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 Network
of Eritreans for Constitutional
Governance
(NECG)
Tunisians
Tweet A Tyrant Out Of The Country! Next Eritrea Tyrant
18
January 2011
Berhane M Tekeste
Tunisians
tweeted a tyrant out of the country to a stunning awakening of the
int'l community! Next to be chased out of the country is Eritrea
tyrant Isias Afewarki.
Past
weekend the world woke up only to witness “a startling change
in Tunisia”! It was indeed startling by all accounts because
Tunisians literally and on their own, one might add, tweeted darling
of the West and a solid 23 years tyrant Ben Ali of Tunesia, out of
the country without firing a single bullet and against all odds!
The
events in Tunisia overwhelmed the international media to the extent
of pushing hotspots de jure like Sudan referendum and Ivory Coast
were completely pushed to the back burner! Others were scrambling for
a term to assign to this unique revolution that brought about an
abrupt and humiliating exit of a major tyrant for it did not follow
the hitherto prescribed color formulae to topple a solid tyrant like
'orange, green, tulip or other colored ' revolutions! The
international media floated terms like 'Tweeter Revolution, WikiLeaks
Revolution because of media and cyberspace involvement, and Jasmine
Revolution in honer of the self-immolation of a young graduate
Mohammed Abouazzis, what started it all and kindled the flame of the
popular uprising. To me, Jasmine Revolution makes sense.
The
Tunisia revolution is a home-made revolution. There was no US, UN,
AU, regional, continental or international involvement like for
example what is going on in Ivory Coast, or association with some
religious movements or extremist others! It is unique and pure
Tunesian Revolution hence and rightfully Révolution
Tunisienne! Bravo Tunisie!
Let
me also second the slogan “Révolution
Tunisienne – Bravo – Leçon pour le monde entier”.
No doubt Tunisia is a lesson
the entire world has a lot to learn from.
Yes,
Révolution
Tunisienne sent
a chill down the spine of all dictators and tyrants in the world in
general and the Arab world and Africa in particular. First to feel
this chill was Libya tyrant Muammar
Gaddafi who condemned the ouster of his friend Ben Ali but didn't
offer him a place to land when Ben Ali was crisscrossing the globe
for a place to hide until he found one in Jedda , Saudi Arabia! No
surprise here!
Could
Révolution
Tunisienne be
replicated in Eritrea? Without going into the necessary details and
in a nutshell my answer is: In essence yes. Eritrea is a giant
prison! Prison revolts are not uncommon?
Eritrea
tyrant Isias Afewarki must be next for he poses imminent danger and
threat to international peace and security for which he is under UN
Chapter VII. As Eritrea goes, so goes peace and security in the Horn
of Africa. Tyranny in Eritrea is a threat to peace and security in
the Horn particularly!
While
Tunisia tyrant was overthrown by local popular uprising, a threat to
international peace and security requires international uprising
against Eritrea tyrant! The international community can chase Eritrea
tyrant out of the country without firing a single bullet by depriving
him of the support pillars that sustain his reign, such as severing
financial access and upping diplomatic and political pressure, to
mention a few!
Few
lessons to be learned from Révolution
Tunisienne:
A
tyrant enters and reigns with many loyalists but exits alone! So,
those that chant in support of Eritrea tyrant “he is us, we
are him” beware, in the end Afewarki will be chanting me and
me only and flee out of the country without you!
The
military that sustains a tyrant for decades can dump the tyrant,
like they did in Tunisa, when the time of reckoning dawns!
Yes,
year 2011 brought new dawn to Tunisia. Congrats Tunisie! Next: New
dawn for Eritrea with the inevitable exit of tyrannt Isias Afewarki.
Yes we can!
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