLIONS DOLLARS JUST FOR THEIR GREED DESIRES. OTHER NATIONALITIES WILL WILL TAKE IT. THEY WILL NEVER SEE IT.

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  8. YOHANNES says

    December 17, 2019 06:11 pm at 6:11 pm

    In order to separate from Ethiopia, the steps the TPLF took IS ILLEGAL. Its a group of hooligans who decided on Tigres’future without including the Tigre people. What they are trying to do is building foe their own selfish comfort and creating a small empire where they are hoping to be dictators of their own people. The Tigre people are going to be exiled in their own country! What this crazy group of people have done is, they stole Ethiopia’s wealth to fulfill their evil dreams. THAT WILL NEVER BE FULFILLED EVER. ETHIOPIA MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD THEM FIR A WHILE, BUT THEY WILL NEVER HAVE PEACE UNTIL THEY PAY EVERYTHING THEY STOLE FROM THIS GREAT COUNTRY AND UNTIL THERE WILL BE FREE ELECTION DONE FOR THE TIGRE PEOPLE. BESIDES MOST TPLF LEADERS ARE OLD AND SICK TO BE ABLE TO RULE EFFECTIVELY.

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  9. Zerihun Mammo says

    January 3, 2022 01:26 am at 1:26 am

    You wrote this and that is exactly what is happening right now. We are witnessing a generation that says no more for this kind of groups

    Reply

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