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December 17, 2001 |
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ERITREA: The Moment of Vindication and |
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Woyane’s political
nightmare |
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M. Filli A. |
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While the moment of the truth/vindication
(February 2002) is more than good two months away and the Border Commission
is still in cession in The Hague, the specter of an inevitable Eritrean
vindication has triggered an array of Wayané(Ethiopian regime) political
hallucination. That is the only explanation for the avalanche of political
blather that is being launched by the Wayané only at the end of the second
day following their presentation in The Hague, because they came out knowing
that their case has neither legs nor wings! Hence, they decided to engage in
sabotage activities in a futile attempt to foil the proceedings either by
intentionally violating the peace agreement or by rekindling old accusations
that have once been refuted flatly and unequivocally. To site an example, on
November 14, 2001, the Wayané issued a statement threatening to Take Action
against Eritrea to
defend its ‘sovereignty’. That is now a flagrant violation of the First paragraph of the
First Article of the Algiers Peace agreement “Each
party shall refrain from the threat or use of force against the other.”
Unlike those Eritrea is falsely accused of, this is an intentional and
direct, not an implied or a tantamount, violation of the peace agreement. A couple of days ago, in an attempt to play the Bin Ladin
Card,the Wyoané claimed Eritrea was providing military
support to "international terrorist groups such as
Al-Ittihad-al-Islamiyah". At the same time, here is what Seyoum FoonFoon
was calling for: Ethiopian
foreign minister calls for expansion of ties with Iran What could be more preposterous than
that? Although the wayané will never
be able to hinder the successful completion of the proceedings in The Hague,
they will do whatever it takes to undermine it because they, just like all of
their predecessors, read ‘peace’ to mean ‘defeat’. Eritrreans have gone to The Hague not to
negotiate but to ascertain their territorial and national sovereignty based solely on the mutually agreed upon pertinent colonial
treaties (1900, 1902 and 1908), hereto-applicable international law, and the
sine quo non provisions of the clause “The Commission shall not have the
power to make decisions ex aequo et bono.” Article 4.2 The term “ex aequo et bono”dictates that the commission
shall not have the power to make decisions out of the mutually agreed upon
provisions of Article 4.2. Thus, by virtue of this clause, arguments based on
tradition, anecdotal hearsay, fairy tales, or any thing else shall not be
considered even if they would sound just, plausible, or fair. Furthermore, the decision of the commission is binding and it is guaranteed by the guarantor nations. This means that once a decision is made it will be implemented , there are no IFs or BUTs, because there is no appeal mechanism, it is final, both sides must live with that- So, they have agreed. Eitreans have no problem with any of the provisions of this agreement. ERITREA WILL PREVAIL WOYANÉ WILL FAIL |